The Cardboard Box Podcast

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A flimsy material to build a fort out of, but a great toy for your cat; The Cardboard Box Podcast brings you video game histories, reviews and general tomfoolery.

  1. 9. Boxcast - American ICO: the original A.I. slop

    FEB 25

    9. Boxcast - American ICO: the original A.I. slop

    Hey baby. Pour yourself a nice glass of Alpaca Sauvignon Blanc and pull your chair up to the headphones resting on your IKEA desk unit. It's video games o' clock, and you have nowhere to be on this stormy Wednesday night. Relax, get your slippies on and fall into a dream world of unironic nerd guff. For those who don't like surprises, we talk about the future of Xbox and the closure of Bluepoint games. We also talk about all those badass videogames what we been playing. A comprehensive roadmap sits below. Check it out, if you dare. Resident Evil 4 [Remake] (1:27)Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles (11:04)Battlefield 6 (17:38)ICO (24:42)Deltarune (31:40)Control (38:43)Return to Monkey Island (47:00)Neva (53:47)Mafia: Definitive Edition (1:02:18)2025 Steam Round-up (1:15:00)

    1h 47m
  2. 8. Boxcast - Attack of the Hyperbolics

    JAN 28

    8. Boxcast - Attack of the Hyperbolics

    Happy new year Gents (and ladies, maybe?! One lady even? Not sure what our demographic is, but fair to say it skews in one direction!) It's 2026, and you know what that means! We are ranking our top 5 games of 2025 (that is, games WE played in 2025. Tetris might find it's way in here, that's the kind of cutting edge commentary you've all come to expect here.) So sit back and listen to 15 solid recommendations that you can enjoy with a nice white wine! Then chase that down with our 3 worst games of the year. We also chat a bit about the game awards and what we're currently playing. My GOD it's hard to get us to shut up. If you want to skip our stupid in-jokes, here are the games we talked about this month: 1000 x Resist (7:12)Mafia: The Old Country (16:25)Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (26:44)Cult of the Lamb (35:50)Katana ZERO (40:50)Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (46:48)And for those that want to jump straight to our Top 15 games of the year, you can find that at 1:06:42

    2h 9m
  3. 7. Boxcast - "I hope no one reads my diary" - King Koopa

    12/04/2025

    7. Boxcast - "I hope no one reads my diary" - King Koopa

    This week, we did a little Game Awards predicting, in a year when it seems fairly damn obvious what's going to win pretty much everything. (Sure hope we don't eat those words when Donkey Kong Bananza cleans up...) Also, this marks the debut of Steve's crazy corner, trademark pending/pender. Theme music is the character select screen from Streets of Rage, but because of copyright issues, we ask you simply play that in your head at the appropriate time. For thise that want to get into the juicy game review section, here's what we were talking about this week: Silent Hill 2 (52:19)Chronos: The New Dawn (1:00:07)Final Fantasy III (1:04:40)Final Fantasy XI (1:09:30)Keeper (1:15:00)Onimusha 2: Samura's Destiny (1:20:47)God of War [2005] (1:26:22)Battlefield 6 (1:33:55)Paper Mario (1:40:40)

    1h 54m
  4. 6. Boxcast - Forsaken Sax Solo of Despair

    10/24/2025

    6. Boxcast - Forsaken Sax Solo of Despair

    Guns, death and panties. The lesser-known prequel of Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll. We nattered on about the adventures of Hideo Kojima, which was playfully nuts, and the Xbox price hikes, which are just depressingly nuts. Might be the kind of stuff you've heard before, but we do it all on the back of a donkey in order to stand out from the crowd! Games we talked about this month: Silksong (1:30)God of War [2018] (10:57)Sword of the Sea (20:14)Battlefield 6 (28:25)Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (43:49)Beyond Good and Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition (51:44)Silent Hill 2 [2024]

    1h 37m
  5. 5. Boxcast - Moral ramifications of a human bicycle

    09/24/2025

    5. Boxcast - Moral ramifications of a human bicycle

    There we are now. A lovely little podcast to go along with that grand stretch in the evening. In case you didn't know, we're all Irish. We talk a little bit about the most recent Nintendo Direct and it's hilarious Virtual Boy revival. Oh, and what has that scamp Randy Pitchford has been up to? (hint, he's taking the ball and going home). And finally, some tragic news regarding the Louvre. Join us, won't you? Games we talked about this month: Hurdling (1:15)The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (5:40)Wheel World (10:33)Armored Core 1-3 (16:24)Silksong (24:01)The Medium (40:10)Dino Crisis (50:52)

    1h 16m
  6. 4. Boxcast - A Voice Actor for Frogs

    09/02/2025

    4. Boxcast - A Voice Actor for Frogs

    Don't you dare read this description and not recommend us to your entire extended family! We do this because we care, dammit! Since our last check-in, Gamescom has happened and one member of our pod essentially proposed to Silksong, when the release date was finally revealed. The Battlefield 6 beta teases us with the possibility of making war fun again, and there were camels on the loose at a convention in Florida. All this and more, on the Cardboard Box Item! Games we talked about this month: Celeste (1:15)Astro Bot (9:07)Star Wars Outlaws (19:10)Moss (28:40)Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (35:15)Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest / Under the Waves (41:22)Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle (49:08)Golden Sun (56:13)Sleeping Dogs (1:03:15)Chocobo Collection (1:10:37)

    1h 50m
  7. 3. Boxcast - The Gold Star system

    07/21/2025

    3. Boxcast - The Gold Star system

    It's a super serious episode, talking about super serious things. Plus a laugh track, provided by our giddy hosts, which we apologise for, but it's our nature. There's nothing funny about the layoffs experienced at Microsoft, or the bricking of Switch 2's by Nintendo. That said, we also talk about the progress being made by the Stop Killing Games movement, and the Final Fantasy IX 25th anniversary. In terms of games, in this months episode, we talked about: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1:30)The Alters (8:00)Jusant (15:15)American Hero (22:28)Brutal Legend (27:23)Olija (34:13)Dusk (42:15)Neva (52:45)Final Fantasy II (59:15)We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie (1:06:41)

    1h 42m
  8. 2. Boxcast - The Art of the Dramatic Pause

    07/01/2025

    2. Boxcast - The Art of the Dramatic Pause

    We talked about some videogames we played and then we VENTED about the absolute state of summer of game fest. Still, one or two things to look forward to. This podcast in your ears, for one! In this months episode, we talked about: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (1:17) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (6:36) PUBG (15:09) Final Fantasy (20:38) Doom: The Dark Ages (27:15) ANATOMY (36:14) Suite 776 (39:25) In news, we simply discussed the games announced during the Sony State of Play, the Xbox gaming showcase and Summer of Gamesfest.

    1h 27m
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A flimsy material to build a fort out of, but a great toy for your cat; The Cardboard Box Podcast brings you video game histories, reviews and general tomfoolery.

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  • Creator
    The Cardboard Box Item
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
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