The Game Under Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tom Towers & Phil Fogg
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg discuss the games they are playing and gaming news in Australia's longest-running video game podcast.
0:00:07 Intro 0:00:18 Switch 2 Hands On Impressions 0:06:34 Sad State of Kids Gaming 0:11:33 Back to Switch 2 0:23:53 Mario Kart World and in General 0:35:31 Super Smash Sakurai 0:38:49 Back to Switch 2 0:51:41 Sophomore Slump? 0:58:52 Princess Peach Fired 1:04:04 Summer Games Fest 1:16:43 Leslie Benzies Interview 1:23:02 Peter Molyneux ,Nolan Bushnell 1:31:35 Feature - Best Console of the Generation 1:32:41 Microsoft Handheld Talk 1:38:41 Back to the Feature
This week we have hands-on impressions of the Switch 2 then talk about the latest video game news that came out of Summer Games Fest, Princess Peach’s Firing and Leslie Benzies perpetual motion machine. Finally, we talk about Microsoft’s handheld console strategy and a feature that discusses the best console of the PS4/XBOne/ Wii U era.
0:00:08 Intro 0:00:55 Switch 2 Launch Imminent 0:03:27 Trademark Banter 0:04:53 Akira Remaster 0:08:14 Cinema Revival? 0:13:12 Darth Vader is Disturbed by Your Lack of V-Bucks 0:19:28 AI Talk 0:28:12 S*** Randy Pitchford Says 0:33:00 Doom Dark Ages Best Launch Ever for id 0:38:25 Sony Cuts EU Pricing on PS5 0:39:25 Impressions: Doom the Dark Ages 0:46:37 Diversion on the Naming of Ages 0:55:27 Back to Doom 0:59:12 Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 1:06:53 Feature: Talking 'bout my Generation 1:20:00 Live Music - Kneecap
In this episode Tom and Phil go over the latest video game news, give impressions of Doom the Dark Ages, Clair Obscure, our selection of the best gaming format of the current generation and so much more with a return of some Trademark Banter segments.
0:00:07 Intro 0:00:57 Shuei Yoshida Saved Gran Turismo 0:03:56 GTA6 Delay and Implications 0:14:32 XB Price Hikes 0:19:09 Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 0:49:57 Case of the Golden Idol Final Impressions 0:54:36 Spoilers for Golden Idol 0:58:30 Spoiler End 0:58:51 Mice Maze Impressions 1:02:14 Early Access - Good or Bad? 1:03:42 E-mail
In this episode we discuss the latest video game news including the Xbox price hikes, delayed launch of GTA6 and the implications and an interesting story about how former Sony Head of Global Studio jokingly stated that he "saved" Gran Turismo. We then give impressions of the hottest game of the moment Clair Obscure: Expedition 33. Phil gives impressions of Mice Maze a new bullet heaven roguelite as well as closing his impressions on Case of the Golde Idol Finally we answer a listener's question about boats. It's fascinating.
Thanks for listening.
0:00:05 Intro 0:00:30 ANZAC Banter 0:01:47 Gamepass on Switch 2? 0:08:23 Are the Big 3 at a Gridlock? 0:17:35 Third Party Switch Games are Codes 0:21:00 Switch 2 Release Price 0:23:52 Oblivion Remake Launch 0:29:04 Tom's Played Oblivion Remake 0:46:36 Phil's Played Case of the Golden Idol 0:56:00 Tom's Played Blue Prince 1:04:10 SPOILER ALERT for Blue Prince 1:24:42 Outro
In this episode Tom and Phil discuss the weeks news, including more Switch 2 controversy, and Microsoft’s remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. We then give our impression of the Blue Prince, a game that many are putting on the top of their GOTY lists. Tom dabbled with the Oblivion remaster and after last episode Phil decided to play The Case of the Golden Idol and tell Tom exactly what he thinks about it.
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0:00:07 Intro
0:01:43 News - Switch 2 Cold Takes
0:24:25 News - BAFTA Most Influential Games
0:32:27 News - Game Informer is Back
0:36:51 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
0:53:56 There is No Game: Wrong Dimension
1:03:59 The Case of the Golden Idol
1:24:31 Feature - How it all started
Tom and Phil return to host Australia’s longest running video game podcast and talk over the latest video game news including Nintendo Switch 2 details, the return of Game Informer and the BAFTA most influential game poll. We also talk about the games we think are the most influential before going on to give our reviews of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, There is No Game and the Case of the Golden Idol.
Finally, we revisit the How It All Started segment where we talk about the most relevant games in successful franchises, like Super Mario, Doom, Call of Duty, The Elder Scrolls and more.
0:00:23 Hardware Sales Down 0:07:45 PC Handheld Sales Pathetic 0:19:08 WB Closes Studios 0:24:21 Late Shift Impressions 0:30:12 Nice Boss Story 0:31:28 Gex Trilogy News 0:32:20 Spiritfarer Impressions 0:45:33 E-mails
0:00:14 Intro 0:02:13 News - Steam Pricing Exploit 0:19:50 News - Spot the Scam 0:27:20 News - Valve Bans Ads 0:32:41 Hardware Review - Steamdeck 0:53:30 What Playing: Indiana Jones 1:07:53 What Playing Doki Doki Literature Club
00:00:04 Intro 00:02:24 Edge Magazine's Top 10 of '24 00:11:48 Switch 2 Reveal Trailer 00:15:53 Game Awards Games of Note 00:21:46 Aussie Game Industry is Fine 00:25:04 Shuei Yoshida Was Pushed 00:27:25 Tom Played Indiana Jones 00:49:58 Phil Played Pentiment 01:08:32 Games Phil Bought 01:18:52 E-mail
In our last episode of 2024, we revisit a fun and short visit with some of our quizzes from the last few years. Tom and I hope you are enjoying some time off and with friends and family.
Thanks for listening.
0:00:27 Intro 0:00:45 UK & Russia Agree on Games 0:20:03 Sony Fire Shuhei Yoshida 0:23:30 My First Gran Turismo 0:25:55 Alarmo is not Launching on Time 0:27:04 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 0:33:09 STALKER 2 0:41:45 LaunchBox 0:46:05 Balatro 0:52:00 Poker on TV, HSC and Soap Operas 1:02:30 Crimson Diamond 1:22:17 E-mail 1:29:15 Outro
0:00:11 Intro 0:00:22 Balatro 0:02:33 Solitaire and Magic the Gathering 0:03:40 RMIT VEGA Games and Animation Expo 0:07:22 But First - Off Topic Starts Here 0:09:36 Back to the RMIT for a Second 0:10:15 Chickpea by Loomi 0:10:52 Who Taught These Police to Drive by Feltlike 0:11:20 Off Topic Starts Here 0:17:48 RMIT VEGA Games and Animation Expo 0:19:23 Reflection of Atheria by Nyanko Nekomi 0:22:55 Burnout Bakery by KeonDC 0:23:41 Enjoy a Treat by Bo-Rui Lin 0:26:56 A Highly Sensitive Experience by Hin Long (Daniel) Yiu & Quest 3 Impressions 0:32:39 Blood Legacy by Josephine Putri 0:34:05 The History and Current State of Australian Game Development 0:43:50 Dance Dance Deception by Lou Fourie 0:47:00 Coffin Room by Kay Kwan and Lam Le 0:50:08 Sea Blind by Peng Yu Jeong 0:52:35 Game of the Show 0:54:45 Scores 0:57:50 News - STALKER 2 Launch Problems 1:06:52 News - Microsoft Flight Simulator Crash Lands 1:13:35 News - Microsoft's It's an Xbox Campaign 1:19:52 News - Steamdeck, Episode 3 and Family Sharing 1:28:18 Outro
0:00:09 Intro 0:00:42 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 0:27:07 The Mindful Minifig/ Fogg 0:28:45 Spoilers Here 0:42:45 SOMA - First Impressions 0:58:46 UFO 50 - First Impressions
0:00:25 Intro 0:03:53 Halo Bungie and 343 Industry 0:23:19 Tom Plays Open Roads 0:26:29 Open Road is Pretty much Star Wars 0:39:45 Spoilers (but you really don't care) 0:41:49 Both Hosts play You Suck at Parking 0:58:48 Tom's Exhausting Story 1:14:33 Tom Plays Still Wakes the Deep 1:34:33 Nintendo's Alarmo 1:39:11 E-mails - What genre would you kill?
00:00:11 Intro 00:00:51 News - Sony Sony Sony 00:01:55 Gran Turismo Memories 00:08:35 News - Astrobot reception 00:10:00 News - Concord's Crash Landing 00:16:45 News - PS5 Pro Detailed 00:26:46 News - Gearbox Bigger than Beatles? 00:30:55 News - Warhammer 40k Spacemarine 2 00:33:29 What Playing: Still Wakes the Deep 00:40:49 What Playing: Plague Tale: Innocence 00:52:27 What Playing: Disco Elysium 01:21:47 Emails
0:00:22 Intro - Jaffle Talk 0:02:43 News - Game Pass Downgraded 0:10:57 News - Gamescom and New Valve Game 0:16:22 News - Black Myth Wukong Sells 0:20:30 What Playing - Doom + Doom2 0:29:38 What Playing - Thank Goodness You're Here 0:44:57 What Playing - The Good Time Garden 0:54:05 What Playing - Dear Esther 1:25:03 Emails for Tom from other peoples podcasts
0:00:16 Intro 0:01:10 Olympic Coverage 0:01:32 Chumpy Pullen Obituary 0:05:18 Best Shark Games 0:07:22 Olypic Skateboarding 0:08:49 News - Braid Remaster Sells Poorly 0:23:53 News - Game Informer Shuts Down 0:29:17 News - The PS4 Problem 0:41:25 What Playing - A Plague Tale Innocence 0:57:09 What Playing - Baldur's Gate 3 0:57:25 Boss Battles 1:00:44 How it All Started - Halo, GTA, Tekken 1:13:35 Sky Children of Light Olympics 1:18:26 Email
0:00:18 Intro 0:02:10 News - Valve Employee Levels and Pay Revealed 0:12:34 News - Sony Marketing Director Winges About Being Outspent 0:16:08 News - Dong Doom 0:19:46 News - Ubisoft Continues to Ruin Art 0:24:47 What Playing - Baldur's Gate 3 0:28:37 What Playing - Teardown 0:39:26 What Playing - Mafia Definitive Edition 0:44:45 What Playing - Dear Esther - Spoilers 1:07:23 Emails for Tom from other peoples podcasts 1:14:30 What Playing - Indika - Spoilers 1:48:54 Time Machine Review: 2014 Dear Esther Review
0:00:42 Tom has something to say about Episode 124 Obits
0:08:19 Phil's Summer Steam Sale Haul
0:13:17 News - MS Increases Game Pass Subscription costs
0:21:00 News - Man With 6 Inch Sword Gets Arrested
0:24:51 News - Ubisoft vs. Musk
0:30:09 News - Nintendo Clamping Down on IP Distortion
0:36:27 Investigative Journalism - Tom Exposes Humble Bundle
0:48:21 Phil's Questions for Tom from other People's Podcasts.
0:54:45 What We're Playing - Aperture Desk Job
1:04:30 Indika - Both Hosts
0:00:23 Criteria for Top 100 Retro Games List 0:03:24 Chapter Markers! 0:03:49 "Bridge Games" + Metroid Prime 4 0:08:46 NEWS - PlayStation Cutting PS2 Funding 0:11:37 Commentary The State of VR 0:18:05 NEWS - Max Booty on Tango Closure 0:20:58 NEWS - Banana Game is not a Scam? 0:27:35 Phil's New Gaming PC Review 0:42:12 What We're Playing - This Bed We've Made and discussions of Sunset, Arcade Paradise and Dave the Diver 0:56:50 What We're Playing - Aperture Desk Job and discussion about Valve 1:03:00 E-mail - What ever happened to car combat games?
0:00:10 Intro 0:01:15 Phil's new PC's 0:05:00 Escape from Tarkov 0:06:15 News: Not-E3 Wrap Up 0:49:24 News: Vale Cameron "Gazunta" Davis 0:51:35 News: Star Citizen Raises Over $700 Million 0:54:26 What We've Been Playing - Baldur's Gate 3 0:59:24 Retro Gamer's Top 100 Retro Games of All Time 1:16:56 Our #1 Retro Game of All Time 1:26:15 E-mails: Phil asks Tom Questions From Other People's Podcasts
0:00:09 Intro 0:00:51 Corrections 0:01:42 Tropical Diseases 0:07:06 News - Microsoft Backstories 0:15:43 Judging Phil Spencer 0:27:23 Pachterwatch 0:31:05 Nintendo Gets Physical - Media 0:35:58 Tom Plays Super Mario Odyssey 0:54:20 Phil Plays Dave the Diver 1:03:28 Questions for Tom from Other People’s Podcasts
0:00:23 Intro 0:01:05 Fallout Tv Series on Amazon Prime 0:03:44 Shinji Mikami Hated his Job 0:07:36 Xbox Outselling Sony on Playstation 0:09:45 Xbox Console Sales Crater, Gamepass Too 0:12:16 Facebook Losing $1 BN a MONTH on VR.
0:00:26 Intro 0:01:02 News 0:13:28 Princess Peach: Showtime! 0:27:30 Suika Game 0:34:30 Balantro 1:07:24 Buldur’s Gate 1:31:09:45 Outro
0:00:00 Intro 0:00:25 News 0:13:00 First Impressions - Palworld 0:21:08 Resident Evil 7 & 8 1:18:35 Trademark Banter & Gran Turismo Movie Impressions 1:32:47 Tom's Questions for Phil From Other People's Podcasts
0:00:18 Intro 0:01:56 News 0:21:26 What We’ve Been Playing (Resident Evil Remakes) 1:05:45 Phil’s Questions for Tom from Other People’s Podcasts 1:22:03 Outro
Tom and Phil talk about the latest gaming news, what they've been playing and answer listener's questions.
0:00:08 Introduction
0:00:50 Play Magazine's 100 Top Playstation Games
0:13:58 Tom's Top Five Games of All Time
0:22:03 Phil's Top Five Games of All Time (from 2009)
0:24:51 Bayonetta 3
0:33:00 Omori
0:45:00 Jeff Gerstmann giantbomb.gone
0:51:23 GTA 6
0:59:55 Wandersong
1:11:37 Oculus Quest 2
0:00:10 Introduction
0:00:49 Magazine Talk
0:04:40 Play Australia Magazine Review
0:11:00 COVID 2 (Sequel Impressions)
0:15:11 Collar Bone's Connected to...
0:26:47 Square Enix Sells Tomb Raider et al.
0:33:30 This War of Mine
0:38:38 All profits from this podcast will be going to Ukraine
0:41:00 Opiate Talk
0:58:30 Gran Turismo 7 Update
1:01:00 Mario Kart 8
0:00:04 Introduction
0:00:44 Max Payne 1 and 2 Remake
0:05:46 Tomb Raider Writer Reveals...
0:10:11 Tom Reviews COVID
0:24:20 Podcast Addict - Chapter Marks
0:26:37 Fever Talk
0:27:22 Tom Reviews Table Top Game Chocolate Monopoly
0:36:26 Phil Reviews Wall Street Kid for NES
0:50:13 Phil Reviews Detention
1:02:06 Phil Reviews Paw Patrol Games
1:08:20 Why You Should Play Kid Games
1:12:55 Sky (The Game from That Game Company)
1:29:17 Gran Turismo 7
1:44:28 Outro
A bonus episode to get us through Easter, a retrospective of the Grand Theft Auto franchise through GTA5.
Intro
0:00:11 Muck Bang Style
First Impressions - Tom Towers
0:02:05 Gran Turismo 7
0:02:17 Asphalt Legends 9, a brief mention.
0:04:30 Back to Gran Turismo 7
Final Impressions - Both Hosts
0:33:04 A Short Hike
Featurette - Phil Fogg
0:42:04 Hakchi and Mini Consoles, the dark art of making legitimate back-up copies available on the NES and SNES mini.
0:51:40 Thermal Paste Wizardry
Final Impressions - Both Hosts
0:53:01 Metamorphosis, a Kafka inspired game by Ovid
1:02:15 The Franz Kafka Videogame
1:09:08 Psychonauts 2 - a brief mention.
Intro
0:00:12 Definateley No Trademark Banter
Trademark Banter
0:01:21 Fashion Talk
0:03:40 Tom's Got a Switch, and a Roland
First Impressions - Phil
0:11:10 Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch
0:17:00 Paper Mario The Origami King - Nintendo Switch
Final Impressions - Tom
0:28:45 The Good Life from SWERY65 - PC, Xbox, PS4, Switch
Console First Impressions - Tom
0:49:17 Nintendo Switch
Outro
1:11:45 Tease for Gran Turismo 7
Since Phil is on assignment, Tom and Red recorded a short episode analyzing a tentacular genre of Japanese film. There are some slight technical difficulties that are corrected in future episodes of Slime Under Podcast.
Thanks for listening to this (non-canon) episode of The Game Under Podcast.
Since Phil is on assignment, Tom and Red recorded a short episode analyzing a unique genre of Japanese film. There are some slight technical difficulties that are corrected in future episodes of Slime Under Podcast.
Tom and Phil discuss Art of Rally for Switch, Hot Shot Racing, Jason Schreier's new book Press Reset, Vegan Fish, Giantbomb, Omno, The Last Stand and The Ramp on Australia's longest running video game podcast.
Tom and Phil discuss Valve's Steamdeck, Nintendo's Switch OLED, Sky Children of Light on Switch, The First Tree on PC, Before I Forget on PC, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Not Tonight for Switch and PC.
Tom and Phil review Ken Williams' book about Sierra Online, the beta of Sky: Season of Assembly, Super Hot, I Dream of You and Ice Cream and also talk about Phil's Trivia Quiz.
Tom and Phil discuss Sony PSVR 2, Rocket League Season 2, Donut County, Super Hot, Game Dev Story, Magic the Gathering, The Gardens Between, Stubbs the Zombie and plenty more.
Tom and Phil discuss Cyber Punk 2077, Space Court, The Medium, Coffee Talk and Mindscanners. Phil also talks about his PC upgrade.
Tom and Phil discuss Tom’s experience with the Oculus Quest 2. We also give our impressions of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, One Night Stand, Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash.
Thanks for listening.
This episode Tom and Phil talk about the new consoles, Journey to a Savage Planet, Deadly Premonition 2, Project Warlord, Halo 3 and Halo 3 ODST, Kind Words, Art of Rally, Teardown and Perfect Vermin (the game).
Tom and Phil talk about the latest gaming news and also about a new RTS (Iron Harvest) and what turns out to be there GOTY 2017 (Night in the Woods).
Tom and Phil talk about Deadly Premonition 2, Five Nights at Freddy's, Project Warlock and much more.
Trademark Banter
0:00:36 Wiper Sniper and Wide Stances
0:04:16 Internet Archive
0:05:34 Blinx is to Knack as...
0:10:39 Panducto
0:11:42 Narnia
0:16:28 A Trip back to 2003
0:25:19 Bad Boys: Miami Takedown
First Impressions - Tom
0:29:38 Carrion from Devolver for Switch, XB, PC
Final Impressions - Tom
0:38:26 Minecraft Dungeons
Updated Final Impressions - Tom
0:41:50 Sky: Children of Light
Final Impressions - Tom
0:44:10 Beat Cop
First Impressions
0:46:52 Pathologic 2
Trademark Banter
0:52:26 Steamlink
Tom Towers Reacts... To The News
0:55:50 Gabe Newell & Kim Dotcom
1:04:10 Halo Infinite
Final Impressions - Tom
1:06:16 Metro Exodus
Tom and Phil discuss Sludge Life, Beat Cop, Death and Taxes, Metro Exodus and the new season of Sky: Children of Light.
Tom and Phil discuss the itch.io bundle, Playstation 5 reveal and give impressions of Streets of Rage 4, The Morticians Tale and A Plague Tale: Innocence.
After seven years Tom and Phil re-play and give their impressions of That Game Company’s Journey, but not before giving impressions of Minecraft Dungeons (and Diablo III on Switch), Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake and final impressions of Sky: Children of Light (coming soon to Switch). We also spritz in some Trademark Banter about the SNES and cover some of the latest news in gaming.
Phil also discovers that he can rip ESRB rating descriptions for his review copy.
Intro
0:00:05 Game Under Obituries
Feature
0:00:48 Hiroshi Yamauchi
0:08:14 Nelson Mandela
0:12:22 Richie Benaud
0:15:45 Saturo Iwata
0:21:55 Sean Price
0:29:34 Rick May
Outro
0:39:33 Thanks for Listening
Tom Towers Reacts…to the news in our most recent episode and we also review a couple of indie games, The Last Day of June and Death and Taxes. We also have some Trademark Banter and lots more.
Thanks for listening.
Tom and Phil return to discuss the latest gaming news, some Trademark Banter, and Forza Horizon 4 and What Remains of Edith Finch. We also toss out some book recommendations.
Smugcast Banter
0:00:15 Puzzle Talk With Gagandeep Singh and Tom Towers
0:02:00 Smugcast Without Intro
0:02:45 Gagan Has Not Published a Podcast in a Year (Who could tell?)
Discussion of Top Ten Game Selections from the Endless Backlog Podcast
0:02:46 DMC5 Talk Stylish Action Update
0:12:00 Bayonettaminute
Onto Shooters 0:21:00 Doom Discussion
0:26:30 Fornite
0:28:00 Netcode & Boomer Shooters
Breaking Down Resident Evil 6
0:33:15 How Bloodrayne and RE6 are Alike
0:39:00 Resident Evil 3 Remake Impressions & Extended Conversation about Resident Evil
New Releases
0:53:00 Animal Crossing
0:56:50 Ori: The Will of the Wisps & Original Ori (Castlevania Talk follows)
1:13:53 Similarities with Shovel Knight & Extended Conversation about Metroidvanias
1:47:02 The Score from Gagan
Antichamber
1:48:45 Dvader's Review of Tom Towers #2 Best Game of the 2010's
A Critique of Game Under's Top Ten Games of the 2010's
1:50:08 The List
Gagan Puts Together His Top 10 of the 2010's Live
2:22:22 "F*ck it, we'll do it live!"
Super Smash Bros.
2:44:30 Tom asks for Gagan’s take on SSB.
Tom Towers and Aaron "Cellar Monster" Mullin return to discuss Devil May Cry 3.
Introduction
0:00:09 Aaron "Cellar Monster" Mullin Returns
Feature - Devil May Cry 3
0:01:46 It's Influences and Place in the Series
0:08:43 Discussion of Bosses
0:18:40 Level Design
0:38:57 What's to Come in DMC4 and 5.
0:42:30 "Remember Console Wars?"
0:43:19 Overrated?
0:52:45 Weapons Discussion
0:58:00 Fighting Styles
1:02:25 Music
1:09:55 Story and Characters
1:20:20 Dante Voice Acting
1:26:00 Tom's and Aarny's Score
1:30:00 Broader Discussion of the Genre and Aging
First Impressions
2:04:10 Astral Chain (and back to DMC)
Outro (The views and opinions expressed by Aaron Mullin do not necessarily reflect the views or position of The Game Under Podcast) 2:10:40 VGPress and Defamation
Trademark Banter
0:09:00 Game Under the Podcast
0:34:00 How We Schedule the Show & Bushfires
0:04:30 Tom's Feature gameunder.net/doesreadingmakeyousmarter
0:07:20 Wattum, XBOX Antiperspirant, SpyHunter
0:08:00 How we Decided out Top Ten of 2010's
First Impressions
0:16:05 Fortnite
The Last Trademark Banter
0:19:30 Vegan Yoghurt Review
First Impressions
0:22:30 Halo Reach for PC, Newly Released We also discussed on episodes 54 and 55
0:38:22 Gears 5 and it's history
0:59:58 Pokemon Sword / Shield
Tom and Phil go over Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019, Call of Duty WWII and Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, and if you don’t like Call of Duty, listen anyway as we go deep on various gaming topics and writing themes while examining the topic. We also discuss briefly the new Xbox. Thanks for listening.
In this week’s episode Tom gives his final impressions of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019, and we also touch on the action film Demolition Man, and one of the first MOBAs Future Cop LAPD for the original Playstation. We also talk about our preferred keyboard selections for PC.
Intro
0:00:08 PageUnder Podcast
0:00:34 Thyphoid Mary Plagiarism
Feature
0:03:00 Tom's PC Build, Final Update
0:04:30 You say Bios, I say BIOS.
0:05:55 MSY and Consumer Law
0:09:08 Hot Hot Hot
0:23:41 First Impressions of Windows 10
0:29:30 What Games did Tom Install First (and ray Tracing)
0:37:33 Manuals and Gew Gaws
0:41:40 Epic Games Store First Impressions
0:47:46 Xbox Gamerpass First Impressions
0:53:33 Streaming Over Wifi
First Impressions - Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019)
0:59:57 Preamble/ PC Controllers/ Forza
1:08:05 Respawn
1:09:35 Throwing Shaders
1:10:25 The First Level, and Dick Cheney
1:17:50 Level Design
1:23:19 Guns
Final Impression
1:32:57 Neo Cab - Notes Left Out of the Review on Gameunder.net
Sky's the Limit
1:39:00 That Game Company's MMORPG (Sky for iOS) Continues to Improve
Introduction 0:01:28 Australia's Favourite Music Podcast
0:02:11 Tom's Article about Comersurealism
0:08:21 Sports Talk
Trademark Banter0:09:27 The State of GameStop (EBGames), and Game Informer
0:16:25 Hyper Magazine
Final Impressions0:21:29 Tom's Final Impressions of That Gaming Company's, Sky.
0:21:55 RECORD SCRATCH Deadly Premonition 2 Announced
0:26:25 Back to Tom's Final Impressions of That Gaming Company's, Sky.
0:36:40 Spoilers Start Here
Short Gaming Commentary
0:44:24 Apple Arcade: Will Towers Take a Bite of the Apple?
0:45:39 Call of Duty Black Ops II and Call of Duty WW2
Tom's PC Build0:49:51 Towers is Building a Tower of Power
Commentary 1:06:18 How the Current Generation of Systems and Games Compares to Prior Generations
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg discuss video game and related topics on Australia's longest running video game podcast.
Tom plays That Game Company's newest release, Sky, while Phil talks about playing the rare japan-only N64 game Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Conversation also dips into Walt Williams book about his time at 2K working on Bioshock, Mafia II and Spec Ops: The Line.
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg talk about their Best Game of All Time (spoiler alert it’s neither Yakuza or Killzone). Tom also give his final thoughts on Minerva’s Den and The Protector Files, which at least one of was ground-breaking DLC at the time of release, and the work of many creators who went on to form Fullbright, makers of Gone Home and Tacoma. Tom then reviews Metal Gear Solid !
We also go over Dr. Mario World, Shakedown Hawaii, the Nintendo Switch Lite, the C-64 Mini and Red Dead Redemption 2 before getting to what has become our ghost ship, a full review of Ueda’s The Last Guardian.
Please enjoy Episode 111 of the Game Under Podcast.
Introduction
0:00:12 Technical Difficulties
Trademark Banter
0:01:42 Computer Games
0:01:50 Indie Round-Up
First and Final Impressions
0:06:44 Tom Talks Tacoma Part I
0:07:45 Phil Speaks on Spyro Trilogy
0:10:15 Phil on Red Dead Redemption II
Gameunder.net Content
0:15:01 Some Article or Whatever
0:15:47 Big News from E3
0:16:39 TurboGrafx 16 Mini (PC Engine Mini) Revealed
0:18:10 21st Century Free Speech Article on Gameunder.net & Story About WW2 Clay
0:21:08 "All Thoughts are Arguments"
Tom's Story
0:21:34 The Good Samaritan
Final Impressions
0:32:15 Yakuza 4
0:48:00 Mild Spoilers
Final Impressions
1:15:50 Tacoma Part II
Stuff You Should Know
1:30:40 Tissue Elevator Explained
1:33:15 Walt Williams Book: Significant Zero
1:35:15 Cultural Divide - Thank You For Your Service
1:38:03 Telltale is Dead
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg try out their new audio equipment -- what could possibly go wrong?
Trademark Banter ensues as well as a brief discussion of Tetris 99.
Before and after a round of Trademark Banter Tom Towers and Phil Fogg have a YakuzaKillzone Minute, talk about last week's gaming news and then close out the show in typical Towers Style.
We've recently upgraded Tom's recording equipment, but you will notice from time to time Phil's mic lets down the show. A new mic is on it's way for use before the next episode.
In anticipation of the upcoming release of Devil May Cry 5, Tom Towers and Aaron Mullin discuss their first impressions of Devil May Cry 5 as well as a full review of Devil May Cry 2.
Tom and Phil are joined by their Irish freelancer Aarny ot discuss Devil May Cry, Enter the Gundeon, impressions from the last ten years and the gaming news of the day, along with a sprinkling of Trademark Banter.
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg publish another epic episode of Australia's longest running video gaming podcast. We cover off a broad scope of topics and look back at Mikami's original Resident Evil.
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg discuss IGN's plagiarism scandal, the NES Classic, fashion, cats, Santo, Sam and Ed as well as Silent Hill, Cursed Mountain, Mission Impossible, whiskey, Her Story, Until Dawn, Deadly Premonition, SWERY, Dario Argenta and much much more!
Phil Fogg and Tom Towers give thier own Australian Twist (not a cocktail) on gaming and popular culture topics like, oh petrol sniffing.
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg talk about games from an Australian perspective, and a little bit of philosophy too.
After our first official "Lost Episode", our show 102, Tom and Phil drown their sorrows by taking on a completely non-gaming related topic, that of Shakespeare, and his place in literature.
Gagandeep Singh of the Endless Backlog Podcast joins Tom Towers in Smugcast 2, to discuss the Wonderful 101 (get it?), Horizon Zero Dawn, and probably some games things I've forgotten.
However, they definitely debate which is better, Bayonetta or Bayonetta 2; and whether Gagan and his bros simply suck at Metro and Killzone.
Tom and Phil talk about Super Mario Odessey, the status and future of gaming, their 100th show and serve a heaping serving of Trademark Banter.
Tom and Phil talk about new and old forms of games criticism as well as first and final impressions on a slew of games and hardware including:
Yoshi's Story
Splatoon2
SNES Mini
Nintendo Switch
The Cat Lady
Year Walk
Titanfall II
Mafia III
Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Yakuza 0
Transformers Destruction
Tom and Phil talk about the Retron 77, Uncharted 4, Goonies, Top 100 RPG's, Yazuka Zero, Transformers Destruction, Titanfall 2, Titan Souls, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Rage Racer, Ridge Racer Type 4, NegCon and JogCon. Also we settle what is worse, Automobiles or cinema.
Tom and Phil exchange some Trademark Banter before giving final impressions of Until Dawn and review the career of David Cage and his games Omikron, Fahrenheit/ Indigo Prophecy, Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls.
Tom and Phil talk AAA development, but also cover the original Xbox, Yakuza Zero, Hollow Knight, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Doom, Scarface, Mafia III and some discussion of Nintendo's Switch
In this episode Tom and Phil revisit the current state of the indie development and give a counterview to episode 92 by looking at the positives.
Tom and I come back to record a show, primarily about the state of console hardware, VR, AR, some movie talk and good old Trademark Banter. We hope you enjoy Episode 91 of The Game Under Podcast.
Hi all, a brief reminder that we are alive and wanted you to ponder what a upcoming show might be like.
Episode 59 followed a long hiatus, one that myself and Tom had no control over, much like our current absence.
Phil and Tom talk about Sunset Overdrive (this months Games for Gold offering), Treasure's Gunstar Heroes, their understanding of Sony (and others) attempts to fill the generation gap, as well as a much anticipated review of Killzone: Skyfall from Tom Towers and XBOne Streaming.
Thanks for listening.
Tom and Phil cover The Walking Dead: Michonne Episodes 1 & 2 (spoiler free), The Order:1886 (with scores) and Rise of the Tomb Raider (scored). We get into a bunch of other stuff as well, we thank you for listening.
Tom and Phil decided to breakout their spoilercast of Life Is Strange #first aired in Episode 75#^
It was a very important game when we came to our Game of the Year Considerations, but it was buried deeply into Episode 75, so we agreed it shoudl get it's own half-show^
If you have not finished Life is Strange, Please do not listen to this show. But we both encourage you to finish #and obviously listen#.
As we approach the middle of April 2016, we relunctanctly ready to rest ouf 2015 GOTY coverag in this episode with Tom's personal GOTY awards.
We also score Stardew Valley and find 123 wasy to veer off-topic.
Tom Towers goes it alone again in the lastest episode of The Game Under Podcast (Pirate Radio Episode 2).
Could this be the completion of Game Under Podcast's GOTY2015 coverage? Listen to find out.
This week, it's a bit of a different show, but we cover Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Ape Escape, the state of gaming podcasts, the Wii U, Xbox One, the paralympics and so much more.
Thanks for listening.
This week we'll award our first-ever site GOTY awards, The Gundies.
Game-wise we'll be talking The Witness, American truck Simulator, Undertale, and more (and possibly less).
Thanks for Listening.
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg have played Jonathon Blow's new game, The Witness and the games that many say influenced it (Myst and The Talos Principle) and give their analysis to open the show.
Phil Fogg gives out his surprising personal Game Under Game of the Year Awards (The Foggies) and the two also talk about ACE Team's body of work including the new Deadly Tower of Monsters.
More Trademark Banter as well.
This episode Tom Towers and Phil Fogg talk about Oculus pricing, games they picked up over the break and give some final thoughts on games played in, and released in 2015 in anticipation of our Annual Awards Show (the Gundies).
Phil Fogg give scores and final impressions of Yakuza 5 and The Order: 1886.
Tom Towers maintains a New Year tradition by hosting Aarny to discuss the games they have played this year.
A show not to be missed\, a truly amazing traipse through games old and new.
Tom Towers returns for our 80th episode where we discuss new releases Yakuza 5, Pro Evo Soccer MyClub and Resident Evil: Revelations 2.
Phil Fogg fights back (rather enimically) with his own 30 minute solocast. In it he disses Valve, gives impressions of Prison Architect and Blues and Bullets and waxes nostaligic on how The Game Under Podcast began.
Tom and Phil are back with final scores for The Witcher III: Hearts of Stone, The Graveyard and Sunset. We also give first impressions of the recently released Darksiders II: The Deathfinitive Edition and some ongoing commentary on Fallout 4.
First impressions of the Retron 5 as well as some news and Trademark Banter.
Thanks for listening.
2:52: The Sand Table’s Irrelevance of Game Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4Utjypxlg&list=PLxP2lws1RkuUwMm1XFHEMrN_Rin7O_eiZ&index=3
Anything said by anyone working at Naughty Dog is carefully composed enough that it is ultimately meaningless, so one cannot draw any real inclusions from such statements: an artist primary and only motivation in their public discourse is to promote their own commercial work, after all…
But when I can confuse the writer of The Last of Us and Uncharted, while noting their differences, it does raise certain questions...about my literacy, and Naughty Dog's authenticity.
16:28:
Or simply that they did not like the ending because that made dude a dick, and they never woulda done that themselves because they’ve lived a very sheltered life.
17:07: A Disingenuous Vision of Games Journalism
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/11/a-price-of-games-journalism/
Watergate…I mean, that’s just like leaking the script to a game in production, right?
Running over Devolver Digital without checking e-mail and article dates, because I’m a videogame journalist. Just don’t sue me for slander, please. I’m a journalist! I have rights!
Critical of its own fictional bullshit in a story that then did not yet exist…in the public domain—wait, I’d inadvertently leaked the Hotline Miami 2 script? Fuck me, no wonder it was banned in Australia.
25:00: Post-Script
I have an acrimonious relationship with the English language, journalists, the English and Americans. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi! oi! oi!
42:38:
I dabble in sensational journalistic incompetence.
45:36:
I share my delusions of grandeur, inspired by The Sand Table.
This week we give first impressions of Fallout 4, Witcher 3: The Heart of Stone and Lisa, (another auteur indie game).
We give our highpoints of the latest Nintendo Direct, an also talk about an Australian company that is already using VR combined with lasertag as pubic entertainment.
We quickly resolve which is the better console (Retron 5 vs. XBOne).
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg give final thoughts and scores for MGSV, Life is Strange, and The Beginner's Guide. Fogg goes alone to score Undertale.
Plenty of discussion about themes in games and also a conversation about the status of XB1.
Undertale, MGS5 Online, Driver: San Francisco, Shovel Knight: Plague Knight and So much more.
Tom Towers checks in on Metal Gear Solid 5, both hosts examine Blues and Bullets for PC and then a spoiler free discussion between the hosts about the first four episodes of Life is Strange. A gloriously spoiler-full segment is at the end of the podcast, which is abundantly flagged.
This show, Phil and Tom talk abuot Ernest Cline's new book Armada, Rocket League, Splatoon (final scores), Amnesia: Memories, Return to Obra Din, The Westport Independant and Mike Bithell's new game Volume.
Tim Keenan's candid insights, coloured by his days at Disney, Rainbow Studios and his prior indie development, are a rare glimpse into the pain and passion involved in releasing a game that aims to be a commercial and critical success without compromise or dilution.
Introduction
0:00:25 Lack of Sponsors, No Body's Goin' Break Our Stride
Trademark Banter Interruptus
0:01:47 Towers Miserably Ill and Hosts Recount Fever Dreams
First Impressions
0:03:44 Tom talks about Fairy Fencer F
0:04:20 Tom Trolls Our Loyal Listeners
0:05:08 A Discussion of Fencing, Sword Play, Drilling Holes etc...
0:07:00 Discussion of Effuu Effuu and Final Fantasy
0:08:39 Back to FFF
0:19:45 Phallic Art, Phil's History With
0:22:20 Back to FFF
Trademark Banter Resumed
0:23:03 The Trouble With Running a Game Podcast
0:24:00 Tera MMO, and General MMO Discussion
0:40:15 Slot Machine Theory
0:45:45 Fake Australians
0:43:00 Gran Turismo 5 AKA: Crack Cocaine
0:55:50 2016 MX-5 (Miata) A discussion of Roadsters
0:57:45 Focus Groups
1:05:04 Dr. Dre's New Album Compton, Rise of the Snoop
Continuing Impressions
1:11:55 Rocket League
Trademark Banter (Did we mention the theme of this Big Show?)
1:16:50 The Ashes (Cricket Talk)
1:28:45 Tom's PC Problems
1:38:45 Sean Price Obiturized
Games in today's show: Her Story, Life is Strange Ep. 4, Duskers,
Rocket League, Splatoon, Drive Club, The Witcher 3 (patch news), Mario Kart 8, Uncharted 3 and more.
Tom and Phil talk Rocket League,
And Yager, and Splatoon, MGS: Ground Zeros, Bayonetta 2, and a bunch of other stuff.
Warning: No Phil Fogg in this show, instead you get your overdose of Commenwealth county citizens with the return of Aarny as co-host to the indefatigable Tom Towers.
The gents discuss PC GTAV, Broken Sword and Dragon Souls 2.
Shockingly they make no reference to the N64 in this, our 64th episode, breaking podcast canon.
Thanks for Listening.
Introduction
00:00:16 Hello.
Trademark Banter
0:01:54 It's called "Trademark" for a reason
0:02:55 Gaming Magazines Update - Hyper's Quarterly Review, GamersTM, EDGE and Game Informer
0:09:19 Features in Games Writing
0:10:59 Modern Criticism
0:13:03 The Problem with Australians
0:14:04 Soccertalk
0:15:10 Australia Gets Netflix
0:16:33 Back to Film Criticism
0:19:27 Games Writing on the Internet - an update
0:22:00 Gaming Forums
0:23:33 P.T and Konami Story
Tom Towers' Aural Review
0:27:26 P.T (and various Silent Hill games)
0:41:46 Tom's Beaten Games of 2015
Tom Towers' Aural Review
0:44:02 Life is Strange Episode 2
Phil Fogg's Final Impressions of:
1:03:33 Bayonetta for PS3
Tom Towers' Aural Review
1:10:09 Bayonetta 2
1:18:25 Story Spoilers for Bayonetta 1 (released 2008)
1:18:59 Story Spoiler Over
1:28:05 General Light Story and Gameplay Spoilers (Possible from this point on)
1:39:55 Hop Scoth and Combos
1:43:35 Torture Attacks in Bayonetta 2
2:15:45 Bayonetta 3
2:20:30 Bayonetta in Smash Bros.?
Tom and Phil provide epic Trademark Banter, Bayonetta, Dangan Ronpa 2 and Costume Quest.
Half an hour of Trademark Banter, then Hard Reset, Shadow Warrior, Hyperdimension, Child of Light, Broken Swrod 5 and a whole lot more.
Return of the Big Show, Tom and Phil reveal their GOTY 2014 selections, including many other categories as well.
Intro
0:00:26 Phil and Tom come out of hibernation.
Trademark Banter
0:01:23 Parental Warning Occurs Here.
0:02:09 Maniac Mansion Talk
0:02:26 Grim Fandango Discussion
0:03:21 Floppies
0:05:12 Tom Duel Weilds Current Gen Consoles
0:23:01 Phil Has No Games for his PS4.
0:23:24 Hyper Magazine is DEAD
0:31:30 Gaming Magazine Scene
Hardware Review
0:06:02 PS4 Controller Hardware Review
Trademark Banter Resumes
0:13:46 Network Speed, The Japanese Decline in Gaming and Toms Impressions on his PS4 Games (Drive Club, LBP3, Infamous: Second Son)
Trademark Banter Ends
0:33:46 Games We've Beaten Since Last Episode
Yakuza Minute
0:35:40 Y5 Coming to the West!
GOTY Precursor
0:36:40 Tom Says Something
Final Impressions
0:37:20 Wolfenstein: The New Order
Hey, after fighting off heat, soccer and technical problems (Windows 10 we're looking at you), we are back to talk about Back to Bed, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 and Sir, You Are Being Hunted.
This week we present one of our early shows that you likely have not heard. Tom and Phil used to host a different podcast, this is one of our shows from February 2012.
As you can tell not much has changed, but a distinctive part of that podcast was keeping in our breaks and end of show comments.
In this episode we talk about Final Fantasy 7 (PS1), Shadow Hearts (PS2), Game Dev Story (Mobile), Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (360), Halo 3 (360), Killzone 2 (PS3), Yakuza 2 (PS2), Prey (360) and Binary Domain (PS3). Asura's Wratch also gets our Fake Reviews (TM) segment treatment and much much more.
Oh, re-mastered. If that matters. Oh and kangaroos.
This show we both give our final impressions and score Ubisoft's Valiant Hearts. We also drop the hammer on Asura's Wrath and Fable III.
We talk The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Valiant Hearts this week as well as our final summation of Shovel Knight, some Halo chatter and all the usual rubbish.
This week we talk about everything. And I mean everything. It's nothing but Trademark Banter for the entire Big Show. We're basically game-a-pedia over here (I mean under here).
We talk about the new 3.4DS Mario Kart 8 (Aural Review), Halo Reach and the usual rubbish.
Tom Towers humous Phil Fogg by returning to give a review of Odin Sphere, and Dvader pops into talk about PT. We also talk about Wolfenstein: The New Order, the PS4 media options, FIFA 15/ PES 2015, FFX HD and a handful of news stories.
Who is watching the watchers? Tom F'n Towers and Phil F'n Fogg, that's who!
We talk about a lot of things including incriminating acts of vandalism, friends who eat too much, Stalin, other podcasts and XL Cities (and Shovel Knight), but the big thing we go into this show is the elephant that has been sitting in our kickstarter-funded studio for 51 episodes. Game Reviews. Our personal tastes as well as a complete deconstruction of the literary form.
And what game drove Tom Towers toward never reviewing another game again? You'll have to listen to find out on this week's Game Under Podcast.
Big Show 5 is here and we give our long sufering fans what they have been asking for, a long podcast.
We cover Sir, You are Being Attacked, Are You Being Served?, Shovel Knight, Arcade Craft, yet more discussion of The Last of Us, in contect of The Road, some World Cup talk and of finish it off with a discussion of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. And more.
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg come out of hibernation to talk about artistic and commerical choices, Dragon's Crown, Killzone: Shadowfall, Watchdogs, Mario Kart 8 and also the Wii U hardware.
Indie Co-founder of Misfits Attic, and creator of A Virus Name Tom, Tim Keenan subjects himself to an interview with Tom Towers. They discuss the game that launched them, the business of being an indie developer and Misfits Attic's upcoming games.
We deciduously avoid the news this week and instead give final impressions of Tearaway and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. And... c'mon, who would not want to hear Tom Towers pass judgement on 50 Cent Blood on the Sand?
We also talk about the best end credits ever, sophomore slumps, narration in games and also argue about if this is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius for games.
Tom Towers also tips his upcoming review of Warlock 2.
Thanks for listening!
We plan on going through 797 news stories this week, but some game impressions appear.
InFamous: Second Son, Meta Gear Solid: Two Hours, Broken Age and some momentary discussion of 3D Dot Game Heroes and Dark Souls II.
We are joined by our North America Correspondent to discuss the Console Wars from the trenches.
Thanks for Listening.
It's time for some Game Under Podcast Bingo. Check them off as we make references to:
Killzone
Deadly Premonition
Racism
Adam Sessler
Ian Bogost
Shakespear
Jesus
Doom
Half-Life 2
Besides the usual topics we also finally get into Broken Age and the week's news. Never ones to avoid a good old chat about first-person shooters we use Homefront as an excuse to talk about the best and worst characteristics of the genre.
Thanks for listening.
I can't decide what's most in this week's show. Most obscure games? Most boring news? Most interesting discussion? Only one way to find out.
Tom Towers finally sees the light and plays the newest Earth Defense Force game, EDF 2025.
We also go over the week's news as well as a featurette on third-person shooters and Japanese development philosophies.
If you want a fully fleshed out review of Resistance 3 then you are in luck, but at the same time, you are going to hear the most non-linear review of a video game ever,
Also, we go over GTAV and Bravely Default, as well as listener feedback.
Without a voice, or an internet Phil Fogg has been in the gaming wilderness for a week, so he puts his tiny hand in that of fatherly Tom Towers and gets caught up on the week's news in gaming.
Also, impressions of Modern Warfare 3 and Resistance 2. But in a good way.
We catch up on some impressions this week with the newly re-released Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, DuckTales: Remastered, DmC, Resistance and The Stanley Parable.
NPD annual figures, lifetime sales to date and Nintenwoes. How could we not get our regular guest host David on to talk about all this hub-bub?
We close the books on 2013 this week and talk about our favourite or most interesting games of the year.
It's quite unlike any other GOTY podcast you may have heard.
Big Show 7 has come around, and rather than go big in length, this week we go big in philosophy when we discuss the very nature of gaming, and why different people are drawn to it.
A year ago today, Tom Towers and John Aarny (notorious Irishman) challanegd each other in a drunken bet to beat 104 games in 52 weeks. In today's episode they recount their sexually charged journey through as many games as they could in a single year. Did they make it? Listen to find out.
Rob from second-generation.com comes on to give Nintendo impressions and Tom and Phil talk about Steamworld Dig, Antichamber and Metro 2033, along with the week's news.
Well, well well. Tom Towers reviews The Last of Us. Should be interesting right? We also talk about the latest indy darling, The Swapper and Phil gives his final thoughts on Papo and Yo.
If you'd like to hear Phil's impressions of The Last of Us check out Episode 12.
In wake of the PS4 launch we decided to give you some counter-programming with our sixth BIG SHOW.
It's an FPS blow-out where we talk about nothing but FPS games including the mechanics, best and worst trends of the genre as well as the most influential FPS of all time.
We also give our five best and worst FPS games of the generation in addition to full reviews of both Modern Warfare games (which should surprise most).
Tom Towers also revisits Killzone 3 in light of having recently beaten the original Killzone.
Thanks for Listening (listen responsibly, it's a BIG SHOW).
In what is possibly our biggest non-BIG SHOW yet we talk about WWE2K14, Driver: San Francisco, Journey of a Roach, Enslaved, Pigsy's Perfect Ten and the week's news.
Tom wraps up the Saints Row franchise with his aural review of Saints Row 4, but before that we go over our thoughts of The Stanley Parable Demo and Back to the Future Episodes 2,3 and 4.
We go over the news of the week and go off on our usual tangents, thanks for listening!
Tom and Phil return with game impressions galore. Dragon's Crown, Back to the Future Ep.1 and Goodbye Deponia get shown the door, while Ni No Kuni is ushered in with the week's news.
Another Tom Towers Aural Review ends the show, this week the subject is Saints Row: The Third.
Thanks for Listening.
This week, after some Trademark Banter (where Phil buys some new Nintendo hardware), the didactic duo give first impressions of GTA V and Dragon's Crown.
Tom closes out his thoughts on The Raven, we go over the week's news and end it all with an Aural Review of Saints Row 2.
It's time again for another BIG SHOW, and for BIG SHOW 5, what better game to give first impressions of than GTAV.
It is all anyone can talk about this week, but we find time to talk about some other games as well, including GTA V, Saints Row 4, Saints Row 2, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief and because we have not talked enough about open-world crimes games we cram in a Tom Towers Aural Review of Mafia II.
Oh and the news.
Tom Towers gives his Aural Review of Max Payne 3. Note, there are spoilers for the entire Max Payne series.
We are back to our regular format this week with first impressions galore, news and some Final Thoughts. We give our final verdict on Papers, Please and Left4Dead1 DLC for L4D2. We also give first impressions on Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Saints Row 4.
In a light news (post-PAX) week Phil gives his final impressions of two That Game Company games; Flower and Journey and Tom playes Killzone 2, yet again.
Hilarity Ensues, Thanks for listening,
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg go over all the new console and pricing news of the week.
Tom also finishes out the Max Payne franchise and gives an Aural Review of Max Payne 3.
It's our fourth BIG SHOW, and so we go all out with first impressions of Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, Papers Please, Earthbound and Game and Wario. A feature on third-person shooters can be found as well as an Aural Review of Max Payne 2 from Tom Towers.
We cover the latest news from Gamescom and around the gaming world, thanks for listening.
Phil Fogg returns to talk NPD's, Microsoft's latest reversal and some first and final impressions of games new and old, including Bastion, Max Payne, Thomas Was Alone and Vanquish.
This week we not only give our best and worst gaming experiences of the week, but also lengthy discourses on Microsoft's strategy, Nintendo's woes and the plight of the modern writer (and history of when writers had it good).
Thank you for listening, and please, if you enjoy or hate our show, tell a friend.
This week we have first impressions of PayDay 2 and some Final Summations of Thomas Was Alone, Vanquish, Red Faction, Another World and Worms Revolution (as well as the week's biggest news).
Thank you for listening, and please, share our show if you like it.
We have one of our best shows ever. The explaination for the image below is in the show, as well as our impressions of Zeno Blade 2, Retro City Rampage and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine along with Pikmin 3 and the week's other news.
This week we've both played Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, Bioshock Infinite, and Tom has a few views of his own on Worms Revolution and Mystery Game.
We also go over the week's news. Thanks for listening.
It's our BIG SHOW, with Bioshock 2, Hotline Miami and Walking Dead: 400 Days reviews. Also, two features, some news and an insider's tale about game P.R.
Tom previews The Raven: Confessions of a Master Theif, we talk about Killzone 3 for the last time ever and Phil gives his first impressions of Halo:CE HD and Activision Hits. We also cover the week's news, give an aural review fo Bioshock and have a discussion about direction in games and the best and worst gaming collections in history.
Thanks for listening - Phil
Despite Phil's best efforts to derail the show Tom Towers forges on and gives his impressions of S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl. Phil also goes on and on about Killzone 3 and FIFA 13 (what is this, Freaky Friday?). We also talk about used games and piracy.
Anyway, if you are in Africa or Western Australia, please give us a listen.
This week we continue (and end) our Naughty Dog obsession with Tom's completion of Uncharted 3 (he reveals his score as well).
Phil Fogg is joined for the second half of our show by Dave Ader, were they discuss Last of Us with plenty of gameplay and story spoilers.
Trademark Banter
0:01:45 Australia Dominates Iraq, is now on par with Iran
0:04:53 Phil Has a Kindle/ Book Suggestion
0:06:25 Tom's Deadly Premonition Review is up, we talk about his review
Ongoing Impressions
0:08:40 Phil comments on one week with last of Us
0:14:15 Splinter Cell Discussion (on stealth)
News
0:15:15 Aussie Prices for the Next Gen & NZ Wii U for $200!
0:19:45 Xbox ONE-80. Microsoft's existential crisis reaches boiling point
0:23:20 So will we get one?
0:24:10 One Time Check-in Theory
0:25:10 What's the difference Between XBOX3 and PS4?
0:31:50 Phil Fish, Racism, Nintendo etcetera
0:34:10 Sony. It was good while it lasted (Patch Bricking)
0:38:00 Our E3 Coverage Last Week. We touch on Mirror's Edge, Titanfall and other omissions.
0:41:25 NPD
0:45:30 Which would we buy in the top ten?
0:48:05 Oculus Rift Talk and Phil's Dating Advice
Aural Review
0:54:20 Uncharted 2 (some spoilers, but c'mon) Doom 2, Last of Us, Donkey Kong and many other games discussed as we go through some game design basics. Also, Tom's Shocking socre reveal for Uncharted 2.
It's our BIG Show with an E3 and Naughty Dog Explosion. First impressions of Last of Us, Tom plays Uncharted for the first time and we go through our highlights of E3 as well as final impressions of Metro 2033.
0:00:58 Trademark Banter - We score our E3 Predictions from Last Week
E3 Reactions
Microsoft
0:07:25 Microsoft Apologizes for Rape
0:09:50 The Price - Would we buy it?
0:16:00 The Games - MGS5, Dead Rising 3, Forza, Quantum Break and discussion of FMV games, The Last Express, Ryse, Killer Instinct,
0:30:05 We Declare RARE Dead
0:31:20 D4 From SWERY65
0:32:45 PSN+ Coming to XBLive
0:33:55 Synopsis of Microsoft Conference
Sony
0:36:35 The Physical Box
0:38:55 No DRM. Bam!
0:42:55 $399. Bam!
0:43:55 Mic Drop
0:47:50 Bye-bye Free Multiplayer (Tom and Phil fight over $5)
0:55:35 Tom posits, "How did they get away with it?"
0:57:20 The Games - GT6, GTA5, Last of Us, Beyond, FF15, Kingdom hearts 3, Assassin's Creed, Diablo 3.
0:58:20 Diablo 3 Discussion - Battle.net or not?
1:00:00 Vita Stuff
1:01:05 Last Guardian News
1:01:40 Synopsis of Sony Conference
1:04:15 WTFinal Fantasy 15 (and Phil says what Square Should Do)
Nintendo
1:08:40 Tom Says They "Won" E3
1:10:10 Phil "Ahems" Then Says Nintendo Did Great but ...
1:10:45 Phil Melts Down on how Racist Nintendo Is
1:13:00 Phil continues in his normal tone, and says that Nintendo is doing fine
1:13:20 Tom Brings Up Cammy
1:14:55 A 3D Mario! In 2D!
1:20:05 Super Smash Bros.
1:21:30 Pokemonx and Pokemony
1:22:45 We Declare Retro Dead
1:27:05 Third Party Games
1:28:10 Eidos. Whores.
First Impressions
1:30:35 Last of Us First Impressions from Phil
1:47:55 Uncharted: Drakes Fortune (An Aural Review) - and some Jurassic Park Talk, and some lesbian room-mate talk. Okay, that was link bait. Sorry.
2:36:45 Metro 2033 (An Aural Review)
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg give analysis of the latest news, E3 hype and predictions
and somehands-on impressions of Remember Me and a mystery game.
Tom and I put together a real humdinger this weekend. We clear the decks with final impressions of several games, and give you a back-end Deadly Premonition treat.
Thanks for listening, and if you like the show tell a friend.
Tom and Phil talk about the Xbox One launch event and also give their first impressions of Deadly Premonition: Directors Cut as well as final thoughts on Resistance 3, Tomb Raider 2013 and Malacious. Also, Ford Falcons and pogo sticks are mentioned.
00:15 Tribute to Aarny
00:27 Introduction
00:45 Phil's new games this week.
02:06 Halloween and ANZAC Day.
04:41 Tom talks about games he has gotten.
05:28 Resident Evil Revelations Impressions from Tom and Sub-discussion about limited resources and pacing.
News
27:30 NPD - A Big Downturn.
36:45 Nintendo Shuts Down Playthrough Tutorials on YouTube
43:30 EA Abandons Online Passes (coded DRM for Multiplayer) and side-discussion of Wii U
49:15 Nintendo Direct (we play Care/ Don't Care)
YakuzaZillzONE Minute
57:00 Yakuza 1 and 2 HD coming to Wii U (and side discussion of Wii U price in Australia)
and ... Yakuza 5 Has Sold 590K in Japan
1:01:00 PS4 Potential Detailed in Killzone Tech Specs
Impressions
1:09:00 Metro: Last Light
It's our horror special where we talk about our favorite (and most recent) horror gaming experiences including games like Cursed Mountain, the Alan Wakes, Condemned, Rule of Rose, Left 4 Dead 2 and an Australian-exclusive (at least for the next few days)... impressions of Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut.
We also landed an interview with a horror gaming expert.
Before getting into the news of the week Tom and Phil go over all the latest GTA5 news and focus on the evolution of the popular franchise
GTA Special
0:07 GTA Through the Ages
24:15 We Watch the Latest Trailer
Introduction
37:22 Welcome to the Show!
39:45 One Last GTA Thing: Odin Sphere and how it is like GTA.
News
50:05 Eternal Darkness Sequel
58:19 3D Mario Coming by October
1:00:57 Respawn on Durango Only
YakuzaKillzONE Minute
1:06:48 Killzone and PS4 Controller
1:08:47 Yakuza Restaurant Shoot-out
Game Impressions
1:11:40 Dyad
1:35:18 Resistance 3
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg break from their monthly podcasting schedule go over the week's news and anything else gaming related in their lives.
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NEWS
3:29 Nintendo Skipping Keynote at E3 2013
11:20 EA Shuts Down EA Partners
22:51 XCOM FPS is Alive and Has a New Name
27:55 HOTD iOS
31:05 Durango Details Coming May 21
35:35 Shinji Mikami's New Game
43:33 Dragon's Crown Controversy
51:59 Thomas Was Alone Might Come to 360
YakuzaKillzONE MINUTE
54:50 Tom Goes There (points out how Killzone is better than Call of Duty)
1:21:21 The Tiny Yakuza Section of Tom's 28 minute Killzone Feature
Final Thoughts (Games we finished this week)
1:23:40 Spec Ops: The Line (Multiplayer impressions)
1:32:33 Serious Sam 3
1:33:45 Bully
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg break from their monthly podcasting schedule go over the week's news and anything else gaming related in their lives.
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YakuzaKillzONE MINUTE2:45 Kaz is coming to Hots Shots Golf.
4:04 Killzone Director Says PS4 is Not Just a High End PC
NEWS
7:29 Nintendo Direct Conference
40:25 March 2013 NPD
Tom Towers and Phil Fogg bring their act to a new stage.
3:31 Evoland Impressions and talk about referecial humour and impresonation.
10:45 Zeno Clsh and review processes at big websites.
27:15 Serious Sam 3 and how Phil would fix it.
40:45 Killzone 1 with some Yakuza talk.
51:00 Bull and soap opera talk.
1:05:45 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army
FEATURE
1:17:25 Spec Ops: The Line
SPOILERS BEGIN AT 1:33:00 and end at 2:30:55
NEWS
2:30:55 GTA Tracks Now on Spotify and iTunes followed by discussion of favorite GTA songs.
2:36:40 Brain Training is Culturally Insentitive as are the Japanese.
2:39:23 Bioware Says Jade Empire Would Have Been Huge 360 Launch Game.
2:42:50 Oculus Rift and discussion of virtual reality.
2:46:12 PC Shipments Down and analysis.
2:51:15 Mega Man FPS
FEATURE 2
2:53:28 Square Enix Problems
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE VGPRESS.COM and LASERLEMMING.COM
3:00:50 Dvader's Backlog and his Gaming Malaise
3:08:28 Discussion of the history of QTE's and Boss Battles from LaserLemming.com
Tom "Foolz" Towers of Laserlemming.com and friend Aarny return to host the 136th episode of The Pressroom (while playing Left4Dead). On hand impressions of Left4Dead 2 (PC), God of War Collection (PS3), A Virus Named Tom (PC),
Demon Souls (PS3), Sly Cooper Collection (PS3), The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles (PC), Journey (PS3), The Ship (PC), Half-Life (PC), Antichamber (PC), Nickerpole (PC), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (PC), Killzone 2 (PS3), Borderlands (PS3) and a Football gamegasm (soccer, sorry).