The Codec Moments Podcast

Whenever a month ends we have to take stock of the preceding weeks and ask ourselves the question – which of you lovely people have finished the games you pledged to complete from your pile of shame?  It’s time to delve into the hat of joy and pick a winner from the October 2017 #CodecMomentum page, will it be you?  Tune in to find out that and more in the Codec Moments Podcast. In this podcast it...

It’s the 31st October 2017 so that means it’s Halloween, and we are obligated under all rules of recording and publishing to put out an appropriately themed episode.  That doesn’t mean we have to churn out the same piece of content each year though, no.  We definitely wouldn’t do that ;-)… but we would hit you with bad puns galore in the first couple of minutes.  You have been warned. In this spec...

It’s been a good couple of months for racing games.  Whatever your passion there’s probably been something released that you can get into the cockpit of: rallying, Formula 1, karting, track racing, supercars, hypercars, normal cars… it’s all been put out there to satisfy your need for speed (and there’s another one of those coming soon too).  To celebrate this cacophony of cars we chatted with Ali...

If you’re at a loose end on a weekend with young children to entertain, what do you do? Go to a specialist convention of course! The Codec Moments Podcast relocated to Doncaster for the Monster Comic Con on the 7th October, held at the local racecourse. There to sample the delights of merchandising, excellent cosplay, questionable food, and to find out just how easy it is to terrify a 3 year old w...

In dieser Episode des Codec Moments Podcasts ist es an der Zeit, sich mit der Neuen Ordnung zu beschäftigen und uns der Tatsache zu überlassen, dass wir wirklich die Art und Weise lieben, wie Machinegames und Bethesda die Wolfenstein-Spiele vermarktet haben.  Mit der Veröffentlichung von Wolfenstein II in nur wenigen Tagen werden Matt und Andy von Stuart Cullen begleitet, um über Werbung, Hype und...

Here at Codec Moments after our thoughts on the  new devices incoming from Amazon , we wanted to know who was the best between Alexa and Siri and decided to settle it the old fashioned way – duelling pistols at dawn.  Sadly, neither device has hands and is capable of working a flintlock pistol, and we didn’t have extension leads or WiFi signal in the middle of the woods, so we changed plans.  Inst...

Recently we all got hands on with the Battlefront II beta demo, getting the chance to sample the delights of the game that’s building above and beyond the  2015 incarnation .  It’s slick, fast paced, and faithful to the source material like no other film to game conversion we’ve had to date.  Is that enough though to sell Matt and Andy on picking the new version up? In this Codec Moments Podcast,...

Amazon hosted an event on the 27th September and surprised both the press and users with a raft of new hardware announcements for their Echo series of devices.  We’re big fans of the original Amazon Echo here at Codec Moments and the additional options and functionality got us talking about what we’d use them for, and whether we could buy into all of them. In this episode of the Codec Moments Podc...

It’s been several years in the making, but Matt has finally caved and gone all in for a steering wheel, pedals and seat setup to make the most of his passion for racing games… and that  Project CARS 2  proved to be really, really hard with a pad.  Weighing up the options and deciding on the Logitech G29 and Playseat Challenge it was time to take it to the track. In this podcast the Codec Moments t...

Did you take part in the last month’s  Codec Momentum ?  Have a listen to see if you got a shout out about your achievements.  Even if you didn’t join in the backlog clearing incentive scheme we run, have a listen anyway… it might help you decide to finish one of the games lurking on your pile of shame. In this, the inaugural Codec Moments Podcast, Matt and Andy run down: Why they ditched  The Cod...

It’s taken a while, but we actually got round to recording a new Codec Call… mainly because we were stuck in a traffic jam coming back from EGX 2017, and when you’ve a couple of hours stuck in a small metal box with nothing but your impressions of the show you’ve just spent 8 hours walking around, it’s pretty much the only sensible thing to do.  Having immersed ourselves in UK gaming culture for t...

Rebellion are one of the most underrated studios in the UK.  Aside from the excellent Sniper Elite series, they’ve been responsible for Aliens vs Predator, Ground Control and Battlezone.  They also own 2000 AD comics which means they are working on print, TV and film as well as games.  The independent studio always manages to deliver what gamers want – entertaining, challenging and fun experiences...

We’re big fans of the Wolfenstein reboot from a couple of years ago, as well as the standalone DLC that followed it up, so with no surprises whatsoever we’re getting excited about the next game coming in October this year.  During EGX 2017 we got the chance to tag along with Stuart Cullen and record his chat with Andreas Öjerfors, senior game designer at Machinegames, to find out what the intrepid...

At EGX 2017 we got hands on with the PC build of Project CARS 2, testing out the Nurburgring in some very quick racing cars.  Experiencing the new game from Slightly Mad Studios made us remember both the good and bad from the  first game , but equally gave us hope that despite a smaller development team, we’d be getting a more rounded racing sim this time out.  To find out more on what’s different...

We mentioned in the  last podcast  that there was an unused recording from December which we might pull some bits out of.  Well, in true  Plain Lazy  fashion, we’ve ripped big chunks and cobbled it together as if it was a brand new episode!  To at least give you some hope that we’re not fleecing your time with old, out of date rubbish, we got Stuart Cullen to come back and talk to us about  Scotch...

It’s been 3 months since we last put out a podcast, mainly due to insane amounts of work, then lack of work, and then technically not having anywhere to live… but we’re back!  It’s now the traditional time for the Codec Moments team to wax lyrical about the games that surprised and disappointed them over the previous year, and we try so hard not to talk about No Man’s Sky.  That’s not all either....

Next month sees the 20th anniversary of the release of the Original Tomb Raider and to celebrate, Matt and Andy are giving away a copy of the recently released  Rise of the Tomb Raider  on PS4!  See below for details. Not only that, but they have also gone back through the Codec Call archive to 1996, to find what is believed to be the first episode of what was then called out net distributed audio...

In September we headed to sunny Birmingham to take in the sights and sounds of the NEC… well, EGX 2016 at least.  Currently the premier games expo in the UK, EGX showcases some of the biggest upcoming games, new tech and indie publishers to anyone who buys a ticket and heads in.  It’s rather good.  Being vaguely prepared, we took mics and recording equipment so that we could capture our thoughts a...

The new  Codec Momentum  points system and  league table  have been a success, but we’re on the fence as to whether you can say the same about No Man’s Sky.  In this, the 25th episode of the Codec Call podcast, Matt, Andy and Graham talk about this and much more! In this episode we discuss: What games we’ve been playing Metal Gear Survive announcement PS4 Slim leaked Battlefield 1 open beta No Man...

We’ve finally done it, we’ve gotten round to updating  Codec Momentum  with a points system,  league table , ranks and personalised banners and avatars for Facebook and Twitter.  Our latest podcast gives you all the details you need, at length, and in great detail too… so don’t skip the 20 mins we spend explaining a very, very simple concept!  We also lost track of time and Matt ran out of recordi...

It’s time for another Codec Call, and in episode XXIII Andy and Matt are dealing with the aftermath of the world wide phenomenon that is Pokemon Go.  One is excited for if, the other really not interested, and they both deal with your questions about the mobile monster chasing game.  Might be worth following this link on  server stability  too if you want some details on why switching them on migh...

We’re not sad about E3 2016 ending, but a few weeks ago we made some  predictions  about E3 and what would be revealed and talked about – it’s now time for us to see if we managed to get anything right.  Were our wild speculations about Kojima, Star Wars and Sam Fisher correct?  Did we predict the reveal of Skyrim being remastered?  Did no one guess the bat-sh!t crazy intro to the Ubisoft conferen...

With this years major media expo about gaming that’s not GDC, Gamescom or TGS about to start (sorry, we have to remind the world that there are other events outside E3); we’ve had a think about what the key messages and themes from the major hardware and software producers will be.  Taking a pinch of what we have heard rumours about, adding a dollop of intelligent interpolation, and chucking in so...

What is going on with the Codec Call schedule?!  It’s only been a week since we posted the horrendously delayed “ lost episode ” and here comes episode XXI of the Codec Call podcast.  Have a listen and be sure to join our  Facebook group. In this episode: We’ve been playing  DIRT Rally ,  Ratchet & Clank ,  Hitman Sapienza , the Mirror’s Edge Catalyst beta,  Motorsport Manager (check out Prof & Br...

Some of you thought this day wouldn’t come, and quite frankly, neither did we at times – but here it is, the much delayed Codec Call Episode XX.  Because of the very slow nature of this podcast arriving, it’s a bumper episode recorded and edited over several weeks, with most of the discussion out of date and totally irrelevant now… don’t let that stop you from listening though, there’s tonnes to g...