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4 days ago
4 days ago
The boys are here for their annual "best games we played this year that didn't necessarily come out this year but most of them did except for Andy who doesn't play games newer than 2005 extravaganza part 1". In this first part we run down our 5th, 4th, and 3rd favourite games that we played this year.
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The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
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Friday Dec 05, 2025
291 - Checkpoint: Brass Monkey
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to talk about Tim Sweeney's latest crashout, the weird story around Horses being blocked from Steam, JRPG 3.0, Battlefield sales figures, and of course all the games they've been playing recently.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Monday Dec 01, 2025
290 - Side Quest: WW2 Video Games
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
To mark 80 years since the end of the end of World War 2, Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to talk about the history of its depiction in video games.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
289.5 - Checkpoint: The Game Awards Predictions
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
In this bonus extrasode Mark and Nick get together to talk about the nominations for all the categories in this year's Game Awards, pick their preferred winners, and predict who will win.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Saturday Nov 15, 2025
289 - Checkpoint: Masklophobia
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss some now comically outdated news, Chazzee's fear of mascots, back pain, the World Series, and all of the games they've been playing over the past month.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Friday Oct 24, 2025
288 - Checkpoint: All My Homies Hate Quantic Dream
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Quiet one this week, Mark and Chazzee get together to further discuss the EA buyout and union pushback against it, the latest David Cage bowel movement, a whole bunch of other news, and all the games they've been playing recently.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
287 - Checkpoint: The Customer Is Always F*cked
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Nick is joined by Andy and Chazzee to talk about EA being bought by the worst people on the planet and the implications for their IP, the Game Pass price increases and the future of Xbox, all the new game releases, and run down all the games they've been playing recently.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Friday Sep 26, 2025
286 - Checkpoint: Pit Beef
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to laugh at Randy Pitchford, moan about the state of video game optimisation, ruminate on the nature of mosh pits, talk about upcoming Nintendo releases, and run down all the games they've been playing over the last few weeks.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Sunday Sep 14, 2025
285 - Side Quest: Best Launch Lineup
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
We heard the internet loves tier lists, so we decided to get in on the action. Join Nick, Chazzee and Mark as they build a tier list of the best console launch lineups while doing a lot of reminiscing.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

Friday Sep 05, 2025
284 - Checkpoint: Showdown
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Worlds collide as Doug and Nick appear on an episode together! Join them and Mark as they talk a little about some very old news, Nick tortures the boys with a quiz, and they run down all the games they've been playing over the past month or so.
You can find additional content by us over on the LGR website at www.lapsedgamer.com and you can get in touch with us via Twitter at https://x.com/lapsedgamer or on the infinitely less awful Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lapsedgamer.bsky.social
You can also see our videos over on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGtlQOKR97vqxhyXekAVwg
Our streams can be seen at Twitch.tv/LapsedGamer
The Lapsed Gamer Radio Team created this episode. Edited by Mark Hamer
Original LGR themes, FX and music cues created and composed by Mark Hamer.
Logos created by Mark Reay.
You can stream or directly download our episodes via our Podbean homepage https://lapsedgamerradio.podbean.com
If you’re enjoying our content, please subscribe to and review Lapsed Gamer Radio on Apple Podcasts.

