Game Under Episode 39

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Trademark Banter
0:1:00 Phil's Mystery Throat Illness
0:2:15 Impressing New Friend With a Game & Big Cows
0:9:48 The Sad Thing is...
0:13:57 Tom Says Sorry to Lara
0:17:17 I'm Just Talking. and Kevin A.M. Lewis

First Impressions
0:19:26 Phil Plays Modern Warfare 3 (more like Modern Borefare amirite?)
0:23:06 How Many Games Before Tom Quits?

News
0:30:04 Tom Catches Up Phil on the News

Final Thoughts
1:21:25 Tom Plays Resistance 2

Game Under Episode 38

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Introduction
0:00:50 No Trademark Banter Again

Final Impressions
0:01:34 Tom Tells The Stanley Parable
0:02:01 Tom Towers is Crocodile Dundee
0:05:28 Back to the Show
0:05:54 In Game Narration
0:09:40 First Person Action or First Person Puzzle Game?
0:16:53 Another One Last Thing - The Script
0:17:00 Creators Get No Credit(s)
0:25:57 SPOILERS FOR ANTICHAMBER AND STANLEY PARABLE

Review
0:27:12 Tom Does Resistance
0:28:00 Phil Reviews Fast & Furious 5
0:38:30 AI is Good

Final Thoughts with Phil
1:25:20 DmC 
1:27:05 DuckTales: Remastered 

Final Thoughts
1:30:20 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Game Under Episode 37

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Introduction
0:01:15 Inroducing David

Trademark Banter
0:01:45 Flying Phil Heats Up
0:02:05 T-Shirt Talk
0:05:00 Introducing "Zazu" the Parakeet
0:07:35 Galah Talk
0:08:25 Famous Birds in Gaming

Feature: Annual Sales Wrap-Up
0:10:20 December Sales (NPD)
0:18:00 2013 Sales (Top Ten)
0:27:15 Lifetime Sales
0:33:00 Dankey Kang
0:53:20 Hardware Sales

Feature: Nintendo
0:55:00 The Sitch
1:01:24 Nintendo Adjusts Estimates Down
1:07:01 Iwata Melts Down
1:09:44 Mario DLC
1:12:30 How to Fix Nintendo
1:26:01 Drop the Wii U?
1:34:55 How to Fix Nintendo Part 2

David's GOTY
1:42:11 Well, GOTY

Game Under Episode 35

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Introduction
0:00:18 How did we get here?
0:01:35 Phil gets some retail therapy.
0:07:37 Robotic parrot protects Phil.
0:09:37 D-oh!
0:11:17 Tom Towers BUYS SOMETHING!

Feature
0:23:56 Types of gamers.
0:25:36 What type of gamer is Phil Fogg?
0:27:44 What type of gamer is Dave Ader?
0:29:18 What type of gamer is Tom Towers?
0:34:54 The problem with appreciating games.
0:38:42 What does a typical gamer like?
0:42:28 Tom Tower's tells tragic truth.
0:47:00 Phil's Hierachy of Sensory Input (He forgets spoken word).
0:52:07 Tom Towers origin story.
0:55:40 Phil predicts demise of technological art.
0:58:20 Tom explains love of games.

You are on your own from here :)

Game Under Episode 33

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Introduction
0:00:16 Rob from second-generation.com Joins Us

First Impressions From Rob
0:06:01 Super Mario World 3D
0:13:55 Ducktails
0:21:55 SEGA Arcade Classics 3D
0:27:00 2DS Impressions

First Impressions from Tom
0:30:35 Steamworld Dig (PC)

Turning Point
0:34:02 Skylanders Swapforce
0:39:30 Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
0:41:50 QWOP

First Impressions of Steamworld Dig Continues
0:43:45 Steamworld Dig
1:01:30 How Puzzle Games Get Big

First Impressions from Phil
1:16:00 Antichamber
1:35:30 Metro 2033

News
1:44:45 Al Lowe Takes High Ground 
1:51:15 Mandela Dies 
1:55:45 Pokemon Bank Has Annual Subscription 
1:59:00 Gran Turismo 6 Sales Low in Japan 
2:04:30 YouTube Drops ban Hammer on Gamers 

Game Under Episode 32

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Introduction
0:00:00 Four by Miles Davis Quintet
0:00:15 Guest Co-Host David Ader

Trademark Banter
0:01:00 World Cup Fever

First Impressions
0:02:00 Killzone: Shadow Fall (PS4) 
0:28:12 Battlefield 4 (PS4)
0:32:12 NBA2K14 (PS4)
0:44:31 Need for Speed: Rivals (PS4)
0:50:44 Resogun (PS4)
0:55:65 Contrast (PS4)
0:59:31 The Swapper (PC)
1:06:29 Hyperdimension Neptunia: Victory

PS4 Hardware Impressions
1:25:14 David Talks About the PS4 Itself

News 1:51:10
Ashes Cricket Cancelled After Release 
Dark Souls 2 Update
Gran Turismo 6 Crtitical Reception
VGX
Dragon's Crown Sells 800K Physical

2:08:05 Tom Mulls Over The Last of Us

Game Under Episode 31

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Introduction
0:04:20 The Dawn of the 8th Generation
0:05:55 Vita Direct Streaming
0:07:20 Large Installations
0:10:20 The Good News
0:13:00 New Nintendo Games

First Impressions
0:13:55 The Swapper

Final Thoughts
0:26:25 Papo and Yo

News
0:40:47 Ueda Apologizes for The Last Guardian
0:43:30 Persona 5 Announced for PS3 (Manacles Talk)
0:46:05 Pick Misfits Attic's Next Game

Aural Review
0:48:53 The Last of Us (Spoilers Galore)

Game Under Episode 30

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Introduction
0:00:22 Big Show Six is an FPS Special

Trademark Banter
0:02:00 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Control Scheme
0:04:44 Phil Explains Epiphiny of Ending of Enslaved (STORY SPOILERS)
0:06:58 Tom's Review at Laser Lemming of WWE2K14 
0:08:13 More Enslaved (Last Time, I Promise)
0:11:37 Journey of a Roach 

FPS Feature Part One
0:12:00 The Nominees (FPS Games Phil Beat This Generation)
0:14:00 Stagnation of the FPS Genre
0:17:05 "Mediocre" Games That Are Actually Must-Play
0:22:08 Tom's Honorable Mentions
0:28:12 Journals in Video Games
0:33:25 Cheesing as a Boss Strategy
0:36:20 Old School Elements of FPS Games

Final Impressions 
0:39:30 Tom Revisits His Review of Killzone 3 After Playing Killzone 1
0:43:00 Star Wars Versus Star Trek Spacecraft
1:03:55 Killzone 3's Story (SPOILERS)
1:17:30 Phil Reviews Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
1:19:50 No Russian (STORY SPOILERS)
1:24:50 Is Modern Warfare a FPS?
1:26:40 Aim Assist Inherent in Modern FPS

FPS Feature Part Two
1:32:40 Key Elements of FPS
1:42:50 First Person Action Games
1:57:08 Best Innovation in FPS
2:02:09 Most Disappointing Move in FPS
2:08:40 What Do We Want from Next Gen?
 
Final Impressions (STORY SPOILERS)
2:13:55 Tom Reviews Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (STORY SPOILERS)
2:57:00 Exploitation?
3:05:45 Politics of War in Games
3:07:45 Stormin' Norman

FPS Feature Part Three
3:16:10 Top Five FPS of the Generation
3:28:00 Most Notable FPS of the Generation
3:32:05 Worst FPS Games of the Generation
3:38:00 The History of FPS in Terms of Influence (Poland)

News
3:39:50 Killzone Critical Reception
3:44:45 Tracey Lien

Game Under Episode 29

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Introduction
0:00:47 Introduction Theme Explained.

Final Impressions
0:02:43 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Spoilers)
0:10:40 Buddists
0:27:50 Steam, Where is the Quality Control?
0:31:00 Where is the Shelf-life for Video Games?
0:33:33 HD Re-mixes and Game Compilations
1:23:20 Retro City Rampage
1:25:30 Journey of a Roach

First Impressions
1:38:15 Driver San Francisco 
1:54:30 WWE2K14

2:11:15 News
Dude Gets XB1 Early 
Sony Multiplayer $50 a year or $10 a month 
Sony Opens Up a PS4 
Call of Duty Critical Response 
MS CEO Will 86 XB1? 

Aural Review
2:40:15 Pigsy’s Perfect 10

Game Under Episode 28

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Introduction
0:00:00 It Happens in Saints Row
0:01:42 Phil Wants To Shoot Things

First Impressions
0:02:56 Back to the Future Eps 2,3 and 4

Adventure Game News Wrap-Up
0:08:25 Walking Dead 2 and Lead Character Choice
0:10:12 Wadjet Eye Free Codes Stolen

Tom Interviews NIS
0:13:08 Phil Thinks The Questions are Too Long

Final Impressions
0:16:05 The Stanley Parable Demo
0:24:55 English Narators

News 
0:31:27 Stanley Parable Removing Controversial Scenes 
0:42:27 Tiger Woods Dropped by EA 
0:46:36 Titanfall Launch and Exclusivity, COD and the Future of Shooters 
0:57:27 Call of Duty? Yes P's 
1:07:15 Nintendo and Sony's Woes
1:16:37 GTAV Sells 29 Million and Retreating Reviewers 

Tom Towers’ Aural Review of Saints Row IV
1:21:26 Will Tom Like It More than The Third?

Game Under Episode 27

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Introduction
0:00:10 Sprechen ze Deutsch
0:02:04 Reader Reviews

Final Thoughts
0:06:31 Dragon's Crown
0:07:00 Can an Influence be Irrelevant?
0:10:47 Can BEUP's Be Described as a Genre?

First Impressions
0:19:40 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of The White Witch

More Final Thoughts
0:25:45 Goodbye Deponia
0:26:34 Metacritic Score/ Critical Response
0:29:50 Similarity to Monkey Island?
0:30:17 Analysis of German Humour
0:33:30 Contextual (Racist?) Humour and the Global Market
0:47:15 Japanese Humour
0:49:10 How South Park and Baseketball Ties Into This

Even More Final Thoughts
0:50:45 Back to the Future: Episode One

Indy Wrap-up
0:57:35 Phil Gets Tom's Thoughts on The Stanley Parable, Gone Home and The Wolf Among Us (Some Lesbian Content)

1:08:42 News
Critical Reception: Beyond: Two Souls
Nude Ellen Paige "Controversy"
Wii Discontinued in Japan and Europe
GTAV Online
Critical Reception: Batman: Arkham Origins
NPD

Tom Towers' Aural Review
1:40:07 Saints Row The Third


 

Game Under Episode 26

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Trademark Banter
0:01:12 Phil Reviews Tom's Review of The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
0:02:46 The Mystery of Episode 24
0:03:42 Phil Pre-orders a 2DS and PS4 (and some games)

First Impressions
0:09:46 GTA V is... complicated
0:14:23 Ludonarrative Dissonance STOP IT!
0:28:37 Dragon's Crown

Yakuza Killzone Minute (Could this be the end?)
0:55:30 Yakuza 5 Is Not Coming West
1:00:49 Guerilla Games Hates Killzone

Obituary Section
1:08:52 Tom Clancy Has No Japanese Mafia Connections

News
1:14:34 Half-Life 3 a European Exclusive? 
1:16:43 Valve's Steam Machine, OS and Controller 

Final Thoughts
1:35:29 The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief

Aural Review
1:51:20 Saints Row 2

 

Game Under Episode 25

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Introduction
0:00:18 No Time for Trademark Banter, It's a BIG SHOW

Final Thoughts
0:02:00 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
0:16:30 The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief

First Impressions
0:39:10 Saints Row 4
0:53:25 Saints Row 2
1:29:25 Grand Theft Auto 5

News (1:53:00 - 2:36:45)
GTAV Critical Response 
GTAV Commercial Reception 
Hotline Miami Article 
SEGA Buys Atlus 
Yamauchi Dead 
Wind Waker Critical Response 
Aussie Takeover of EA 

Featurette
2:36:45 What Makes and Open World Game?

Tom Towers Aural Review
2:45:40 Mafia II

Game Under Episode 23

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Introduction
0:02:45 No Trademark Banter. This Time We Mean It

First Impressions
0:04:35 Saints Row 4

Final Thoughts
0:13:52 Papers, Please (Major Gameplay and Story Spoilers)

First Impressions
0:48:21 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

News
1:00:50 Vin Diesel & HIS Diehard Gamers
1:03:18 Playstation Vita TV
1:08:04 Vita 2000 for Japan
1:13:03 Steam's New "Feature"
1:22:00 NPD
1:31:35 Tom Says Publishers Need To Sell Worse Games To Survive (And he's right)

YakuzaKillzone Minute
1:37:15 Killzone Mercenary for Vita Came Out
1:40:50 Tom Recants His 10/10 For Killzone 2 Multiplayer
1:44:20 What Could Kill Sony Instantly
1:46:25 Tom Suggest a Revision to Our Scoring System
1:48:30 Yakuza: Restoration is for PS3/4 and Vita

More News
1:48:55 Criterion reduced to 16 people
1:54:20 Hotline Miami "Controversy" 

Final Impressions
2:02:45 Left4Dead 1 (in Left4Dead2)

 

Game Under Episode 22

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Introduction
0:00:21 Tom Towers "Valve of the Gaming Press"

(Not) Trademark Banter
0:02:47 Phil Reads Some Game Books (one good, one bad)
0:07:02 Phil Goes To The Video Game Store

Final Impressions
0:09:30 Flower
0:17:01 Journey

KillzoneMinute
0:35:28 Killzone 2 Redux
0:39:40 Cover Based Shooting (TM)
0:40:45 The Select Button
0:42:00 Still a Looker
0:42:25 The Last Level
0:44:05 Friendly AI
0:46:10 Finish KZ2 Without Killing Anyone?
0:46:45 Multiplayer

That's All Folks
0:49:00 Listen to Episode 21, especially the Max Payne 3 part!

 

Game Under Episode 21

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Trademark Banter
0:01:20 Cricket Talk From One of Our Listeners

Best and Worst of the Week
0:04:25 Phil Names and Shames a Retailer
0:05:15 Tom's Best of the Week
0:06:30 Phil talks about Ready Player One

Papers, Please 10/10?
0:13:35 Phil Reconsiders

News

0:15:20 Borderlands 2 Coming to Vita 
0:15:40 Vita Pricedrop to $199 
0:18:30 2DS? More like 2D,YES! 
0:30:50 Windwaker HD Bundle $299 
0:31:25 Back to the 2DS (The design)
0:35:21 Nintendo Release Dates 
0:37:20 Rayman: Legends Critical Reception
0:41:50 Fallout: Lanius Mini-Review 

YakuzaKillzone Minute
0:45:00 Eu Getting Killzone Bundle with Extra Controller and Camera

Tom Tower's Aural Review
0:49:30 Max Payne 3 (contains slight spoilers of Max Payne 3)
1:10:40 Max Payne 1 & 2 Spoilers Start Here
1:23:19 Not Noir, Not Even Neo-Noir?
1:33:00 LA Noire The First and Last AAA Australian Game?
1:35:55 Baseball Bat Boy Talk
1:39:30 Damned if They Do, Damned if they Don't
1:40:32 Phil and Tom Write Max Payne 4
1:44:05 Pubic Afro Deficiency (Major Problem With Game)
1:46:35 Phil and Tom Write Max Payne 5
1:52:15 The Audio. Something About Witch House
2:20:25 Score Time



 

Game Under Episode 20

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Trademark Banter
0:02:05 English Cricket Team Tactics
0:04:35 Gamespot Killing User Created Boards and Unions

First and Final Impressions/ Thoughts
0:09:26 Papers, Please
0:14:15 Carmen San Diego Image Search (Without Safe Search)

Nintendo Coverage Special Correspondent Rob Lowzak
0:42:42 Pikmin 3
0:58:10 Wonderful 101
1:07:30 Game and Wario
1:19:30 Earthbound

News
1:30:30 Sony News
1:36:10 Mostly Erroneous Gamescom News
1:38:35 XCOM Declassified Critical Response
1:42:30 Saints Row IV Declassified Critical Response
1:47:30 Distributor Confirms Saints Row IV Delay in Australia
1:49:50 Shuhei Falls Asleep

SHOCK YakuzaKillzone Minute Returns
1:54:11 Yakuza Ishin Announced
1:56:50 Killzone 4 Mulitplayer Details

2:01:30 Did Elder Scrolls Online Just Commit Suicide?
2:05:00 The "Big" List of Confirmed Xbox One Games
2:07:00 XBOX coming With FIFA
2:08:05 GTAV Station List Leaked

Feature:
2:11:30 Third-Person Shooters

Aural Review:
3:10:22 Max Payne 2

 

Game Under Episode 19

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Intro Music: Noir
Introduction
0:00:19 Phil Fogg, Executive Producer, Returns with Tom Towers, Staff Writer at Laserlemming.com

(Not) Trademark Banter
0:01:40 Phil Attends State Fair (Spoiler Free)

Best and Worst of The Week
0:04:33 Tom's Best of the Week
0:05:24 Serial Experiments Lain (discussion of SUDA ensues)
0:12:20 Is SUDA an adherent to Auteur Theory or Avante-Garde?
0:14:41 Molyneux is Truly Avante-Garde
0:16:37 The Residents Prove You Can Stay Within a Medium and Still Be Avante-Garde
0:19:20 Is SUDA Limited By Lack of Resources/ Technical Tools/ Japan
0:21:54 Phil's Best of The Week
0:24:16 Tom Asks: PC Versus Console?
0:26:46 Tom's Worst of the Week
0:28:39 More (Not) Trademark Banter from Phil Fogg
0:29:41 Phil's Worst of the Week

Final Thoughts
0:31:38 Vanquish (Including Scores)
0:38:47 Thomas Was Alone (Our Highest Rated Game Ever?)
0:43:51 (Newsish) Volume, Mike Bithell's New Game

First Impressions
0:44:36 Bioshock 2 (in brief)

More Final Thoughts
0:45:34 Bastion

News
0:56:35 XBOX One Dis-Kinected (and conversation about EVERYTHING in gaming)
1:16:58 GTA5 Online
1:20:22 Splinter Cell Critical Reception
1:21:42 Duck Tales Critical Reception
1:26:53 Valve Vetran Leaves for Microsoft
1:27:55 NPD
1:36:15 Wii U Yakuza 1 and 2 HD Sells Less Than 2000 Copies

Tom Tower's Aural Review of Max Payne
1:37:54 Memory Games
1:45:45 A Discussion of Writing as a Profession
1:58:00 Sports Writing/ Radio and TV Personalities
2:04:00 Phil's Favorite Era of Writing (1915-1930)
2:05:25 Back to Max Payne

News.Google.Bing.Com
2:37:55 Video Games in News Search Engines