Electronic Eggs Podcast

Joining Chris are Ashley Day and Chris Schilling to rank the 3D Mario platformers. Each run their list of 8 from least favourite to favourite before aggregating them into a final and official ranking of the best 3D Mario platformers!  As a bonus you also get a tiny bit of insight into the Wii era from the perspective of both EDGE and gamesTM!

Joining me this time is Darran Jones and Thomas Nickel to talk about Nintendo's third pillar, the Nintendo DS! We talk about the games, the system, the history and even talk about piracy that plagued the system's life.  

This month, Johnny 5 comes alive, Tom Cruise gives the bird, BBC1 serves up some Bread, Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd do some moonlighting, Snipes and Harrelson get on the money train, Gina G gives us Eurovision hope, The X-Men make their last stand and we get a New Super Mario Bros!

Chris, Baz and Paul band together to pull off a chat about the Uncharted series, the games, the movie and the book; before we rank the main games at the end. But we also find out how Paul organises his t-shirts in his new flat! 

Chris, Thomas, Jake and Chris spend nearly two hours trying to find nice things to say about the Mega CD and 32X. They of course manage to at least be polite(ish).

Lenny Henry brings the red nose into fashion, Molly Ringwald is pretty unlucky in love, Samantha Fox becomes a gaming icon, John Travolta gets shorty with Devito and Buzz and Woody show us what our toys really get up to when we're not around in this months Capsule!

Unfortunately the latest episode of the show, Ep26 cuts off at 59 minutes, I have tried to edit the original audio again but this has been corrupted. With regret this episode is now lost despite my best efforts to restore it. We will re-record this episode hopefully in the next two weeks. Again I want to say how sorry I am about this. Chris  Seeing as Capcom are putting out hit after hit at the mo...

Choose a Chain Reaction, choose a job running a casino, choose attending a headmaster's conference in Norwich, choose being a twisted firestarter, choose listening to this month's Capsule looking back at March 86, 96 and 06! 

Joining me (Chris) to talk about the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis is Chris Smith, Jake Smith, Thomas Nickel and John Linneman. We spend over two hours going over our memories, favourite games and the many hardware revisions. We decided that this doesn't even scratch the surface so will be getting back together to do a second part next month!  So do yourself a favour and listen to middle aged men talk a...

To talk about the first three games in the Resident Evil series I am joined by Thomas Nickel and Phil Middleton! We have what was intended to be a structured chat about the PlayStation trilogy but we ended up a much more open and fun chat about the games. We also discuss Resident Evil Requiem and touch on Code Veronica, but I'd like to discuss that one more in depth in a future episode. 

Arnie goes Commando, Kermit takes Manhattan, Billy Ocean helps when the going gets tough, Zelda hits 40, Steve Martin is the father of the bride...again, Antonio Banderas gets desperado for Selma Hayek, Keanu goes cyberpunk, Robin Williams gets trapped in a board game, Chris Evans (ginger one) gets Friday nights started and David Cameroon makes the worst decision of his career.   Martin joins Chri...

Chris and Jake talk Phantasy Star Online, Going Medieval before Chris claims Shinobi Art of Vengeance as the best game of 2025, God of War Sons of Sparta impresses Chris and his addiction to Animal Crossing is back! We then discuss a wealth of 16 bit games from the Super Famicom/SNES, PC Engine and Mega Drive that you might not have played.   Jake also takes on the 20 questions challenge on his ow...

Riiiiidge Racer!!! Chris is joined by fellow racing game and Ridge Racer fan Martin to tackle the arcade racing series. We talk about the games in the series, the highs, the lows and the even lowers. Plus it wouldn't be a podcast if Chris didn't speak about DriveClub! 

The Atari Jaguar is the topic of this Eggstra, wait come back! Let Richard Troupe tell you why the Atari Jaguar isn't as bad as you think it is, as we talk about it's troubled history, the games and the vibrant homebrew scene. It still looks like a toilet though. 

This month Rocky is out for revenge, we find the sun always shines on TV, Blackadder returns, Roy Walker tells us to say what we see, Brad Pitt wants to know what's in the box, Nicolas Cage leaves Las Vagas, Levi's advert tricks us into buying a single, Mulder and Scully go to the circus, we visit our friends in the north, Jerry O'Connell slides into our dms, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal becom...

Chris, Danny, Paul and Baz discuss what games they are looking forward to in 2026 as well as some talk on Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles, Shadow of the Colossus, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 4 remake, Granblue Fantasy: Relink amongst others. We take listener questions and finish with a game of video games 20 questions!     

Chris and Paul take a trip in the DeLorean as they look at December in 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015, looking at the Christmas Day TV line up as well as the usual movie, music, games and news from the UK. 

That's right, we have run out of ideas and gone for a quiz show. Chris tests Barry and Paul's gaming knowledge and they test his patience. Chris also takes on the video game 20 question challenge. Enjoy! 

Chris, Chris and Tom talk about their experiences and fondness for Microsoft's second foray into console gaming as it celebrates 20 years! 

The second episode of our Amiga coverage has Ashley Day joining Chris to discuss his love, experience and obscurities of the Amiga. Also a bonus stealth Nuon chat.     

Dudley Moore helps Santa save Christmas, George Michael reminds us that he is our man, we take Daley Thompson's Super Test, Hackman and Denzil square off underwater, Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes thank Julie Newar, Brosnan becomes Bond, Pulp show us a different class and The Goonies teach us to never say die in this month's Electronic Eggs Capsule!

Chris and Baz discuss their perfect 10 games, Chris puts the Ghost of Yotei behind him, Baz finishes Metroid Prime 2. There is also some talk of Return to Monkey Island, Destiny 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Lumines Arise and Zool Redimensioned.    We also discuss the Steam Machine and more gaming news, answer some listener questions and finish with a game of video game 20 questions. 

Only Amiga makes this episode possible! Chris and Paul go through their history with the Amiga, chat about their favourite games, the current state of the homebrew scene as well listener comments and questions.  This is part 1, part 2 will be coming later this month where we will go into a deep dive on the hardware and it's many revisions.     

Chris, Chris and Jake discuss their console Mount Rushmore. Then talk about Super Mario Galaxy 2, Ball x Pit, Ghost of Yotei, Phantasy Star Online, Earthion, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O World Stage and other games.  Then the usual gaming news, listener questions and ending with a game of video game 20 questions.

This week Chris, Paul and Baz chat about 72 hours in Greece, going on a Ninja side story, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Ball x Pit, Metroid Prime 2 and WWE 2K25.   Plus some recent gaming news chat, before answering some listeners questions then ending with a game of video games 20 questions.