Video Game Reviews, Articles
It has been said that all good things must come to an end, and I guess that applies to things that really could have been done in half the time if we hadn’t waffled on quite as much as well…
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In our quest to find an honest to goodness legitimate ‘good’ video game adaptation film, the boys set the Alicia Vikander-led 2018 reboot of Tomb Raider firmly in their sights and ask the obvious question: has Hollywood succeeded in establishing…
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Our second review episode of the year lands courtesy of Warm Lamp Games and Alawar, with Alan SuperDiscoBacon Kerr braving a post-apocalyptic (okay, MORE post-apocalyptic!) Glasgow to talk over his time as a morally bankrupt landlord in stressful management sim,…
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As our epic walkthrough draws to a close, we discuss the real, REAL meaning of MGS2 (other than suppression of information), Otacon’s sordid family life, why the internal areas of Arsenal Gear are named after whale anatomy, what a night…
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In a spoiler-free in-depth review, Alan ‘SuperDiscoBacon’ Kerr talks over his time with mystery exploration game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter by The Astronauts.
As we hurtle towards the conclusion of our frankly epic deep dive on Hideo Kojima’s PS2 masterpiece, the true story of Metal Gear Solid 2 is revealed in our penultimate episode. Lurking just under the surface of the glossy military…
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The second part of our Episode VIII deep dive continues with full spoilers – turn back all ye who have not watched the film yet! We continue our dissection of the Last Jedi story, focusing on the two central master/apprentice…
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We leave the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the gaming world behind for a brief (!) interlude and fix our geeky gaze on one of our other passions: cinema. With the world and it’s mother embroiled in…
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After an extended absence, the Closet crew return to discuss what games have been preoccupying their time. Alan gives us the low down on the ongoing shambles that is Battlefront II and his new Xbox One X, Paco comes clean…
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Paco, Alan and Lee return to the videogaming fray after a long absence with a back-to-basics ‘what we’ve been playing’ episode. No sound FX, no clever editing, just some good old fashioned gushing over games. We also talk some Nintendo…
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This episode will be published in 2018 but was actually recorded in 2017, so, to clear up any confusion, there will be a lot of out of date news stuff as well as Alan’s thought on the then just released…
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The Metal Gear crazy train continues off the rails at speed as we enter hour 5 of our increasingly rambling retelling of the PS2 classic storyline. In this episode, the leader of the terrorists who seized Big Shell is finally…
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As the year of our Lord 2017 wanes, Paco, Alan and Lee ask what gaming offerings remain in their immediate futures. We also catch up with Destiny 2 progress as it enters it’s fourth week, pour over some news items,…
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Podcast Destiny experts Paco and Alan are finally unleashed on the full retail version of Bungie’s sequel to their flawed but popular MMORPG. Is this the game that fans were promised 3 years ago? Have the problems from the first…
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*SOME AUDIO ISSUES* Our Kojima video game odyssey continues as we delve deep into PS2 classic Sons of Liberty. This episode, Metal Gear authority Paco Rodriguez tells us how Raiden and Snake were inspired by King Kong and Godzilla, what…
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