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Episode 52 | Bring Back Beat 'em ups! | Xbox Dev Direct, GTA Blow up! & Gamer Guide + More!

🎙️ Join Heather, Tom, Leon, Stu, and TommyT in this episode of Game Older as get down and dirty with gaming chat, recent pickups, and a deep dive into beat ’em ups — what makes the genre timeless, which classics still hold up, and what a modern beat ’em up needs to get right. Expect laughs, tangents, and a quiz waiting at the end if you stick around. 👊 Main topic: Beat ’em ups The gang break down genre legends like Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and TMNT, debating button-mashing vs skill, iconic enemies and bosses, and which modern studios they’d trust to bring the genre back properly. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro & what we’ve been playing 00:57:17 - Gaming news & New games! 01:13:14 - Questions from Discord 01:25:14 - Main topic - Beat 'em ups 02:06:17 - Gaming quiz time 02:16:22 - Shout outs & goodbye Find all of our links here: Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/gameolder2024⁠⁠⁠ Discord:⁠   / discord   Twitter/X: https://x.com/GameOlderPod Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠   / @gameolder2024   Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠  / ⁠⁠⁠   Contact us: ⁠⁠⁠gameolder2024@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ Discount codes and shout-outs: Bitmap Books 5% off all purchases: OLDER5 ⁠bitmapbooks.com⁠ Extra Life Gaming Lounge, Sheffield: Quote "Game Older Podcast" for 5% off all items! Please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you listen, along with hitting the follow/subscribe button! 🎮 What we’ve been playing: Leon finished Resident Evil 4 Remake (a firm 10/10), then jumped into As Dusk Falls, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Phasmophobia. TommyT wrapped up Ocarina of Time, moved onto Metroid and Breath of the Wild, and returned to Fallout 76 after watching the TV show. Stu put serious time into the latest Pokémon Legends ZA with a lot of love, and checked out Star Wars Outlaws on Game Pass. Tom streamed one of the worst games he’s ever played (Bibi & Tina at the Horse Farm), revisited Judgment, and shared thoughts on console-to-PC streaming. Heather chats handheld life (Portal/Steam Deck vibes), dips into driving games, and mentions Quarantine Zone ready to go 📦 Pickups & retro bits: Heather shows off new pickups including RetroRealms: Halloween & Ash vs Evil Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre steelbook, and indie curiosity Kingdom Majestic. Tom reveals a Japan haul featuring Dead or Alive (Saturn), Biohazard Code: Veronica, Racing Lagoon, a boxed PS2 Sega Classics collection, and yet another PS3 — bringing his total to 13. 📰 Gaming news: Discussion around Rockstar North in Edinburgh following a recent incident, with confirmation everyone was safe. Ongoing chatter and speculation around GTA-related rumours and what’s next for Rockstar. Broader industry talk on physical media vs digital, delistings, and rising retro game prices. Xbox Dev Direct excitement to finally see Fable! 💬 Side chats & debates: Battlefield vs Call of Duty, why modern shooters struggle to hold attention, Zelda games needing guides back in the day, and how live-service games have reshaped attention spans. 🎮 A relaxed but packed episode full of beat ’em up nostalgia, retro love, modern gaming takes, and classic Game Older vibes