Living La Vita Loca

Happy 2026 podfans and welcome to #DryveJanuary! We're putting the pedal to the metal this month to provide you with reviews of popular racing video games from throughout the years. 12 months ago, Rich threatened to derail our entire planned month of vehicular mayhem by "just reviewing F Zero games". He's here to make good on that threat starting off with F Zero X (1998, N64). What is it about F Z...

Hi there... Welcome. Come in. Take a seat. Relax. We've come a long way together in 2025... - 50 episodes (thus far). - Over 100 video games reviewed. - Nearly 2 days worth of audio content (if "audio content" means "acoustic bile"). It's all here on an erotic but well maintained spreadsheet and we're about to grade the living shit out of it... Yes, its back, our annual episode where we retroactiv...

Is there such a thing as a "Christmas Shoot 'em up"? Yes there is. Its called Deathsmiles II. Its very good. Have we played Deathsmiles II for the festive season because that would be relevant and make sense? No. Instead, have we picked 10 random shmups and distributed them equally between both co-hosts in an attempt to determine which video game would theoretically top the music charts as the equ...

Is there such a thing as a "Christmas Shoot 'em up"? Yes there is. It's called Deathsmiles II. It's very good. Have we played Deathsmiles II for the festive season because that would be relevant and make sense? No. Instead, have we picked 10 random shmups and distributed them equally between both co-hosts in an attempt to determine which video game would theoretically top the music charts as the e...

"You thieves! You thieves… You filthy little thieves! Where is it? Where is it? They stole it from us. My Precious." We can't help but feel that Gollum wouldn't condone this week's podcast with his clear no-nonsense policy on pilfering... Welcome to part 2 of our deep dive into the Uncharted series. We conclude proceedings with a review of the 'Legacy of Thieves' collection. Released in 2022 for t...

There is very little blurb needed to sell this one. Rich (Nate) and Fazz (Sully) once again welcome Fiona (Elena... mmm, maybe Chloe, actually) to the pod booth to help us navigate a course through the Uncharted series. Over two episodes, we're deep diving every home console release of the PlayStation exclusive series from Naughty Dog. Let's hope we don't bump into El Dorado whilst we're down ther...

Hi pod fans Here be bonus treasure dug up from our archive. Way back in March 2023, we launched our podcast with a review of Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PS Vita). Prior to our coverage of the whole (home console) Uncharted series over the next two weeks, we've excavated our previous opinion on the handheld effort from 2012. Enjoy this low effort bonus episode of Living La Vita Loca!

"Hello there children!" Welcome to another edition of #FreeplayFortnightly where we both pick a video game that we want to play and keep it secret from our co-host. We then review said game on the podcast and ask our co-host to score the game out of 10 based on our review. Simple? You bet we are! The games we've picked out for random review this week are: • South Park: Chef's Luv Shack (1999, PS1)...

Ey up Pod-packLast Autumn, we gave Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story a 9/10 review (Episode 76). We couldn't get enough of the stellar gameplay and fascinating yarns provided by Minter via Digital Eclipse. We wanted more... Rather than head back into Minter's older back catalogue, we decided to take a look at some of the more recent video games which weren't covered on the Llamasoft com...

Well... nobody saw this coming... a video podcast! We've jumped the shark. Thats it. Theres definitely a VR app for jumping over sharks somewhere right? We should really check the Meta store sales. With Rich indisposed with actual real life family this week, Fazz roams unchecked and unhinged in virtual reality. Straight after 2 glasses of wine and an episode of Celebrity Traitors felt like the rig...

Objective Definition: Factual, verifiable information that is not influenced by personal feelings or bias. Subjective Definition: Based on an individual's perspective, feelings, or opinions. Which of the above definitions best describe our podcast and why do we bring this up? Well... it's time for one of THOSE kind of reviews. You know, the reviews where we provide highly subjective opinions sitti...

Welcome to another edition of #FreeplayFortnightly, where each co-host chooses a video game that we want to play and keep it secret from our pod partner. We both play through the aforementioned game and then ask our co-host to score the game out of 10, based on our review. Simple? You bet we are! The games we've picked out for random review this week are: • Ghostwire: Tokyo (2022, PS5) • Firewatch...

Your favourite two muppets are back together for the first time in a while as Rich returns from his Japanese jaunt. This is handy as this weeks episode of Living La Vita Loca Podcast is sponsored by the letter 'E'! (Yes, Sesame Street is officially considered to be part of The Muppets) Why are we sponsored by 'E' you most definitely ask us? Well, we've gone with a theme this week. We've managed to...

Question: How do you get a guest onto your bang average video gaming podcast? You Pok-em-on! Geddit? Ahhhhh, you guys get it. Anyway... we have a Wailord-sized conversation for you this episode. It's a little unfortunate that Fazz sounds like he's gone swimming with Magikarp but luckily we have @swiss_stadia (Paddy Gunn) filling in on co-hosting duties this week and he sounds better than a Jigglyp...

"The power of love is a curious thing. Makes one man weep, makes another man... invite his reluctant wife onto an amateur video gaming podcast to cover for a week whilst his usual podcast partner is away." Everybody knows thats how the song goes right? Huey Lewis and the News owe 'Back to the Future' a lot. Around these parts, We think we ALL owe 'Back to the Future' a lot. As far as Fazz is conce...

With Rich away for a little while, Fazz has decided to invite a few of his best buddies out for a night on the town in Leeds. Welcome back to LLVL podcast @c.t.baird & @hefferinaaron! Ahhhhh who doesn't love to go clubbing at a weekend? These three late 30's year olds, thats who! Well, there actually is one club in town where we feel welcome on a Saturday night... Arcade Club! (www.arcadeclub.co.u...

Hi Podfans Welcome to another edition of #FreeplayFortnightly where we both pick a video game that we want to play and keep it secret from our co-host. We then review said game on the podcast and ask our co-host to score the game out of 10 based on our review. Simple? You bet we are! The games we've picked out for random review this week are: • Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007, Xbox 360) • Super Loc...

Hi Podfans Welcome to another edition of #FreeplayFortnightly where we both pick a video game that we want to play and keep it secret from our co-host. We then review said video game on the podcast and ask our co-host to score the game out of 10 based on our review. Simple? You bet we are! The games we've picked out for random review this week are: • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024, PS4) •...

"What were you doing 20 years ago today?" There aren't many days that you can turn around and answer that clearly without skipping a beat but the 1st September 2005 was different. It was unique. It was thrilling. It was once in a lifetime stuff for some of us and it was memorable... Join us as we celebrate 20 years since the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) launched in Europe. We muse over what it...

Hi Consigliere's Welcome to another edition of #FreeplayFortnightly where we both pick a video game that we want to play and keep it secret from our co-host. We then review said game on the podcast and ask our co-host to score the game out of 10 based on our review. Simple? You bet we are! The games we've picked out for random review this week are: • Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko...

We've had this episode on the backburner for an age. It's been simmering away waiting for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater to find it's way into the world and now its time to talk about the REAL 'Big Boss trilogy'... (None of that Phantom Pain retcon malarkey!) MGS Portable Ops (2006, PSP) isn't considered canon by most but why is that the case? It's not directed by Kojima certainly but aside f...

The Holy Grail? Nah. Crystal skulls? Not for us. Dials of Destiny? Forget about em'! How about a mystical huge wheel shape thingy instead? Now you're talking... Well, actually, its Rich and Fiona doing all of the talking this week as they plot a course through Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (PC, PS5). They dig deep into MachineGames' most recent effort to discuss just how great a Great Circle...

Our podcast's extra successful, super turbo #DryveJanuary event feels a long time ago and we're still a few months away from the next iteration. We couldn't handle waiting any longer. We NEEDED to drive some vehicles and quickly... This iteration of our podcast is somewhat a 'definitive edition' of a couple of our previous episodes. Long have we bemoaned the sound quality of episode #6 so its abou...

Hi Podfans. This week we get all artistic and shit as we muse over the poetry of videogames. Yeah, we didn't see that high brow stuff coming either... It just sort've happened. Rich provides what might be the most obscure offering we've had on the podcast yet in the form of 'The Little Tales of Alexandria' (2022, Nintendo Gameboy), a retro short story driven exploration game which is available via...

Hi Podfans Welcome to another edition of #FreeplayFortnightly where we both pick a video game that we want to play and keep it secret from our co-host. We then review said game on the podcast and ask our co-host to score the game out of 10 based on our review. Simple? You bet we are! The games we've picked out for random review this week are: • Jackass The Game (2007, PSP) • Sega Bass Fishing (199...