Game Under Podcast 58

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Intro
0:00:14 Who Are These Guys?

Trademark Banter
0:01:04 Scott Pilgrim Review on Gameunder.net NOW. Kinda.
0:01:52 How Great Is Windows 10?
0:02:43 Scott Pilgrim Review Proper
0:08:23 Phil Fogg Buys Games
0:09:45 Gamespot, Endless Backlog Talk
0:10:55 Dubious Ads on Endless and Laserlemming.com
0:13:09 Episode 57.5
0:13:45 Futbol in Australia
0:16:08 Saving Mr. Banks Comments, Subversiveness, Moral Spell Checks, Political discourse Obscenity.

Final Impressions
0:20:56 Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012
0:26:36 Back to Bed

Featurette
0:40:21 Fogg's Ideal Game (and Call of Duty Black Ops Review).

Final Impressions
0:51:28 Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Game Under Podcast 57.5

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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.

Game Under Podcast 57

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Trademark Banter
0:01:00 Does PC Gaming Contribute to backlog?
0:02:00 Updike
0:03:43 Endless Backlog trolls Fogg
0:07:20 The problem with Best Of Shows...
0:11:50 Heavy Rain
0:16:38 Pathologic Kickstarter
0:17:25 How to play Yakuza
0:23:25 Yakuza Movie
Final Thoughts
0:32:57 Valiant Hearts
1:27:53 Fable III
1:44:26 Asura's Wrath
 

Game Under Podcast 56

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0:00:25 Introduction
Trademark Banter
0:01:52 Windows 10 First Impressions
0:06:25 Gamespot, IGN, VanOrd and Satire
0:18:45 Intel Takes the Bait
0:20:45 Media Options on Aussie Consoles
0:24:32 Pathologic Kickstarter
0:28:19 Bungie
0:48:25 Critical Reception to Shadow of Mordor, Destiny and Smash
0:51:58 Uplay
First Impressions
0:58:51 Valiant Hearts
1:07:57 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Some spoilers -- flagged in show)
Aural Review of Shovel Knight
1:34:40 Tom Reviews Shovel Knight
 

Game Under Podcast 55

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Introduction
0:00: Poor Form Fogg

Trademark Banter
0:02:35 Minecraft Monkeys
0:08:50 Tin Drum Film Preamble
0:10:44 Ryan Davis
0:13:30 Giant Bomb These Days, Destiny and Endless Backlog
0:20:16 Destiny and the State of the Current Generation
0:29:19 2013 GOTY
0:31:03 Asura's Wrath
0:32:57 Best Mid-Tier Games
0:34:00 Papers, Please
0:36:30 Third Person Shooter Essentials
0:44:33 Go-Pro Hats in Melbourne
0:46:26 Binary Domain
0:47:47 Darts v Whack-a-Mole
0:49:40 Vanquish
0:54:39 Halo Reach and ODST
0:58:32 Reach's Happy Ending
1:00:32 Halo ODST
1:10:20 -Notes Illegible-
1:11:58 Sleeping Dogs
1:17:50 Steam Terrorism
1:21:49 Shovel Knight
1:25:00 Why the Lack of Diversity in Enemy AI?
1:26:29 Santa Banter Talks About language in reviews
1:34:39 Murdered: Soul Suspect Review
1:56:45 Advent Rising and Barraka Bahma
2:05:39 No Jive.
2:06:21 Bros before Hors d'oeuvres
2:09:16 Phil Fogg's Hookup
2:19:39 Mario Kart Goes to Pot
2:24:54 Nintendo's Dire Straits
2:26:43 Phil Solves Nintendo's Problems (Again).

 

Game Under Podcast 54

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Introduction
0:00:20 Tom Host
Trademark Banter
0:01:20 Endless Pimpage
0:05:16 XB 360 Revisited
0:11:19 Taboos of the Podcast
0:12:00 Literature is Dead
0:15:00 Gamers are Dead
0:23:20 Killzone 2 is Dead
0:25:33 Skate 3 Reprint
0:30:40 One last thing about Wolfenstein: The New Order
First Impressions
0:30:15 Halo: Reach
0:42:50 Shovel Knight Chronicles of Phil Fogg, The Chosen One
News
0:48:40 Nintendo's New 3DS
Tom Towers' Aural Review of Mario Kart 8
0:56:54 ^

 

Game Under Podcast 53

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Introduction
0:01:15 Hello.

Trademark Banter
0:02:15 Big News
0:03:15 Sell Through Numbers. Do the Matter?
0:05:54 PS4 Controller Review
0:10:45 PS4 Media Options
0:13:28 IGN and Phil Fish
0:20:55 Why are consoles selling so well?
0:23:02 FIFA 15 and PES15 Update

First Impressions
0:31:06 PT (Round One)
0:32:15 (Immediate de-railing) Chiastic Structure
0:34:03 The value of addressing graphics in a review.

Final Impressions
0:43:36 Wolfenstein: The New Order
1:03:05 Misogyny Alert

Off-topic
1:04:15 Phil Apologizes to Tom (and explains the intro song)

First Impressions
1:05:24 FFX and Final Fantasy talk
1:13:00 Story, visual presentation and the relationship between the two.

Tom Towers Aural Review - Odin Sphere
1:22:48 Here we go
1:26:15 You can taste the colours
1:29:50 Fogg's hierarchy of personal expression
1:34:30 Scaling ambition to capability
1:42:00 "Pacing is the easiest thing to apply to any structure" - Tom

Final Impressions - PT
1:55:45 Friend of the show Dvader, calls in to review PT.


 



 

Game Under Podcast 52

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Introduction
0:00:21 Tommy Towers

Preamble Banter
0:01:12 Demolition, man.
0:03:12 A letter to Tom.
0:05:52 Duskers - Misfit Attic's New Game Gets Funding.
0:09:40 Endless Backlog Podcast Update.

Trademark Banter
0:12:45 Topics We Will Retire Forever, Starting Today.
0:19:16 Noah's AR-K Chapter 2
0:20:47 Tom May Be Retiring From Video Game Reviews

First Impressions
0:21:28 Stealth in Games.
0:22:44 The 21st hour of Shovel Knight.
0:24:49 Transistor.
0:25:18 Cities XL.

Featurete - Polish
0:26:14 Polish, It's Place in Gaming.

Feature - Video Game Reviews
0:32:20 Magazines, then Internet, Now What?
0:34:06 Personality-Driven Coverage, Authenticity and Entertainment.
0:40:00 4 week, months, years whatever...
0:44:19 The Sort of Reviews Tom Towers Enjoys.
0:55:39 The Importance of Writing Skills.
0:58:58 Journalism and the Exploited.
1:01:57 Phil Fogg Taxonomic Exploration of Reviews.
1:05:52 I've Forgotten What I Started Figthin' For.
1:07:25 Stalin Hated Love.
1:08:10 Polygon's Review of the Last of Us.
1:09:57 Phil's Example of a Workman-like Review.
1:14:42 Tom Tower's Thinks That Criticism is Pretentious.
1:15:55 Tom - But they are still better than most enthusiast press reviews.
1:20:20 Phil - I Mean, Look at Movie Reviews.

From here on you are on your own, I have to get this show online.

Game Under Podcast 51

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Introduction
0:00:07 Phil Fogg Resumes Control Over Game Under Enterprises
0:01:50 Sammy Sosa Softball Slam

Trademark Banter *Some Vague Spoilers for Last of Us^
0:02:05 Best Endings of the Generation
0:04:10 Worst Endings of the Generation
0:15:14 Weird Al Jankowich
0:16:15 Parody in Games
0:17:13 Abyss Odyssey's Problems (No review yet)

Featurette
0:19:47 Cognitive Understanding 2D Vs 3D (Polygonal)
0:23:23 "Don't confuse the presentation of the game to the design sensibilities of the game."

Featurette
0:24:00 No Man's Sky/ Minecraft - Game as ecosystem, not a goal.

First Impressions
0:29:08 Wolfenstein: The New Order
0:30:34 Wolfenstein 3D (Memories of)

Featurette - Phil Fogg Editorial
0:34:34 "Realistic" Video Games are still on the level of Puppet Shows
0:37:30 The Last Gen was on an Increasing Arc of Impressiveness
0:39:32 Tom - A Shift in Direction (films as well)

First Impressions
0:44:13 Wolfenstein: The New Order

Featurette
0:56:17 Gender Roles
1:03:05 Why is There Chick-Lit? (And the hostile environment of gaming)

News
1:14:09 The News

Final Impressions
1:27:27 I Have No Mouth Yet I Must Scream (and extendend analysis of adventure games and literature)

Harlan Ellison Interview
2:22:35 ^

Game Under Podcast 50

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Introduction
0:00:17 Tom Seizes Control of Gameunder.net

Trademark Banter
0:01:45 Retron 5
0:03:46 Tom's Gaming Setup
0:04:42 Playing Consoles on a Monitor.
0:06:15 Phil's NBN Fantasy Comes True.
0:07:56 Wolfenstein.
0:09:26 Back to the Internet.
0:12:47 World Cup .
0:17:03 The State of Soccer/Football/Futbol Video Games.
0:19:10 Top FPS Games of the Generation.
0:20:53 Ludonarrative Dissonance (j/k).
0:23:32 What Makes a FPS? BLSFPS and ALSFPS

First Impressions
0:26:03 Sir You Are Being Hunted
0:26:27 Discussion of Are You Being Served?
0:30:50 Back to Sir You Are Being Hunted
0:34:53 Arrested Development & David Cross Story
0:37:37 Back to Sir You Are Being Hunted

Featurette
0:34:55 Proceedural Generation

First Impressions
0:49:12 Arcade Craft

Correction
0:57:10 Atari: Business is Fun

First Impressions
1:01:15 Shovel Knight

Final Impressions (Spoilers Throughout)
1:30:25 Cormac McCarthy's The Road (A book)
1:55:15 Animal Crossing and The Road
2:02:00 Prose in Video Games

Final Impressions
2:04:00 Last of Us and The Road (Spoilers Throughout)
2:10:30 Last of Us' Advantage Over The Road
2:15:10 The Ending of The Last of Us
2:17:00 Joel, Come Here! Moment
2:21:00 Tom Re-writes Ending

Final Impressions
2:30:50 Criterion's Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
2:35:57 Burnout Paradise
2:45:25 Arcade Racers
2:45:45 Wrecked, Mashed and Destroyed (Tattoo Story)
2:48:00 Future Cop L.A.P.D 2041

 

 

 

 

Game Under Podcast 49

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Introduction
0:00:17 Tom Towers, Archivist.

Trademark Banter
0:03:02 Console Wars Book "Review"
0:08:04 Splatoon
0:13:06 2014 versus 2013
0:14:15 Nomansky
0:19:40 GOTGeneration... Where to start?

First Impressions
24:19 Wii U!!! U! U!!!! WII!!! U!!!

Final Impressions
0:35:47 Dragon's Crown
0:42:40 PS4 Remote Play
0:43:55 Watchdogs
0:52:14 Killzone: Shadowfall

Feature
1:07:30 Nintendo - Recalcitrance, Artistic Choice, Arbitrariness or Brilliance?

Game Under Podcast 48

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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.

Game Under Podcast 47

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Introduction
0:00:20 Welcome Lucrative Fun

Trademark Banter
0:02:04 Phil Fogg Livin' the Vita Loca (Again)
0:06:01 Taqitos
0:06:11 Credit Roll Discussion Ensues
0:08:45 Sakura Wang
0:09:52 Bum Suk Cho

Final Impressions
0:11:25 Phil Fogg on Tearaway
0:12:47 Harper Lee Deciduously Avoiding Sophomore Slumps
0:16:02 A New Narrator Appears!
0:29:35 Level Design
0:32:40 Handheld Racism

Featurette
0:33:45 FAQS

Featurette 2
0:39:50 Phil Fogg's Beaten Games of 2014

Back to Final Impressions
0:43:05 Tearaway Score

First Impressions
0:46:20 Tom Towers on Warlock II
0:56:45 What is the Business Model? asks Phil Fogg

Featurette 3
1:01:50 Phil's PS4 Aversion

The Feature
1:03:40 Is 2013/14 the 1968 of Gaming? (Grab a drink)
1:28:45 Creativity and Discoverability

Tom Towers' Aural Reivew
1:31:00 50 Cent Blood on the Sand

Game Under Podcast 46

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Trademark Banter
0:03:29 20/20 "Cricket"
0:06:23 Dream Caste System

News
0:09:34 EA Apologizes for Frosbite Tweets Attacking Nintendo
0:10:33 EA Drops Support for Wii U
0:12:45 Persona 4 Coming to PS3 (Not Golden!)
0:13:23 Sony Survey Indicates Som Cross Platform Chat on the Way

This Just In, Final Impressions
0:13:56 David (North American Correspondent) on Metal Gear Solid: Two Hours
0:17:06 Better Than Max Payne 3?
0:19:04 Paying For Demos Not New to MGS
0:22:07 Not a Cash Grab
0:23:00 Seperate, But Not Equal
0:24:24 Radically Different Stealth
0:28:51 The Effect of Regenerating Health

Featurette
0:30:01 Console Wars, News From the Front

Final Impressions
0:34:25 InFAMOUS: Second Son
0:45:32 Dark Souls II - Worst in the Series

First Impressions
0:46:00 3D Dot Game Heroes with Phil Fogg

Final Impressions
0:50:44 Broken Age
0:54:00 Social Commentary
1:09:00 What is a Double Fine Game?
1:10:00 Is Tim Burton-Lite Good Enough for Gamers?

And Now, Back to the News
1:11:00 Amy Hennig's Previous Output
1:13:00 Post-Modernism: Good or Bad?
1:20:20 Is Polish the Only Thing That Matters in Games?
1:22:30 Amazon's Garbage Pail Full of Puke
1:23:00 Post-Modern Phil Fogg

Game Under Podcast 45

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Trademark Banter
0:01:00 Self Promotion and otherwise.
0:03:20 VR Hysteria or Justified?
0:04:50 Precise Control Versus Immersiveness.
0:06:40 Tom Says VR Controls are Half-Ass
0:07:55 Kinect 2 the Solution?
0:10:15 No Tomprimises!

News
0:14:00 Oculus Bought for $2 Billion.
0:15:40 Companies as Evil or More Than Facebook.
0:17:45 What if Nintendo Bought Oculus Rift?
0:18:24 I am Error.

First Impressions
0:18:29 Broken Age.
0:18:46 Gaming in the 386 Era.
0:19:34 FAQs Killed Adventure Games?
0:21:44 Patching Games Killed Adventure Games?
0:22:00 Who had more influence on modern adventure games? Sierra or Lucas Arts?
0:23:03 Amatuers Making Games and uncalled for Sessler bashing.
0:24:06 Shiggy is a Fraud.
0:25:03 Why Indy Games are Awesome.
0:25:40 A Hallmark Moment.
0:26:30 Runic Games Breaks Up.
0:27:51 Sony Insider Banned from GAF.
0:31:52 The God of War Curse.
0:33:19 Jesus to Blame?
0:33:47 Back to Sessler - Schafer is a Phony and a Fraud.
0:36:55 Broken Age - The Actual First Impressions.
0:46:40 Back to Deadly Premonition and Shakespear.
0:55:25 Compared to Psychonauts and Grim Fandango.
0:56:03 Scripts Appropriate to Visual Design.
0:57:58 Soundtrack.

Final Impressions
1:01:14 Homefront
1:02:45 Great intro, and straight out of Last of Us.

Game Under Podcast 43

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Introduction
0:00:22 Welcome

Trademark Banter
0:00:40 Trippin' Balls
0:02:37 Australian Podcast? The Thong Song (Jandle Jingle?)
0:07:23 Feetatarian
0:08:00 Titanfall Lack of Scores + Future of Online Only
0:11:35 Tom's Review of EDF 2025 at LaserLemming.com

First Impressions
0:16:52 Tom Yabbers on about Dark Souls II
0:21:48 Found in Translation?
0:29:40 Is Difficulty a Gimmick?

Final Thoughts
0:44:40 Phil on Modern Warfare 3
0:47:45 Tower Records and Guy Pearce

First Impressions
0:51:00 Phil on Resident Evil 6

News
1:01:20 Amy Hennig and Naughty Dog Go into Uncharted Territory
1:10:15 Mafia III Exists
1:12:20 Are you Duke Nukem (a tangent)
1:16:25 Canadians Screwed By Sony
1:19:05 NPD and the Ever-Shrinking Gamer
1:30:25 Aging Gamer - Good or Bad?

Game Under Podcast 42

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Introduction
00:01:00 Tom Towers Fact Checker

Trademark Banter
00:01:14 Retraction
00:04:40 Broken Controllers and Limbs and Karting
00:10:49 Ukraine

First Impressions
00:12:50 Earth Defense Force 2025

Featurette
38:45 Why is the West so bad at making third-person shooters?

News
49:55 Tony Hawk News
56:30 The Development of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
1:02:50 Diablo 3 Interview
1:03:20 XB1 "Pricedrop"
1:13:30 MGS5 Ground Zeroes Pricedrop
1:16:50 SEGA Money Problems? Not Quite
1:18:00 Pokemon Twitch

Game Under Episode 41

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Introduction
0:02:00 Listener feedback
0:03:13 Tom's New Literary Feature
0:03:41 Mary Poppins, Pub Crawler
0:05:44 Singhinig Praises for some d00d
0:08:23 Olympics

Final Thoughts
0:14:30 Tom and Phil play Gone Home (light spoilers throughout)
0:40:20 Tom plays Double Dragon Neon

First Impressions
0:58:12 Phil Plays Guacamelee

News
1:01:59 Speed News

Final Thoughts
1:19:00 Dear Esther

Game Under Episode 40

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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 and the usual commentary on video game theory.