The Game Under Podcast

Tom and Phil are back with final scores for The Witcher III: Hearts of Stone, The Graveyard and Sunset.  We also give first impressions of the recently released Darksiders II: The Deathfinitive Edition and some ongoing commentary on Fallout 4. First impressions of the Retron 5 as well as some news and Trademark Banter. Thanks for listening.

2:52: The Sand Table’s Irrelevance of Game Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4Utjypxlg&list=PLxP2lws1RkuUwMm1XFHEMrN_Rin7O_eiZ&index=3 Anything said by anyone working at Naughty Dog is carefully composed enough that it is ultimately meaningless, so one cannot draw any real inclusions from such statements: an artist primary and only motivation in their public discourse is to promote their ow...

This week we give first impressions of Fallout 4, Witcher 3: The Heart of Stone and Lisa, (another auteur indie game). We give our highpoints of the latest Nintendo Direct, an also talk about an Australian company that is already using VR combined with lasertag as pubic entertainment. We quickly resolve which is the better console (Retron 5 vs. XBOne).

Tom Towers and Phil Fogg give final thoughts and scores for MGSV, Life is Strange, and The Beginner's Guide. Fogg goes alone to score Undertale. Plenty of discussion about themes in games and also a conversation about the status of XB1.

Undertale, MGS5 Online, Driver: San Francisco, Shovel Knight: Plague Knight and So much more.

Tom Towers checks in on Metal Gear Solid 5, both hosts examine Blues and Bullets for PC and then a spoiler free discussion between the hosts about the first four episodes of Life is Strange. A gloriously spoiler-full segment is at the end of the podcast, which is abundantly flagged.

This show, Phil and Tom talk abuot Ernest Cline's new book Armada, Rocket League, Splatoon (final scores), Amnesia: Memories, Return to Obra Din, The Westport Independant and Mike Bithell's new game Volume.

Tim Keenan's candid insights, coloured by his days at Disney, Rainbow Studios and his prior indie development, are a rare glimpse into the pain and passion involved in releasing a game that aims to be a commercial and critical success without compromise or dilution.

Introduction 0:00:25 Lack of Sponsors, No Body's Goin' Break Our Stride Trademark Banter Interruptus 0:01:47 Towers Miserably Ill and Hosts Recount Fever Dreams First Impressions 0:03:44 Tom talks about Fairy Fencer F 0:04:20 Tom Trolls Our Loyal Listeners 0:05:08 A Discussion of Fencing, Sword Play, Drilling Holes etc... 0:07:00 Discussion of Effuu Effuu and Final Fantasy 0:08:39 Back to FFF 0:19...

Games in today's show: Her Story, Life is Strange Ep. 4, Duskers, Rocket League, Splatoon, Drive Club, The Witcher 3 (patch news), Mario Kart 8, Uncharted 3 and more.  

Tom and Phil talk Rocket League, And Yager, and Splatoon, MGS: Ground Zeros, Bayonetta 2, and a bunch of other stuff.

Tom and Phil Go over E3, Witcher 3, Splatoon, VR and so much more.  

Witcher 3, Splatoon and some off the beaten path news in this short show.

Witcher 3, Splatoon and Life is Strange, along with special guest from Ireland.  

Warning: No Phil Fogg in this show, instead you get your overdose of Commenwealth county citizens with the return of Aarny as co-host to the indefatigable Tom Towers. The gents discuss PC GTAV, Broken Sword and Dragon Souls 2. Shockingly they make no reference to the N64 in this, our 64th episode, breaking podcast canon. Thanks for Listening.

Introduction 00:00:16 Hello. Trademark Banter 0:01:54 It's called "Trademark" for a reason 0:02:55 Gaming Magazines Update - Hyper's Quarterly Review, GamersTM, EDGE and Game Informer 0:09:19 Features in Games Writing 0:10:59 Modern Criticism 0:13:03 The Problem with Australians 0:14:04 Soccertalk 0:15:10 Australia Gets Netflix 0:16:33 Back to Film Criticism 0:19:27 Games Writing on the Internet -...

Tom and Phil provide epic Trademark Banter, Bayonetta, Dangan Ronpa 2 and Costume Quest.

Half an hour of Trademark Banter, then Hard Reset, Shadow Warrior, Hyperdimension, Child of Light, Broken Swrod 5 and a whole lot more.  

Return of the Big Show, Tom and Phil reveal their GOTY 2014 selections, including many other categories as well.

Intro 0:00:26 Phil and Tom come out of hibernation. Trademark Banter 0:01:23 Parental Warning Occurs Here. 0:02:09 Maniac Mansion Talk 0:02:26 Grim Fandango Discussion 0:03:21 Floppies 0:05:12 Tom Duel Weilds Current Gen Consoles 0:23:01 Phil Has No Games for his PS4. 0:23:24 Hyper Magazine is DEAD 0:31:30 Gaming Magazine Scene Hardware Review 0:06:02 PS4 Controller Hardware Review Trademark Bante...

Hey, after fighting off heat, soccer and technical problems (Windows 10 we're looking at you), we are back to talk about Back to Bed, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 and Sir, You Are Being Hunted.

This week we present one of our early shows that you likely have not heard. Tom and Phil used to host a different podcast, this is one of our shows from February 2012. As you can tell not much has changed, but a distinctive part of that podcast was keeping in our breaks and end of show comments. In this episode we talk about Final Fantasy 7 (PS1), Shadow Hearts (PS2), Game Dev Story (Mobile), Half...

This show we both give our final impressions and score Ubisoft's Valiant Hearts.  We also drop the hammer on Asura's Wrath and Fable III.

We talk The Vanishing of Ethan Carter  and Valiant Hearts this week as well as our final summation of Shovel Knight, some Halo chatter and all the usual rubbish.

This week we talk about everything. And I mean everything. It's nothing but Trademark Banter for the entire Big Show. We're basically game-a-pedia over here (I mean under here).