E131: Ico
Director Fumeto Ueda has been hailed by many as somewhat of an auteur of the gaming landscape. A creative whose style embraces minimalist desolation. Known best for his work on Shadow of the Colossus,...
19 Jun 20251h 21min
E130: Vanquish
Third person cover based shooters were all the rage in the late 2000s. Unveiled in 2003 in Killswitch and later popularised with Gears of War, they became an essential part of most third person acti...
23 Mai 20251h 17min
E129: Recettear
Video games usually place you in the role of the plucky adventurer. You are the wizard, the warrior, or the rogue, and it's your duty (and often destiny) to save the world. On your journey, one of t...
25 Apr 20251h 17min
E128: Baldur's Gate
In 1998 Bioware changed the gaming landscape with Baldur’s Gate, a Dungeons and Dragons inspired adventure. Taking cues from second edition D&D and the many stories written about it, Bioware wrote a ...
20 Mar 20252h 45min
E127: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
The Ace Attorney games were an insane success, far beyond what Capcom could have predicted. After 4 mainline games in the series though, it was time for something new, and creator Shu Takumi refused ...
11 Feb 20251h 26min
E126: Tachyon: The Fringe
Space Sims used to be a vibrant and well populated genre. Back in the 90s they command shelf real estate, right next to the latest and greatest RTS and Point and Click Adventure games. Coming at the...
20 Jan 20251h
E125: Mailbag 6
With another year done and dusted, Pat and James crack open another batch of listener questions. After curveballs like Killer 7 and Deadly Premonition, these should be a breeze.Right..? On this episod...
29 Des 20242h 54min
E124: Crysis
But can it run Crysis? This was the motto that surrounded every single PC build for literal years after the release of the game in 2007. Crytek were not satisfied with what they had achieved with Fa...
9 Sep 20241h 15min
