Player 2's Podcasts

Welcome, one and all, to the Tim & Ken show! A strange and wonderful even that only ever really happens... well, okay, it happens fairly regularly: a couple of times a year or so. All the same, you should consider yourself blessed, dear listener! And not just because Ken has gone back on his 'only engage with newer stuff' motto, but also because he and Tim are out here ranking all of Nintendo'...

Remember when Nvidia revealed the 4000 series of RTX graphics cards and we all thought that the current consoles had been squashed into the ground before they have even been given a proper chance to flex their muscles? Yeah, that was a thing. And to be fair, the 4090 is an absolute monster… but that word also factors into the price and even its physical size. Maybe crypto bullshit started it, but...

Prepare yourselves for a podcast experience so long, so epic, so majestic that it… runs for as long as movies did back in the 1990s. You guys remember when it was normal for movies to run  under  two hours? No? Well,  get off of my goddamn lawn ! Um… what we mean to say is that this one is a little long. Not_ too_ long, but still well clear of an hour. The reason for this? Well, Tim, Rob and Hewso...

Can you feel the summer heat yet? No? Well, I guess you're in Australia or some other part of the southern hemisphere, then. That makes sense, we suppose, seeing as our site is based in this world of topsy-turvy seasons. Tim's off drinking IPAs in America or something, though, so he's left this one to the editorial guys. Presumably we can trust them more than him, surely? Certainly, the recording...

Wow, what an incredible PlayStation showcase from Sony! Can’t believe all those amazing titles were kept secret so well! Or, possibly – how did that get so badly screwed up? Are we stuck in PS4 cross-gen purgatory for at least another year? Or, possibly… it was totally fine? Please pick your reaction and pretend that’s what this particular episode of the Player 2 PixelCast is about. As you’ve prob...

The year keeps chugging along, the current generation keeps chugging along, and it's starting to feel like nothing is really changing? Or does it? That's the question that Tim, Ken and Nick set out to answer during the later half of this episode and the answer may surprise you. Or, actually, it's quite possible that it really, truly won't. One way or the other, with a lack of Star Wars nuts on thi...

The classic crew is back! Somehow, it's been a while since Hewso, Ken and Tim have filled all of the chairs on the show. Is this one the first time so far for 2023? Quite possibly (please don't fact-check this)! We've gone and put Hewso in charge of this one. After all, he's a big weight loss celebrity now and we need all of the star-power we can get. Speaking of star power, it seems that that the...

It's felt like an age, but we're finally starting to look at a good flow of big, (hopefully) high quality game releases in 2023. We've had some pretty stellar remakes to kick off the first quarter, and it's looking like we're only a month or two off from a series of truly original releases, or at least big sequels, we suppose. Can you believe that it's been almost seven years since the last mainli...

For the first time in we're honestly not sure how long, neither Tim nor Matt are on this one. Come one, come all - witness the PixelCast crew run wild, free in the meadows like brilliant stallions... or feral rabbits. You listen and decide! We left Steve in charge, so you can all be blameful towards him, if you so desire. Or perhaps to Ken and / or Rob, who were also kind enough to show up. Natura...

Good news! Nothing went wrong in post this time! Lessons have been learned about auto-recovery versus manual saving, and this episode should be clean and good to go for your ears! Tim’s back in charge, and he’s managed to drag Ken and Rob along for the ride. They’ve got a pretty decent slate of games to discuss this episode, too. Even the bad one! It feels like one disappointment per fortnight has...

We must say, after predicting that it would happen just after recording, it was very nice of Sony to offer up a State of Play just beforehand instead. This was always going to be the PlayStation episode, following on from out XBox and Switch ones, so having something direct and on hand to talk about was somewhat appreciated. We say somewhat because, well... it becomes apparent in this episode that...

Ah, to be free of milestones. I mean, they’re fun and all, but sometimes it’s nice to just sit down on a show that has an ordinary number, and 102 fits that particular bill. Tim’s back in charge, trouble-free and firing off magic spells that don’t have much to do with anything all over the place. Or maybe he’s just recently finished playing through Forspoken and still isn’t entirely sure what he m...

We did it! We lived through everything! Our little show is now over a century old! The charity stream is done, dusted and bathing in a pleasant glow of success! Oh, and somehow Hewso managed to un-shatter himself after all of this in order to sit down and bring a show together while Tim was off gallivanting around Osaka looking at pretty lights or something. Fortunately, he wasn't alone. In fact,...

New year, new milestone. We were sitting pretty at ninety-nine episodes over that there year-end break, but none of us get to rest forever, and so we're back in 2023 with episode one hundred coming in hot, straight off the bat. Just think, if we survive for ten times as long as we have already, we're going to have a formatting issue because we've always used three digits in our labeling. Tim is, a...

It's nearly time for Christmas.  A time for laughs and joy  _ _Where families gather 'round the tree and kids play with brand-new toys _ _But hiding there out of sight, just hanging in the shadows _ _Is a creature made of pure fright, a hateful demon that always knows _ _To ruin this joyful season, all he needs to do _ _Is confuse a simple postman, a delivery man or two _ _He then swaps out all th...

Can you smell the gingerbread in the air? No? It's just me? Never mind, then. It is that time of year, though; Christmas decorations have been up in store windows for about a month now, which means that it's finally sensible that they actually are there. This marks our final episode of the year before the PixelCast goes all in on evil, no-punches-held Christmas obsession. So it would make sense th...

In one of the more ironic reasons to come up in recent history, Tim wasn't able to be on this one because he was in... Australia. He would like you to know that Sydney is way too expensive, thank-you-very-much. Fish and chip places can now start at twenty bucks? Get the hell right out of here! So, in his absence, Ken, Matt and Rob decided to spend some time discussing just how much money is too mu...

The core crew is back together. Hewso is back from a fantastic, food-fueled trip to Ken (who is also present)'s homeland, and Tim is sneaking his voice is before, ironically, buggering off to Australia for a week and change. It's the sort of disorder that used to be defined as normal, and as such, it's kind of cozy and comforting to be back on this metaphorical couch. Speaking of couches - this ep...

PAX is done, and it appears that we all survived! The same can't be said for all of our internet connections, however, and so our ninety-fifth has become a two-person adventure. Time is joined by Cat for the first time in, probably, pre-plague times? And yes, we know that plague does not equal virus, but to make this awkward word selection work, Tim has been digging into a certain game that is cho...

It’s PAX time baby! That’s right the P2 crew invaded PAX Australian en masse and in the process took over the Audio Technica Booth (thanks guys!) to record this very podcast. There was a common theme here, just like an episode of South Park the message isn’t about the games, but the friendships renewed along the way. Join Hewso, Sarah, Jess, Shaun and Matto as they dive into the PAX floor, some th...

We've been flipped around! upside down! inside out! Back to front! Odds in and evens out! Or, in much simpler terms, Tim is hosting two episodes in a row. The reason for this clear break of structure and protocol? We'll be bringing you our next episode from the floor of PAX Australia, which he won't be around for thanks to... oceans... and things. Since we're shaking up the norm for this episode,...

What a strange year for new releases this one continues to be. One episode we’re swamped and have to hack and trim when deciding what the cover, the next we’re looking between the dust bunnies on the floor. Well, there was that Lego fighting game, but Hewso seemed a bit traumatised by the experience and didn’t really want to talk about it post publishing obligations… It’s Tim who dragged him on to...

The classic crew is back: Hewso, Ken and Tim headline this one. Unsurprisingly, it's all about that there Gamescom thing that's been happening over in Germany. Spoiler, of sorts: we thought that they actually did a pretty good job this year. Not that any of us were actually there, mind. Tim attended once, back when it was still held in Leipzig, and says that covering it in person is something of a...

Back to normal! We have three members (Tim, Steve and Rob) and three fairly up-to-date games to talk about. We say fairly because, well, a couple of weeks has become a long time in video games. Shit's crazy now - when we were still floppy-haired youngsters, news cycles were monthly and things like news and reviews were printed on this strange substance called paper. We also mostly had bugger-all t...

It would be nice if the potholes in the road were to start to fill in soon. Player 2 members are just falling like (very handsome and/or beautiful, obviously) flies at the moment! As such, we've ended up with another two man show. At least we had Hewso's veteran leadership to get us through, although his regular microphone also decided that the night of recording would be a fantastic time to die,...