Joining Liam this week, after a brief short break, to get ready for banishment in the Final Games realms. Taking with him 8 games is video game agent and the former head of localization at Capcom Japan, Mr. Ben Judd. The Japanese game industry veteran joins us to talk about some wonderful Japanese gems as well as some insight into game publishing, localization and setting up kickstarters; Mighty Number 9 and Bloodstained! Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about...

Joining Liam this week live from the hallowed halls of the 8-4 Towers in Shibuya for the first ever face to face recording of Final Games is 8-4's co-founder, John Ricciardi. One host of the 8-4 Play podcast and veteran of the localization industry here in Japan. John talks about his start in the industry at EGM, moving to Japan, localization and of course 8 incredible games, including some surprises! Also Earthquakes... Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about...

Joining Liam this week to chat about his 8 games is a very exciting guest! Starting his career back in 1994, QA Lead on System Shock, Lead Designer on Deus Ex and now Co-Creative Director of Arkane Studios, the studio behind Dishonored and Dishonored 2, industry legend, Harvey Smith. Harvey talks about some superb shooters, world building, the importance of music in games and more! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Harvey's choices! We'd love...

Joining Liam this week to chat about her passion for a very certain genre of PC gaming is the founder and creator of the Indie MEGABOOTH, Kelly Wallick. Kelly schools Liam on all things management sim, building sim and even sims sim through her 8 wonderful games. Whilst also chatting about the Indie MEGABOOTH, indie games and also indie developers! It’s a fascinating episode, please enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Kelly's choices!...

Joining Liam this week for an incredible 3 hour episode is former Midway employee and former vice-president of production at Disney Interactive Studios, the incredible, John Vignocchi. This episode is full of incredible stories about the industry, about Johnny and his former roommate, Adam Boyes and full of love and emotion.. and 8 games of course! If you ever wanted an episode that epitomizes what FG is all about, this is it! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about...

Joining Liam this week is a brand new guest to be sent off to the deserted realms of Final Games! Creator of the notoriously difficult indie platformer, I Wanna Be The Guy, Michael “Kayin” O’Reilly comes along to talk about 8 incredibly wonderful and varied games as well as talking about making difficult games, Igrashi-san playing Kayin’s new game and many a tangent! Hope you enjoy this episode! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Michael's...

Joining Liam this week for the 60th episode of the show is the very lovely, excellent and talented voice actor, Robbie Daymond. Voice actor for characters such as Prompto from FFXV, Storey from Tales of Zestiria and Akechi Goro from Persona 5. He joins Liam to talk about 8 superb games that would keep anyone occupied for a long time on a deserted island! Whilst of course talking about voice acting. Enjoy! :) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of...

Joining Liam this week to be the 59th member to be banished to the realms of Final Games is the head of Blendo Games and creator of weird and wonderful games such as Gravity Bone, Thirty Flights of Loving and Quadrilateral Cowboy. Mr. Brendon Chung. Liam and Brendon run down the 8 eclectic and superb titles he’s chosen to take with him to quite possibly the strangest island choice yet! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Brendon's choices! We'd...

Joining Liam this week to be cast off is a guest no stranger to fantastical and fictional realms. With a celebrated career as a writer, developer and creator former Interplay, Obsidian and now freelancer, Chris Avellone joins Liam to talk about 7 games (because they were having so much fun they somehow skipped a game). As well as chat about Chris’ career, the life of a freelancer and also an upcoming incredible MMO coming next year ;) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment...

Joining Liam this week to be cast off to a brand new deserted island is YouTuber and editor, Jimmy Sunder, A.K.A Sunder. The creator of shows such as “Level Head” and editor for YouTube channels like “The Dex” and “JWittz”, talks to Liam about 8 excellent and varied titles that range from critically panned racers to Minecraft alternatives. As well as chatting about how he got his start in the wild-west that is YouTube. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about...

Having to suffer through not only banishment to a deserted island this week. But also Liam’s dastardly cold and cough is former Konami producer and now head of Camouflaj, Mr. Ryan Payton. Liam talks with Ryan about his career his chance encounter with Kojima and also about 8 wonderful games. 4 of which are a real roll of the dice! We apologise for Liam’s cough, but still hope you really enjoy this episode! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of...

Joining Liam this week is a guest, who finally after a year of trying, Liam has managed to catch in the same spot long enough to banish them to a deserted island. Much to his dismay, Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail comes along this week to talk 8 excellent games that matched an intriguing criteria he made. As well as an incredible discussion into game design, creators and of course, Rami’s mother and her Final Fantasy XV progress. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about...

Joining Liam this week to be deserted on a new island in the Final Games realm is indie “darling” and creator of Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell. Mike and Liam chat about an incredible amount of stealth games, a unique way of creating things on the island and of course, 8 wonderful games. We hope you enjoy this excellent episode! p.s. don’t call the cops on Mike’s Dad ;) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Peter's choices! We'd love to hear...

Joining Liam this week is GameSpot’s Senior Reviews Editor, Peter Brown. Having first started reviewing games when he was just 14 years old, during the Dreamcast and PS2 era. Peter talks about 8 wonderful games, some of which, that as a very nostalgic man, hit him hard. As well as some very gutsy choices that he hopes will keep him busy whilst on the deserted island. Hope you enjoy this excellent episode! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of...

Joining Liam this week is “The Strategy King” himself, Eurogamer’s Chris Bratt. A video producer and writer at the popular UK-based video game website. As his nickname (which he swears he didn’t give to himself ;D) suggests, this week there’s a lot of talk about strategy games of all kinds! Including a few other perfect (for a)deserted island, gaming choices! Please enjoy :) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Chris' choices! We'd love to hear...

Joining Liam this week is “The Gaming Historian” himself, Norman Caruso. Just as he’s about to his 300,000 subs on his gaming history YT channel, Norman joins Liam to talk about the 8 games he’d take with him to a very tropical deserted island. As well as 8 wonderful games, they chat about some ties between games and actual history! Please enjoy another lovely episode of Final Games! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Norman's choices! We'd...

To celebrate the 50th episode, this week we have a bumper 3-hour show! Joining Liam is 17-Bit’s head honcho the excellent, Jake Kazdal. 17-Bit are responsible for titles such as Skulls of the Shogun and Galak-Z. Jake talks about his early career at SEGA working with Rez creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. We also have 8 excellent games, including a brand new Zelda title and a huge in-depth talk about VR! It’s a super way to celebrate 50 episodes of condemning video game industry members to the...

Joining Liam this week is the mind behind one of the most mysterious and viral video games of all-time. Creator of Frog Fractions and Twinbeard lead, Jim Crawford prepares to be sent off to the deserted island with 8 excellent titles, featuring some old Final Games favourites. He also discusses the creation of Frog Fractions and its sequel, both of which are the subject of the most recent, No Clip documentary series. Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you...

Joining Liam this week for something a little different, is the King of Video Game and Anime Vines, Mr. SungWon Cho A.K.A. ProZD. With over 500 million vine loops and now amassing over 300,000 subscribers, SungWon joins Liam to talk a little more seriously than usual about 8 excellent games and some wonderful JRPGs. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of SungWon's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices...

Kept you waiting huh? Happy Birthday Final Games! Join a very special host for a very special episode, to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the show! Finally Liam reveals what he gets asked about all the time... his 8. Thank you to everyone for your support over the past year it means the world to me. To everyone who has listened, downloaded, tweeted about it, told friends and emailed me about it, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please enjoy! **We do apologise for some of the...

This week, one of the friendliest faces in games media, coming off the back of her huge announcement that she was leaving GameSpot to join Twitch. The excellent, Mary Kish joins Liam to talk about a Yin & Yang toned list that hops between zen-like games, to bullet-filled titles that require you to shoot the hell out of everything. Enjoy an episode full of laughs and interesting games! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Mary's choices! We'd...

Joining Liam this week is one of his favourite people, Wayforward game director/designer, James Montagna. Recently spending the last few months finishing off Shantae: Half Genie Hero whilst in Japan. Both Liam and James get incredibly passionate about some wonderful rhythm games, Japan and of course, Nintendo. This episode was a delight to record and features an incredibly touching story about Satoru Iwata. Enjoy. Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you...

Joining Liam this week, to be cast out into the sea of deserted games industry members. Is indie game dev and creator of the visual novel hit, One Night Stand, Lucy Blundell. Alongside huge standouts such as a certain Final Fantasy title, Lucy talks about how speaking to Korean boys about a party will help keep her sane... Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Lucy's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's...

We have royalty joining us this week on Final Games. Voice actor, Ray Chase joins Liam to talk about his 8 games. One of which might have something to do with a certain character called, Noctis. A character which Ray is very much acquainted with. Enjoyed FFXV? Definitely check out this wonderful episode, you may also hear exactly what Noctis thinks about being stuck on a deserted island... Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Ray's...

Happy New Year! Final Games hopes you had an excellent Christmas and New Year and you are ready to join us for a (hopefully) smashing 2017! Kicking things off with a bang this year joining Liam for the first episode of the year is the creator of Spelunky, Derek Yu. Spelunky has featured on many FG guest lists in the past, so it's finally great to have Derek on the show! Enjoy this fantastic episode to kick start the year! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what...