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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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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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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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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*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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Hour 3 of Paco’s grand retelling of the PS2 game story picks up where we left off last time: with the introduction of the members of Dead Cell. As we push past the veneer of military thriller normality that Kojima’s…
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Our resident Destiny experts, Paco and Alan, discuss their time with Bungie’s limited beta version of the yet to be released MMORPG. The two talk our resident Destiny hater, Lee, through the campaign content and PvP sections, elaborating on gameplay,…
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Paco continues to flesh out the story of the second game in the MGS series, revealing more of the behind-the-scenes decisions and influences that shaped it in the process. Picking up after the events of the PS2 game’s tanker prologue,…
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*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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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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**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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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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