So Very Wrong About Games
Hosted by Mark and Walker · Pickaxe
4.4from 546 ratings
- 430
- Episodes
- 92
- Transcribed
- 546
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 193K
- YouTube views
About So Very Wrong About Games
A podcast about all manner of hobby games by Mike Walker and Mark Bigney. Bad games don't go easy on you, so we don't go easy on them. Thorough analysis via reviews, news, and discussion of topics in gaming. We take context seriously, we value your time, and we're not into hype. Just because games are fun doesn't mean we can't take them seriously, and just because we take them seriously doesn't mean we can't have fun.
- Publisher
- Pickaxe
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Nov 2017
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
92 of 430 episodes have a transcript.
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How to Save a World
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How to Save a World
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now, is there a whole anime series on Othello, though? I don't know. That's a good question. Because there is a whole anime series on the game of Go, and it is a fantastic anime. So I'm curious to see. There's also a series on Shogi, probably several manga, but as far as anime is concerned, one on Shogi. There's also a pretty popular anime about a very obscure Chinese poetry game that is played in Japan. Anyway. So, ever since it was patented, Goro Hasegawa then went on to develop the World Federation of Othello and organized the World Othello Championships. which was initially, unsurprisingly, dominated by Japanese players. […]
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- YouTube views
- 192,779
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 292 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 254 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Mark and Walker host the show. Published by Pickaxe.
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