Video Game Reviews, Articles
*SPOILERS* A beleaguered trio of Mass Effect fans bare their souls about Bioware’s troubled successor to the Mass Effect trilogy as Paco, Alan and Lee talk over the ups and downs of a game on the wrong side of internet…
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Mass Effect Andromeda has finally arrived and the only opinions on it that matter are available to put in your ears! Okay, maybe not the ONLY opinions but Bioware’s sci-fi RPG successor is out in the world and enduring a…
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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Break out the kevlar armour, buckle up your trusty utility belt and set the Batmobile to ‘intimidate’ as Paco, Lee and guest Tommy Vass from Raptors in the Kitchen take to the crime-ridden streets of Gotham City and…
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*Some audio issues* FINALLY! The podcast episode 3 weeks in the making! We brave recording difficulties, sound issues and posting problems to give you the finest Mass Effect appreciation podcast made in Scotland containing three men called Alan, Paco &…
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Paco’s epic re-telling of the Metal Gear Solid (1998) story. Part two. With, y’know, spoilers.
Paco unleashes his passion for the Metal Gear Solid franchise in the first of a series of episodes where he attempts to educate Lee on the finer points of MGS lore and persuade him that the later ridiculousness in the…
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For your aural pleasure, dear listener, we present our favourite IPs we’d like Telltale Games to create story adventures of – with a little help from internet contributors. We also discuss PS VR, Resident Evil VII, Mass Effect Andromeda’s latest…
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This little segment started off life as part of a larger episode. An episode so large in fact, that we had to start hacking it up and knocking it out like some sort of seedy underworld enterprise. As it stands,…
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We welcome @VassDestruction AKA Tommy Vass from Glasgow movie podcast, Raptors in the Kitchen, on to our first show of 2017 where we pour over video game blockbuster adaptation, Assassin’s Creed. We share our views on the film and discuss…
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**SOUND ISSUES** Paco takes the big seat for our last show of 2016, hosting and editing a thoughtful meditation on the current state of Destiny with members of the Old ‘N’ Rubbish gaming clan. What’s good, what’s bad, what’s hoped…
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*SOME MINOR AUDIO ISSUES* This week we eschew video games in favour of another medium – board games! Game designer, Lucy Keifer, joins Lee to talk about her successfully Kickstarter-ed co-operative game, Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty’s Web. Lucy discusses the…
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A topic-less ramble ensues when Jon from US podcast Moderately Informed joins Lee to talk about the glut of shooters in 2016. As a fair weather FPS fan, Lee tries to discover what appeals to Jon about the genre enough…
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This episode we invite Youtuber and retro gamer Johnathan Burden (@TheAffroShow) into the Closet fold as we count down some of our favourite video game scores/soundtracks, as well as trying to define the magical relationship between games and music. From…
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***FULL SPOILERS!*** If (and that’s a man-sized ‘if’!) we haven’t previously spoiled the epic story of CD Projekt Red’s excellent high fantasy RPG, steer clear of this episode until you’ve finished the game at least once! If we’ve already spoiled…
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Paco, Alan and Lee elaborate on their filthy gaming fixes of the last seven days (or so) including CoD: Infinite Warfare, Telltale’s Batman, Gears of Four and Rise of the Tomb Raider. We also discover that we’re not the only…
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