GRcade Podcast: Recent Episodes
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GRcade Podcast - Episode 24
It’s our Game of the Year special! Ben Skipper, Chris Smith, Kris Agrawal, Jamie Donovan and James Bowden each present their top two games of 2013 in a bumper episode for the ages. We talk, The Last of Us, DOTA 2, Spelunky, Super Mario 3D World and many (six) more. Enjoy!
GRcade Podcast - Episode 23
Ben Skipper, Kris Agrawal, Jamie Donovan and Tom Hartwell (Cosmo) are here with a short episode to talk A Link Between Worlds, Pokémon X & Y, XCOM: Enemy Within, Telltale and our most anticipated games of 2014.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 22
Original quartet Ben Skipper, Chris Smith, Kris Agrawal and - at last - James bloody Bowden discuss Chris’ PS4 woes, Killer Instinct, A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, the joys of the Wii and a certain two games by the name of Super Mario Galaxy to conclude (kinda) our Game of the Generation chats.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 21
Ben Skipper, Kris Agrawal, Jamie Donovan, Matthew Francis and Ben Young discuss all the games of the generation we’ve missed so. We talk Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of War, Portal 2, Fallout 3, why Chris has poor taste in games and Ben Y drops an N-bomb.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 20
Ben Skipper, Chris Smith, Jamie Donovan and Kris Agrawal are joined by Matthew Francis and Ben Young (Corazon de Leon) to talk about a huge number of indie gems from the console generation past. We cover Geometry Wars 2, Braid, Limbo, The Walking Dead, Bomberman Live, Guacamelee, Journey and many more.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 19
Ben Skipper and Chris Smith are joined by Banjo/Colt (with strange audio that sounds like a heartbeat) to discuss the Uncharted series and Red Dead Redemption. We also find out why Chris sold his loaded 3DS to Banjo and talk Pokémon X & Y, GTA 5, Tearaway and Ratchet and Clank Nexus.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 18
Ben Skipper and Jamie Donovan are joined by Falsey and Andrew Mills to talk Dark Souls and the many works of Valve. Portal, Portal 2, Half Life 2 and its two episodes, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2 and Counter Strike are all discussed as we continue our game of the generation chats.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 17
Ben Skipper, Jamie Donovan, Kris Agrawal and Falsey chat about Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Papers, Please before chatting about the Bioshock and Mass Effect series as part of our Game of the Generation chats
GRcade Podcast - Episode 16
This week Jamie Donovan, Chris Smith and Kris Agrawal fill the Ben-shaped hole in their hearts with talk of Assassin’s Creed IV, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Killzone Mercenary, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect, Skylanders, Tomb Raider - pretty much everything.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 15
This week Ben Skipper, Chris Smith, Kris Agrawal and Jamie Donovan talk Batman: Arkham Origins, the Blackgate Vita version, Jamie’s experience playing Arkham Asylum for the first time and Typing of the Dead: Overkill. Chris and Ben then talk about the Assassin’s Creed series and try to convince Kris and Jamie to give the series another shot.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 14
Ben Skipper, Kris Agrawal, Chris Smith, Jamie Donovan and Matthew Francis talk Pokémon X & Y, The Wolf Among Us, Windwaker HD, Democracy 3 and The Stanley Parable. We also find out about Chris’ plans to get a tattoo, a failed job application and talk Batman: Arkham Asylum as part of our now-weekly Games of the Generation topic.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 13
After a lengthy hiatus the gang (minus James, who has gone missing) return alongside new regular Jamie Donovan to talk about Grand Theft Auto V, Final Fantasy 14, Gone Home and Valve’s Steam Machines. Please shoot me if I ever call us “gang” again.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 12
Ben Skipper, Chris Smith, Kris Agrawal and James Bowden are joined by StayDead to talk about Nintendo’s E3 Direct broadcast and the company as a whole as they look to reinvigorate the Wii U. We then went on to talk about E3 more generally but due to issues with the recording that half of the podcast got progressively worse and out of sync. So after the Nintendo chat things will fade out and come back at the end of the show for our goodbyes.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 11
Ben Skipper and Kris Agrawal are joined by Banjo and Jiggles to discuss Sony’s E3 press conference including their major announcements regarding the PS4’s design, support of used games and lack of online connectivity as well as the games including The Order: 1886, Killzone: Shadow Fall, the brilliant indie showcase, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts III, Mad Max and Destiny.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 10
Ben Skipper and James Bowden are joined by HSH28, Falsey and Dark Ritual to discuss Microsoft’s E3 Press conference and all the wonders therein. There’s Metal Gear Solid V, Ryse: Son of Rome, World of Tanks, Killer Instinct, Sunset Overdrive, Forza 5, Project Spark, Dead Rising 3, TitanFall and CLOUDS.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 09
This week Chris Smith, Kris Agrawal and Ben Skipper are joined by Matthew Francis to talk about our E3 predictions before delving into a special and very poorly executed videogame quiz. Chris also gives us three major EXCLUSIVES about Mirror’s Edge 2, Little Big Planet 3 and what will make him leave the forum.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 08
Fired up by Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal the team (plus CaptainKil aka Stuart) decided to record a day early to give their thoughts about the new console, the event itself and all the wonderful features that were talked about after the show. It was a manic podcast and was recorded only a short time after the event finished, so apologies if we talk about anything which has later proven not to be true. There is no currently playing section this week.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 07
This week Ben Skipper, Chris Smith, James Bowden and Kris Agrawal are joined by Tom Hartwell to talk Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, Persona 4 Arena, Donkey Country Returns 3D and Monaco. We then try our best to get sued discussing our topic of the week, the delightful world of games journalism!
GRcade Podcast - Episode 06
This week Ben Skipper, James Bowden, Kris Agrawal and Chris Smith talk Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Game Dev Tycoon, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Injustice: Gods Among Us before moving on to our topic for the week, the games that defined our childhoods. Playing us out is It Has To Be This Way from the Metal Gear Rising soundtrack.
GRcade Podcast - Episode 05
Due to a recording error this week’s podcast is a lot shorter than usual. Ben’s audio wasn’t recorded but we’ve salvaged what we can. So here’s discussion of Super Mario 3D Land, Dishonored, Fire Emblem Awakening and Soul Sacrifice from Chris Smith, James Bowden and Kris Agrawal.