HNY gang! Things are getting steamy folks, will Robert find love amid his disenfranchised cohort of superheroes? Could Luke possibly be any worse at the actual game bit of this game? Let's find out together.
Stream start: Wednesday 7 January, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/tWqvTaJMYoQ
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2026-01-05 20:00:09 +0000 UTC
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As the Overture DLC reaches its climax, Pinocchio and Lea confront a villain unlike any other...
Boss/ending spoilers follow:
I mean... you saw it, right? There aren't many words for how completely over-the-top that final confrontation is. I meant what I said in the episode about feeling serious dread facing down the final boss of a piece of DLC, and having only recently had my world turned inside out by Shadow of the Erdtree's Promised Consort Radahn, I was braced fo...
2025-12-26 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Having reached the fabled Rose Estate, Pinocchio and Lea uncover the grim work of their hated foe...
Fair warning folks, this episode gets pretty heavy! The Rose Estate is quite grim, and the environmental storytelling feels fairly relentless. Things do ease up in the second half of the area - and by ease up I mean, bonkers fights against horrible monsters - but please do hit pause or skip ahead if it all feels a bit much!
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2025-12-19 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Can Robert steer his rag-tag team of former villains back to the path of heroism? I'd settle for competence, or at least not starting as many fires. Dispatch continues this Thursday!
Stream start: Thurs 18 December, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/DG3TXLVG1jk
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2025-12-15 20:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio reaches dry land, a haunted lighthouse, and confronts his quarry at long last...
This is a pretty lore and sidequest-heavy episode! But there's some juicy stuff in there, and a miniboss whose entrance to the arena I won't soon forget. If you get the sense that various NPC storylines are starting to wrap up in order to give the DLC's finale as much room to breathe as possible, well... good instincts! It's a rollercoaster from here, let's gooooooo 🎢
Thanks so m...
2025-12-12 16:05:04 +0000 UTC
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I've heard amazing things about this narrative adventure game (including that it's fairly raunchy, so fair warning for 18+ content), let's experience a super-powered choose-your-own-adventure together.
Stream start: Weds 10 December, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/_e25nNmyiSI
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2025-12-08 20:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio faces down an umbrella-wielding foe in the shattered hold of an Archon ship...
Boss spoilers follow:
It's not the biggest or most spectacular boss fight in the DLC but hoooo boy did this one test me! The first phase requires immense patience, especially in that painful stretch where I was muscling through it only to die almost immediately to the second phase.
That said, while it was difficult, I loved this battle. It has a little story that pl...
2025-12-05 18:07:29 +0000 UTC
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Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness draws to an epic close this week - or at least I assume it does, it certainly feels like we're ramping up for a conclusive stream! Where is Magnus? What's the secret of the lighthouse? What the heck do we do with Tiny Key?!?! Answers are presumably coming, folks.
Stream start: Weds 3 December, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/T6QqCzjH5TI
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2025-12-01 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hot on the heels of Lea, Pinocchio charges through the wrecked ships that litter Krat's frozen coastline...
You all know I love a tall ship, so this zone was a real treat for me. I didn't expect to be picking through ice-bound wrecks beneath the aurora borealis in this DLC, but I'm delighted to have the chance. And oh boy, what a scrap we have coming up next week.
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2025-11-28 15:00:28 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks! Much as I hate to think about Lies of P: Overture ending, it surely will at some point - and probably quite soon (assuming the final boss doesn't see me stuck for six months).
I want to roll right into a new playthrough, so I'm canvassing opinion on what the next game should be! By now you probably know the kind of thing I like - challenge, boss battles, and some decent lore/story (or at least some weird NPCs so it's not all minmaxing and combat).
Another Crab's Treasur...
2025-11-26 15:00:21 +0000 UTC
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Update: Apologies gang, I've caught a gnarly flu and I'm not up to streaming this evening 🤒 Nancy Drew will resume next week instead. Sorry again. ps Overture on Friday unaffected as I'd already edited it ⚔️
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Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness draws to an epic close this week - or at least I assume it does, it certainly feels like we're ramping up for a conclusive stream! Where is Magnus? What's the secret of the lig...
2025-11-24 20:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio battles an enormous, ancient foe...
Boss spoilers follow:
From what I can tell online (after beating a boss I like to mooch around forums etc and see what the general consensus is), opinion varies quite wildly on the design of this boss! Some folks don't like it, but for me it really worked. I loved deflecting that gigantic overhead red attack, it feels amazing, and the bespoke visceral animation was delicious. Not an enemy with much personality of course (a...
2025-11-21 15:00:21 +0000 UTC
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Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness returns again! Will the ice caves yield their secrets? What's up with that music box?! What happened to Magnus?!?!?! Join this stream and there's a reasonable chance we'll get the answers we seek...
Stream start: Weds 19 November, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/gr43VbVDDh4
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2025-11-17 21:00:06 +0000 UTC
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What ho, puppets! Fearsome mechanical foes and existential horrors await as Pinocchio presses futher into Alchemist territory...
Holy cats gang, how creepy was that bit with the thing?! You know the one. Bleurgh, it's a visual I'll be trying to shake all week. Good stuff though - wish me luck with what's waiting on the other side of that massive door.
Thanks so much to all my Patreon supporters, you make it possible for me to make the kinds of videos I love to create, and...
2025-11-14 15:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Where is Captain Magnus, and did he steal the legendary treasure of the Heerlijkheid?! These are questions I've been screaming internally all week, and perhaps we'll finally get answers this Wednesday when Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness returns. More likely we'll get hilarious puzzles, stellar voice acting and perhaps a needlessly violent game over screen. See you there!
Stream start: Weds 12 November, 20:00 BST
URL: 2025-11-10 20:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio ventures into the Ergo mines in search of Lea, but has he delved too greedily and too deep?!
Boss spoilers follow...
LOL. Of all the bosses to make a bonus cameo in Overture, I can't believe they picked the random monster in the swamp. That thing tested my patience to its limits, and I can only be grateful I suppose that this encounter was far less week-ruining!
On reflection, I guess it makes sense. It's a lovely nod to the back-in-time natur...
2025-11-07 15:00:21 +0000 UTC
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The Halloween Nancy Drew streams were so much fun, I've decided to take a run at another point-and-click mystery game from the series! Needless to say, it's the one with a tall ship on the box art - 2015's Sea of Darkness. Here's the Steam description:
The celebrated ship “Heerlijkheid,” is usually the centerpiece of an Icelandic town’s local festival. Now that its captain has disappeared, the renovated vessel has become an eerie distraction. Did Captain Magnus sail away with ...
2025-11-03 23:49:37 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio enlists the help of an unlikely ally to face down the Alchemists' newest horrorshow...
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Blimey, what a strange boss! I really like what they're doing with the DLC in terms of boss experimentation, this is second battle in Overture to feature two very different rhythms of combat, with the challenge being to swap back and forth between them.
On the other hand, it didn't feel like there was too much narrative build-up to this one, and I f...
2025-10-31 15:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Welp, Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall delivered and then some. If you didn't catch Part 1, I highly recommend checking out the VOD version. Can't wait to solve the mystery and/or die to scythes in Part 2 this week.
Stream start: Thursday 30 October, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/FlAlIgswshg
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2025-10-27 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio encounters a hammer-wielding foe in the deepest, most frozen depth of an Alchemist lab. But how can Luke hope to defeat an enemy he's rooting so hard for?
Minor boss spoilers follow...
Chalk up another in the Overture 'great boss fight' column, I really enjoyed this one. The journey from seeing how tiny a dent I was making in her HP bar to feeling like I could battle her indefinitely was a super-satisfying curve, and the weapon/character design was 10/10. I real...
2025-10-24 14:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Folks I'm so sorry, due to unforseen circumstances I've had to postpone this evening's stream - I am gutted, and even more gutted to be dropping this postponement after the intended start time. Today has been a disaster and I am so very sorry, I hope I haven't disrupted anyone's evening/day plans too horribly.
NEW TIME: Friday 24 October 20:00 BST
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I don't think anyone saw this coming, right?
I was wracking my ...
2025-10-20 19:00:11 +0000 UTC
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The DLC difficulty ramps up considerably as Pinocchio persues Lea Florence Monad into a twisted Alchemist facility...
I'd be fascinated to know how anyone else who's played Overture found this zone! I couldn't tell while playing whether it's a genuine step-up in complexity and difficulty or whether I was just playing terribly, haha. Having been back through and edited the video I'm still none the wiser. Anyway, I got big Resi 4 vibes from this area and I'll be glad when I make it out ...
2025-10-17 14:00:10 +0000 UTC
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After a wonderful first few hours with Hades II I'm excited to try and beat the hard-rockin' boss trio of Scylla and the Sirens live on stream, and get further in the game than I've managed so far. Wish me luck.
Stream start: Wednesday 15 October, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/VPW9fQ06Z6A
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2025-10-13 19:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hope you like clowns! And puppets! And an abundance of clown-puppets. Pinocchio heads to the funfair for brutal battles, exciting rides and some hilarious minigames.
This section of the game should silence the many critics who moaned that there wasn't enough clown content in the base game. Then again, that same crowd might be equally cross that the clowns are paywalled as DLC. There's no pleasing some folks.
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2025-10-10 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hades II is finally fit for regular chumps like me to play it, having spent months being honed like an Athenian blade in Early Access . As a huge Hades fan I am beyond excited to take my first steps in Hades II alongside the NormalAdultLuke community! If you've never played any Hades, I strongly recommend giving this stream a look, it is a more accessible game than screenshots suggest imo, and there's a lot of voice acting and flirting. Sidebar: How lush is the thumbnail for this one? Proud o...
2025-10-06 20:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio confronts an unhinged Alchemist in the Greenhouse!
Mild boss spoilers follow:
WOW. That was the coolest boss fight I've had the pleasure to enjoy in a long time. Conceptually very interesting, with several viable ways to approach it, I can't believe how well they managed to pull that off, especially considering it's a fight against two enemies, which is often The Worst in these sorts of games.
I've found myself getting a sort of low-grade stressed feeling ...
2025-10-03 14:00:08 +0000 UTC
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The playthrough of Mafia: The Old Country continues! Enzo is dispatched on a dangerous mission to Palermo to get revenge for the Don, but his beloved Isabella has begged him not to go. Where do Enzo's true loyalties lie?! Please look forward to the next few chapters of this enjoyably crap and then sometimes just plain enjoyable 7/10 Mafia game.
Stream start: Wednesday 1 October, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/3...
2025-09-29 20:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Pinocchio battles further into Krat Zoo, but the most horrifying beast so far guards the way forward...
Boss spoilers follow...
Tyrannical Predator! Design-wise you'd probably agree it's not the most wildly creative boss ever, but I thought this was a really enjoyable first proper challenge in the DLC. Really nicely animated too, it puts me very much in mind of Dark Souls 3's Sulyvahn's Beast. I also only noticed when editing this episode that the Tyrannical Predator's mo...
2025-09-26 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
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The playthrough of Mafia: The Old Country continues! As the Don sends Enzo to go investigate a disturbance, there are signs that the gang's leadership is starting to fray at the edges. Will Cesare make his move? Will we get in trouble for having a torrid affair with the Don's daughter? The answer to both questions is yes, probably.
Stream start: Wednesday 24 September, 20:00 BST
URL: https://youtu.be/Haz54yKLWrY...
2025-09-22 20:00:08 +0000 UTC
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A mysterious Stargazer brings Pinocchio to a strange, snowy hillside - where a vast zoo complex awaits. And if you're thinking the animals are a) normal and b) confined to their enclosures, well I've got bad news on two counts...
Welcome to Overture!! 🥳 I'm genuinely so pleased to be back in Pinocchio's world, for what is perhaps the strongest opening to a DLC that I can call to mind. At one point I get a bit teary-eyed at how specifically aimed at me this whole faux-victorian natura...
2025-09-19 14:00:12 +0000 UTC
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