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The startmenu Podcast | 013 - Smut Is Rad — startmenu This week Lex and KM are joined by Adam Wescott to discuss the ongoing payment processor controversy, fan games, and the importance of smut.

Sometimes the podcast you scheduled to go live a week ago just doesn't go live. Y'know?

ANYWAY, this week Lex and KM are joined by @wendeego.bsky.social to discuss the ongoing payment processor controversy, fan games, and the importance of smut.

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I like the format I used for the last month of Update Patch for startmenu. Check out the full thing here!

[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - July 2025 — startmenu From record layoffs to thousands of games being delisted to high profile lawsuits July was a rough month for the games industry. Thankfully Ali Rees was here to round it all up for us on Update Patc...

From record layoffs to thousands of games being delisted to high-profile lawsuits, July was a rough month for the games industry.

Thankfully, @shanodin.bsky.social was here to round it all up for us on Update Patch.

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Update Patch News Roundup (28/07/25) | startmenu Get more from startmenu on Patreon

This week's Update Patch includes stories of yet more layoffs, the latest updates on the Stop Killing Games movement and a brief sighting of Silksong off in the distance.

Thanks to @shanodin.bsky.social on their great work on these over the last few weeks.

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I always love chatting with @squidgygoat.bsky.social about video games and occassionally throwing in an obscure rugby reference really confuse poor @kellymerka.bsky.social.

The startmenu Podcast | 012 - Shoving A Sausage Through A Hole ft. SquidgeRugby — startmenu KM and Lex are joined once again by SquidgeRugby to talk about Thank Goodness You're Here, Death Stranding, MindsEye and Tony Hawk, along with a very Nintendo-focused news section.

On this week's podcast, KM and Lex are joined once again by @squidgerugby.bsky.social to talk about Thank Goodness You're Here, Death Stranding 2, MindsEye and Tony Hawk, along with a very Nintendo-focused news section.

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Update Patch News Roundup (21/07/25) | startmenu Get more from startmenu on Patreon

This week's Update Patch, written by @shanodin.bsky.social, is full of controversy from an ever-more messy lawsuit to Steam acquiescing to the pressures of payment processes and an anti-porn lobbying group.

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Update Patch News Roundup (14/07/25) | startmenu Get more from startmenu on Patreon

This week @shanodin.bsky.social uses Update Patch to try to summarise the Subnautica 2 controversy, along with highlighting all the week's other news.

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Wa-hoo.

The startmenu Podcast | 011 - WAHOO! — startmenu Lex, Dave and KM, are joined by Eoghan Watters to discuss the devastating layoffs at Microsoft, Romero Games shuttering, and Death Stranding 2... Oh, and Luigi.

Lex, Dave and KM, are joined by @leglessgamer.bsky.social to discuss the devastating layoffs at Microsoft, Romero Games shuttering, and Death Stranding 2... Oh, and Luigi.

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Update Patch News Roundup (07/07/25) | startmenu Get more from startmenu on Patreon

After a bad week for the video game industry, @shanodin.bsky.social is here with an Update Patch to help you figure out just what happened at Microsoft.

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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - June 2025 — startmenu June was a bumper news month with a new console, Summer Game Fest, and countless announcments and stories. Good news then that Adam Wescott rounded it all up every week in our Update Patch.

June was a bumper news month with a new console, Summer Game Fest, and countless announcments and stories.

Good news then that @wendeego.bsky.social rounded it all up every week in our Update Patch.

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Starting to wish we did video for The @startmenu.bsky.social Podcast because there was moment on episode we recorded yesterday where I think I broke @uselessdave.bsky.social and I wish everyone could have seen how fed up he looked with my bullshit.

EROTIC RIFLING - ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO There are dozens of games like Beyond Citadel buried on Steam and itch.io, some that consider themselves artworks of erotic gore and others that split themselves into the category of surreal hyper vio...

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NEW, HOT, DARK, BEYOND: CITADEL

Update Patch News Roundup (30/06/25 | startmenu Get more from startmenu on Patreon

Update Patch returns for the last week of June as @wendeego.bsky.social highlights Capcom's showcase, new Arc Sys games and more.

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Loved The Alters! First game really to grip me from start to finish this year.

Also, great to be back writing about games even if I am a bit rusty!

Just as a reminder @startmenu.bsky.social has 0 ads and never will!

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Review | The Alters - Jan, Myself, And I — startmenu 11 bit studio’s The Atlers is space basebuilding fueled by the hard work of Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, and of course, Jan. Odhran Johnson thinks there’s a lot to love in the resulting fight for surviva...

11 bit studio’s The Atlers is space basebuilding fueled by the hard work of Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, Jan, and of course, Jan.

@odhranjohnson.bsky.social thinks there’s a lot to love in the resulting fight for survival.

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Review | Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - Counting To Two — startmenu A huge collection deserves a huge review. That’s why Branford Hubbard has reviewed every individual game in the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, alongside what feels like a grand achievement for video g...

A huge collection deserves a huge review.

That’s why @raisinbman.bsky.social has reviewed every individual game in the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, alongside what feels like a grand achievement for video game preservation.

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back at it again at startmenu dot co dot uk

LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES.

DON'T PLAY TOKYO MIRAGE SESSION ON A PLANE.

The startmenu Podcast | 010 - Can't Play That On A Plane — startmenu Lex and KM are joined this week by David Cole to talk about discovering just what is Mindseye, Marathon's big delay, a Metroid mix up and Lexi embarrassing herself on a plane.

Lex and KM are joined this week by @coledone.com to talk about discovering just what is Mindseye, Marathon's big delay, a Metroid mix up and Lexi embarrassing herself on a plane.

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Update Patch News Roundup (23/06/25) | startmenu Get more from startmenu on Patreon

Update Patch returns this week @wendeego.bsky.social rounding up the Metroid Prime 4 kerfuffle, Marathon's delay, and more.

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This review took a huge amount of work from @raisinbman.bsky.social and @kellymerka.bsky.social did fantastic work editing it all together.

Give it a look, if you have the time!

Review | Capcom Fighting Collection 2 - Counting To Two — startmenu A huge collection deserves a huge review. That’s why Branford Hubbard has reviewed every individual game in the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, alongside what feels like a grand achievement for video g...

A huge collection deserves a huge review.

That’s why @raisinbman.bsky.social has reviewed every individual game in the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, alongside what feels like a grand achievement for video game preservation.

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is the deep hell skeleton saying this about YOUR VIDEOGAME on @startmenu.bsky.social .co.uk??? its likely!!!

Super GG Radio's Highlights From Steam Next Fest - Summer 2025 — startmenu Each new Steam Next Fest, more and more games flood the storefront to the point it's beyond impossible to find the hidden gems. Thankfully, Alex Orona from Super GG Radio is here to round up some of ...

Each new Steam Next Fest, more and more games flood the storefront to the point it's beyond impossible to find the hidden gems.

Thankfully, @oronalex.bsky.social from @superggradio.com is here to round up some of the highlights from this summer’s batch.

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Always a treat to write for @startmenu.bsky.social and especially when it's a follow-up to a game I feel many overlooked. Massive thanks to @lexluddy.xyz for giving me the review code and to @kellymerka.bsky.social for their editing.

Review | Lost In Random: The Eternal Die – Roguelike Rules — startmenu Lost In Random: The Eternal Die is not a sequel many expected, and while it’s not a best in class roguelike, Michael Beckwith has found it to be a more than serviceable successor to an indie delight.

Lost In Random: The Eternal Die is not a sequel many expected, and while it's not a best-in-class roguelike, @brawler1993.bsky.social has found it to be a more than serviceable successor to an indie delight.

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Update Patch returns with @wendeego.bsky.social rounding up the last of the SGF news tidbits and a historic deal between SAG-AFTRA and video game publishers.

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