The Codec Moments Podcast

Andy and Stuart discuss their secret love of clicker games and not so secret love of spreadsheets in this week's Cost of a Coffee. Universal Paperclips is the story of a AI designed to manufacture paperclips, above all else.  We would describe it in greater detail, but that would just be wasting precious time in which you could be making paperclips... "Release the Hypno Drones."

It's not the most exciting podcast title, but it is straight to the point.  We've sat down as a team and looked at the release schedule of games up to the end of June 2019 and picked out which ones we're most interested in playing.  Turns out there's quite a few coming and we like the sound of most of them! Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast to find out: Which team member hasn't p...

This time on Cost of a Coffee, Andy and Stuart giggle because they've consumed too much caffeine and chat about Old Man's Journey.   It's a simple puzzle game, which tells an emotional tale through a series of vignettes and divided their opinion over the titular old man.   "He's not Santa."

Unbelievably the first month of 2019 has gone past already.  The 31 days whipped by with no thought to our gaming backlogs and only those keeping an eye on the calendar were savvy enough to know what to play and when.  Those are the people we're celebrating in this month's Codec Momentum update.  Listen to find out: What did the team pledge and how did they do Where has everyone ended up in the fi...

In this episode of Cost of a Coffee, the Year of Shame buddies Andy and Stuart discuss a mobile golf game that will cost about the same as your morning latte.   Golf Club Wasteland, from Demagog Stud!o, is the topic of conversation this week; a golf game with simple mechanics and not so simple level design, set on a post-apocalyptic planet Earth after everyone's popped off to live on Mars.  The ga...

Occasionally we talk about things that aren't games.  Not often we know, but it does happen and it's come round again.  Matt, Andy and an absent Ali give their views on the headphones they've each received over the last few weeks.  Be prepared to get bored senseless on the Bionik Mantis PSVR headphones, the Razer Thresher's for Xbox One, and a set of indeterminate Bluetooth headphones in a woolly...

In the first of a new series of Cost of a Coffee, Andy meets with his Year of Shame friend Stuart Neill, to discuss games that cost the same as your cappuccino this morning.   Will they prove to be more entertaining and engaging than a cup of joe, or will they leave a more bitter taste in your mouth than a scorched espresso? This week they talk about Florence from Mountains and published by Annapu...

A whole month has passed already and it feels like we've never left 2018... though that might be because we've had a few AAA titles that decided to avoid the Red Dead Redemption II effect and actually pull in a few sales.  But what out of this maelstrom of new and interesting titles have the team been playing?  Listen to our gaming roundup to find out. Put your best podcast player to use to hear:...

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It’s been another great year of gaming and with so much happening over 12 months it’s easy to forget some of the things that happened in 2018.  What’s the best way to prod those memories?  A quiz!  Not just any old quiz though, this is a Codec Moments quiz and that means anything could happen… as long as it involves questions, answers and being gaming related. Join Matt and Andy as they force Ali...

Well here it is, the end of 2018 and the end of another year of Codec Momentum.  Over the last 12 months we’ve had submissions, completions, finishers and failures… and also the largest amount of games cleared from backlogs yet.  It’s been a great year!  Now it’s time to run down the final  leaderboard  positions, shout out a few accolades for those that have surprised during the last quarter, and...

So another year draws to a close and the team reflected on the gaming highlights of the last 12 months.  Which titles stood out?  How much time did they spend with certain games?  What turned out to be the most compelling?  How often did they think about breaking their Year of Shame promise because the hype was getting to them?  There were lots of games that landed in 2018 that gave us joy and pai...

So another year draws to a close and the team reflected on the gaming highlights of the last 12 months.  Which titles stood out?  How much time did they spend with certain games?  What turned out to be the most compelling?  How often did they think about breaking their Year of Shame promise because the hype was getting to them?  There were lots of games that landed in 2018 that gave us joy and pai...

So another year draws to a close and the team reflected on the gaming highlights of the last 12 months.  Which titles stood out?  How much time did they spend with certain games?  What turned out to be the most compelling?  How often did they think about breaking their Year of Shame promise because the hype was getting to them?  There were lots of games that landed in 2018 that gave us joy and pai...

Here we go, the penultimate update of 2018 and things are hotting up on the leaderboard so it’s time to run through the full listing.  Join Matt, Andy and Ali as they look at how everyone who’s entered this year is doing and where the fights for position are.  It doesn’t stop there either… Just like Formula 1, we can’t go a year without making some tweaks, so rule changes are coming to balance a f...

Even though the game had been out a few weeks and we’d  reviewed at launch , we still had a blast playing Strange Brigade at EGX 2018, even if we did get completely outshone by one of the devs playing on our team.  At least we got the chance to speak to Josh afterwards about how the game is doing, some of the community feedback, and what Rebellion were planning next.

Another interview from EGX 2018 and in this one we talked to the team behind upcoming roguelite isometric shooter Beacon from Monothetic, and being published by Utomik.  With the distinctive aesthetic and interesting sci-fi cloning premise catching our eye, we got the chance to talk to Arran Seaton (audio designer and co-founder) and Tay Dunnvatanachit (creative lead) about their inspirations and...

During EGX 2018 Matt and Andy got the chance to play the first couple of levels of Arca’s Path, a new VR title developed by Dream Reality Interactive and published by Rebellion.  It’s about finding the right routes and establishing control in strange futuristic world, and the only way to interact with the environment is by looking and moving your head.  It’s an interesting concept and fortunately...

Another 31 days have passed and the competition in the Codec Momentum leaderboard is getting intense as we get to the end of 2018.  With several battles breaking out across the field it’s hard to know who’s going to take which position when we hit 31st December… well, except for first place, it feels like that title’s been wrapped up already this year.  Listen to this month’s update to find out wh...

A rather big racing game was released at the beginning of October that’s a continuation of the vision Playground Games have been developing for several years.  Forza Horizon 4 brings the racing excellence from the previous instalments to the UK, and there was no way we were going to be able to keep Ali and Stuart quiet on it.  With no way to fend of the enthusiasm we gave up the racing line and ha...

It’s the middle of the month and the team decided it was time to sit down and talk about what they’ve been playing so far in October.   Dakar 18  gets its own discussion to match the scope of the game, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey makes an appearance, and  Smash Hit Plunder  works its VR magic.  On top of that there’s been a juicy piece of Hitman 2 news that’s really messing with Andy’s Year of Shame...

Of the many people that gave up their time to talk to us over the course of EGX 2018, Georg Backer and Holly Pickering from A Brave Plan went above and beyond in keeping Matt and Ali entertained whilst Andy played the intro sections of The Bradwell Conspiracy.  We’ll not bore you with that hour because there’s a much more interesting conversation to be had about how the game came about, what’s dri...

It’s one of our most anticipated games for 2019, Metro Exodus is shaping up to not just be the continuation of Artyom’s journey through the post apocalyptic ruins of Russia, but also the resolution of the events that started in the Metro 2035 book. We got the opportunity at EGX 2018 to talk to Huw Benyon who’s the head of global brand management for Deep Silver and find out more about the game’s p...

Here comes September’s Codec Momentum update, and there’s a surprise addition to the Codec Moments team.

With the next highly anticipated instalment of the Hitman series coming very soon, Stuart Cullen and Ali Cornwall got the chance to speak to Sven Liebold from IO Interactive about everyone’s favourite murder simulator.  We can’t apologise enough for the audio, the room was very noisy, but there’s a lot of good info so persevere with the background babble (we know the culprits and will be publishin...