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Player 2's Podcasts

The Player2.net.au crew get together to talk all things news, games and hot topics in the Australian gaming landscape

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    The Player 2 PixelCast 148

    Ever set yourself up for a BBQ only to realise that your meat isn't really all that well seasoned and... wait... I'm being told that this is, in fact, not what this episode. No, this one is about that time I was led to believe that Grand Theft Auto 3 was a revolutionary gaming experience in a truly immersive world when what it actually delivered was garbage combat that made the already uninteresting missions worse, as well as an open world that may have just been built out of cardboard boxes filled with trigger-reactive events that made no sense and a story with the odd moment of overt sexism. The only thing that could have made it much worse was that remote-control helicopter mission from Vice City. What an absolute turd of a game. Ahem. Anyway. This episode of the PixelCast is kind of like a second half of a Hewso two-parter. Whereas last time we looked at games we liked in spite of a less-than-enthusiastic reception, this time things got flipped. This one is about popular shit that we actively loathe. Games: Xenotilt, Two Point Museum, Ascending Inferno Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Guile's Theme Goes with Metal by Shinray Cast Matthew Hewson Rob Caporetto Shaun Nicholls

    46 min

  2. 21 NOV

    The Player 2 PixelCast 147

    Ever liked a game that the whole rest of the world just seemed to turn its back on? Well, not to worry – we’ve got your back. Well, unless the game was Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine. That game just plain sucks. But in all seriousness, this episode is about celebrating the games that we loved despite not having managed to uphold the greatest reputation in the wider world. Hewso is in charge of this one, possibly entirely because of a desire to defend the (PC release of) the Saint’s Row reboot. He’s not alone, though – Jess and Renee are along for the road, as is Tim. And, heaven knows, that guy’s taste may be completely in line with what everyone else thinks is good in some alternate timeline somewhere out there… Games: I Am Future, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Shadow Hunter by Error 47 Cast Matthew Hewson Tim Henderson Renee O’flynn Jess Zammit

    1h 40m

  3. 7 NOV

    The Player 2 PixelCast 146

    With PAX Australia now firmly in the rearview mirror for 2024, we thought that we might take a moment to consider what it is that actually keeps on drawing us to conventions, year in, year out. Both our panel members and the conventions themselves have changed somewhat notably over the years, and we are painfully aware that it’s not the ’90s any longer. As perhaps the only Player 2 regular to have never actually attended PAX, it makes perfect (or no) sense that Tim has been put in charge of this one. Thankfully, Steve and Rob were both there earlier this year and are on board to keep the whole thing on track. Games: Mechwarrior 5: Clans, Sonic x Shadow Generations, 1000xResist Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: The Sound of Speed by OceansAndrew, Scaredsim Cast Rob Caporetto Tim Henderson Stephen del Prado

    1h 4m

  4. 24 OCT

    The Player 2 PixelCast 145

    For some reason, Hewso thought it might be a good idea to invite a bunch of freaks and weirdos into his hotel room while PAX was going on in Melbourne. Fine choice of city; questionable choice of behaviour. In any case, this is an unusual episode in the sense that it doesn’t follow the exact format of 90% of our shows, but it’s also usual in the sense that Matt basically always does something like this around this time of the year. The only real difference is that there wasn’t anywhere on the show floor itself to do it this year. Is that meaningful? You tell me. You’re not the one paying for any holes in Matt’s wall… Games: ** Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: **Walk on Water by Housethegrate Cast Matt Hewson Jess Zammit Stephen del Prado

    1 hr

  5. 10 OCT

    The Player 2 PixelCast 144

    With the way things are going in the world, getting stuck on a deserted tropical island or some unmapped alpine mountain my almost seem desirable. It’d probably hurt your gaming a bit, though. That said, imagination can be a fun thing to flex, and so we set some rules to discuss our desert island top 5 titles. This proved to be a pretty fun experiment, as the crossover between our absolutely most treasured games and those we would keep access to turned out to be pretty thin. We put Shaun in charge of this one with Tim sitting in reserve. Oh, and Hewso’s back! Dude was just off travelling around Greece and Istanbul while the rest of us sat at home and slaved dai in, day out over our keyboards. Bastard. Games: GoW: Ragnarök (PC), Neo: The World Ends with You, DBZ: Sparking! ZERO Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Full Mast by Preenus Cast Tim Henderson Shaun Nicholls Matt Hewson

    57 min

  6. 26 SEPT

    The Player 2 PixelCast 143

    Who knows, by the time this is published and you're listening to it everything that there could possibly be to know about what we'll simply call the 'Switch 2' may have been leaked and everyone has already moved on to Microsoft officially announcing some kind of XBox handheld or branded partnership with other handheld gaming PCs. It's hard to keep pace with the speed of console news right now. Which is why, perhaps, Tim, Rob and Shaun foolishly decided to try and look into the next decade instead. What will the PS6 (which has already been in the news before the dust even settled over the PS5 Pro sticker-shock) be like? Will XBox continue as we know it? What gaming trends will survive, die, and emerge? Honestly, we don't know, but it is kind of fun to guess sometimes. Games: Star Wars: Outlaws, Dead Rising: DR, UFO 50 Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Distorted Forest by Rockos Cast Tim Henderson Shaun Nicholls Rob Caporetto

    1h 38m

  7. 12 SEPT

    The Player 2 PixelCast 142

    Big fish, little fish, cardboard box! Big fish, little fish, cardboard box! Ahem. Sorry. To strain this into a truly tortured metaphor, some games are big, some are little, and for a sizable part of the 90s they mostly came in cardboard boxes. Nintendo didn't give that shit up until the Gamecube. Anyway, with the world going (rightly) nuts over Astro Bot, an apparently smaller game that has become a GotY frontrunner, we thought it might be a good time to look at the industry's weird obsession with the epic, overstuffed adventure and compare the pros and cons of huge games and more contained ones. Rob's in charge, so you can blame all the times the topic wanders down a side street on him. You shouldn't blame Renee. And you certainly shouldn't blame Tim. No, absolutely not. Not at all. Games: Farewell North, Astro Bot, Wild Bastards Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Celestial Winds from the East by MkVaff Cast Rob Caporetto Tim Henderson Renee O'flynn

    1h 12m

  8. 29 AUG

    The Player 2 PixelCast 141

    Nein, Geoffory! Nein, nein, nein! We don’t need any more of these stage shows! Yes, your dress sneakers are lovely (and, I hope, comfortable), but it’s just been a couple of months since we last did this and we don’t always need multiple drinks after dessert. Nonetheless, the Keighly opening light extravaganza of trailers and flashing lights has successfully invaded Cologne, Germany, and with it a whole new swag-sack of announcements to unpack. Or, rather, something like a modest lunchbox, but it still got stretched out a lot. This may all sound overtly negative, but Tim, Matt and Rob did all find some things of interest to talk about and look forward too. Well, Matt and Rob did, at least. Tim was in full cranky-boy mode. Probably because he had put down FF7: Rebirth for a couple of hours to play some superhero thing instead. Games: Age of Mythology: Retold, Castaway, Spiderman 2 Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Baba Yetu (piano) by Modest One   Cast Matt Hewson Tim Henderson Rob Caporetto

    1h 19m
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The Player2.net.au crew get together to talk all things news, games and hot topics in the Australian gaming landscape

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    Player2.net.au
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2024
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