The boys are back! On a long delayed TMA, Mat’s obviously been playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Spelunky 2 and disliking Celeste, while Tom has continued on with Shenmue 3, which sparks a long conversation about story telling in video games…
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On an episode almost titled ‘fiddly wiggling’, the boys kick the podcast off with talk of Star Wars games, Farm Simulator 19 and Shenmue. Mat’s been deep into Capybara’s Below, while Tom’s been playing some Switch titles like Battlesloths, Spiritsphere DX and Q-Yo Blaster, as well as Quantum Redshift on the OG Xbox!
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On another star-studded TMA, Mat’s been playing Shenmue, while Tom’s had his hands in Sonic Mania and The Persistence. We talk about how original creators influence work, drop a lot of names before wrapping ourselves up in The Sims 4!
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On yet another TMA, the boys discuss more than the latest episode of strictly and haiku’s! Tom’s been playing some Tetris (and quilting), but also finding Yakuza Kawami to be less than what was promised in terms of Shenmue succession. Mat’s been playing some Donut County and forcing things into holes… Beyond that, the boys debate the length of games, discuss some of their favourite retro retailers and have a good old natter about originality in games!
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On this week’s TMA, the boys finally hash out a debate 2 years in the making! Shenmue Vs. Yakuza! We talk about what we love in the games, what we hope will be their futures and the merits of English Vs. Japanese voice acting!
Besides that, Mat’s been to Paris video game hunting and Tom’s been busy thinking of a Haiku to describe his feelings on Sonic 2 for the Master System! Yup, it’s quite a podcast!
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For the first time ever Tom Plays goes against tradition and features a game twice! It is Shenmue though...and if any game deserves two episodes Shenmue had to be it!
Also this video exists, in part, as an apology for the last video, which, due to a terrible internet connection, made for a rather ugly live stream...we pre-recorded this one just to make sure it looked good!
Plus, Tom's not alone this time and brings Gareth into the fray once more! The two share the same fondness for the game and, having played it numerous times together previously, have plenty to talk about!
100 episodes, over 400 games, Parry's Pickups celebrates it's final episode with an epic 27 minutes of Pickups!
The final episode of Parry's Pickups was always going to be a special one seeing that it coincided with the re-release of Shenmue 1 & 2, which receives some special treatment in this feature length episode.
Rest assured though it's not a completely Shenmue-centric episode, as Tom also shares his recent Game Gear pickups and his latest Tetris pickup!
So sit back, relax and enjoy this hundredth and final episode!
Not being able to contain his excitement upon receiving Shenmue 1 & 2 Remastered in the post a day early, Tom just had to film the unboxing of the long awaited re-release of one of his all-time favourite video games, enjoy!
It’s been a slow week in TMA Town! Mat’s completed Shenmue, beat some Duck Tales and even done a little bit of Wooly World with Young Thomas, who has mostly been spending his time buying expensive copies of Worms and reminiscing over his love of fighting games and how said love could perhaps be coming to an end…?
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This week the boys are back to their regular shinnanigans. Tom’s picked up some more Worms, Mat bought some Gameboy games, and they’re both talking nonsense! Tom’s been knee deep in some Monopoly on PS3, as well as some Towerfall Accession & Surgeon Simulator on the PS4. Mat has purely been playing Shenmue and as a result, is about to loose some street cred with the Dreamcast Crowd…
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