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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

  1. FEB 26

    The Player 2 PixelCast 179

    Fun fact: while coffee itself is in fact a dehydrating, the amount of water added to your standard cut means that any diuretic effect is rendered basically meaningless. You’re still getting hydration from that sweet, sweet water. Sadly, the same doesn’t seem to apply to beer. Not that this is an episode about beer. Or coffee, sadly. Rather, this one is about that elixir of life itself: water. While getting baseline pretty water now seems pretty much to be a solved problem, that wasn’t always the case, and some examples of fluid simulation in games stand out as more impressive as others. So, grab a cut of nice, hydrating coffee and join Tim and Rob as they try to decide if anything is yet to surpass the heavy rain effect on that tanker opening to Metal Gear Solid 2. Games: Super Woden: Rally Edge, Silent Hill 2 Remake Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Broken Reflection by Chromatic Apparatus, Flavio Teles Cast Tim Henderson Rob Caporetto

    1h 2m

  2. FEB 12

    The Player 2 PixelCast 178

    Well, the year is underway and honestly, with January now behind us, it feels like a rollocking start. Best guess is it's because everyone wants to get the eff-train out of the way of the splash that Grand Theft Auto is going to make when it lands towards the end of the year, so now things are kind of a little bit in reverse. That did lead us to think, though: how might the gaming landscape look or be different if certain key titles throughout its short history were either plucked from existence, or simply failed to catch fire the way that they did? Tim is back in charge here, and he's managed to drag Hewso along for the ride. Hendo & Hewso it is then, like some crappy Murdoch FM radio show from the '90s, only with fewer airhorn sound effects and way less transphobia. And also more video games. Way more video games. Games: Disciples: Domination, Romeo is a Dead Man Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Freestyle Dojo by MkVaff Cast Matt Hewson Tim Henderson

    1h 8m

  3. JAN 29

    The Player 2 PixelCast 177

    Sometimes, sh*t happens. You go to turn on your PC, only to find that Microsoft borked a Windows 11 update so bad that it won't even boot up. You go to turn on your trusty RoG Ally, only to find that Microsoft borked a Windows 11 security update so bad that now it seems to view loading up games as the enemy. You go to record a podcast, only to... well, this one may not be entirely Microsoft's fault, but it would have been nice had the levels been more even and the uploading process less of a pain. Still, we're releasing what we have. And why wouldn't we? Hewso is in charge or shepherding the crew through what will surely, in time, turn out to be some truly stupid predictions about the future. Jump in! Games: Tainted Grail, Code Vein II, Star Wars Outlaws Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Cast Matthew Hewson Shaun Nicholls Stephen del Prado

    1h 26m

  4. JAN 15

    The Player 2 PixelCast 170

    Well, that didn't take long. We thought we could at least get into the first recording of January of a new year before the world leveled up being an absolute disaster, but here we are. Happy new year, we guess? At least the one that let us, while also a disaster in its own right, had some pretty good games released? Naturally, this being the first episode of the year, those present use this as a chance to look back at the games they most enjoyed in the previous year, 2025 in this case. The people in question would be Tim and Rob. Everybody else just hates videogames now. Which three games do our two hosts shout out?  Are they entirely predictable? To answer those questions, one may have to go and read out GotY posts. listen to a whole bunch of old episodes... or maybe just tune in to this one? Yeah, that works, too. Games: Earthion, Metroid Prime 4, Saints Row 4 Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Zanarkand String Quartet by GrayFox1217 Cast Rob Caporetto Tim Henderson

    55 min

  5. 12/18/2025

    The Player 2 PixelCast 175 – Sadistic Santa Rides Again

    While the world runs round with Christmas Cheer Player2’s writers cower in fear. For these brave souls, there’s no joy in the festive season And those feelings they have, well, they have good reason They have been beaten, broken, scarred before And still they are asked to dig in once more You see, to them Christmas means just one thing A gift to review that only one man could bring This creature goes by many, many names  And he takes pleasure in s****y s****y games So sit back, relax and enjoy this new cast As our crew of writers would rather be glassed Because they are stuck with the worst of the worst to play Sadistic Santa is here to make sure he has ruined their day.  That’s right, folks, it is time once again to join the crew for their annual descent into the shittiest games on offer. Join us for the Christmas fun as Matt plays the role of Santa and brings Jess, Jenn, Shaun, Jason and Stephen along for some of the cheapest and most excruciating titles in Steam’s catalogue. While we have you, have a very merry Christmas and some well-deserved time to take care of yourself. We will catch you in the new year for more episodes of The Player 2 PixelCast. Cast Matt Hewson Jess Zammit Stephen del Prado Jenn Christodoulou Shaun Nicholls Jason Hawkins

    43 min

  6. 12/04/2025

    The Player 2 PixelCast 174

    Bells are ringing, snow is… definitely not falling, and something is in the air. It may be magic; it may also be cannabis. Honestly, who can say? In any case, there is no need to get high just yet, though, as Santa’s evil twin is still a couple of weeks away from terrorizing the Player 2 offices* and today instead is about recalling video game gifts that we got and actually appreciated. Mostly this means games that were actually at least pretty good, but we were very young for some of them so who can say for absolute certain? This one is headed by Tim, in what he sincerely hopes will be his last cast of the year seeing as he knows what is coming. He’s also joined by the likes of Rob, Shaun and special guest Nathan Cocks (who Tim accidently calls Hewso at least once, but we can blame that on his Tropoco-evoking social media handle) for this chat about games old and new. Or new and old. The order gets shaken up a bit. Games: Sektori, Strange Jigsaws, UNSIGHTED Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Destined for Greatness by Geoffrey Taucer, prophetik music Cast Rob Caporetto Tim Henderson Shaun Nicholls Nathan Cocks

    1h 14m

  7. 11/20/2025

    The Player 2 PixelCast 173

    A nagging voice on my shoulder says that we may have said a thing or two on this episode that been proven to be extremely dumb since recording. What, exactly? Well, we could tell you but either, a.) we want to create suspense to make you listen to the show, or b.) with travel commitments complicating our usual schedule, this one was recorded over a fortnight ago now and we honestly can’t remember exactly. In any case, you can expect Hewso to wrangle the likes of Rob, Shaun and Tim through the waters and behind the convenient pieces of cover that make up this look at all of the action games that we got a decade or more ago. What the heck happened to all of those? Games: Death by Scrolling, Deep Rock Galactis: Survivors, Posessor(s) Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: probably something that I should look up again… Cast Rob Caporetto Tim Henderson Shaun Nicholls Matt Hewson

    1h 3m

  8. 11/06/2025

    The Player 2 PixelCast 172

    Back to the regular format! PAX is done, but the events certainly aren’t over for the year, and so for this particular episode we’ve decided to whip out our crystal balls and peer just a little bit into the future by trying to guess at now exactly the ultimate game of the year, so much as the short list that will inevitably be coming out of The Game Awards soon. It proved to be a pretty fun exercise, one where we occasionally had to put our own preferences aside and instead try and get into the headspace of the kind of voting that is going to go on here. We ended up with at least three titles we felt good about, but filling out the final list did get a little wobblier. The people in question talking about this nonsense? That’d be Tim back in charge, with Rob and Shaun providing support. Oh, and they have of course been playing games, too. Recent games, even. Well, except for Tim, who is using new hardware to turn the clock back to 2023. What a doofus. Games: Wreckreation, Battlefield 6, Alan Wake 2 Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc Break Music: Pachebel’s Ganon by djpretzel Cast Rob Caporetto Tim Henderson Shaun Nicholls

    1h 17m
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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 - 2026
  • Episodes
    130
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