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The Overseas Connection #803 - Sunday Vibes

• Back to the normal schedule, and this week its Greg and Kim bringing the fun
• Kim not only decides to read books again but makes a full commitment
• Greg shows off his lack of Warhammer lore
• Kim gets a gift
• Greg discovers an elite problem
• The Final Tour is watched and it hits all the right notes
• Corn beef and hash or Alpo in a can?  
• The Plucky Squire shines with its gameplay and visuals
• Orcs Must Die 3 is a solid addition to the series
• A community question stumps the crew as we ponder games we loved but are overall are considered to be crap by most! 

In the News:

• PlayStation announces new 30th anniversary editions of PS5 and PS5 Pro
• Concord was not just a failure, it was a very expensive one! 
• Xbox will be at Tokyo Game Show and streaming the presentation if you care to watch 
• Krafton talks about why they wanted to save Tango.

Its a quick but fun show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #802 - Friday the 13th

• We do a special Friday podcast because life wouldn't cooperate for us to get in our normal Sunday show.  This week its the Power Trio of Greg, Kim and Robin
• Greg talks football and concussions
• Kim discovers a new cleaning product
• Robin has been busier than ever post "retirement"
• Another raccoon meets its final destination
• Latest audio book Convergence hits Greg's list
• Robin treats us to a clip of really bad racing
• Halo Wednesday multiplayer session keeps chuggin
• Kim comes through and gives us the scoop on her time with Warhammer Space Marines 2 
• Metacritic Madness Quiz takes us to 2004

In the News:

• PlayStation introduces the world to the PS5 Pro with a 9 min video and a price tag of $699
• Annapurna Interactive looses its development team...yes they really all quit. 
• Kim gives us the skinny on the new games for the upcoming week in September

Its a quick but fun show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #801 - Kick Off!

• Its a two person show again with Greg and Kim because well....just listen.
• The NFL is back and Kime and Greg could not be happier
• Kim turns into a "Fall" hater
• On the must watch list:  Not Top Gear America
• Kim once agin tries to derail the show with Debbie Downer Kitten trauma stories
• Halo and COD still fun... COD 6 Beta might be more fun
• Greg tasks Kim with 1 thing to do, play Warhammer Space Marines 2 before its launch
• Metacritic Madness Quiz takes us back to 2011

In the News:

• Playstation celebrates 30 glorious years with game soundtracks on Spotify
• Additionally Playstation will celebrates 30 great years by making blocks... err...legos....no, no sorry it's Shapes! 
• Playstion also piles on the celebrations by officially shutting down the just released game Concord 
• Black Myth Wukong delay on Xbox isn't a technical delay but still technically is a delay nonetheless
• Kim gives us the skinny on the new games for the upcoming week in September

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The Overseas Connection #800 - It's just a number

• Its a two person show with Greg and Kim but fear not, winds of change are coming. 
• Kim gives us a DYI Cat Proofing idea
• Greg explains recent copy right issues that perplexed him 
• Kim attempts to clean up here wires
• On the must watch list:  Land of Bad and Wyatt Earp & The Cowboy Wars
• Kim and Greg talk about Atlas Fallen Reign of Sand...its good but is it great? 
• Dave the Diver is more fun in the sushi bar than under water apparently. 
• Metacritic Madness Quiz takes us back to 2005

In the News:

• Capcom losing somebody after 30 glorious years.
• Concord is indeed DOA for Sony
• Things get more expensive in Japan for PlayStation gamers.
• Kim gives us the skinny on the new games for the upcoming week in September

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The Overseas Connection #799 - Gamescom is still something

• Greg talks battery woes both big and small
• Kim gives a dissertation on polyps and cats
• Greg explores the new rover REV-8 and puts it through its paces
• Kim goes full Inspector Clouseau with Frog Detective and Hidden Cats in Rome
• Fishfection it turns out is fun in Call of Duty
• Greg levels up his blender game
• Funnel cakes and Pedal Pull Tractor races round out the weeks fun
• Metacritic Madness Quiz takes us back to 2022

In the News:

• Gamescom big announcements
• Valve officially acknowledges Deadlock
• Avowed reportedly at 30fps....does it really matter? 
• Sea of Thieves doing well on PS5
• A new accessiblity joystick is coming in 2025
• Kim gives us the skinny on the new games for the upcoming week in August

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The Overseas Connection #798 No more pasta!   Kim doesn't murder anything but Robin is starting to look like Hamburger.   Robin and Kim have a great wee time chatting about everything from pink motorcycles to school uniforms. We fit in some gaming and gaming news just to bring it back to centre.   This weeks new games for the upcoming week.   Its a fun show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #797 - Force of One

• Greg captains the boat this week all by himself
• NFL football is back and Greg is all to happy about it 
• Borderlands the movie has been seen and Greg has thoughts about it and the Dbox experience 
• Starfield and Halo Multiplayer rule the roost this week

In the News:

• Ready At Dawn gets scuttled by Meta
• Witcher 4 tid bits come forward
• Take Two weighs in on subscription services
• Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes are well on their way in production
• Warner Bros. see's a dip in gaming revenue and blames Suicide Squad
• Sony dips on hardware but still is making lots of money
• This weeks new games for the upcoming week 

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The Overseas Connection #796 - More Bad News?

• Kim talks up the fun of birthdays and funerals
• Greg has caught Olympic fever despite their best efforts to turn him off to it
• Kim is encouraged to start filming her racoon battles 
• Greg brings us all to the cooking corner
• Metacritic Madness has us visit 2006
• Poison Ivy is a thing that Kim rolls the dice with every day apparently
• Flintlock Siege of Dawn fails to capture Greg's attention
• Spirit of the North makes Kim sick...literally
• We talk Fit My Cat, because why not

In the News:

• Bungie faces layoffs and even more challenges
• Microsoft lays out their Gamescom plan
• Avowed kicked into 2025
• Game Informer gets the full axe and says good bye effective immediately
• Kim gives us the skinny on the new games for the upcoming week in August

Its a fun show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #795 - Double Act     Two silly old men chewing the fat and talking about life, the universe and video games.   Greg and Robin are having a pretty good time. Life is good and Greg will be able to drive his toy car again now that he has cleared out all his old drag clothes from it.   Robin actually has played a game or two and there is news, not much but there is news.   Enjoy.   Like and subscribe if you haven't already! Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN

The Overseas Connection #794 - Solo Act

• Greg dives into some politics in the wake of the weekend news. 
• Greg gives his thoughts on Beverly Hills Cop Axel F and Hillbilly Eligy 
• Halo Multiplayer continues to be a go to for Greg

In the News:

• The FTC reacts to Microsoft's proposed price hikes to Game Pass with an "I told you" statement
• Microsoft counters with their own statement of "we didn't do that"
• Bethesda Unionizes 
• Master Cheeks...err Chief and his Halo TV series won't get a season 3 on Paramount Plus
• In game purchases apparently are still very popular.
• and a few more topics

Its a fun albeit quick show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #793 - Shots Fired

• The team talks about the attempted assassination over the weekend.
• Robin talks about his VIP Silverstone trip 
• Kim now in week 3 of no killing of animals (we don't Racoons) 
• Greg catches the new Netflix series Receivers
• Metacritic Madness has us visiting 2021 again
• Robin shocks us all by playing non-racing games
• Halo Infinite and Call of Duty still are the gold standard for us in the competitive shooter genre. 

In the News:

• We cover the price increase coming to Xbox subscription tiers
• We talk up a few more headlines as the July gaming news stays relatively quiet
• Kim gives us the skinny on the new games for the week upcoming in July

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The Overseas Connection #792 - Greg Is Melting

• Greg talks about the insane heat in his area
• The team talks July 4th celebrations
• Kim is now 2 weeks in with out killing an animal
• Kim flashes July's calendars 
• Greg has a must see TV recommendation
• We double down on Metacritic Madness with both Kim and Greg pulling games from 2018
• Hypercharge Unboxed and Call of Duty lead the way on our games played discussion. 

In the News:

• We cover a few headlines but its a slow July for news
• We lay out all the new games for the week and games coming to our paid services in July

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The Overseas Connection #791 - Death becomes her.   Sadly, and with our deepest condolence's, Kim's longtime friend, her poor cat, passed away over the last week.  Now that's out of the way.....Kim, what the actual?  The clock resets and let's see if she can make it through two weeks without killing anything. 

• Robin is still in charge as Judith goes down with something called KoVed?
• Greg if away saying 'Hi' to his Mom for Robin.
• Kim.....is a star...that is all.

In the News:

• Robin's golf handicap is now 4 or 6.
• During Greg's time in his office no neighbour grabbed land from him.
• Kim has not started any wars in the last few weeks.
• And.....we..um arhagabarara, we beat um arcade at last.
• There is no news apart from everything is great.

Its a fun compact show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

 

The Overseas Connection #790 - It;s One Hot Episode

• Robin laments how hard it is to be incharge with Judith on holiday
• Greg talks pools, BBQ and hot sh*t
• Cat hotels it turns out are not safe spaces
• Kim amazingly has overtake Robin as the resident animal dispatcher
• and what episode would be complete with out some dental drama

In the News:

• Robin butchers every news segment in his wonderful way 
• Tango Gameworks closure might have reasons... 
• Prominent Nintendo Leaker gets leaked
• PSVR2 ... yeah not much to say here...its in trouble. 
• Xbox confirms Gamescom attendance in a big way
• Metacritic Madness would have taken us to 2018 but Greg got side tracked

Its a fun compact show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #789 - Father's Day Episode

• Greg and Kim discuss the onslaught of crickets / locust invading the U.S. 
• Greg talks through his crazy week of travel
• It's Father's Day so we talk about the various personal plans

In the News:

• Its a light week on news but Kim does weigh in on her thoughts around the different games announced last week
• Metacritic Madness takes us all back to 2022

Its a fun compact show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #788 - Xbox Showcase Extravaganza

• Greg and Mark hold court this week talking showcase events

In the News we discuss:

• Its an all Xbox Showcase as we walk through the entire showcase and every announcement
• We break the show down and give our grades 
• and we talk a few more bits around the lackluster Summerfest showcase.

Its a fun compact show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #787 - Pre-Summer Games...err...E3 Week

• Greg and Kim hold the fort down as everyone else is MIA
• Kim weighs in on cat litter robots...yeah its a thing
• Greg falls in love with Godzilla Minus One

In the News we discuss:

• Its almost E3 (yes, we still call it that) so we throw out a few highly researched predictions for next week.
• Sony has a State of Play and we discuss everything revealed
• and a few more bits get discussed.

Its a fun compact show so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #786 - You're all sick I tell you, sick!   Kim and Robin start the show but we seem to pick up a stray on the journey.   It's the season of Kim to be be Mrs Looking After Younguns. Robin barely survives an attack by his body trying to shut him up. Greg appears and then POOF! he is gone.   Kim played games, Robin raced and Greg got excited by a map.   In the News we discuss:     Why is E3 not still a thing when it's really still a thing?   Its a fun show as usual so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.  

The Overseas Connection #785 - Dental Trifecta

• Greg joins the dental woes support group
• Mark has a boring week...except for all the stuff he did
• Kim steps into the future with a Robot Pooper Scooper
• Metacritic quiz takes us to 2016

In the News we discuss:

• Xbox studio closures and studio openings.
• Sony getting more love from Steam.
• the Division Heartland is no longer has a heartbeat. 
• Sony gets a two for one deal on CEO's.
• and a few more headlines to discuss.

Its a fun show as usual so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.

The Overseas Connection #784 - Toothless     Kim tries out the latest craze in weight loss by removing teeth. Robin gets locked in the cupboard.   What we played: Kim plays Have a Nice Death, Kingdom: Two Crowns, Party Animals ,CoD MP. She's been busy Robin: Races pretend cars.   In the News we discuss:  

• Nintendo Switch 2: Rumoured Release Date
• Xbox President Says Every Game From Its Studios Will Launch Day-One On Game Pass

Its a fun show as usual so come and enjoy, like and subscribe if you haven't already!   Oh and join our Discord channel.... we hear it is the future: https://discord.gg/EvpjkfgmXN   Also on Spotify and other audio streaming platforms near you now.