Polygon Symphonies - The PS2 Podcast: Recent Episodes

Retro Gaming Archive

Explore the PlayStation 2 library ten games at a time, each episode ranking them best to worst.

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This week we get our Aladdin on and take a trip to the world of Prince Of Persia in the 2003 classic.

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This week we dive into our past to talk about a subject we both love, 2d platformers

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This ep we get into the zone, the killzone with sony's 2004 first person shooter.

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we explore yoshi's island music and celebrating our part in 'the road to yoshi's island' documentary now on YouTube. 

find the documentary @
youtube.com/pixeldojouk

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This week we go into THE MATRIX with 2003's Enter The Matrix.

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This week we interview tom from game central in Boston Lincolnshire to find out how retro games are becoming an industry.

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This week we take on the first multi platform sonic games and boy its a strange one, SONIC HEEROOSSSSSS

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In this special episode we chat about how we learnt about games before the internet arrived. and how it differs from modern gaming information platforms.

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First game of 2022 and boy its a errrrrr one of them, its driv3r

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Part 2 of our GTA 3 deep dive exploring the impact of the game on the world and games for years to come.

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This episode we start to look at the game that shaped the next 20 years of console gaming, GTA III

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This episode we look at the only true street fighter release on the PS2.

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Part 2 of our FFX  deep dive as we talk about the deeper meanings of the story and where it goes in the big list.

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We kick season 3 off with a big one, Final Fantasy X.

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In this special addition of the show we get our game show on again and explore console boot up sounds.

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Take a trip back to 1996 as we look at the first true rhythm game parappa 

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Part 2 of MGS 2 chat and we get into the messages that took 20 years to be understood.

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This weeks it's a big one. MGS 2 is the what the PS2 was made for, LETS GOOO

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In part two its time to talk some demons........................ oh and rank it of course.

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Time to travel back to the past when resi evil meets the last samurai in capcom's forgotten classic onimusha for the ps2

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Hack and slash time this week as we take on this PS2 launch game dynasty warriors 2

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In part 2 we dive more into gameplay, discuss the ps2 3d plat-former trifecta and then rank it on our list.

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This week we start looking at jak and daxter with a little talk about 3d platformers then dive into story and some tech behind the game

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This episode we give a little love to the aspect of mgs that always gets missed in the praise for this classic ps1 tittle, the music

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Time to grind out a classic of the ps2 with THPS3. We talk about the game and its impact on the fabric of skate culture

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Fourth times the charm?  We find out this week we a look at Tekken 4

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A deep dive into chnages that happened between 16 bit and 32 bit squaresoft rpg sound

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Part 2 of our Tomb raider AOD deep dive. Just how much worse does this game get?

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We raid the crumbling tomb that is 2003 tomb raider angel of darkness. In part one we look at development, design and control

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This week we take a look at one of the ps2's early first person shooters Red Faction

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HEY HEY HEY come on over its time to talk about the sega classic CRAZY TAXI !

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Part 2 of our Ico deep dive we go into the art, how the game is designed and what games can learn from this classic.

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Season 2 kick off with a bang, well a very pretty one. Ico is a game changer when it comes to games as art. let see how.

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This is the game in which you have to guess which game the game over came from. A fun game show style game that you can play along with at home before we dive straight into season 2, ENJOY!

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Part two of our Dark Cloud episode in which we look at combat, town building, review impressions from 2001 and our final thoughts

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This is part one of our Dark Cloud deep dive. In this episode we talk plot, game loop and weapon systems.

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This week we take a look at the ps2 launch title Smuggler's Run. Later on in the episode we explore rock-stars ps2 output

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In this episode we dive into the veil with Klonoa 2 and explore this misunderstood classic

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This is the ultimate talk about the ultimate movie game The Bouncer !

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This episode its the Japanese war strategy game kessen

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Its time for a fight with DOA2

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In this episode we take a look at our first puzzle game Fantavision

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In this episode we take a look at our first fps TimeSplitters

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In this episode we take a look at ssx

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In the first episode of season 1 we start by looking at the very first ps2 game Ridge Rcaer V