In a sadly rather downbeat episode Jordan and Tom are joined by prolific freelancer Chris Schilling. Chris has been playing The Flame and the Flood and Far Cry Primal and goes back and forth on the pluses and minuses of both. Meanwhile Tom explain’s why Superhot’s shooting is Super Good and it’s story is Super […]

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Episode 85 – I am the Tastemaker

This week we’re joined by the bouffant Alice Bell of VideoGamer to tell us all about the beautiful grit of The Division, while Jordan is torn between farm life and industrialisation in Stardew Valley. Meanwhile we take a non-video game break to discuss the allure of plastic spaceships in the X-Wing Miniatures Game and Jordan’s […]

Episode 84 – Mayonnaise Magnate

This week we’re joined by PC Gamer’s Andy Kelly, who tries his level best to persuade us of the joys of driving through rainy motorway stations in American Truck Simulator. Also he talks a lot about Virtual Reality which is obviously far less cool and interesting than trucks. We know our listeners love trucks. Meanwhile […]

Episode 83 – W.A.L.K.E.R.

This week we’re joined by our old friend Josh Matthews, who managed to get his hands on an early demo of Firewatch and tells us what he thinks. Meanwhile Tom is finally playing XCOM 2, and regales us with the comedy of errors that ensued on his first VIP extraction mission. Finally Jordan explains the […]

Episode 82 – Firecrotch

With last week’s Season Two pilot out of the way we get back to your regularly scheduled programming. This week we’re joined by Maki Yamazaki, fresh from Global Game Jam to tell us about all about the jam experience. Plus more talk of the Witness, Oxenfree, Undertale and Rebel Galaxy. We also pine for XCOM […]

Episode 81 – Children are Hard Mode

Hi! We’re back! After a long hiatus, Jordan and Tom are recording again, and take the opportunity to recap their favourite games of 2015, along with a few they’re looking forward to in 2016. Plus Jordan gives us the scoop on The Witness, which was only released today! We’re so current! Jordan recaps her year […]

Episode 80 – Not A-Gain

This week we’re joined by freelance journalist Holly Nielson and Xbox On (Xbon) presenter Kate Gray of the Toku podcast. We chat about The Sims, Monster Hunter, I am Bread and Pillars of Eternity before seguing into a game related round of “Would you rather”. Also discussed: fashion in Deus Ex, what Captain America is […]

Episode 79 – #notallxenomorphs

Step right up for the debate of the century! Jordan attempts to start a fight moderates as Tom and guest Ed Smith debate the term ‘cinematic’ and whether games can or should emulate film and television. But first off, Ed lets us know what he thinks of Battlefield: Hardline (not much), Tom explains why Homeworld […]

Episode 78 – Sad Space Lasers

Tom and Jordan were at Rezzed recently, so today they’re joined by Ed Fenning to run down the long list of their favourite games from the show. Tom is partial to Aviary Attorney and Her Story, Jordan likes Line Wobbler and Hue, Ed enjoys Screencheat and Cloudbuilt and everyone loves Salt. The game, not the […]

Episode 77 – Hot Coffee

This week Tom and Jordan are joined by Helen Gould, fresh from talking at Videobrains. Together we talk about The Order 1886, Republique, Dragon Age, Minecraft, Evolve, Darkest Dungeon and A Good Snowman is hard to build. Plus dogs, David Bowie and dongs. The medieval poc tumblr Austin Walker on Darkest Dungeon and mental health […]

Episode 1876 – Good wang:boob ratio

This week we’re joined by Jack De Quidt for our most phallic episode yet! Jack has been playing Besiege, which is about constructing comedy siege engines that may or may not have gigantic robo-boners. Meanwhile Jordan has been growing huge shafts of… vegetation in Grow Home, and Tom has been chatting up pidgeons in Hatoful […]

Episode 75 – Telescopic Robot Penis

This week we’re joined by Jenni Goodchild, fresh from talking at Videobrains on ethical systems in gaming. We spoke about her talk, which included lots of references to Dragon Age, much to Jordan’s dismay. Meanwhile Tom has been playing minimalist mysterious survival/exploration game Eidolon, Wolfenstein (again) and cyberpunk Twine game A(s)century while Jordan has been […]

Episode 74 – The undiscovered dungeon

This week we’re joined by Gemma Thomson fresh from Global Game Jam. Like really fresh, she joined us immediately after wrapping up work organising the Stockholm jam site. We chat with her about how this year’s event went, plus talk about Wolfenstein, Tengami, Contrast, Euro Truck Simulator, GIRP and Little Big Planet. Finally we round […]

Episode 73 – Sophisticated People Smuggling Simulator

This week we’re joined by George Osborn (no not that one) for a post Pocket Gamer connect podcast. Erica sells us on Kalimba and Progress, Tom complains that Wolfenstein just isn’t silly enough for him and the boys talk about Football for a while, much to Jordan’s chagrin. Also included are chats about celebrity voice […]

Episode 72 – Nazi Austin Powers

We’re back with the first podcast of 2015! We’re joined by Rock Paper Shotgun’s Adam Smith, who has played basically every PC game released in the last year. We muse on some of the most memorable games of 2014, including Sunless Sea, Dragon Age, 80 Days, Shadowrun, Broken Age, Shadow of Mordor, Wolfenstein, The Sims […]

Episode 71 – Some games from last year

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