The Codec Moments Podcast

VR games were present in force again at EGX 2018 and not only did we get hands on with one of the newest titles, Smash Hit Plunder from Triangular Pixels, we got the opportunity to speak to John Campbell who’s the technical director of the game.  Have a listen to learn more about the VR development process and some interesting insights on refining the experience for users.  

We went.  We saw.  We chatted.  EGX 2018 ended up being a very busy couple of days of playing games, interviewing developers, and walking… a lot.  So what better way to sum it up than to grab some guests and talk through what our favourite parts were and if there was anything we regretted not seeing. In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, you’ll hear: Stuart Cullen making a return to remind...

Very soon we’ll be heading down the M1 to visit a massive building that each year gets filled with the latest and greatest games – it’s nearly time for EGX 2018!  We figured we’re on a roll and decided to pull together another yet another episode, this time joined by Ali Cornwall for a pre-GX chat about what our must see’s are at this year’s show. In this brief episode you’ll hear: the coincidence...

Regular listeners will already know that we’ve recorded each of the monthly #CodecMomentum updates over the last few months, but just haven’t got them edited and released (we’re rubbish, we know).  Well wait no longer gaming fans!  Here comes the biggest, longest Codec Momentum update in the history of our podcast.  We’re bringing you all the action from the last 4 rounds of the 2018 championship...

Alright, alright… we know we’re a bit lax with this whole podcasting business and it’s far too long between episodes, but we’re about to make up for it.  Over the next few weeks there’s Mega Momentum and EGX 2018 which will mean loads and loads of time you’ll have to spend listening to us talking about games.  Lucky people!  Whilst we were recapping the last few months of #CodecMomentum we got ask...

After a prolonged hiatus, Matt and Andy are back with another episode of The Codec Moments Podcast.  Matt’s been playing a lot of games, and can you guess which single entry on the below list belongs to Andy? In this podcast we talk about: Kona The Walker Mugsters 18 Floors  (well, two of them) No Man’s Sky  (NEXT update) Danger Zone 2 Overcooked! 2 This is the Police II The Crew 2 F1 2018 Firmwar...

It’s that time of year once again… the annual tradition that Matt and Andy record an E3 podcast that never sees the light of day, as it languishes in editing hell until EGX… but not so this year!  Andy, Matt and everyone on the Codec Moments Discord Server, got together to discuss their E3 predictions ready to form their bingo sheet for the actual event.  Some are outlandish, some sound like they...

So…. it’s not just our games that sit on the pile of shame, it’s our podcast recording too.  Matt and Andy have finally waded through the heap of real life refuse blocking the garbage chute to the recording studio and are now able to bring you info that you’ve probably know for about 8 weeks.  But dammit!!  They’ve made the effort and aren’t going to be stopped now. In this late #CodecMomentum upd...

In what was once again the busiest month for pledging to clear backlogged games yet, Matt was joined by the wonderful Colm Sheridan from Last Save Loaded for a Codec Momentum update and quiz!

If you’ve not got an Amazon Echo – and you should consider one because they’re very useful – then you’re missing out on the daily news and musing from the Codec Moments team.  To keep you up to speed on their thoughts on what’s happening in gaming, Matt and Andy have collated the last 7 days of flash briefings into one easy to listen to round up. In this week’s flash briefing update that covers 19...

If you’ve not got an Amazon Echo – and you should consider one because they’re very useful – then you’re missing out on the daily news and musing from the Codec Moments team. To keep you up to speed on their thoughts on what’s happening in gaming, Matt and Andy have collated the last 7 days of flash briefings into one easy to listen to round up. In this week’s flash briefing update that covers 12t...

If you’ve not got an Amazon Echo – and you should consider one because they’re very useful – then you’re missing out on the daily news and musing from the Codec Moments team.  To keep you up to speed on their thoughts on what’s happening in gaming, Matt and Andy have collated the last 7 days of flash briefings into one easy to listen to round up. In this week’s flash briefing update that covers 5t...

That was quick!  Already the first month of 2018 is gone and with it the first lot of Codec Momentum’s completed. In what was probably the busiest month for pledging to clear backlogged games yet, Matt and Andy talk about: How many times they’ve had to record this podcast Who took part out of the 55 entries in January The winner of this month’s prize Quarterly special prizes The fact that this isn...

Because we like quizzes, research and lots and lots of questions, it’s time for Andy to pose another set of brain teasers to Matt.  This time it’s all about who’s is the biggest… open world that is.  Do you know your square mileage of San Andreas from the footprint of Skyrim?  What about whether New Vegas is as big as Medici?  Do you even care?  Have a listen to this episode of the Codec Moments p...

Well, you all thought you were getting quality content, it’s time for that to dry up and the half baked ideas and poorly researched games to come back to the fore. In this episode of the Codec Moments podcast, Matt and Andy pretend then know all about: Upcoming racing games that haven’t hit the mainstream press Get confused by the premise of Genital Jousting Breaking news – there’s a new Alien gam...

We’re back with the final Codec Momentum update for 2017!  After a massive response to Andy’s offering of homemade trophies, the entries for Codec Momentum in December went mad.  So who finished at the top of the leaderboard for 2017 and who completed the games they pledged from their piles of shame?  We delve into the Switch case of dreams to pick a winner from the December 2017 #CodecMomentum pa...

2017 saw some big releases, some big events and some even bigger controversies in the world of video games.  Matt and Andy take you month by month through some of 2017’s highlights in quiz form, putting their pet Glaswegian in the hot seat.

Well we didn’t escape the crazy Scotsman who left us a lengthy voicemail.  Thankfully Andy was able to remove about half of it in the edit and even convinced some old friends to introduce it.

Eschewing the standard “best of” highlights reel that usual ends a year, we at Codec Moments tackle things a bit differently by looking at what our surprises and disappointments are from the last 12 months.  Games of the Year are usually fairly predictable (and deserving), and if you only focus on them you might miss out on some gems that don’t get as much coverage.  Equally, that game you’ve been...

We’re back on schedule after a mammoth AMA and it’s time to take stock and ask who has finished the game they pledged to complete from their piles of shame in November (hint: it’s not Andy)?  It’s time to delve into the Jiffy Bag of joy and pick a winner from the November 2017 #CodecMomentum page, will it be you?  Tune in to find out that and more in the Codec Moments Podcast. In this podcast we d...

Want to know more about the Codec Moments team or get their opinions on things?  We asked our fabulous community to pose us questions for our very own AMA (Ask Me Anything), or rather AUA given that there’s two of us answering.  Literally tens of questions came in, mostly from Stuart Neill, so we made sure he had to endure his own unique quizzical style by getting him to guest and ask us them all....

It’s a time of turmoil with the gaming public… it’s the annual monetisation of one of our beloved childhood franchises.  Never mind that Disney are milking Star Wars for all it’s worth (and who can blame them?), EA have recently placed themselves atop the pointy lightsabre of gamer indignation by daring to make money out of a title they’ve funded.  However, have they gone about it in exactly the w...

Just as we get past what we think are the big releases of the year with the next iterations of CoD, Wolfenstein, Assassin’s Creed, Forza, Gran Turismo et. al.; along comes a week that has us locking our wallets away for fear of not having any money left to buy our loved ones a Christmas present.  This week, the one ending 17th November, has a large amount of titles landing in stores that we’re sor...

We’ve really enjoyed the story and themes tackled in the latest Wolfenstein game: The New Colossus and wanted to discuss them in detail, but it’s definitely not fodder that can go in the  review .  It’s a good job we’ve got a podcast then!  And of course, any reason to use our alt history podcast logo. In this episode of The Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt talk through in great detail the sto...

We had to do it, didn’t we?  The HITMAN Game of the Year edition is being released, and seeing as 73% of our output is based around Agent 47 we simply needed to talk about it.  It’s not just a release of the game episodes in one bundle, there are new levels, new costumes, new weapons, and new challenges.  It’s a fitting send off for the first season of the bald-man-sneaking-around-and-choking-peop...