Mat’s tired, so no REANIMAL stream tonight we’re afraid! We’ll be back in two weeks, as next week James will be at Twitchcon. And no, we can’t believe we’ve written that sentence either.

I mean I knew that the new Yoshi game wouldn’t allow me to use *any* name when naming a discovery, but it’s still a bit disappointing.

A great bit from Rich on a first-hand experience of seeing exactly how those vultures at Roblox go after younger gamers, both taking them for a ride and (arguably as bad) poisoning their general relationship with games as a medium. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Maul – Shadow Lord is the best Star Wars series I've seen for years, thoroughly enjoyable. Can't wait for the next series.

LIVE! Sean's having a go at building a city on a moon full of dead folks in AMBERSPIRE. Should be fine. twitch.tv/tcgsco

Or listen to TCGS 500.

So did Anthem.

Would have been perfect to have brought this up during the @tcgs.co best ever console debate 🤦‍♂️

Dawn of Sorrow is comfortably my favourite of the DS Castlevania games, it gets almost everything just right.

TCGS London? Sold out mate. It took less than two weeks and we’re over the moon. Even James. See you all in London on 17th October!

Tickets for TCGS London are available now! Three years after TCGScon in Sunderland, the boys are back for another live show, this time in London. Date: Saturday 17th October 2026 Location: The Phoenix, 37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP Doors: 8:30pm Starts: 9:00pm 🎟️ Buy tickets now at tcgs.co

Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad

Tonight from 9pm GMT, @jcafarley.tcgs.co and @mat.tcgs.co are returning to REANIMAL! Watch live on Twitch from 9pm: twitch.tv/TCGSco @thqnordic.com | #REANIMAL

Sean is playing more bloody computer games on the internet twitch.tv/tcgsco

There had better be a Planet of Lana III. I’ll kick off if there isn’t @wishfully.bsky.social ! Sequel was wonderful.

This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

Tempted, after @sean.tcgs.co’s recommendation.

@mat.tcgs.co Can you contact our legal representative please.

That’s Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse done with all the endings. Had to look up how to get the true ending, no matter how much time I had I doubt I would have figured it out. Good game though, not scary enough though.

Tonight from 9pm, @sean.tcgs.co and @jcafarley.tcgs.co are raiding together in the Marathon Server Slam! Watch live at twitch.tv/TCGSco

I’m tempted to get this purely because of this screenshot.

FFS.

Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not

Not sure I feel comfortable exporting these in Animal Crossing.

And I’d do it again!

This is what is is commonly referred to as "False advertising"

Baby Steps stream will now happen tomorrow evening at 9pm, because James didn't realise the Traitor's finale was on at a later time today.

We’re recording a pod tonight! Watch live tonight on Twitch from 20:45 GMT at twitch.tv/TCGSco Send feedback/questions at tcgs.co

These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov

So, more streaming of Baby Steps tonight. I’m a bit apprehensive going back to it, it’s been weeks.

484: 2026 Gaming Predictions We’re back! We find out whose 2025 gaming predictions came true, we make new predictions for 2026, reveal who won our Fantasy Critic league, and discuss our festive gaming. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/x6qDdn3tu3A 🎧 Listen: plinkhq.com/i/1100170036... 🤝 Patreon: patreon.com/tcgs

Big Hops is pretty good. The creativity really ramps up after a few hours in. Performance on the Switch 2 isn’t perfect though, quite a bit of slow down in later areas.

NEW STREAMING SERIES: ARC TUESDAYS* Sean's streaming ARC Raiders every Tuesday at 9pm, possibly joined by the other TCGS boys, but if not he'll just make loads of friends on his own anyway so it's fine. *might change the day when The Traitors finishes in a few weeks twitch.tv/tcgsco

WE. ARE. BACK. We're reviewing our 2025 gaming predictions, making new predictions for 2026, seeing who won our Fantasy Critic league, and discussing a whole heap of gaming from the break. Watch live tonight on Twitch from 20:45 GMT at twitch.tv/TCGSco Send feedback/questions at tcgs.co

You know something, I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

2025 has been an incredible year of games and this was the best way to hear a champion be crowned. Do I agree with all the decisions? Never. But I stand by them! Genuinely the most entertaining GOTY format, I cannot be convinced otherwise and if you haven't already got into this pod you should.

483: Game of the Year 2025 Here. We. Go. It’s time to decide the TCGS Game of the Year for 2025. 🎧 Podcast: plinkhq.com/i/1100170036... 📺 YouTube: youtu.be/e7usEG5xXPc 🤝 Patreon: patreon.com/tcgs (Remember: as always, this episode is audio only, so there’s no video version to watch.)

Tomorrow. It’s TCGS GOTY time.

I know the @tcgs.co GOTY.

Tried putting the Trombone Champ stream on YouTube and unsurprisingly they're having absolutely none of it. On the up, here's the link to download the TCGS theme for Trombone Champ if you're into that sort of thing: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

I’ve gone for the classic, now I’m ready for the @tcgs.co GOTY show!

We’re also bringing Imposter Syndrome to Birmingham! Come and see @iainlee and myself twat about on stage! Tickets now available.

482: Game of the Year Draft 2025 Ahead of next week's GOTY pod, it’s time to choose our Draft picks + Wildcards. Also: Skate Story, Terminator 2D: No Fate, Karma: The Dark World, The Game Awards + more 📺 Watch: youtu.be/Ytd2rB0L4AA 🎧 Listen: plinkhq.com/i/1100170036... 🤝 Patreon: patreon.com/tcgs

Terminator 2D: No Fate now has me obsessed with this song.

I’ve got 14 games on my list for the GOTY draft on @tcgs.co, no idea what I'm going to end up with.