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📼 EARLY ACCESS | RETRY: Elden Ring | Ep. 57: Borealis & Vyke

Hey RKG patrons,

We finally make it to the Mountaintop of the Giants properly... and get to have a good look around. We fight a frozen dragon and meet a fellow Tarnished who once walked the path we now find ourselves on...

Enjoy the latest episode of RETRY: Elden Ring!

RKG x 2025-05-24 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Shield Up 330: Films We Rinsed as Kids

This week we remember the films we watched and rewatched for what felt like a lifetime during our childhoods. If you were born in the 80s or 90s, prepare to feel old.

Send us your questions and topics to cover: b...

Ep.30: How Is Yura Alive? | Roundtable Hold

What? People are starting to come back from the dead?

Alright, it happened once before with Irina, and we let it slide. But now we know so much more about the Lord of Frenzied Flame, soit's time to dig into what's really going on here.

Enjoy the new episode of Roundtable Hold!

R...

📼 EARLY ACCESS | RETRY: Elden Ring | Ep.56: Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs (No, Seriously: That's the Episode)

Morning patrons,

It's time to push on and seek the flame of ruin... and totally not get stuck in some daft catacomb for no reason whatsoever. (Honestly, we are making progress, and will finish this game at some point.)

It was amazing reading all your comments last week on the season ...

Shield Up 329: We Just Watched... Thunderbolts

Krupa and Gav just got back from seeing Thunderbolts so we've dedicated a whole podcast to our thoughts, feelings and dreams for the MCU.

This podcast has full spoilers for Thunderbolts* and that shite Captain America film that came out earlier this year.

What do you reckon? Are we '...

📼 EARLY ACCESS | RETRY: Elden Ring Part 3 Premiere

She's back.

It's our great pleasure to bring all you lovely RKG patrons the very first episode of Part 3 of RETRY: Elden Ring.

We're sure you don't need reminded, but we left Aunty Finchy shortly after she bubbled Morgott, the Omen King, to death, and was confronted with a shield of i...

Shield Up 328: To Binge or Not To Binge

This week the lads chat about the ever-changing world of TV bingeing but not before bragging about the times they've completed Reddit.

Send us a question or a topic to discuss: bit.ly/ShieldUp

Stay safe and keep your shie...

Ep.29: Part 3 Predictions | Roundtable Hold

Welcome back to the Roundtable Hold. We've missed you. Pull up a seat.

Ahead of the return of RETRY: Elden Ring, this episode we still need to review our fight with Morgott, the Omen King.

Then it's time to turn our attention to Part 3. Krupa's asked Rory and Gav to come with three pr...

5 Great Reasons to Become an RKG Patron

Hello!

If you’re reading this, you’ve already done the right thing by claiming a free membership to our Patreon. 

It genuinely is the best way to keep updated with what we’re up to. We’ll always announce what we’re up to next on this platform. It’s th...

Shield Up 327: The Best Playground Lies Ever Told

We've been collecting your suggestions for the best lies that were told at your school and it's finally time! Please enjoy these fake tales of bizarre deaths and sexually charged science classes.

Remember to send us your best 'misheard lyrics': 2025-05-02 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

How to Watch the RETRY: Elden Ring Trailer Later Today

We're delighted to release the trailer for Part Three of RETRY: Elden Ring later today.

The trailer will launch at 5pm BST | 12pm EST | 9am PST | 2am AEST

Not only will you get your first glimpse of what Aunty Finchy's been up to but you'll also find ...

📼 Extra Feature | RKG Plays Mario Party Jamboree: The Rematch

Hey patrons,

Here's the final one of our one-off Let's Play pilots: a rematch in Mario Party Jamboree.

Who will win this time? The best player or simply the person who did the most shopping?

Or will it by Monty Mole... piss off, Monty.

The reception to these episodes ha...

Shield Up 326: April, To the Fools!

This week we say goodbye to the month by inventing a whole new philosophy for being creative and launch a campaign to reclaim April for the fools.

Send us your questions, topics and Minging or Fair Plays: bit.ly/ShieldUp

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📼 Extra Feature | RKG Plays Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Hello patrons!

We hope you've got a wonderful weekend ahead of you, and to kick it off, it's morphin' time.

And it's also time for us to partake in some (we think you'll agree) impressive voice acting...

Enjoy this latest episode in our little pilot season of one-off Let's Plays...

Shield Up 325: John Cena's Big Easter Weekend

This week the lads are very excited about stuffing their faces with easter eggs and even more excited for Wrestlemania. What a topical episode!

Send us your questions, topics and Minging or Fair Plays: bit.ly/ShieldUp

St...

📼 Extra Feature | RKG Plays Donkey Kong Country Returns

Hey RKG patrons,

We're delighted with the response to last week's episode. It's great to see your comments about something new.

Today we're playing the Switch re-release of Donkey Kong Country Returns, a really challenging platformer not a million miles away from Cuphead in terms of ...

Shield Up 324: How Would You Chill a Penguin?

We're tackling the hard, serious issues again this week! Come for the penguin chat, stay for the champagne tales from the video games BAFTAs.

Also, here's Rory's moustache. You'll understand soon enough.

2025-04-11 10:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post

📼 Extra Feature | RKG Plays Chained Together

Hello wonderful RKG patrons,

What's this?

Well, it's something brand new just for you.

Every Saturday in April you'll be receiving a new one-off Let's Play of a different game.

Why?

Well, for a while now we've wanted to experiment with a new format – one that allow...

Shield Up 323: Our Switch 2 Direct Reactions

This week Krupa & Gav jumped into the studio to give you their hot, blistering takes on the recent Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. Join us for thoughts on the new FromSoft Nintendo exclusive, Elden ...

📼 Extra Feature | RETRY: Separate Ways | Ep.3: Saving Leon with Mods!

Hello patrons,

Here's the final episode of RETRY: Separate Ways. It's a bumper episodes, running to almost 3 hours, and to spice things up a little Krupa's installed a bunch of mods Gav and Rory don't know about.

Most are Safe for Work... most of them anyway...

This episode coll...

Shield Up 322: It's Sunshine Swigs Season!

This week the lads are way too excited to get out into the sun and enjoy some Springtime beers and Gav has a plan to get Michael Sheen out on the beers.

Send us your questions, topics and Minging or Fair Plays: bit.ly/ShieldUp...

📼 Extra Feature | RETRY: Separate Ways | Ep.2: Finding Luis

Hello patrons,

Here's your second exclusive instalment of RETRY: Separate Ways.

We've swapped babysitting the President's daughter for helping a Spanish man find some smokes. It's all in a day's work for us. Enjoy chapters 3 and 4 of Ada's story.

RKG x

Shield Up 321: Did We Invent 'Michael Zaki'?

This week we start what will probably be a long journey to discover if we introduced 'Michael Zaki' to the FromSoft community.

What do you think? We want to know: bit.ly/ShieldUp

Stay safe and keep your shield up,

...

Introducing Our New Producer Livestream Series!

Hey everyone!

We're very excited to announce that this week we'll be launching a new livestream series where Gav & Rory play Split Fiction.

It's a brand new co-op game from the people behind...

📼 Extra Feature | RETRY: Separate Ways | Ep.1: Ring the Church Bells

Hey patrons,

We're so happy to bring you the first episode of RETRY: Separate Ways, a little miniseries in which we see the story of Resident Evil 4 unfold from Ada's perspective. This first episode collects together Chapters 1 & 2.

We filmed this in a few days back-to-back, and h...

Shield Up 320: Which Letter of the Alphabet Is the Toughest?

This week we put one of the biggest questions that's ever been ask to bed and decide once and for all which letter of the alphabet would come out on top if they all had a fight.

What do YOU think is the hardest letter in the alphabet?! We want to know: 2025-03-14 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Shield Up 319: Gav Can't Swim, Pass It On

This week Rory and Gav are talking about telling silly lies and we find out that Gav can't swim.

We want to know what's the biggest/silliest lie someone told when they were in school: bit.ly/ShieldUp

Stay safe and keep y...

📼 EARLY ACCESS | RETRY: RE4 | Ep.16: Darkest Before Dawn

Hello RKG patrons,

It's the final episode!

Will Leon save Ashley?

Will Ada double-cross us (again)?

And much more importantly, will our ham ever arrive?!

It's always a pleasure and privilege to bring you these episodes early, because they wouldn't exist without your ...

Shield Up 318: A Legally Binding Prank

This week we help some people who want to start running but not before Coco collaborates with a famous musician.

If you have a question for us or an idea for a topic you'd like us to cover, let us know: bit.ly/ShieldUp 2025-02-28 11:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

📼 EARLY ACCESS | RETRY: RE4 | Ep.15: I'll Do My Job

Hello lovely RKG patrons,

We're getting close to the end of our Resident Evil 4 journey.

And we're through trying to reason with these people: it's time for explosions.

We hope you enjoy this week's episode!

RKG x