In 2018, two friends created a podcast about video games. This is a list of all the episodes that were previously hosted on Soundcloud. This page now acts as an archive of all the existing episodes. Who knows, maybe there'll be more?
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In the first ever episode of XP Gains and a two and a half hour special, MrSilverstrike and MacThane cover the subject of monetisation in video games, and what they would like to see improve or change in the video games industry.
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In this episode of XP Gains, MrSilverstrike and MacThane cover why they love video games, and two genres specifically: survival and RPG. This is the first part of a multi-part series on the best things about video games.
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In this episode of XP Gains, MrSilverstrike and MacThane continue their special series where they cover various video game genres. In this particular episode, they cover their most played genre: RTS (Real-Time Strategy) and what they enjoy so much about it. As the episode transitions into the next genre, MrSilverstrike also reminisces about a game that defined his childhood from 1998, Urban Assault.
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In this episode of XP Gains, the hosts tackle different kinds of shooters and why it’s so much fun to play them. Silver and Thane also share some of their most epic moments in shooters, without spoiling any stories. They also talk about Destiny 2, but don’t worry, they keep it brief. (They’ve spent enough time on that game during our first episode.)
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After realising that going over all remaining genres would take far too many episodes, Silver and Thane have decided to speed up the process by talking about a single broad category for the next few upcoming episodes. In this episode, the hosts tackle various RPG-like genres, like the MMORPG, JRPG, ARPG, Classic RPG, and even touch on open world RPGs.
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In this episode, Silver and Thane tackle what remains of shooters in their continuation of the series where they discuss different genres. They discuss the following genres: battle royale, looter shooters, chicken-run shooters, isometric/top down shooters. At the end of the episode, they also talk about the importance of being honest in talking about our experiences with the medium.
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In this episode, Silver and MacThane start the Janitor’s Waltz, where they start “cleaning up” the remaining genres in the ‘What They Love About Video Games’-series. The hosts talk about those genres they enjoy once in a blue moon: sports games, racing games, fighting games, and MOBAs. To end the episode, the hosts also briefly discuss esports.
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In this week’s lengthy episode, Silver and MacThane continue the Janitor’s Waltz. The two hosts tackle the following genres: puzzle games, turn-based strategy and VR games.
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The Janitor’s Waltz is over, and with this episode, Silver gives Thane homework and they talk about the following genres: roguelikes, platformers, action-adventure, and storylikes (walking simulators, interactive movies).
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Thane and Silver have returned after a brief hiatus to discuss what they’ve been up to, and what games they will be covering in the next episodes of XP GAINS.
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As they kick off their first official podcast back after their little update last month, Silver and MacThane cover Destiny 2’s latest expansion, Forsaken.
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While Thane was absent, MrSilverstrike sat down with MrJears to discuss some of the games they have recently played, including Monster Hunter World, God of War, Divinity Original Sin 2, and more. Also includes segments covering other games like Terraria, Final Fantasy XV, Metro, and more.
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In this episode, Thane and Silver talk about marketing of video games, why having a free version of your game might be good for your playerbase, and what to look out for when checking out new games.
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In this special, MrSilverstrike and MacThane look back at the podcasts they made this year. They also look at some of the biggest games and industry trends over the past twelve months. As if that wasn’t enough, they also chose a game for each month this year that they’d recommend you look at. And finally, they look forward to 2019 and explain what their gaming plans are for the upcoming year. (Note: This episode or may not include a short Christmas-themed skit at the start of the episode. Enjoy.)
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MacThane and MrSilverstrike have played Anthem during the VIP demo weekend, and this episode is solely spent on discussing this demo. (This episode also includes a fun blooper reel of the guys attempting to record a proper intro for this episode. They failed spectacularly.)
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Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall, shadowdropped a new game that has taken the world by storm: Apex Legends. MacThane and MrSilverstrike explain why it is so delightful to play, and just a very polished game in general.
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MrSilverstrike and MacThane cover the news about Anthem’s troubled development, they talk about the Epic Games exclusives and their launcher, as well as Google’s new streaming service announcement, Google Stadia.
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MacThane and MrSilverstrike discuss the games they’ve recently played, Destiny 2’s upcoming announcement, Anthem’s continued failure, Fire Emblem Heroes being banned in Belgium, and they also talk for a while about microtransactions.
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MrSilverstrike and MacThane cover various gameplay mechanics in this episode, including the point of RNG, level scaling, difficulty in video games, the point of early access, and more. This is a lengthy episode where we talk at length about some of these topics.
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MacThane and MrSilverstrike return after nine months of absence with a new episode where they catch up with a talk about Ring Fit Adventure, we talk about Anthem 2.0 briefly, discuss the setting of Death Stranding, Assassin’s Creed Origins & Odyssey. We also cover The Witcher, announce our completion of Divinity Original Sin 2 and talk about last year’s delay season where all games were delayed for a couple of months. Then, we talk about some games you could be playing while stuck inside.
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The last year has been quite weird, and given the circumstances, MrSilverstrike has an announcement about the future of the show. We’re still planning future episodes, but your favorite host MacThane is going to be absent for a while and here’s why. In the meanwhile, we’re hard at work bringing you episode 18. From now on, Silver will be joined by MrJears for future episodes.
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MrJears rejoins the podcast in Thane’s stead, and joins Silver for another timely episode of XP Gains. In this episode, we talk about staying at home, Final Fantasy VII, Civilization VI, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Total War Warhammer II and Apex Legends.
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