#PodSquad - watching this channel to me is exactly how Rob describes his summer vacations. Through all the hard times I could come here and just experience joy, hilarity, and that feeling of “lightness” that you don’t find on many channels. Seeing how much you all enjoy your jobs inspired me to take that step and leave my past career for something I am passionate about. First day is this Monday! Wish me luck!
The last “summer” I had before I started working was back in 2009 and our family still had the PS2. I remember playing through Persona 4. LOVED IT. And went to find a friend who owned Persona 3 and played through that as well. Best times!!!
I remember spending a fair few summers with my sister playing co-op on Bubble Bobble & also PS1 Classic Fighting Force those were some really good summer holiday memories.
Persona 5 this was the last summer game I played in the summer before I went to a four year uni and I played that game everyday, knew that city more than my own.
I was a very active kid mountain biking climbing trees playing footy I was out all the time but when I was 16 I plugged an Ethernet cable into the back of my 360 and couldn’t stop playing COD4 online, after that I got a PS4 and got hooked on trophies! Never looked back, I love gaming!
I'm old!! Rosie had a 6 week summer hols to play Bloodborne. My memories of the Borne, involve me being a father to our first child and working full time! 😅
@Rosie: Kamorocho does not exist per se. Like GTA, it's an adaptation of a real district of Tokyo, which is called "Kabukicho". It's like saying that you would love to visit Los Santos or Vice City once instead of Los Angeles or Miami.
I always remember I used to spend a week at my auntie and uncles in summer as a kid. and one summer my uncle had a new PlayStation 1, and FF7. I was hooked immediately. got stuck on Airbuster (i was about 10) but loved the game. I had to wait til xmas that year to get play the game again as i got it as my game with our new PlayStation. it is now still my favourite game ever. i just got Aerith's flower basket as a tattoo 💗
When Ash said she would take ‘Control’ to the desert island i audible gasped in excitement, such an amazing game, glad to hear it getting love, if you could take one honourable mention I’d suggest ‘Yokus Island Escape’ great little adventure game not to hard and has some good laughs.
So happy you mentioned Endling as it is a beautiful game and one of my partner's favourites, I even made him an origami fox for his desk 😊 ps Ash if you haven't played Death or Treat yet you should as it is a great for a punny, cute and spooky time
Some games that I enjoyed playing alot over the summer are Alien Isolation and Resident Evil 7. The two games are different from one another, but both are good survival horror games.
For me it was Digimon World 3 in one special Sommer years ago. We just got a Nintendo Wii and had also the PS2 for a while and my younger siblings played more with those systems, so the PS1 was practically abandoned by them. For those that don't know about DW3, its a Digimon RPG and the grinding in that game is simply hardcore. Literally 100s of hours! So I could never get the PS1 for a lot of time, because I was not the a$$hole brother at that time. My patience back then really surprised me. I then picked up the PlayStation, went to a different room with it that had a TV (which was our unoccupied Guest Bedroom) and got to play DW3 like I never played it before.
How about a Shawshank redemption game? Playing the long game to successfully escape, having replayability as there are so manybdifferent ways of doing it and you can trial and error your way to loads of different escapes. Think Bully style minigames to build character in prison whilst planning, evil genius style in the evening.
Tony Hawk pro skater was the one for me. I was 14 when that came out and skating was my life. If I wasn't outside falling on my arse, I was inside sitting on it playing this game.
Rosie got homework for summer? 😱 Maybe my school life wasn't as bad as I make it out to be. Can we have a stream with Rob and his sister playing one of their favourite childhood games?
I've been playing Crash Team Rumble non-stop this Summer. My Summers are always best spent playing multiplayer games. Hours blaze past and you don't even feel it. I'm really surprised no one on the squad mentioned it, especially Rosie! 😂
Uncharted was a good mention too! Uncharted 1 is such a gooooood summer game (probably bc of the tropical setting) and it actually was the season I first got into the series a few years ago!
I’d just like to say to Dave: There IS a point and click detective noir Blade Runner game on the PS4 right now! It’s a remaster of one that came out in the 90s but it’s still great. Way ahead of its time!
I think a Spirited Away style puzzle/adventure game is a great idea! I've always thought that setting had a lot of promise beyond just the story of the film. As for Dave, there actually is a fairly well-regarded Blade Runner game from 1997, an old-school point-and-clicker. Its only 5 bucks on the PS store.
#PodSquad - Absolutely love this podcast and I’m a proud member of the VodSquad! Who do you think will be doing a platamonday next? When the next podcast is out I’ll be on my way down to Bath for my birthday weekend!💁🏻♀️
Great Podcast as always - been watching the channel for several years but actually my first comment. @Ash - have you ever heard of the band Nanowar of Steel and in particular Norwegian Reggaeton? might be a song you like with your taste in music.
Looks like my summer games this year will be MGS Peace Walker which I will hopefully still be able to finish playing this week and then either MGS5 or MGS2 Sons of Liberty. I'm currently so hyperfixated on this series, my brain finds it hard to focus on anything that isn't related to MGS. 😅
I think for me, my summer game was probably the Civilization games. A full game took about a day, so either alone or with my uni mates, it would be a lazy Saturday. Also, all the PS2 GTA games. I remember in GTA San Andreas, I would spend hours playing the taxi driver minigame. I knew how to drive around that fictional city better than my own city.
Its not exactly a summer game but I have two games I associate with the summer. One have been out for quite a while now and the other came out last year. The first one is mgs4. I just have fond memories of playing it in the summer when it came out because it was released in the summer but I just remember playing it during the day and then later taking it over my friends house and having him play it during the night and thats just a good memory for me and the second game is Elden Ring I played that game for like a solid 9 months straight it was the only game I played I haven't had a game be like that for a long time and I just really enjoyed the parts I was at in the summer last year when I was working away on my plat for it.
My summer game of now is Final Fantasy 16 and speaking of holiday locations, I'd love to be a part of Valisthea, even with all the bad things happening there. My summer games of the past were NFS Underground 2/Most Wanted, Prince of Persia 2008, and Persona 5. Unlocking everything, defeating every Blacklist, the awesome police chases in NFS. Listening to beautiful music while collecting light seeds in PoP. And doing every single thing in Persona 5, just existing in that world was great. Good times!
The game i remember playing in the summer after school was a game called Disruptor. I think it was Insomniacs first game? Absolutely loved playing this game.
I fear my gaming summers consisted of Colecovision, Commodore 64, and Intellivision XD Although, I do remember spending countless hours playing video games and ttrpgs. So understand the excitement.
Rob needs to play Lord of the Rings The Third Age (if he hasn't already) go through all 3 movies as a fellowship akin to original who are travelling around and end up being around the same places at the same time. And when you beat the game you unlock evil mode where you do everything in reverse as Orcs/Uruk hai. Oh and it plays exactly like FFX
@QueenAsh thats cool your dad is into Warhammer. Does he play the video games as well or just the boardgame? i love Total War Warhammer. too bad i don't think it would work on PS5 as well as it does with m and kb
While not traditional Summer weather and I was fearing the leccy might go off, playing through an epic FFXVI boss battle last night with a thunderstorm raging outside was kinda cool. Also, re. roast dinners. I'd liken it to wearing a coat indoors, you wont feel the benefit
Dave, you should definitely play Alan Wake. It's more of a thriller and you definitely get sections to breathe as opposed to can't hardly breathe RE4 remake or true horror game.
Currently it's 17°C, its not bad at the moment, the heatwave is current gone but what makes UK heat actually bad is the humidity and also no air conditioning. Basically you need a drink every like 30 minutes, even then you melt like a snowman over here where as most places that are hot are just hot which doesn't really seem that bad.
Seriously...throw yourself a Platinum Party the next time you earn a milestone plat. You'll have a blast and smile every time you think about it. PLATINUM PARTY!!
My favourite game of the summer on PS5 was The Jumping Taco. Just crazy how good it runs on PS5 and a total bargain at £1.19. Really can’t believe you guys haven’t done a Let Play on it. 🙄
Is this on about 'summer vacation', I've not been school for like over a decade but summer holidays isn't the only time kids get off, its divided across the year but every few months the kids will get 1 or 2 weeks off.
@@logiclunacy606 damn, what kind of breaks do y’all get during the year. US kids get 2 weeks for Christmas, one week for spring break, and now I hear another full week for thanksgiving
Going though a tough time, and you lovely people always help calm the storm. Many thanks from this fellow gamer🥰
Ditto to that! X
A year later, different storm, same calm. 🫶🏻
#PodSquad - watching this channel to me is exactly how Rob describes his summer vacations. Through all the hard times I could come here and just experience joy, hilarity, and that feeling of “lightness” that you don’t find on many channels.
Seeing how much you all enjoy your jobs inspired me to take that step and leave my past career for something I am passionate about. First day is this Monday! Wish me luck!
13:40 Rosies face... Priceless.
Followed shortly by Rosie, thinking the foxes in her garden are crying
Loved hearing about your childhood recollections 💀 although it also made me depressed think about how happier i was back then
Took me half a second to get Heat Dave, that's brilliant.
#podsquad I'm 34 now and this podcast made me think of my childhood and teens and this podcast actually made me tear up with nostalgia
The way you guys describe your summer gaming with the breeze ripping through that really paints me a picture that was beautiful
The last “summer” I had before I started working was back in 2009 and our family still had the PS2. I remember playing through Persona 4. LOVED IT. And went to find a friend who owned Persona 3 and played through that as well. Best times!!!
I remember spending a fair few summers with my sister playing co-op on Bubble Bobble & also PS1 Classic Fighting Force those were some really good summer holiday memories.
Persona 5 this was the last summer game I played in the summer before I went to a four year uni and I played that game everyday, knew that city more than my own.
Spent an entire summer playing that game, its so long.
I was a very active kid mountain biking climbing trees playing footy I was out all the time but when I was 16 I plugged an Ethernet cable into the back of my 360 and couldn’t stop playing COD4 online, after that I got a PS4 and got hooked on trophies! Never looked back, I love gaming!
I'm old!! Rosie had a 6 week summer hols to play Bloodborne. My memories of the Borne, involve me being a father to our first child and working full time! 😅
@Rosie: Kamorocho does not exist per se. Like GTA, it's an adaptation of a real district of Tokyo, which is called "Kabukicho".
It's like saying that you would love to visit Los Santos or Vice City once instead of Los Angeles or Miami.
The look on Rosie's face when ash said the fox's can die
Well its winter in Australia. And I like snowy/christmas games in July like Arkham Origins, Mafia 2 and Skyrim😊
Rob's wonderment at Ash's music festival experience is great.
Summer ‘08: San Andreas
Summer ‘12 and just about every summer since: Skyrim
RDR2 Platinum? That absolutely deserves a party! That is no easy feat.
Oxenfree let’s play. One long stream or broken into parts. This would be great.
The first 5 minutes is demonstrating why this is one of the greatest youtube channels.
I always remember I used to spend a week at my auntie and uncles in summer as a kid. and one summer my uncle had a new PlayStation 1, and FF7. I was hooked immediately. got stuck on Airbuster (i was about 10) but loved the game. I had to wait til xmas that year to get play the game again as i got it as my game with our new PlayStation. it is now still my favourite game ever. i just got Aerith's flower basket as a tattoo 💗
Loved this podcast. Loved the stories and remembering that awesome feeling of Summer. This summer working through the Yakuza games - on Yakuza 5 now.
My favorite games to play with my brother during the summer were Smackdown vs Raw 2008, Marvel Nemesis, and the OG Star Wars Battlefront.
When Ash said she would take ‘Control’ to the desert island i audible gasped in excitement, such an amazing game, glad to hear it getting love, if you could take one honourable mention I’d suggest ‘Yokus Island Escape’ great little adventure game not to hard and has some good laughs.
So happy you mentioned Endling as it is a beautiful game and one of my partner's favourites, I even made him an origami fox for his desk 😊 ps Ash if you haven't played Death or Treat yet you should as it is a great for a punny, cute and spooky time
Yo did y'all see Robs face when Ash jokingly said you can stop watching after this ..haha...his face said why would you say that 😂
Some games that I enjoyed playing alot over the summer are Alien Isolation and Resident Evil 7. The two games are different from one another, but both are good survival horror games.
I’m a secondary school Computer Science teacher, I have no kids, I spend all summer playing PS5, it is wonderful
For me it was Digimon World 3 in one special Sommer years ago.
We just got a Nintendo Wii and had also the PS2 for a while and my younger siblings played more with those systems, so the PS1 was practically abandoned by them.
For those that don't know about DW3, its a Digimon RPG and the grinding in that game is simply hardcore. Literally 100s of hours!
So I could never get the PS1 for a lot of time, because I was not the a$$hole brother at that time. My patience back then really surprised me.
I then picked up the PlayStation, went to a different room with it that had a TV (which was our unoccupied Guest Bedroom) and got to play DW3 like I never played it before.
I love Rosie's movie to video game idea!! Add Spirited Away RPG to things I will always long for now (along with Avatar the Last Airbender open world)
Something I never knew I wanted until I heard it, pretty awesome idea.
Great episode! Thank you.
How about a Shawshank redemption game? Playing the long game to successfully escape, having replayability as there are so manybdifferent ways of doing it and you can trial and error your way to loads of different escapes. Think Bully style minigames to build character in prison whilst planning, evil genius style in the evening.
Observer Redux is a chill, spooky-undertone game to play.
Tony Hawk pro skater was the one for me. I was 14 when that came out and skating was my life. If I wasn't outside falling on my arse, I was inside sitting on it playing this game.
I couldn't agree more with Dave, severance is an amazing TV show
I would love a COD Zombies stream with the team!!
Rosie got homework for summer? 😱 Maybe my school life wasn't as bad as I make it out to be. Can we have a stream with Rob and his sister playing one of their favourite childhood games?
Endling is excellent.. a really tear jerker
Thanks so much for answering my question! Love your picks!!! I even got a diss from Rob 🙌🏻 perfection
Geralt comes through portals. He's a good thing 😂
I've been playing Crash Team Rumble non-stop this Summer. My Summers are always best spent playing multiplayer games. Hours blaze past and you don't even feel it.
I'm really surprised no one on the squad mentioned it, especially Rosie! 😂
Uncharted was a good mention too! Uncharted 1 is such a gooooood summer game (probably bc of the tropical setting) and it actually was the season I first got into the series a few years ago!
I’d just like to say to Dave: There IS a point and click detective noir Blade Runner game on the PS4 right now! It’s a remaster of one that came out in the 90s but it’s still great. Way ahead of its time!
I think a Spirited Away style puzzle/adventure game is a great idea! I've always thought that setting had a lot of promise beyond just the story of the film.
As for Dave, there actually is a fairly well-regarded Blade Runner game from 1997, an old-school point-and-clicker. Its only 5 bucks on the PS store.
Must watch shows:
From
Silo
Foundation
Severance
Go in blind (i.e. don't watch trailers or look up the shows) especially for From.
I vividly remember doing the GTA V Pacific Standard Heist with friends almost every night one summer
A Pacific Rim game could be so amazing and multidimensional… oh my god, I’m not gonna be able to stop thinking about that concept 😭
always looking forward to and enjoying this .. thanks 😀
I did that too Dave lol still do it’s sort of like a rite of passage to create teachers lol
#PodSquad - Absolutely love this podcast and I’m a proud member of the VodSquad! Who do you think will be doing a platamonday next?
When the next podcast is out I’ll be on my way down to Bath for my birthday weekend!💁🏻♀️
Great Podcast as always - been watching the channel for several years but actually my first comment.
@Ash - have you ever heard of the band Nanowar of Steel and in particular Norwegian Reggaeton? might be a song you like with your taste in music.
Looks like my summer games this year will be MGS Peace Walker which I will hopefully still be able to finish playing this week and then either MGS5 or MGS2 Sons of Liberty. I'm currently so hyperfixated on this series, my brain finds it hard to focus on anything that isn't related to MGS. 😅
Rob’s drip game is dialed to 11
I think for me, my summer game was probably the Civilization games. A full game took about a day, so either alone or with my uni mates, it would be a lazy Saturday.
Also, all the PS2 GTA games. I remember in GTA San Andreas, I would spend hours playing the taxi driver minigame. I knew how to drive around that fictional city better than my own city.
Its not exactly a summer game but I have two games I associate with the summer. One have been out for quite a while now and the other came out last year. The first one is mgs4. I just have fond memories of playing it in the summer when it came out because it was released in the summer but I just remember playing it during the day and then later taking it over my friends house and having him play it during the night and thats just a good memory for me and the second game is Elden Ring I played that game for like a solid 9 months straight it was the only game I played I haven't had a game be like that for a long time and I just really enjoyed the parts I was at in the summer last year when I was working away on my plat for it.
My summer game of now is Final Fantasy 16 and speaking of holiday locations, I'd love to be a part of Valisthea, even with all the bad things happening there.
My summer games of the past were NFS Underground 2/Most Wanted, Prince of Persia 2008, and Persona 5. Unlocking everything, defeating every Blacklist, the awesome police chases in NFS. Listening to beautiful music while collecting light seeds in PoP. And doing every single thing in Persona 5, just existing in that world was great. Good times!
wholesome podcast!!
Anyone else waiting for Exoprimal next week for that to be their summer game? Lol. I wont exist to my friends once that game comes out 😂
The game i remember playing in the summer after school was a game called Disruptor. I think it was Insomniacs first game? Absolutely loved playing this game.
I just went through all the uncharted games except I’m half way through lost legacy last month for the first time it was absolutely amazing
I fear my gaming summers consisted of Colecovision, Commodore 64, and Intellivision XD Although, I do remember spending countless hours playing video games and ttrpgs. So understand the excitement.
Simpsons hit and run is a legendary summer game for me. So good!!
Rob needs to play Lord of the Rings The Third Age (if he hasn't already) go through all 3 movies as a fellowship akin to original who are travelling around and end up being around the same places at the same time. And when you beat the game you unlock evil mode where you do everything in reverse as Orcs/Uruk hai. Oh and it plays exactly like FFX
Really enjoying daper Rob.
"Butt cheeks, everywhere" = thumbs up.
You need to do a game miester stream with Dave and ash “teaching” zombies ❤ love you guys
#Podsquad - the tv show Silo is based off of a book called “Wool” - you may also enjoy that book Dave it’s a good read!
When i think of summer games i think of a PS1 classic... International track and field 😊
Hiyyaaa. Question: are you guys gonna bw at EGX this year? #podsquad summer game this year, still going through ff16
@QueenAsh
thats cool your dad is into Warhammer. Does he play the video games as well or just the boardgame? i love Total War Warhammer. too bad i don't think it would work on PS5 as well as it does with m and kb
Listening to this while drinking a tRobicana
in Australia summer is Xmas time. so yeah..... lots of 'summer games' here are released before Xmas I guess?
Is that a Creature top Dave’s wearing? Does Dave skate?
The UK only gets 6 weeks??
While not traditional Summer weather and I was fearing the leccy might go off, playing through an epic FFXVI boss battle last night with a thunderstorm raging outside was kinda cool.
Also, re. roast dinners. I'd liken it to wearing a coat indoors, you wont feel the benefit
At the moment on my channel I'm playing FF16 & Burnhouse Lane. I recommend Burnhouse Lane to Ash
Dave, you should definitely play Alan Wake. It's more of a thriller and you definitely get sections to breathe as opposed to can't hardly breathe RE4 remake or true horror game.
Im over here in California in 40° C. How hot is it over there?
Currently it's 17°C, its not bad at the moment, the heatwave is current gone but what makes UK heat actually bad is the humidity and also no air conditioning. Basically you need a drink every like 30 minutes, even then you melt like a snowman over here where as most places that are hot are just hot which doesn't really seem that bad.
This summer I will be playing Assassin's Creed Unity. 😁
Two weeks seems almost too long. I'll be waiting though.❤
"10,000 people inside a missile hole??"
- Ash Millman, 2023
I don't have a specific game since every summer had one or more that highlighted it...
There are way to many games in my bank, ones that iv started really enjoyed the gone onto something else
Were rosie and her brother named rosie and jim after the children's show?
Blinkin' 'eck!! 🌴
Swapping games should very stop. We need a return to physical media and also couch CO-OP split screen🎉🎉
Summer Solstash?
Seriously...throw yourself a Platinum Party the next time you earn a milestone plat. You'll have a blast and smile every time you think about it.
PLATINUM PARTY!!
NEVER OPEN PORTALS unless you're chell
Where I live summer is half over😥
Rob don't have time to watch all these shows. He is quite ill and he should rest. 😂
I didn't complete Oblivion cause I was spending most of my time jumping into the Oblivion gates
My favourite game of the summer on PS5 was The Jumping Taco. Just crazy how good it runs on PS5 and a total bargain at £1.19.
Really can’t believe you guys haven’t done a Let Play on it. 🙄
Ash knows the Pacific rim fighting game exists right?
Only 6 weeks? It’s like 11 in the states
Is this on about 'summer vacation', I've not been school for like over a decade but summer holidays isn't the only time kids get off, its divided across the year but every few months the kids will get 1 or 2 weeks off.
Yeah this is about summer vacation. I haven’t been to HS is 18 years, but summer vacation was from mid June - early September
@SGOrion86 yeah for the UK it's like late July to early September.
@@logiclunacy606 damn, what kind of breaks do y’all get during the year. US kids get 2 weeks for Christmas, one week for spring break, and now I hear another full week for thanksgiving
O X E N F R E E II
Side note: Enter Shikari is AMAZING and one of my favorite bands 🔥
Rosies name should have been rose pipe ban. 😐
I don´t understand why anyone would start with Uncharted 4
Oh
Nvm ur first lol
Lol
Btw nice vid
re4 so far.
Ps son or ps sun ?