Bonus Level - Chris and Minty Adventure Month Ep4 - Good Friend, Bad Friend

CHRIS IS A BAD FRIEND™

MINTY IS A GOOD FRIEND™

Minty bought Chris a Christmas present last year. He’s only just split the cellophane.

Chris bought Minty a birthday present a few weeks back. He had it up and running within 60 minutes of its arrival.

Hear Chris’s (late) thoughts on Tales of Zestiria, and Minty’s (timely) thoughts on Heroland.

ALSO! Thoughts on the Lost Lands mobile series; updates on Minty’s ultraviolence MAX playthrough of Doom; an overview of the indie-Metroidvania Xeodrifter; and Chris’ incredible disappointment at the recent Panzer Dragoon remake.

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Bonus Level - Chris and Minty Adventure Month Ep3 - WEB TWO POINT OH

welcome
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I N T E R N E T

Chris and Minty, two cool-kid millennials recount their time on the early mainstream web.

Flash! Neopets! MUDs! Optimism! Klik 'n' Play! Discworld! Pickles!

Listen to the boys feel warm and fuzzy in remembrance of the wave of positivity that accompanied the dial up internet, and then share in their crushing sense of despair when considering how the web has splintered and become polarized some 20 years on.

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Bonus Level - Chris and Minty Adventure Month Ep2 - Love in Times Of War

Chris was a Sega kid, and Minty was a Nintendo kid.

Two childhoods characterized by conflict; the blood and sweat of frontline fighting in the console wars.

Can the boys sell one another on the consoles they weren't conscripted to support as wee'uns?

Chrissy-Wissy presents Minty with a veritable platter of Mega Drive classics in Streets of Rage 2, Rocket Knight Adventures and Toejam and Earl.

Boothy-Toothy suggests Chris sample the delights of Super Nintendo treats, A Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, and, well, Street Racer.

MAKE CONSOLE LOVE, NOT CONSOLE WAR

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Bonus Level - Chris and Minty Adventure Month Ep1 - The Adult Baby Takeover

The Chris and Minty Adventure Month begins NOW.

Whilst Jonathan rears an actual human child, Chris and Minty get together to discuss what they've been playing as well as their favourite digital babies.

In the first of a mini-series of episodes some are calling “a little bit silly”, and “a stark departure from the show's usual format”, the Our Three Cents B-Team do their best to entertain, inform, and discuss infant excrement and its many potential colours.

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Number 11 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Binding of Isaac, Full Throttle

Minty yonders around, well, Yonder, as well as the Pokemon DLC.

Chris beats Yonder, and blasts through a few stages of The Master Chief Collection.

Jonathan has a baby.

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Jonathan bigs up a pocket-rocket of a Zelda adventure in Oracle of Ages, one half of Capcom's Gameboy Color duology.

Minty flashes back to The Binding of Isaac's initial release.

Chris points in the direction of Full Throttle, a mid-90s adventure game that just clicked.

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Number 12 - Pharaoh, Wario Land 2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

J. DUNN has some STRONG opinions on GLASS MASQUERADE and multitasks Mike Bithell's SOLITAIRE CONSPIRACY when he OUGHT TO BE WORKING!

C. DOW draws near the end of YONDER, takes a bunch of SILLY PICTURES and plays the SONY PLAYSTATION VITA in his BED!

M. BOOTH also begins his journey through YONDER and questions the VALUE of his POTATOES! 

And then…

Hear about crafting, resource management, and ancient history in Minty's 12th favourite video game of all time, Pharaoh!

Hear about invincibility, subversion and art history in Chris' 12th favourite video game of all time, Wario Land II!

Hear about routine, collection and wide-eyed orphans in Jonathan's 12th favourite video game of all time, Animal Crossing: New Leaf!

Number 13 - Streets of Rage 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

To celebrate seven full rotations of the earth, we've prepared a new podcast. About video games. For you!

The quiz delivers a cruel twist… (CRASH!) 
Chris picks up Yonder, a soft pillow of a game… (BANG!) 
Minty vanquishes Xenoblade… (WALLOP!) 
Jonathan gives a seasonal update on Animal Crossing… (WHAT A VIDEO GAME!) 

Unlucky number 13? Nah, mate… All killer!

Did you know that Jonathan's number 17, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, has inadvertently become Minty's number 13 or that Minty's number 17, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, has become Jonathan's 13?

Did you know that Chris is waffling about some Sega Mega Drive game again?

Play these games! Then talk about these games! And at some point, find time to listen to us talk about these games!

Number 14 - The Witness, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Oh my golly gosh, would you wrap your ears around this WHOPPER of an episode!

Jonathan masters Resident Evil Revelations, is undone by the architectural malaise of Doom 3, enjoys Pokémon's recent DLC drop, hypes himself into the ionosphere with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity's demo, bumbles around as a Part Time UFO, AND STILL finds time to dump a million hours into Pic Pic on the DS after Chris' recent glowing review!

Minty lists the names of many Galarian Pokémon that Chris hasn't heard of, and nears the end of his Xenoblade Chronicle!

Chris starts Mario Sunshine, then plays some casual oddities on the PC with the meditative Glass Masquerade and the Mavis Beacon approved typing adventure Backspace Bouken!

Oh, and the boys get angry at Super Smash Bros Ultimate's dreadful netcode!

Phew!!

14’s, eh?

Are you ready to hear why The Witness may be the most impressive game ever made?

Are you prepared to accept that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the best launch title of all time?

Will you let our resident JRPG aficionado sell you on the under appreciated gem Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean?

3 perfect games. Honestly. Just listen!

Number 15 - Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Pokémon Red

Today you're going to hear about some good games. I mean, last week's games were good, sure, but these are a whole week's worth of good better!

...but before we do that...

Why not let us tell you little bits and pieces about our weekly efforts through Super Mario 64, Tetris 99, Mario 35, Pokémon Sword and/or Shield, and a wee snifter of Resident Evil!

Let Minty tell you just how good Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader is!
Let Jonathan tell you just how good The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is!
Let Chris tell you just how good Pokémon Red is!

Very, very good x3.

(There are actual tears.)

Bonus Level - Spooktober Special Part 5: Resident Evil Special

WHAT ARE YOU BUYIN'?!
WHAT ARE YOU SELLIN'?!

As Spooktober draws to a close, the gang tackle a veritable moaning horde of Resident Evil titles!

Will Chris surpass his previous, pathetic efforts to stomp through Resident Evil 4?

Will Minty enjoy his first exposure to the series with its earliest canonical entry, Resident Evil Zero?

Why has Jonathan thrown the towel in with Resident Evil Remake and leapt head first into the more modern Resident Evil Revelations? 

No more scary games, please.
(can you guess who writes these blurbs?)

Number 16 - Pic Pic, Super Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros Melee

Trials and tribulations in the quiz, perchance?

Jonathan has a busy work week, yet still finds some time to drown in Hades' extended lore, and evolve a shiny Charmander in Pokemon Go.
Minty chugs along with Xenoblade Chronicles, making his way to the Mechonis, mopping up sidequests in the wake of his relentless forward progress.
Chris revisits two old favourites, the minimalist platformer Love, and the explore-em-up Submerged.

List entries this week!

A handheld logic puzzler no one has even heard of.
A 2D platform-come-adventure-come-lite RPG starring a certain moustachioued plumber.
An all-star brawler featuring cameos from Earthbound nobodies and Japan-exclusive peripheral mascots.

Pic Pic! Super Paper Mario! Smash Bros Melee!

GOOD GAMES, GOOD GAMES, GOOD GAMES, GOOD GAMES.

Bonus Level - Spooktober Special Part 4: Doom 3

DOOM 3 then, eh?

A game initially defined by being built around the question 'VISION or AMMUNITION?', today's modern suite of ports retools the vanilla game as a pretty straightforward horror-themed action title.

Has this been a week of all guns blazing, demon popping pow pows? Or has the game retained elements of its early 2000s spook factor with its soupy shadows and shambling hordes? 

Find out by piping our words and thoughts into your ears and brains!

Number 17 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Limbo

Urghh, Mario!? They're not still playing Mario are they?

This week, we're going interactive with our blurb!

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1) Please answer the following questions by selecting the appropriate answers from the well below. [3 Marks]

What's Jonathan finished or started this week?
What's Minty gone back to this week?
What's Chris got running in a window behind Powerpoint on his laptop this week?

(Hades / MO:Astray / Book of Demons / Doom 2 / Among Us)

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2) Given the number of entries remaining across our lists, how many are likely to be from the Legend of Zelda franchise? [1 Mark]

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3) Compare and contrast the use of linear and non-linear design in Majora's Mask and Breath of the Wild. [10 Marks]

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4) On a scale of 1-10, how disappointed is Chris in having to talk about Limbo rather than its successor Inside due to its ineligibility for his personal list? Please justify your answer. [2 Marks]

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Please submit your answers via the social media platform of your choice.

Bonus Level - Spooktober Special Part 3: Amnesia The Dark Descent

Three men sit; crumpled, folded.
A door opens purposefully. 
A figure enters and takes a seat across from the trio.

The group's eyes meet. There is measured silence.
Words fall softly into the room.
"Tell me about… Amnesia."

The first man shuffles in his chair before speaking with quivering voice. 
"The digital dark has made me fear the literal dark".
The second interjects. 
"It's a Lovecraftian nightmare, truly."
The third resident, speaks with reserve and distance.
"Oppressive. Relentless. Good."

Number 18 - Pokémon Blue, Kentucky Route Zero, Wario Land 2

This week, the boys hit the ground running with motors purring:

Jonathan races through Mario's 3D ouevre at a rate of knots!
Minty sets our faithful plumber to one side to race through Xenoblade Chronicles!
Chris disappoints everyone by racing through Big Bobby Car: The Big Race!

Travelling back in time, let Jonathan tell the story of a trendsetting Christopher Dow (aged 11 years old) importing Pokémon and setting Jonathan on a lifetime journey with pocket monsters!

Pull out your Media Studies degree or your Theatre Studies thesis as Chris gets heavy detailing Kentucky Route Zero's postmodern approach to the framework of the adventure game!

Minty exalts Wario Land 2, the little handheld platformer that could, as a truly elevated experience!

According to our triumvirate, three of the very best games EVER made!!

Bonus Level - Spooktober Special Part 2: Bioshock

Spoopy poops the second! This week the gang tackle Bioshock - 2K Games' seminal first person underwater-dystopia-em-up.

Played across PC, Switch and PS4, how does the game hold up 13 years after its initial release?

Will Jonathan brave the shadows, or recoil under a metaphorical childhood blankie?

Will Minty best the horrors of the depths, or sink without trace to a Big Daddy's fist?

Will Chris shoot from his plasmid infused hands, or his spooked tooter?

Number 19 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Oh, hello!

New here, are ya? Not worry, not to worry. Just do your best to follow along, and you'll feel right at home in no time.

You've heard of these things called video games, right? No?!!

Well, you press buttons and things happen. And there's these three guys named Jonathan, Minty and Chris who like them an awful lot. Perhaps they could entice you to give them a try with their rambling superlatives?

On this week's show, find out how the trio have got on with Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and how Chris has used games like Neoverse and Gun on Steam to reward himself for being a good worker man at his personal computer.

Down into the teens now on the century lists!

How long can Chris reasonably talk about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3?

Can a mischievous Minty convince you to return to the earliest entries in the Final Fantasy series via the Gameboy Advance double pack Dawn of Souls?

Returning to the start of his time at secondary school, how highly did Jonathan Dunn's 'miscellaneous' English Project on The Legend of Zelda score given its accidental focus on Ocarina of Time?

Enjoy!

Bonus Level - Spooktober Special Part 1: Slender The Arrival

It's Spooktober!

To celebrate the month of spoops and ghostly boops, we're pumping out F I V E (count 'em!) bonus episodes dedicated to playing horror games.

This week - Slender: The Arrival! 

Will Jonathan put up with having to use a controller rather than a mouse and keyboard?
Will Minty's current location, an isolated holiday cottage, help or hinder his playthrough? 
Will Chris drop an unexpected present in his trousers? 

What are we doing?!

Number 20 - Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows, Bioshock Infinite, Pokémon Go

Like the perpetual turn of the earth, so Monday brings a new episode of Our Three Cents.

Minty huffs unjustly after having Super Mario 3D All-Stars sent to the wrong address, so instead spends his week romping through Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition.

Jonathan continues his Mario marathon by beating New Super Luigi U, before starting what promises to be an extended suckle at the teat of Mario's latest Switch collection.

Chris (or shall we say Moaning Michael) enjoys but also whines about the All-Stars port of Super Mario 64.

GAMES! GAMES! GAMES! 

Minty gets a-shovelin' and nominates Plague of Shadows as the best way to celebrate the incredible generosity of developer Yacht Club's seemingly endless entries in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove of 8-bit throwbacks.

Jonathan goes all lally-lally at the world building and phenomenal narrative present in Bioshock Infinite's sumptuous lagoon of lore.

Chris gets all sad at the thought of 2020, but is buoyed by memories of 2016's global moment: Pokémon Go.

ALSO:

ASMR! Pumpkin Swamp! Sea of Thieves! Egg! Blockbuster! Perambulation!

Number 21 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Super Mario 3D World

Want to know what we think of eSports? It's a topic we're all fantastically ill-qualified to discuss, but has that ever stopped us jumping headfirst into a listener question before?

The boys excitedly await Super Mario 3D Allstars imminent release, passing the time with games as varied as the ludicrous Saints Row IV, a smorgasbord of 2D Mario titles, the organically cinematic Sea of Thieves, a smattering of Apple Arcade titles viewed over the shoulder of Mrs Minty, and the STUNNING remaster of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2.

Then, our choices for the week!

Jonathan explains why Twilight Princess (the Gamecube version, mind, none of this mirror image Link nonsense) offers one of his favourite Legend of Zelda narratives. ('Bark at the Moon' by Ozzy Osbourne [1983])

Minty chooses the personal computer's Rollercoaster Tycoon, explaining how its gentle management helped him realise his real life event management skills. ('Love Rollercoaster' by The Ohio Players [1975])

Chris tells of the life-saving or perhaps life-preserving properties of Super Mario 3D World, Nintendo's perfect synergy of 2D and 3D Mario. ('Scatman's World' by the inimitable Scatman John [1995])