Getting the Ick: How to Ruin a Game

Have you ever found yourself enjoying a game and then BAM... you hit an ick? Something so minor but so off-putting that you just have to put the controller down and walk away.

This week's episode is all about those moments. The small things that games can do to really ruin your experience. From cringey box blurb and clunky dialogue to lame side quests and lewd camera angles, we've got ick covered.

But before that, we catch up with what the Boys have been up to. Sarah's been revisiting an absolute classic with a whole new perspective, while Glenn's been going extremely deep on his latest wildly addictive game.

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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

• Dredge
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• A Game About Digging A Hole
• PowerWash Simulator
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
• Age of Mythology
• Conker: Live & Reloaded
• Rusty Rabbit
• Perky Little Things
• Duke Nukem 3D
• Immortals of Aveum
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• Stellar Blade
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Persona 5
• Heavy Rain
• Unravel Two
• Darwin's Paradox!

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton

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