Canada’s #1 video game book club podcast! We tackle games large & small, new & old while keeping it informative, funny and (mostly) positive. Hosted by Jacob McCourt, Mike Ruffolo, Moe Murtadi, Katie Lesperance, Flora Merigold and Travis Colenutt. After almost 6 years of twice-monthly shows, we now publish new shows when we have something to say! Looking for a good place to start? Download an episode for a game that you really love and hit play. Looking for suggestions? Consider our episodes ...
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A video games podcast where Dave Jackson and guests break down and discuss the games they play. Each episode looks at one game in depth, focusing on mechanics, story, music and other aspects, with no spoilers until a clearly marked spoiler wall in the middle.
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We are a book club style podcast focused on story driven video games. Each episode we do a deep dive into a different game.
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Welcome to The Heart of it, where we delve deep into the stories behind the legends of Tasmanian football. In this podcast, we explore the rich tapestry of Tasmania’s football history, celebrating the players who have left an indelible mark on the game. While their achievements on the field have been well-documented, we believe there’s more to the story. Our conversations go beyond the headlines, offering listeners a glimpse into the journey that shaped these remarkable careers. From humble ...
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Golf Rules because GolfRules Have you ever had a question about a golf rule? Been left confused about why a rule is what it is. Had to question a playing partner over a rules decision or just intrigued by the rules of this great game of golf. Well, then The GolfRules Questions Podcast is the place for you. Join resident GolfRules Questions guru Blakey and co-hosts Stuart & Rossco as they dive in behind the scenes to help bring you the latest information from the world of golf rules in a fun ...
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Untagged: the new pod from Hashtag United, of the world’s most unique football clubs! Come behind the scenes of a semi-pro club with player PK Humble (Filthy Fellas), host Stampy and guests from within the club.
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Off The Shelf will bring you even closer to our great Club, telling often untold stories from the current playing squad to the legends who went before them, the staff who keep everything ticking over behind the scenes and, of course, our fans - the heartbeat of Spurs. Each podcast is dedicated to its subject, shining a light on their careers and the stories that define them. How did Ledley King feel when he was told he’d have to retire? How did Jenna Schillaci react when she was told she cou ...
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185: Life is Strange: True Colors [Chapter 3 – Monster or Mortal]
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We go on an adventure in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 3. This is part 3 of a 5-part series! We are going to take a break next week, but will be back with part 4 on September 4th! Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie and special guests Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger talk about the…
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127: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (with Katie Lesperance - Left Behind Game Club)
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Continuing along my journey of playing Konami and Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid series, next up is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. This is the one that is most often held up as the greatest in the series, and I can absolutely see why. It's not without flaws- it's still clunky to play and continues the trend of no Metal Gear Solid game having nor…
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130: Dave the Diver (with Dave Cox - Monster Dear Monster)
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Dave the Diver, despite clearly having a great character name, is not my kind of game. Mintrocket's dive-collect-sell-upgrade-dive loop is one that I'm not very motivated by, but Dave the Diver got such unanimous acclaim that I had to take note. And apparently the patrons of the show wanted me to play it as well, because it won one of the montly po…
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Laura McBain was a young mother when she packed up her belongings and moved from Sydney to the northern Tasmanian town of Exeter. After a challenging start to her new life in Australia's smallest state, McBain would rise from humble beginnings to become one of the country's most successful businesswomen. Now, a rusted-on Tasmanian, McBain is a key …
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CLUBLAND STORIES August: using your partners club, are strokes are given in a playoff, the area underneath a bridge, handing a ball into the hole, & playing from an NPZ- THE GRQ PODCAST EP121
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Episode 121 of the GolfRules Questions podcast is back to the OG of Rules Questions - ClubLand Stories Today’s episode features a greensomes question about using the partner’s club, whether strokes are given in a match play playoff, what is the area underneath a bridge, hitting a ball into the hole with your hand, and playing from a No Play Zone, w…
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184: Life is Strange: True Colors [Chapter 2 – Lanterns]
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We choose our adventure in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 2. This is part 2 of a 5-part weekly series! CW: Dementia Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie and Flora play foosball, talk about depictions of mental health conditions in video games and talk about Jacob’s scheduling habits.…
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129: Pizza Tower (with Aaron Klaassen - Super Pod Saga)
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Since Nintendo has apparently decided that Wario Land is a series not worth pursuing, we find ourselves telling that familiar story where an indie developer says "ok, they're not making the game I want to play any more....guess it's up to me!". Enter developer Tour De Pizza and their love letter to Wario Land, Sonic the Hedgehog and all manner of 1…
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The Launceston suburb of Waverley might be best known for its woolen mill, but it can also lay claim to a Collingwood premiership star. Doug Barwick was recruited to Fitzroy after winning a best and fairest with East Launceston in 1983. A powerfully built player with a prodigious kick, Barwick's switch to Collingwood in 1988 proved life changing. H…
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | Epilogue Gaming
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Flora (Epilogue Gaming + Left Behind Game Club) join Dan to talk about Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. We follow Senua's intense quest for saving Dillion. Game: Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice Release Year: 2017 Developer: Ninja Theory Platforms: Playstation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S More information on Epilogue Gam…
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183: Life is Strange: True Colors [Chapter 1 – Side A]
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We start over in Life is Strange: True Color, Chapter 1. This is part 1 of a 5-part weekly series! Developer: Deck Nine | Publisher: Square Enix | Initial Release: September 10, 2021 Jacob, Katie, Flora and special guests Claire Helmberger and Luke Lewis travel to Haven Springs, bond with our sibling and talk a lot about the gay agenda. PLAYERS: Ja…
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128: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (with Deadbeatpunk - WTFDYW!?)
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I am FINALLY caught up with Ryu Ga Gotoku and Sega's Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise, and let me tell you, it feels great to play the games as they release now. This time, in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Ichiban, Kiryu and friends take on the streets of Honolulu. This episode talks about the new story, the unique logistical challenge that the non…
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There have been few more brilliant or flamboyant footballers than Campbell Town’s Brent Crosswell, who won four VFL premierships with Carlton and North Melbourne. An extreme talent possessing skill, speed and power, Crosswell was a schoolboy prodigy, whose feats in big games were legendary. But he was also highly temperamental and, by his own admis…
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A former Tasmanian player who became a state league senior coach at the age of 24, Zane Littlejohn quickly established his credentials winning back-to-back premierships with North Launceston. After being lured to the Brisbane Lions, where he worked under fellow Tasmanian Chris Fagan, Littlejohn is now the senior coach of VFL club Box Hill and worki…
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Civil War: Gettysburg is a turn based strategy war game. In it you play through the three day battle of Gettysburg. At the end of this episode I share about my trip to the battlefields of Gettysburg and Antietam. Game: Civil War Gettysburg Release Year: 2017 Developer: HexWar Games Platforms: Microsoft Windows = Contact information: TheGreat…
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126: Cocoon (with Brenden Groom - Pass the Controller)
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Every now and then, I want to take a break from story-focused games and just play a puzzle-ass puzzle game. Geometric Interactive's Cocoon was just what the doctor ordered, from that perspective. But Cocoon's world hinted at a deeper story, one that seems inaccessible yet present, and that left me with a feeling of want, despite how great the puzzl…
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A champion swimmer, who once shared the pool with Olympic golden girl Ariarne Titmus, Nicole Bresnahan only started playing football as a 19-year old. Just a couple of years later she was drafted by North Melbourne and selected to play in the Kangaroos’ first ever AFLW match. As she readies for her 50th game with the club, Bresnehan is also working…
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GUEST: Graeme Scott, currently Senior Tournament Officer, including Tournament Director for many PGA Tour of Australia competitions, speaks about his time on Tour - THE GRQ PODCAST EP120
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In episode 120, Stuart chats with Graeme Scott who has extensive experience in professional golf, including at the highest levels, refereeing at 15 majors and at tournaments all around the world. Scotty regales many of his experiences with players at various tournaments, and talks about what it takes to be a good Referee. Stuart then finishes the p…
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (Preview) (with Charlie Young)
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In this bonus episode, I'm joined by returning guest Charlie Young to discuss FromSoftware's Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. The public feed includes roughly the first half of the episode, and all paid members at [patreon.com/realdavejackson](patreon.com/realdavejackson) will get the entire discussion. This is a full spoiler discussion…
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125: Gris (with Eric Gess - The Unlockables)
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I was convinced to try out Gris after seeing a single screenshot, but in true gamer fashion, I bought it a few years before finally playing it. It took the backlog resolutions challenge in our Discord server to finally get me to play it, and unsurprisingly, I was hooked by what Nomada Studio had created immediately. The marriage of art, music, game…
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With more than 18-thousand first-class runs, former Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox is a revered figure in cricket and widely considered as desperately unlucky to have never played in Tests for Australia. What is less known about the Wynyard product, is that he was once an Essendon footballer – despite being completely oblivious to the fact. In 1987, a…
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124: Lisa: The Painful (with Rick Firestone - Pixel Project Radio)
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For any lover of RPGs, and especially "weird RPGs", as former guest on the show Rebekah Valentine termed them, Lisa: The Painful, by Dingaling Productions, will probably jump out at you. From its art style, non-pretty boy protagonist to its serious themes and punishing gameplay, this is not a game for the faint of heart. However, if you are willing…
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Andy Bennett is proof you don’t need to be born in Tasmania to become a Tasmanian – a very passionate Tasmanian. Originally from Broken Hill, Bennett was very late to football but quickly rose to prominence representing the revered South Australian state team in the late 1970’s. After stints with Hawthorn and St. Kilda in the VFL, which included a …
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GUEST: Mark Allen, Australian media personality, and former touring professional speaks about his playing days, his infamous hole in one, and karma for those who try to cheat - THE GRQ PODCAST EP119
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In episode 119, Stuart chats with former touring professional and now commentator and media personality, Mark Allen. Mark answers some rapid fire questions about his playing career. Mark has some funny and entertaining stories with the Rules, with Referees and provides his biggest tip to aspiring Referees on how to deal with players.GRQOTW118 This …
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Steph and Nikki (Game Till Five) return for their 6th appearance on TGSEP! For our time we talk about Open Roads, a walking sim style game set in the in the early 2000's starring Kaitlyn Dever and Keri Russell. Game: Open Roads Release Year: 2024 Developer: Open Roads Team Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,…
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123: 1000xRESIST (with Michael Higham)
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Sunset Visitor's 1000xRESIST came out of nowhere for me. Releasing on May 9th, 2024 meant it faced stiff indie competition on its day of release, and it wasn't until others were shouting from the rooftops that I found myself drawn to try it out (and a big thank you to Sunset Visitor and Fellow Traveler for the review code!). What I found was a stor…
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One of only four players in the history of the game to win three Brownlow Medals, Ian Stewart describes the harsh environment that gave rise to his immense football talents. Stewart spent his early years on Tasmania’s rugged west coast, but his childhood was most shaped by his experiences living alongside orphaned migrant children at the Hobart wel…
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122: Mother 3 (with Rebekah Valentine)
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Famously never localized for an English-speaking audience, HAL Laboratory and Brownie Brown's Mother 3 has almost become a meme at this point. So much so that I wondered if it could live up the inflated expectations that I unwittingly put on games that are unavailable or difficult to find, a kind of forbidden fruit syndrome. So I made sure to put M…
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GUEST: Karen Lunn, current CEO of the WPGA Tour of Australasia, and former touring professional, chats about her playing days, and her view of the Rules, and referees - THE GRQ PODCAST EP118
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GUEST: Karen Lunn, current CEO of the WPGA Tour of Australasia, and former touring professional, chats about her playing days, and her view of the Rules, and referees - THE GRQ PODCAST EP118 In episode 118, Stuart chats with former touring professional, Karen Lunn, who is now the CEO of the WPGA Tour of Australasia. Karen answers some rapid fire qu…
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There is no better example of the importance of the state’s AFL license to young Tasmanians than the story of Ian Callinan. A star junior, the Rokeby product was the epitome of the natural footballer – highly skilled on both left and right foot and with an uncanny sense of where the goals were. But despite a glittering football resume, Callinan’s d…
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121: The Last Guardian (with Chris - Franchise Festival)
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Fumito Ueda's trilogy of Playstation games- Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian- are idiosyncratic, minimalist art pieces. The final game in the trilogy, before the unfortunate dissolution of Japan Studio, was The Last Guardian, showcasing the uneasy partnership between an unnamed boy and a large, fearsome beast named Trico. The Last …
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One of the AFL’s finest wingmen during the 80’s and 90’s Darrin Pritchard played in three premierships with Hawthorn, the club he barracked for as a child. In this episode, Pritchard details how he had initially hoped to play for Fitzroy. He also reflects on his childhood growing up at Mount Nelson, the guidance of Chris Fagan and Andy Bennett at t…
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GUEST: Nick O'Hern, former touring pro with a career high ranking of 16, speaks with Stuart about his golfing career, and how best to approach players who ask for a ruling - THE GRQ PODCAST EP117
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GUEST: Nick O'Hern, former touring pro with a career high ranking of 16, speaks with Stuart about his golfing career, and how best to approach players who ask for a ruling - THE GRQ PODCAST EP117 In episode 117, Stuart chats with former touring professional, Nick O'Hern, who reached a world golf ranking of 16. Nick briefly chats about his two victo…
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120: Roadwarden (with Bryan Skursha - Pixelated Playgrounds)
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From the first screenshot I saw of Roadwarden (Moral Anxiety Studio), I knew that I needed to check the game out. The art is simple, yet striking, and any screenshot will convey the quality of writing. Once I booted up the game, I found that the choose-your-adventure writing, the confident RPG mechanics and the music wrapped this into a rich total …
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From a near death experience to an AFLW premiership, the career of Tasmania Devils girls’ head coach Jess Wuetschner has been truly remarkable. In this episode, Wuetschner details the circumstances around her brush with death and the crippling aftereffects. The women’s football trail blazer also reflects on her involvement in the AFLW revolution an…
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Leave the city behind and move to Stardew Valley. Farm crops, explore the mines, make friends and even find love. Game: Stardew Valley Release Year: 2016 Developer: ConcernedApe Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita, iOS, Android Contact information: TheGreatestStoryEverPlayed@g…
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CLUBLAND STORIES June: a putter-sized relief area, raking footprints in a bunker, suspending a match, peeing on your ball, how strict are starting times in golf- THE GRQ PODCAST EP116
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Welcome to the 4th best golf rules podcast in the world, this is episode 116 of the GolfRules Questions podcast. Blakey and Stuart have another iteration of clubland stories, including: - whether using your putter to mark out your relief area is allowed, - raking footprints in a bunker before playing your shot, - causing a ball to move after your b…
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119: Cyberpunk 2077 + Phantom Liberty (with Adam Gumbert - Respawn Aim Fire)
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Cyberpunk 2077 has had quite a journey. From the disastrous launch, the warranted criticism, and years more work by the developers at CD Projekt Red, the game is finally in proper working condition, fine tuned into a magnificent experience. Add in the Phantom Liberty expansion, and you have some of the most compelling storytelling in AAA gaming. Jo…
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One of Tasmanian football’s sharpest minds Max Brown discusses his journey from premiership-winning forward to highly decorated coach. Affectionately known as ‘The Fox,’ Brown’s involvement in senior football on the north west coast spans five decades. In this episode, he reflects on the bitter rivalries that existed between towns in what was a fer…
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We explore dungeons and roll dice in Dungeons of Aether. Developer: Aether Studios & ampersandbear | Publisher: Aether Studios | Initial Release: February 28, 2023 Jacob and Katie talk about their favourite dice & card-based roguelikes, talk a lot about butter, bread and jam and they may also share some gripes. PLAYERS: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt…
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118: God Hand (with Derek Van Dyke - Super Deluxe GamesCast)
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Sometimes you hear about a game and you know you're going to love it. God Hand, released by Clover Studio and Capcom in 2006, is one of those games. Despite hearing about its difficulty (which was true, my hands still hurt), I loved playing this game and it deserves its resurging cult status. Now if only someone could convince Capcom that this is w…
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Can a concession made in error be withdrawn? Playing holes out of order in stableford, Ball moving after starting the backswing & where is the NPCR? - The GolfRules Questions Podcast Advanced #6
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This is an advanced GRQ Podcast with some recent questions/answers off the Facebook group:USGA Rules of Golf DiscussionIn Advanced#6 we cover:Whether a concession made in error can be withdrawn,Playing holes out of order in stableford,Is the Nearest Point of Complete Relief determined by the nearest spot to the ball or includes feet, and finally, a…
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The state of Tasmania is well known for its football champions, in this episode a true champion of Tasmanian football’s quest to join the AFL, former premier Peter Gutwein, discusses the strongarm tactics he used to help deliver the coveted 19th license. Gutwein also shares his own extraordinary football story, which began as a kid at Myrtle Park, …
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We are graced with true Spurs royalty on Off The Shelf this week 👑 Joining Milesy and Ben Haines on the podcast is lifelong fan, generational football talent, former England manager and a person who transcends the beautiful game, Glenn Hoddle 🤍 Growing up as a football-obsessed kid, Glenn describes how he fell in love with the Club, progressing thr…
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117: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (with Jared - Play Along Podcast)
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As the Legend of Zelda series has pivoted to free-flowing and creativity-focused open words, "The Zelda Formula" has fallen by the wayside, left in the memories of those who grew up with it. That's certainly the case for me, as I welcomed the change that Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom brought to the series. However, the old ways still …
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With 727 goals in only 129 VFL games at an average of 5.64, the extraordinary goal kicking feats of Australian Football Hall of Fame legend Peter Hudson will never be surpassed. In this episode, the champion full-forward reflects on his early years growing up behind the Boyer Oval in New Norfolk and his cherished memories of playing in a senior pre…
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CLUBLAND STORIES May: legally hitting a wrong ball, messing with equipment, range cart drive-by, alignment aid headcover, different pars in a match, and much more - THE GRQ PODCAST EP115
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CLUBLAND STORIES: May 2024, two balls colliding, provisional ball, someone else’s ball that’s not a wrong ball, changing balls when taking relief, messing with another player’s equipment, a ball picked by a range cart, using a headcover as an alignment tool, a folded over divot, taking shelter for 30 minutes, different pars in a match, and lifting …
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