Cutscenes: Art or Annoyance? | Episode 65 | RIP Game & Physical + More!

🎙️ Join Heather, Stu and Tom for a slightly smaller crew this week as they dive into the world of cutscenes in games. Do you love them or hate them? Are they essential storytelling or just something that gets in the way of the action? We explore the best, the worst, and everything in between — plus the usual pickups, gaming news, and chaos. Stick around for the quiz at the end too! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & What We've Been Playing 31:05 - Gaming News 📰 42:27 - Questions from Discord ❓ 51:34 - Main Topic: Cutscenes in Games 🎬 1:24:02 - Gaming Quiz Time! 1:30:08 - Shout Outs and Goodbye! Find all of our links here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024 Discord: https://discord.gg/VzmAnSA7xa Twitter/X: https://x.com/GameOlderPod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GameOlder2024 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/game_older_podcast__/ Contact us: gameolder2024@gmail.com Discount codes and shout-outs: Bitmap Books — 5% off all purchases: OLDER5 bitmapbooks.com Timeless Gaming Convention, Liverpool — 12th August. Use code OLDER26 for 15% off tickets! Please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you listen, along with hitting the follow/subscribe button! 🎮 What we've been playing: Stu has been living the racing life and dabbling in the macabre: Cruising around and unlocking cars in Forza — "it's just simply good" Hooked on Black Jacket, a Balatro-style blackjack roguelike with a purgatory twist Finally started Resident Evil 4 Remake at Tom's urging, and loving the early village chaos Tom had a huge haul of retro pickups: Fixed his Mega CD woes with a new Mega CD 2, picking up Wolf Child, Soul Star/Cobra Command, and a Japanese Resident Evil 5 tin Grabbed Super Famicom copies of Star Fox and A Link to the Past, plus a Dreamcast internet starter pack Finished Resident Evil 8 (fun, if a bit frustrating) and dabbled on a friend's Sega 32X and MSX/Sharp X68000 retro rigs Completed Cannon Spike and started the Kojima classic Snatcher on Mega CD Heather balanced pickups with a surprise return to Assassin's Creed: New Mega Drive grabs including Menace, Spider-Man, Urban Strike and Home Alone, plus PS2 titles Magna Carta and Clock Tower 3 Picked up a rare cancelled/unreleased South Park cart for Game Boy Color, complete with a DIY box project Ended up diving back into Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced despite herself — buggy but beautiful, and a joy to replay 13 years on 📰 Gaming News Highlights: Sony's Digital Backlash Overshadows Wolverine: A big new Marvel's Wolverine trailer got buried under continued backlash to PlayStation's all-digital future Ubisoft's Quieter Year Ahead: A lighter release schedule follows Black Flag Resynced, with bigger Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon entries planned down the line Elder Scrolls 6 Still Years Away: Bethesda confirms it's still in development on the new Creation Engine 3, with no release date yet GAME Goes Into Administration: What's left of the UK retailer is now mostly confined to Sports Direct shelf space 🎮 Upcoming Releases: Halo: Campaign Evolved — 28th July Mistfall Hunter — 29th July Kusan: City of Wolves — 30th July 💬 Side chats & moments: What game ending or character failure stuck with you the most? (Cheers, England's Euro exit) Is the high street dying for gamers? RIP GAME, long live CEX Zach from the Discord wrote this week's 1v1 Stu vs Tom quiz — Tom takes the win!