Playing Catch-up

In which Paul gets rightly annoyed at the lack of Yorkshire accents in PS3 launch games and Tom plays a couple of multiplayer-focused online shooters. On his own.

Games discussed:

• Chibi Robo! Zip Lash
• The Division
• Destiny 2
• Resistance: Fall of Man
• Burly Men at Sea

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Also: watch Tom play mediocre games badly on Twitch.

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In which your hosts suffer two of the worst fates known to man: being trapped on a spaceship with homicidal aliens, and being trapped playing a game with atrocious voice acting.

Paul takes on Dead Space and finds a game that holds up superbly more than 10 years on, while Tom really quite enjoys Final Fantasy Type-0 HD despite some utterly bewildering design decisions.

Then they pick a couple of games for next time that, it’s fair to say, provoke differing levels of enthusiasm.

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In which indie developer Graham Goring discusses making the leap from writing for huge licensed games in the LEGO universe for TT Fusion to the relative uncertainty that comes with working on his own dream project: Phantom Island.

Please note, because Tom is lazy and good-for-nothing, this is an interview from late 2018 that has only just been edited. And this was the second attempt at recording it, too. Sorry Graham.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode mentions a major plot point from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so if you’re somehow a huge Star Wars fan who hasn’t yet seen Episode VII then a) that’s crazy; take a long, hard look at yourself, and b) you should probably skip ahead a few minutes when we get to talking about LEGO Star Wars.

Keep up with news of Phantom Island by following Graham on Twitter: @GrahamGoring

And if you’d like to listen to a podcast with an even more sporadic release schedule than this one, check out Graham’s show: Pig Ignorant Gamers

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In which two very similar games are discussed and dissected.

After hearing an extensive list of things Tom doesn’t like about DOOM, learn why Paul feels that, for all its exciting gunplay, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as punching a demon in the face.

Next up, after a very brief and exceedingly polite disagreement over whether the Yoku’s Island Express soundtrack is catchy or not catchy (#TeamCatchy), your hosts bemoan having to play yet another platformer / pinball hybrid with a dung beetle protagonist.

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In which your hosts continue last week’s conversation about the games they’ve played through in recent weeks.

You’ll hear how Harmonix fared with their foray into tabletop gaming, why taking ‘What Should I Play Next?’ advice from a stranger on the internet isn’t always advisable, how two old remakes of two even older games manage to retain the magic decades after the fact, why a free game continues to be PSVR’s true killer app, and why 140 is something of an overlooked gem (again).

Games discussed:
Dropmix
Pneuma: Breath of Life
Resident Evil (2002 REmake)
Metroid: Samus Returns
The Playroom VR
140

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In which your hosts belatedly kick off 2019 in the only way they know how: discussing old games everybody else played many moons ago.

You’ll be served a Double Fine double header before it’s all aboard for a trip more grim than a book of fairy tales. And before you reach your final destination, find out why there ain’t no onion time like the present to check out some mobile game that’s a bit like bingo meets whack-a-mole.

Games discussed:
Day of the Tentacle
Headlander
The Final Station
Million Onion Hotel

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In which the co-founder of indie developer The Voxel Agents talks to Tom about what went into the making of their unique puzzle adventure The Gardens Between.

From revealing that the initial idea for what became The Gardens Between stemmed from a Tom Cruise film to tales of discovering the wonders of Twitch streaming with his parents, Simon offers plenty of interesting insights into the process of making a critically acclaimed game.

Follow Simon on Twitter: @simonjoslin
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www.thevoxelagents.com
www.thegardensbetween.com

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In which your hosts continue to talk over the games they played during the show’s downtime. A highly regarded JRPG gets compared to Neighbours, there’s plenty of back-and-forth about the merits (or otherwise) of visual novels, and we hear why interviewing a wrestler backstage makes for a memorable gaming moment. Whoa, you go big guy!

Games discussed:

• Persona 4
• Persona 4: Dancing All Night
• Persona 4 Arena
• 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
• Virtue’s Last Reward
• Steins;Gate
• Rhythm Paradise Megamix

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In which your hosts rise, Phoenix-like, to resume the very important business of talking about videogames. It’s been a while, so Tom and Paul talk over some of the more notable games they’ve played through since the last pod was launched. It was a long old chat, so the second half will be released next week.

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In which your hosts discuss a couple of games from yesteryear that brought both post-Christmas joy and frustration — featuring only one mention of sailors and, thanks to rare restraint, absolutely no talk of getting sweaty.

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