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Introduction
0:00:22 Worst Intro Evah...

Trademark Banter
0:00:50 Tim Keenan Ousting Phil Fogg on the Show?
0:02:47 Duskers Reception
0:05:38 Tom Launches New Segment
0:07:23 Ernest Cline's New Book, Armada and Some Discussion About Writing
0:16:00 Tom's first Exposure to Video Games
0:18:25 MGS5 Impressions Coming Next Week

Indie Roundup
0:19:10 The Westport Independant
0:20:56 Mike Bithell's New Game, Volume

First Impressions from Both Hosts
0:22:31 Return of the Obra Din (Developer's Build)

First Impressions from Tom Towers
0:34:40 Amnesia: Memories

Ongoing Impressions from Tom Towers
0:40:52 Rocket League

Breaking Trademark Banter
0:53:31 Micheal Turnbull Retires

Final Thoughts (and Scores)
0:55:42 Splatoon

Game Under Podcast 71

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Tim Keenan's candid insights on his new game Duskers, coloured by his days at Disney, Rainbow Studios and his prior indie development, are a rare glimpse into the pain and passion involved in releasing a game that aims to be a commercial and critical success without compromise or dilution.

Game Under Podcast 70

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Introduction
0:00:25 Lack of Sponsors, No Body's Goin' Break Our Stride

Trademark Banter Interruptus
0:01:47 Towers Miserably Ill and Hosts Recount Fever Dreams

First Impressions
0:03:44 Tom talks about Fairy Fencer F
0:04:20 Tom Trolls Our Loyal Listeners
0:05:08 A Discussion of Fencing, Sword Play, Drilling Holes etc...
0:07:00 Discussion of Effuu Effuu and Final Fantasy
0:08:39 Back to FFF
0:19:45 Phallic Art, Phil's History With
0:22:20 Back to FFF

Trademark Banter Resumed
0:23:03 The Trouble With Running a Game Podcast
0:24:00 Tera MMO, and General MMO Discussion
0:40:15 Slot Machine Theory
0:45:45 Fake Australians
0:43:00 Gran Turismo 5 AKA: Crack Cocaine
0:55:50 2016 MX-5 (Miata) A discussion of Roadsters
0:57:45 Focus Groups
1:05:04 Dr. Dre's New Album Compton, Rise of the Snoop

Continuing Impressions
1:11:55 Rocket League

Trademark Banter (Did we mention the theme of this Big Show?)
1:16:50 The Ashes (Cricket Talk)
1:28:45 Tom's PC Problems
1:38:45 Sean Price Obiturized

Game Under Podcast 69

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Games in today's show: Her Story, Life is Strange Ep. 4, Duskers,
Rocket League, Splatoon, Drive Club, The Witcher 3 (patch news), Mario Kart 8, Uncharted 3,

Introduction
0:00:23 Sixty Nine

Trademark Banter
0:01:50 Tom's PC Problems
0:04:35 The New Wave: Splatoon, Rocket League, Mario Kart 8
0:06:02 Phil's Metallica Roadie Story
0:07:28 Back to The New Wave: Rocket League Specifically
0:09:02 The New Wave: Something's Happening Here - An Opening for Nintendo?
0:11:34 The Witcher 3 Update (still same topic?)
0:13:14 Creative Vision or Hubris?
0:18:18 Back to Witcher 3
0:21:18 Phil Foggets Torchlight's Name
0:22:54 Tom's Game Pricing Rant
0:30:57 Steam game Updates W.T.F?
0:33:16 Commentators Changing their Accent When they go to the Mainstream
0:37:32 Soccer Player Injures His Back on Bachelorette

News
0:39:52 Ouya is Dead
0:39:56 Street Fighter 5 Beta Sucks
0:40:01 Podcast Plagiarism Strikes Again Exhibit 001 and 002

Life Is Strange Episode 4
0:42:50 Tom's Impressions
0:49:25 Benefits of Episodic Gaming

First Impressions
00:56:13 Duskers (Alpha), and Tim Keenan is now an Honorary Australian

Final Thoughts (Scores Ahoy)
01:14:35 Her Story (ZERO SPOILERS)

Bonus Content
01:53:10 Rocket League Update
01:54:51 Drive Club
01:59:17 Splatoon (Unauthorized Content)

Game Under Podcast 68

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Introduction
0:00:27 The Tom Tower Show, feat. Phil Fogg
0:01:15 Polyglot Defined

Trademark Banter
0:01:55 Tom Reviews Witcher 3 (and Filipino Singles)
0:03:25 Tarantino Summary
0:06:50 Back to Witcher 3 Review
0:08:10 When a Mockingbird Strikes II: Boo’s Revenge
0:14:55 Virtual Reality and Steering Wheel Rigs
0:26:00 Phil Tries to Wedges his Euro Truck Simulator Into the Show
0:28:30 True Grit: Action Films of the Last Few Years: Aesthetic of CGI and it's Evolving Form

First Impressions
0:34:10 Rocket League - The Beautiful Game Both hosts
0:35:30 RC or not RC? That is the Question.

Featurette
0:55:53 Our Favourite Fictional Sports Games

News
1:00:52 Iwata Game Under Obitcherization
1:07:05 Hit Job?

Obscure News You Can’t Use
1:08:15 Yager Dropped by Deep Silver
1:10:05 Comcast Teams Up With EA For Streaming Game Service

First Impressions
1:19:30 MGSV: Ground Zeroes
1:40:45 Vociferousness V Punctiliousness

Final Thoughts and Score
1:46:30 Bayonetta 2, Will Tom Give it a 10?

Outro, Pimpage to Friends
02:27:30 Endless Backlog

Game Under Podcast 67

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Introduction
0:00:17 A continuation...

Trademark Banter
0:01:24 Australian Culture Minute
0:03:35 Gaban Welcomed to thevgpress.com

E3 Wrap
0:04:26 Yazuza 5 Dated for West
0:06:49 Tom's Reaction to Guerilla Games' Action RPG, Horizon: Zero Dawn
0:11:18 Arkham Knight's PC Port Problems (and WB Reputation)
0:15:41 IGN GOTE3 to Battlefront
0:16:39 Uncharted 4, Tom and Phil's impressions
0:18:59 Tom's Tomb Raider Impressions
0:20:01 Schill for Endless Backlog and Our Impressions of E3 in General
0:20:50 Cuphead
0:24:30 Xbox One Backward Compatibility
0:28:45 The Last Guardian
0:31:10 Tom's Impressions of PSN+
0:34:01 Final Fantasy 7 - Tom Towers Gets Real. REAL!

Tom Towers on Witcher 3 (minor *gameplay* spoilers which are audibly sign-posted)
0:39:00 Final Pre-Review Witcher 3 Comments (Seriously I have not heard this stuff anywhere else)
0:44:20 Tom Towers, "Witcher 3 is Baroquen"

Phil Fogg's Splatoon Update
0:53:32 Episodic Gaming Disguised as AAA?
0:59:20 Single Player Explained

E3 Wrap-Up Continued
1:01:47 Tom's Perversion: Devil's Third

Digression: "So Bad it's Good"
1:03:00 Fogg's Problem with the Term

Back to E3 and Devil's Third
1:05:40 Itagaki, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden and Soul Calibur (DOA Extreme)
1:10:38 Metrolling
1:14:02 Super Mario Maker Vs. Little Big Planet
1:16:41 Apology to Stephen Frye
1:19:10 Nomansky
1:22:09 Need for Speed
1:27:32 VR

Digression II
1:38:04 Tom Provides an Example of "So Bad it's Good"

Game Under Podcast 66

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Introduction
0:00:25 The Real Phil Fogg

Trademark Banter
0:02:12 Life Hack: Indian Call Centres
0:05:33 Leigh Alexander on Silent Hill - Not Bad
0:11:45 Fogg's Secret to Successful Content Creation (lol)
0:13:02 Tom's Swords and Soldiers II Review
0:16:04 Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson: Game Reviewer
0:19:22 Games Jornalism (yes, again)
0:28:24 Eurogamer's Rich Stanton on Kojima's Immaturity (or not)
0:37:13 Evening Prayers

First Impressions of Splatoon
0:37:50 Stolen from Polan'
0:40:08 But First a Word about Little Big Planet 3
0:41:00 Back to Splatoon - Motion Controls
0:44:34 Anger Management

Continued Impressions of Witcher 3
0:53:48 Tom Elaborates
0:55:45 Initial Boss is a Tease
1:03:00 Just an Western Action RPG With Detail?
1:11:30 Menu Issues

To Be Continued...
1:12:30 See You Real Soon

Game Under Podcast 65

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Intro
0:00:37 Enticing Gay Marriage, Skype Seductress.
0:02:00 Blu-Tak Talk

Crosstalk
0:02:30 Stanley Kubrick's Splatoon
0:08:22 Seth Blatter's Getting Up: Content Under Pressure

Intro 2: The Sequel
0:10:35 Proper Intro

First Impressions from Tom Towers
0:12:30 Life is Strange Episode 3 (Spoiler Free)
0:16:55 Compared to Broken Age

Subtopic A (More impressions to come).
0:18:45 Backtracking, is it Always Bad? Halo 2, Broken Sword, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Devil May Cry 4.

Subtopic B
0:21:35 Devil May Cry Franchise Impressions

Subtopic C
0:23:28 God of War Franchise Impressions

Back to Life is Strange Episode 3
0:26:15 Episodic Distribution Done Well
0:27:35 Inconsistent Polish

Off-Topic
0:29:10 Things You Didn't Know about Adam Orth (Weezer Related)

First Impressions from Tom Towers
0:32:08 The Witcher 3
0:37:30 Graphical Issues -- Irrelevant or a Conspiracy?
0:42:10 Character Models in Open World Fantasy Games
0:44:05 Character Animation
0:45:10 Witcher Franchise Discussion
0:47:00 Combat & Magic (In this game and over the franchise)
1:00:35 Compared to Elder Scrolls Franchise
1:10:15 Back to Combat
1:18:45 Hair
1:21:15 Back to Combat (Witcher II Related)
1:23:15 Magic the Gathering (Tom and Phil Squabble)
1:26:15 Back to Gwent

Good Old Games
1:37:05 Their New Beta and Steam in General

Tom Towers Cracks the FIFA Case -- LIVE!
1:43:15 FIFA

Bye
1:45:00 Follow @gameunderphil on Twitter.

Game Under Podcast 64

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Introduction
0:00:22 Intro, Aarny Appears Again

First Impressions
0:01:22 Aarny on Grand Theft Auto 5 PC

Tom Towers' Aural Review
0:22:30 Tom B. Towers Break down Broken Age
0:40:00 Slight Spoiler
0:40:30 Slight Spoiler Ends

Final Impressions of Dark Souls 2
0:57:20 Dark Souls 2
0:58:30 But First Some Words About Dota 2
1:03:10 Dark Souls 2 Talk Begins Here
1:57:45 Tom's Profound Point

Game Under Podcast 63

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Introduction
00:00:16 Hello.

Trademark Banter
0:01:54 It's called "Trademark" for a reason
0:02:55 Gaming Magazines Update - Hyper's Quarterly Review, GamersTM, EDGE and Game Informer
0:09:19 Features in Games Writing
0:10:59 Modern Criticism
0:13:03 The Problem with Australians
0:14:04 Soccertalk
0:15:10 Australia Gets Netflix
0:16:33 Back to Film Criticism
0:19:27 Games Writing on the Internet - an update
0:22:00 Gaming Forums
0:23:33 P.T and Konami Story

Tom Towers' Aural Review
0:27:26 P.T (and various Silent Hill games)
0:41:46 Tom's Beaten Games of 2015

Tom Towers' Aural Review
0:44:02 Life is Strange Episode 2

Phil Fogg's Final Impressions of:
1:03:33 Bayonetta for PS3

Tom Towers' Aural Review
1:10:09 Bayonetta 2
1:18:25 Story Spoilers for Bayonetta 1 (released 2008)
1:18:59 Story Spoiler Over
1:28:05 General Light Story and Gameplay Spoilers (Possible from this point on)
1:39:55 Hop Scoth and Combos
1:43:35 Torture Attacks in Bayonetta 2
2:15:45 Bayonetta 3
2:20:30 Bayonetta in Smash Bros.?

Game Under Podcast 62

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Introduction
0:00:18 Uh, Hi :P

Not Trademark Banter
0:01:00 Pills and Lager
0:01:35 Futbol Talk
0:03:00 Winter is now upon us

First Impressions
0:05:05 Dangan Ronpa 2
0:10:45 First Aid

Tom Surprises Phil by Asking for Final Impressions of:
0:13:39 Costume Quest

Tom Towers' Aural Review
0:20:35 Bayonetta for Wii U
1:33:05 The Score, and Prediction

Proper Trademark Banter
1:42:20 Phil's Tales from the Game Shop
1:44:50 Tom's Gaming Drought/ Shovelware Analysis
1:47:10 Phil Buys some PS4 Games
1:49:30 Tom's Warning to Developers - Obiturization Complete - Gargamel
1:52:15 Trollin'
1:53:00 Our Favorite Star Wars Games and PC Serial Ports
1:54:27 Games We Want to Launch the Next Gen With
1:55:40 Games We Want Sequels Of
1:58:00 Respects to Fellow Podcaster Richie Benaud, who Recently Passed Away, On His Deathbed.

Game Under Podcast 61

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0:00:30 Introduction
Trademark Banter
0:01:15 GOTY Re-cap, and Adventure Game State of the Union
0:03:10 Phil's GOTY Selections for Games *Played* in 2014
0:09:23 Necrophone's E-mail to The Game Under Podcast
0:14:40 Tom's Latest Review, Doable: The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
0:17:10 Tom Tightens His Style
0:17:27 No Scores Phenomenom
0:18:32 Tom's Treatise on Changes in the Types of Reviews
0:26:38 Yakuza 0 Tops Media Create Charts
0:28:10 Nintendo
0:30:18 Kojima
0:32:33 Phil Regrets Buying a PS4

First Impressions
0:36:50 Shadow Warrior

Final Thoughts
0:38:52 Hard Reset
0:56:30 Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth 1

Editorial
1:07:30 How do Japanese Niche Games Survive in the West?
1:12:45 The Nature of Censorship

Final Thoughts
1:15:45 Child of Light

Editorial
1:35:35 Endless Backlog's Ads

Final Thoughts
1:38:00 Broken Sword 5

Game Under Podcast 60

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Trademark Banter
0:01:00 Jazzpunk Podcast
0:01:52 RFID for Cats and Zoe
0:02:29 Tom's Hopes for The Last Guardian &The Order
0:05:24 2014 MalAAAise Continues
0:06:46 Dying Light Review at laserlemming.com
0:13:59 Hide and Seek - the Latest Craze
0:14:18 Killzone Minute
0:15:25 Yazuza: Zero
0:16:58 I Hardly Molyneux You
0:19:30 Types of Journalism
0:23:00 Where's the Beef?
0:25:25 Dodgey Plumbers
0:26:15 Repeat Offender Molyneux
0:27:00 Eurogamers Funniest Home Video
0:29:20 When a Mocking Bird Strikes II

GOTY 2014 "The Gundies"
**SPOILERS**
0:31:00 Best Short Film Depicting an Understanding of College-Level Philosophy
0:35:53 Best Use of Benny Hill Song in a Game
0:36:26 Best Game Directly Impersonating Another Game
0:43:42 Nintendog's Award for Games featuring Exceptional Dogs and Cinematic Walking Award
0:47:48 Best Game That Tastelessly Co-Opted the Most Horrendous Events fo the 20th Century
0:51:50 The Seizure of Sarajevo Award...
0:52:40 CONTROVERSY
0:57:21 The Deadly Premonition Award for Writing That Sounds Well, Read Aloud (The Lebowski Award).
0:58:47 Spoilers for South Park: Stick of Truth
1:01:15 Gasping for Airtime
1:01:39 Quotes from Jazzpunk
1:02:39 Ian Bogost Award for Games Best Deserving Academic Study
1:08:20 The Beatles Awrd for Celebrated Mediocrity
1:13:00 Trolling #1 Gunder Listener: Gagan
1:13:32 The Necrophilia Award
1:19:20 The Dear Esther Award for Best Writing and Conviction
1:23:00 The Metroid Prime 3 Award for That Would be the Best Game if I had not Played the Previous Games in the Series
1:26:55 Tom Explains the Souls Franchise
1:31:33 Call of Duty 4 For Best Rap in a Video Game
1:32:30 The Winner Of The Above Title Excerpted
1:33:45 Phil Fogg's GOTY 2014
1:46:45 Because Phil Fogg Now Hates It Award (Tom's Award)
1:47:35 The Six Axis Award for Games That Should Have Motion Controls
1:51:45 Tom Towers' GOTY 2014

Game Under Podcast 59

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Intro
0:00:26 Phil and Tom come out of hibernation.

Trademark Banter
0:01:23 Parental Warning Occurs Here.
0:02:09 Maniac Mansion Talk
0:02:26 Grim Fandango Discussion
0:03:21 Floppies
0:05:12 Tom Duel Weilds Current Gen Consoles
0:23:01 Phil Has No Games for his PS4.
0:23:24 Hyper Magazine is DEAD
0:31:30 Gaming Magazine Scene

Hardware Review
0:06:02 PS4 Controller Hardware Review

Trademark Banter Resumes
0:13:46 Network Speed, The Japanese Decline in Gaming and Toms Impressions on his PS4 Games (Drive Club, LBP3, Infamous: Second Son)

Trademark Banter Ends
0:33:46 Games We've Beaten Since Last Episode

Yakuza Minute
0:35:40 Y5 Coming to the West!

GOTY Precursor
0:36:40 Tom Says Something

Final Impressions
0:37:20 Wolfenstein: The New Order

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 ^