This week on Checkpoint Chat we travel back in time with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, have a vibe check-in with Fortnite and Elden Ring, and score some hatricks in Mario Strikers: Battle League.

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00:00:00​ - Cold cats and spoon-feeding plants
00:10:53 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is retro goodness!
00:21:58 - Is anybody surprised that we're still talking about Elden Ring?
00:29:52 - Mario Strikers: Battle League is... too easy?
00:38:56 - Games out this week
00:42:27 - All the latest gaming news
01:25:08 - We answer your questions!

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Happy 40th anniversary GI Joe!!! Rob, Paul and Steve discuss the best and worst from the four (five?) decades of GI Joe: 1982, 1992, 2002, 2012... and 2022! The toyline has changed so much and we check in with it to see what we love and what we loathe from those auspicious years.

This week on Checkpoint Chat, we've put a lot more hours into Diablo Immortal and it's still good? The Summer Game Fest has also kicked off and Keighley's opening night had some big games to get excited about. Also, screw Eskom.

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00:00:00​ - An important announcement
00:00:50​ - Life hacks, Elden Ring, and Batman
00:11:01 - Diablo Immortal is actually decent?
00:24:22 - Games out this week
00:25:30 - All the latest gaming news

This week on Checkpoint Chat we're clicking demons and collecting loot in Diablo Immortal, Fortnite is real different without building, and hooboy was that a stacked PlayStation State of Play.

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00:00:00​ - Back support and chair affairs
00:07:57 - Diablo Immortal sure is a mobile game (and addictive at that)
00:27:44 - Fortnite's no-build mode is a good time
00:32:45 - Games out this week
00:35:03 - All the latest gaming news
01:08:35 - We answer all your questions!

There’s a fair bit of GI Joe animation out there. Be it DIC, Extreme, Sigma 6, Resolute, Renegades and, of course, the legendary Sunbow series. And these shows served to showcase a lot of toys. But nevertheless certain characters, designs, and concepts slipped through the cracks and were criminally omitted. GI Joburg takes a look at a few of these toys in episode 251.

Plus Steve rants about Shockwave’s filecard. It’s all going down!

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This week on Checkpoint Chat, we've got firm concluding thoughts on rhythm action game Soundfall, space Soulslike Dolmen, and a whole bunch of talk about Sony's 2022 plans and Game Pass.

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00:00:00​ - Cake transactions and food of the future
00:12:46 - Soundfall is... too long
00:21:23​ - Dolmen, meanwhile, is entirely okay
00:31:50 - Games out this week
00:37:31 - All the latest gaming news
01:08:10 - We answer all your questions!

In this episode, Scully joins us as Daphne the sneaky Tabaxi rogue. Our unlikely adventurers set out to find "The Pig and Mud" where they hope to meet Jared and "collect some cabbages." They say all good adventures begin in taverns...

An home-brew actual-play Dungeons and Dragons 5e podcast set on the continent of Astra in Callendos, with interactive input from our live sessions on Twitch.tv/dumdumdie . All female. All awesome!

We're back and so are all the games! This week on Checkpoint Chat, we touch on Elden Ring, Lumines, Dolmen, Moonlighter, and Soundfall (which is a lot by our count).

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00:00:00 - Hoodies and ice-cream
00:10:30 - Matty loved Moonlighter...
00:12:02 - ... and he's hooked on Lumines!
00:19:34 - Matty also rolled credits on Elden Ring (finally)
00:37:02 - Damn, he played some Dolmen too!
00:45:32 - Sandy, meanwhile, has been jamming Soundfall
00:52:57 - Games out this week
00:59:27 - All the latest gaming news
01:23:03 - We answer all your questions!

Ever believed something about the GI Joe series with every fiber of your being, only to later discover you were so very wrong? We get into our top three "duh" moments with Joe and as a bonus side quest, talk about our favourite rainy day GI Joe tales.

Also in this episode: the Callsign: Longbow Kickstarter and the figure designs that get us PUMPED!

Callsign: Longbow on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grindstonetoys/longbow

Steve on Sgt Slaughter's Slaughterhouse chatting to Grindstone Toys about Callsign: Longbow

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This week on Checkpoint Chat, we dive into space mines with Deep Rock Galactic, get physical with Nintendo Switch Sports, dissect what best fits in Kirby's mouth with The Forgotten Land, and juggle two jobs with Moonlighter.

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00:00:00​ - Excellent timing and stopping the car
00:08:40 - Another Elden Ring check in (of course)
00:12:31​ - Quick impressions on Nintendo Switch Sports
00:27:44 - We know we're late, but Deep Rock Galactic rules?
00:37:01 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land is EXCELLENT!
00:43:18 - We're addicted to Moonlighter
00:51:33 - Games out this week
00:53:48 - All the latest gaming news
01:28:17 - We answer all your questions!