As the dust on Episode 11 begins to fade amongst the winners circle, we are already preparing the way for Episode 12 to start drifiting along ready to dump its goods upon us. Just like a stormy day that looms unseen it is always best to be prepared, so here you can play the games before the podcast.

The games we will be travelling through next month are:

Coma and Cloud!

Let us know your comments and thoughts either here on the website or at @inretweetspect. Maybe you’ll get a mention!

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“SNAP”. Take a break you! Put your feet up and relax, you have earnt it. Whether you have been the bastion of the shop shelves or organising the ledger for the past few hours,  it is now time to explore the world of games you can play for absolutely free. All we ask in return is for your well earned Free time!

For Type Racer click here.

Track Mania..Lights out!

And for the all important heads up on what we are playing next month: Clicky Click!

“Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye” Sometimes music is just weird and other times it is pretty bloomin’ good. Sometimes it attracts our attention and others it is just playful in the back ground. Sometimes it is probably best to  ignore music and other times we should be pulling it all apart and interviewing all the members of the InRetroSpect team in a special extended video game music special. Those other times be right now!

After crash landing back on earth Strider gets into a tight space with psycho-historian Henri Ebel, examining Medal of Honor in a bid to see if the claustrophobic ‘wall of criticism’ surrounding Germany at the end of WWI has found its way into gaming.

All the lights have gone out and Episode 11 of Free Play is already under starters orders. But don’t fret about being left in the cold or languishing at the back of the pack, cause all of the Freeplay games for next month are here!

This month we are mostly playing Type Racer

and Track Mania Nations Forever.

Let us know your comments and thoughts either here on the website or at @inretweetspect. Maybe you’ll get a mention!

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What did you do when you reached double figures for the first time? Have a party? Realised the sanctity of the mortal coil? Or get togther and have a look at all the wonderful gaming you can do for free? We all did the latter and loved it! This month we even have a special guest along for the ride. So settle back, get on the download and plug us in your lug ‘oles and let the belly wobble!

Here is where you can find Record Tripping.

And Home is available for free on every PS3.

And for all of the games we will be playing next month just click me!

Computer Games have an image problem. What you and me try to take seriously others may liken it to wandering around naked, crawling along the floor dribbling. To some it is childish, to others it is adult and to a small minority they are proud to be childishly adult. So is it about time we all just grew up?

With all this sporting action going on I bet you haven’t left the house in a while. Or you’ve been naughty and spent a lot of your beans on drinking noxious substances and maybe fattening up the waistline as you watch the people run around hitting stuff. So here comes the ultimate sollution, it’s Free, Fun and Enjoyable. It’s July’s Free Play!

Here is where you can play Auditorium.

And here is where you can play N.

And to get ahead of the game, the games for Episode 10 are here.

Before you know it another month of Freeplay gaming will be up upon your doorstep! So here is a handy little nudge to finding out where you can get a little tickle in discovering the games we’ll be playing for episode 10!

You can play Record Flipping here!

And you can find Playstation Home on your XMB. If not you’ll have to go here I’m afraid.

Let us know your comments and thoughts either here on the website or at @inretweetspect. Maybe you’ll get mentioned on next month’s show.

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It’s not nice being lost. It wastes your time, my time, and the time of many others as you flap around in a panic. However, there is no reason to worry cause in the world of Video Games getting lost is never an option. Look in the right places you’ll always have a walkthrough to rely on and a friendly hand to guide you. But if you use them are you cheating? Should you be straddled in dishonour for just getting a little help? Marconi finds out.

Put your wallets away! Put down the cheque book and pen! Stop begging your dad for money! You’re dining with the InRetroSpect crew from now on and we don’t like charging you a bean. Even more so we want you to be enjoying things for free even when you’re not fortunate enough to be around us.  So here we go with another Freeplay, where Xero (Pete), Dan (FrostieDee), Kris (Strider), and Sam (Marconi), tell you how to enjoy your time for free!

This month we look at the fun that comes from not shooting stuff, shooting stuff, and why we should be shooting stuff at all.

Test your ability not to shoot here!

Test your trigger finger here!

And to get ahead of the game, the games for Episode 9 are here!

To keep up with the fast world of gaming on the fly and on the free, you can take this opportunity to now get a heads up on the future games we are going to be covering on the next edition of FreePlay. Next month we’ll be discussing N+ and exercising our lug holes with Auditorium.

So, to download N+ go here: CLICK

and to control the music go here: CLICK

Let us know how you got on with your comments and suggestions and you never know maybe you’ll get mentioned in the next episode of FreePlay.

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Knowledge is power and a power many of us don’t have the time to access and wield. We could read books, speak to people and download the entirety of Wikipedia, but maybe the solution to the power already lies in our hands. Could the Video Games we play give us the knowledge and intelligence we need to get on in this world? Marconi pulls himself away from the works of Tolstoy to look at the world of knowledge and whether computer games are the next encyclopedias to train up our minds.

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Dry your eyes, pack up for the weekend, celebrate or commiserate, cause the election is over and the bindweed of politics is grasping for your attention no more. However the InRetroSpect crew are still after your ears, so join us for the month of May!

We take pleasure in looking at the games that only cost you your precious time on earth, and also this month we’ll be casting our mouths off at how you behave online! Naughty, Naughty!

The mind bending Continuity be here!

Play along to Quake Live here!

and for more clicking action get a heads up for the edition next month HERE!

It is almost considered cool these days to assume that violence in video games is influencing our youth. Though how come many of us have never been affected by what we have played? Marconi delves into his past to see why many of us sympathise with the industry rather than joining in with the attack!

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Another new month can only mean a few things!  More pinching and punching of your close friends and family. A new chance to start that diet and once again the InRetroSpect guys have mashed their heads together and taken a critical eye over the games you can play for free! Separating the wheat from the chaff once again is; Xero (Pete); Marconi (Sam); FrostieD (Dan); Strider (Kris); and Loz (err…Loz)!

This month we’ve been toiling in the fields of;

• Just Cause 2 [PS3/360]
• Miami Shark

And also recount our adventures on the Freeplay game of the month: Free Realms

Play the Flash game of the month: Miami Shark

Play the Freeplay game of the month here.

Get a head start on next month’s podcast here!

It is nice to be rewarded and recognised! Nice to be spotted on the street and hailed as the champion of your field. That same feeling is now in our home, now available with every game we buy! However, are the trophies and awards we get whilst playing games just a case of “all that glitters is not gold”?!

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Habits can become the root of all genius! The guys getting together to record another Freeplay within a month, is certainly a good habit indeed. Once again Xero (Pete), FrostieD (Dan), Marconi (Sam) and new inductee Stryder (Kris) straddle the burning fence of critical games debate. As usual they will be examining exactly what you can do with all the fluff hanging around in your pocket. It could only be Freeplay!

This week we take a look at the demos for:

• Aliens Vs. Predator [PS3/360]
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 [PS3/360]
• Sonic and Sega All-Star Racing [360]
• Heavy Rain [PS3]

And discuss the Freeplay game of the month: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

To play the game of the month for Free just go here!

And to play next month’s Freeplay game of the month just go here!

The future of the gaming landscape is nearly upon us. It’s time to take the controller out of your hands and put those inactive limbs into action. Will it be all that though? The peripheral is in Marconi’s sights.

Why do we do it? Why do we make love to the console? Spend hours and hours on the same game, playing it over and over!? Self gratification or self mutilation?

Where have all the bosses gone? Fancy Mochicans., exposed limbs, and fancy smamshy graphics don’t cut any more. I want the old fights back! Who fancies some Rock, Scissor, Paper!?

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS. For the final narrative focused Through The Reticle, Marconi examines what might make the perfect narrative driven video game. Looking at Metal Gear Solid, Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time and Batman: Arkham Asylum for inspiration, can the ultimate story be created, or will he create a monster?

Through The Reticle is the monthly opinion show from Marconi examining various aspects of video games and video games culture. This month, the exploration of narrative continues with cult comic classic: Comix Zone. Pirandello? Pffft. what did he know?

“Through The Reticule” is a new podcast that aims to cross hairs with the usual perceptions of gaming life and brings you regular features looking at different and sometimes untouched areas of gaming development and gaming life. Examining exact areas of how games have changed themselves and the world around them, and how we have, in turn, changed them!