The Codec Moments Podcast

It’s that time of the month again… or rather it’s not because we’ve actually managed to record a mid-month podcast with the power of science!  Well, the power of phones, mini amps, mic, audio recorders and podcast editing patience. In this episode Matt and Andy talk about: What people said after the last podcast about VR Morse code messages! Games  they’ve managed to spend some time with Firewatch...

This month’s podcast is shorter than the  last  (thankfully!), but still packed with content.  Andy and Matt discuss: Your feedback – that’s right, people actually listen and let us know what they think Games from the last month, including Alto’s Adventure, an addictive alpine alpaca chase that’s available on iOS and  is coming to Android for free on February 11th .  Yay!  We also spend far too lo...

Happy New Year!  We hope that 2015 was kind to you and that 2016 will be your best year yet.  Matt and Andy got together on New Year’s Eve to discuss the games that surprised and disappointed them in 2015 and to record the latest episode of the Codec Call podcast; it was a jam-packed, bumper-filled edition that went on almost twice as long as the usual ones, so we thought we’d be kind to your ears...

Happy New Year!  We hope that 2015 was kind to you and that 2016 will be your best year yet.  Matt and Andy got together on New Year’s Eve for some couch co-op and to record the latest episode of the Codec Call podcast; it was a jam-packed, bumper-filled edition that went on almost twice as long as the usual ones, so we thought we’d be kind to your ears and split it into two episodes.  In part 1 w...

  Another month flies past and we’ve got our act together and made our Codec Call podcast in a timely fashion… must be Christmas!  This month we’re going to natter at you about: Call of Duty: Black Ops III Star Wars: Battlefront Fallout 4 The secrets behind the  Black Ops III loading screens  (spoiler-free!) Dying Light  season pass price increase #CodecMomentum update and we’ve a Christmassy them...

It’s time for another Codec Call and in Episode XV Andy and Matt talk about: What they thought about the end of  Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain  (relatively spoiler-free), The Phantom Menace and  Sith Master Jar Jar Binks , Spending  $30,000 on a game , The latest in  vape-rware  (you’ll get how bad that pun is when you listen), A bunch of reviews ( WRC 5 ,  Mad Max ,  Dishonored Definitive...

In episode XIV of the Codec Call podcast: Andy is mostly phoning it in whilst he plays his September #CodecMomentum game, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, which he’s left until the eleventh hour… Professor Kelvin Harris and Brian review  Big Pharma  from Twice Circled Games (a solid 7/10 from them) Andy gives a quick update on September’s  #CodecMomentum Peter Daish talks about his game (that we r...

In this episode of the Codec Call, Andy and Matt: Discuss a  disk drive orchestra , the perils of Windows 10 and  My Roommate Sonic … Announce the winner of our Metal Gear Solid shot glasses competition Provide the final update for August’s  #CodecMomentum and talk about their first impressions of MGS V.

In this episode of the Codec Call, Andy: talks all things MGS V with Tech Fixation’s Dexter Jaekel gets excited about cute puppies(?!) chats gaming collectibles with Stuart Cullen from  Console Ninjas listens live as a 200,000 gamerscore is broken and let’s us all know what’s happening with August’s  #CodecMomentum

In this episode of Cost of a Coffee, the Prof and Brian have been playing CollectOrb, the brain child of Peter Daish that first appeared on the PlayStation Vita in May as part of the now defunct PlayStation Mobile programme.  Now DaishGames have ported the title to Android and Amazon’s Fire HD, meaning many more people can experience the shear frustration of rolling a ball around a maze in the dar...

In the latest episode of Cost of a Coffee, Professor Kelvin Harris and his Lab Assistant Brian are taking a good, hard look at Rovio’s Angry Birds 2, which is available now for free on Android and iOS now.

In this episode Andy talks about Dinklebot, the formation of Alphabet by the creators of Google and he is joined by  Connor  from  JoypadAndMe.com  to talk about his efforts in the Year of Shame Challenge 3.  The Prof talks to  Peter Malamud Smith  about a huge free update to the enchanting mobile game, Satellina.

It’s August.  The sun’s out (mostly).  Games are thin on the ground.  Not much to talk about then?  We can still find something!  In this edition of The Codec Call, Andy and Matt discuss the what they’ve been playing; take a look at some bizarre news stories; have a quiz; set a challenge to all the listeners; and talk lots of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

We love Hitman… nothing more, nothing less than that.  Some of the best moments of our gaming years have been spent plotting and executing the perfect assassination in IO Interactive’s murder simulator.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  We spent a lot of time plotting then cocking it up as we misread a guard pattern, or forgot to pack silenced weapons.  However a mission went though, we were alway...

In this episode of Cost of a Coffee, the Prof and Brian are over the moon for Satellina!

In this week’s Cost of a Coffee, Professor Kelvin Harris and Brian talk to the Simon Byron, the creator of Bang Man and David Chenell, one half of Enormous who developed Powder Alpine Simulator.

2014 was a strange year for gaming – there weren’t many highs, or too many lows, maybe because in the first full year of the life of our new console generation there weren’t actually that many new games.  Until November at least.  How do you sum up what you liked and disliked through the year?  We thought we’d do something a bit different to review our picks of 2014, we’ve gone for what surprised...

On this week’s Cost of a Coffee, the Prof and Brian get all festive and play a restaurant management simulation…

The Prof and Brian have been away for a while, but today marks their triumphant return for the second series of Cost of a Coffee.  Before we let them get away with the bags of cash they are demanding as an appearance fee theses days, we’re making them take a dog run… RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

This week the Prof and Brian are getting to grips with pole and laying down rubber with the racing team sim, Motorsport Manager from Christian West on iOS.

This week’s Cost of a Coffee see’s the Professor and Brian breaking the surly bonds of Earth and heading… Out There… with an espresso machine in space!

The Prof and Brian are back from an isolation experiment to review 80 Days, where steam (punk) trains and camels are both viable transport choices

In this Cost of a Coffee special, the Prof and Brian are inspired by an ape uprising to discuss updates to games we’ve reviewed or admired from afar.

It’s time for another Codec Call, and this one features a very special guest joining us to talk about the role of the voice actor within the games industry, and how it is changing with advances and demands of technology. Our guest this week is one of the most prolific voice actors working today, with credits on animated series including The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Johnny Quest and Johnny Bravo, T...

This week Professor Kelvin Harris and his lab technician Brian, dive head first into fast flowing water to review  Rafting Bears  on Android and iOS