TD Gaming Podcast 107: It’s All About Thrusting

This weeks episode is a bit unique, we’ve changed up a bit of our format to see what people think of the fresh new style. If you like it or dislike it, please let us know. This week we flashback to the 1986 title Thrust on the BBC Micro and cover the history of Solid Snake. News for the week:

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