GameEngineStart Podcast

Hard Carry. BKB. AA Blast. Lane Push. Racks. Denies. Ganking. Last Hit. Stacking Big Camps. Guess what, The International is happening and we are deep into it. Kinda. On this episode... We Played... We record immediately after the The International finals, and talk about it being the closest we have in the industry right now to a real watchable sport. Euan talks Wolf Amongst Us season finale, and...

We celebrate Calum becoming a grown up with a proper degree by talking about video games. Would you expect anything else from us? On this episode... We Played... Euan starts to think Game of the Year lists while playing World War I adventure game Valiant Hearts, and talks about his personal conflict between the fascinating content of 30 Flights Of Loving versus its $5 price tag. Calum tells A Stor...

We settle back into our groove after E3, and throw ourselves headlong into FMV financial crisis simulators, rewinding water towers, and apparently the first indie game Euan doesn't like. On this episode... We Played... While bemoaning the incorrect use of the Greek letters, we talk about the current state of the Destiny Alpha and the Battlefield Hardline Beta. All the pretty art in the world can't...

It's E3 time, and we talk about what we saw of the conferences, and what we were excited and annoyed by. All the while trying to stay awake after a long two days... Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Intro M...

It's the last podcast before E3, and we start to mentally prepare ourselves, as well as Watch Dogs forcing us to take a good look at our moral fibre. Or lack thereof. On this episode... We Played... We both talk about the incredible Transistor, while disagreeing on it's flaws, and our first impressions of the much delayed Watch Dogs. The Walking Dead continues to pull Calum along, along with being...

Unreal Tournament is coming back, and with it comes memories of The Matrix, Ed Edd and Eddy and a little bit of Mambo No 5. 1999 was a weird year you guys... On this episode... We Played... Lack of new games makes Euan go deep into weird indie. He starts to sour on Kentucky Route Zero, finishes rewiring Fract OSC and reads peoples brains in Stick it To The Man, with a dash of Hitman Go in there fo...

Tomodachi Life might be the greatest video game ever created, and we have only seen the announcement trailer. Maybe it's not even a game? Maybe it's art? Maybe it doesn't actually exist and was all a wonderful dream... On this episode... We Played... Tomodachi Life enters our lives and our hearts, and we both hope it never leaves. Euan dives Tron style into a synthesizer in Fract OSC, can't decide...

Why was there never an actual Blitzball game? I would play the crap out of a yearly EA Sports Blitzball title on some next gen tech. The continual roster updates might be a problem though... On this episode... We Played... Euan dives back into Rapture in the Bioshock Infinite Burial at Sea DLC, farms 2D bad guys for guns in Mercenary Kings and goes pixel hunting with the iPad remake of Broken Swor...

The GameEngineStart podcast, for all your news from the world of footballsmen, touchslams and baseball racquets. And sometimes video games. On this episode... We Played... Euan explores Seattle with neon powers and wrestles with remarkably simple moral choices in InFamous: Second Son. When not drowning in a sea of Threes, Calum gives his thoughts on riding mechs in Titanfall. The next instalment o...

Ever seen a grizzly bear take two attractive receptionists up to a penthouse hotel room with a pot of honey? Calum has, and he got a point of insanity because of it. On this episode... We Played... Euan finds Calum just chillin' in Dust: An Elysian Tale, breaks and then rejoins the F2P mechanics of Warframe, and prepares to be destroyed by the internet in Dead Nation: Apocalypse Calum dives into R...

There were a few points this episode where we forgot we were recording a podcast, and just reminisced for a while. Then again if you aren't expecting that by now, I don't know why you are still listening... On this episode... We Played... Euan finds The Castle Doctrine lacking slightly, but not as much as The Last of Us DLC, Left Behind. He might be the only person in the world who really didn't l...

With the addition of two special guests this weeks episode goes to some strange places, including bags of penny whistles and boxes full of Pokemon. It's all the better for it. On this episode... We Played... Euan talks new Wolf Amongst Us, and actually starting down a comic book based hole Calum regails us with stories of his adventure into...adventuring, with his first experience of table top rol...

It's a new year, we are officially in the future, and we start it with point and click adventure games, fencing simulators and running away from zombies. War never changes... On this episode... We Played... Euan glows about Broken Age and Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, despite not being able to talk about why they are amazing  Calum tells us that Deadpool is worth playing despite a mediocre game, a...

It's that time of year where we attempt to take all of the games we played and order them in some arbitrary way. There was a lot less fighting this time around... On this episode... We talk... Euan and Calum both talk about their respective lists We come to a conclusion about our official Game of the Year There are some insane categories in here too. Go give us a like on Facebook  HERE , and subsc...

We start to wind down for the end of the year. Like we were particularly highly strung before. On this episode... We Played... Euan continues down the PS4 rabbit hole, extolling the virtues of Assassins Creed 4, Warframe, and the features of the console itself that are making it next gen. Doki Doki Universe confuses and delights in equal measure. Calum dives into the terribly named Bravely Default...

The next gen is here, and almost instantly it feels like it had always existed. But hey, video games! On this episode... We Played... Euan talks at length about the Playstation 4, the midnight launch, the hardware and software in the box, and the experience of being there on day 1. The PS4 plays games too, Assassins Creed 4 seems pretty great, Lego Marvel Super Heroes is exactly what you want from...

Injuries, strange pronunciations and next gen excitement, just another fortnight in the world of us... On this episode... We Played... Euan finishes a bunch of games. Tomb Raider does conclusions for adventure games right, Alan Wake smartly reuses assets, and The Stanley Parable really messes with your opinions of achievements. Calum falls in love with DmC and is suitably impressed with XCOM: Enem...

Remember kids, Final Fantasy and alcohol don't mix. Especially when said alcohol is just called "beer" in another language. On this episode... We Played... Euan's brain explodes with The Stanley Parable, explorers an interactive novel in Device 6 and is suitably impressed by The Wolf Among Us Calum continues on with Pokemon, and recounts LAN party stories of Final Fantasy drinking games and Reside...

Be careful, if Calum wants you to be his friend, he may try to rub your special place and feed you cake. Just saying... On this episode... We Played... Euan rediscovers XCOM and muses on the Beyond : Two Souls demo Calum goes all in on Pokemon X & Y along with revisiting Neverwinter Nights about 10 years too late The Stanley Parable charms, confuses and entertains us with it's bizarre fourth wall...

Pokemon has changed over all these years. More importantly, it's no Digimon, which was clearly a superior product. On this episode... We Played... Calum gets back into Terraria's new update, with all the penguins you can handle Euan digs through a swathe of indie games, including the finale of To The Moon, continuing adventures in Papers, Please? with a side line in Pocket Trains. We talk the terr...

There are some bad movie concepts, and then there is Ghost Shark On this episode... We Played... We manipulate some time while shooting people in Super HOT We talk about our experiences when trying to explain that video games are our hobby to people of the older generation. Actually, our own generation creates some issues too Calum plays a lot of Civ-esque games, namely Anno 2070 and Warlock: Mast...

Another hour and half dose of the classiest video game podcast on the intertubes. At no point during this episode to we talk about the physical reaction involved in a shot to the testicles. Definitely not in the first 5 seconds. On this episode... We Played... Saints Row IV arrives on our PCs, and continues it's long tradition of being the smartest dumb game you will ever play. Euan talks about ho...

It's a bit early to be talking about our Game of the Year picks, but I think we might have found our #1... It was also Gamescom week, so we have a crapton of news to talk about, hence the longer show. On this episode... We Played... Euan talks about living, working and being arrested in Arstoska while playing Papers, Please We continue our co-op adventures by killing aliens in Natural Selection 2,...

Who knew that the two of us in the same room would result in violence... Go give us a like on Facebook HERE , and subscribe to our YouTube HERE . On this episode... Calum talks about the DOTA2 Internationals, and how he is betting fake items on virtual games How Final Fantasy XIV might have recovered from it's abysmal launch with the new version Euan talks about his indie binge of Kentucky Route Z...

We know the title will make no sense to anyone except us, but we thought it was funny. A big thanks to those of you who has shared us about to your friends (or enemies...), and really appreciate your support! Go give us a like on Facebook HERE , and subscribe to our YouTube HERE . Spoiler Warning This episode does contain spoilers for Mass Effect 3 between 6:30 -> 11:05 On this episode... 400 Days...