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From Rags to Rupees: Money in Games

July 29 · 52 min · Season 1 · Episode 54Explicit
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Unzip your wallets and loosen your coin pouches because this episode's all about the most filthy of lucre: money.

From septims to souls, in-game currency has been integral to countless RPGs, platformers and Glenn's favourite shopkeeper games. But how do you spend yours? When does it work, and when does money lose all meaning? Why does Glenn like being poor so much? And what's the vendor doing with all my cheese?

But before all that, the Boys catch up on what they've been playing this week. Glenn's wardrobe malfunction ruins a finale while Sarah's been longing for more skateboarding but has ended up at the theatre with a not-so-progressive Peach.

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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

  • Late Shift
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Resident Evil 4
  • OlliOlli World
  • Princess Peach: Showtime!
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  • Dark Souls
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Dredge
  • Hollow Knight
  • Bloodborne
  • Age of Empires
  • Crusader Kings III
  • Rome: Total War
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Grand Theft Auto VI
  • Atomfall
  • Forge of Empires
  • Master of Command
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Disco Elysium
  • Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
  • Balatro
  • EVE Online
  • Two Point Hospital
  • Two Point Campus
  • Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Dreams in the Witch House

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton

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