S4 E18 - Of the Birds That I’ve Met

About this episode

The hosts discuss gifted games and memorable moments related to gaming during holidays.

As the year draws closer to STAGE COMPLETE, the HLTB Pod hosts gathered one last time in 2025 to discuss everything video and games, especially the elusive freebie known as gifted games. What holidays and event do get them for as well as memorable gift and moments. Who finished off their gifted games too fast and who let their gifts gets dusty? HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠ Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠ Email - ⁠hltbpodcast@gmail.com⁠ Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental) Graphic design – M4thew and Matt 00:00:11 - Intro 00:01:13 - Beaten 00:26:21 - Retired 00:33:56 - Playing 01:30:39 - Discussion 02:13:02 - Guess the Game 02:24:40 - Goodbye! Games Mentioned: Lia: Arrows (Mobile), Drop the Cat (Mobile), Wordle (Discord), Murdle (Browser), Tiny Bird Garden Deluxe (PC/Mac), Tori Note (Mobile), Travel Frog (Mobile), Professor Layton and the Last Specter/Spectre’s Call (DS), Quetzal (Mobile), Logic Puzzles (Mobile), Funko Fusion (PS4) Matt: The Beginner’s Guide (PC), Worms 2 (PC), Shady Lewd Kart (PC), Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off (PC), Magic The Gathering Arena (PC/Mobile), Puyo Puyo Tetris (PC)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Diallo, Roy

Topics covered

• gifted games
• video games
• holiday gaming

Keywords

• freebie
• gaming gifts
• memorable moments

Mentioned in this episode

Products: HLTB Pod, Drop the Cat (Mobile), Wordle, Discord, Murdle, Tiny Bird Garden Deluxe, PC/Mac, Tori Note, Mobile, Travel Frog

Books & works: Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Shin Megami Tensen V: Vengeance, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Fire Emblem: Cerulean Crescent

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