Splitting Pixels Podcast

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Notes for Episode 19: Our Picks of 2015

We start off 2016 by looking back over the games, films and TV that we loved in 2015. On top of that, we discuss the games we've missed that we want to catch up on!

Links to audio

YouTube (audio only)

Libsyn

Stuff we spoke about

Witcher 3
Fallout 4
Metal Gear Solid V
AC: Syndicate
Killing Floor 2
Mad Max
Beseige
Elite Dangerous
Project Cars
Broken Age
Tales From The Borderlands
Life Is Strange
Tearaway: Unfolded
Lego Dimensions
Mario Maker
Rise of The Tomb Raider

Star Wars
Inside Out
The Martian
Ex Machina
Bridge of Spies

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Jessica Jones
Daredevil
Mr Robot

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Notes for Episode 18: Leaving the Vault

This week sees Ross feeling sorry for himself that he can't play Tomb Raider as well as Fallout. Everyone but Matt has begun their journey into the Commonwealth and we discuss our first impressions.

Links to audio:

Libsyn
Youtube

Links to stuff we spoke about:

Fallout 4 (PC Metacritic)

N7 Day (video)

Pepakura

Cloud comes to Smash Bros

Sony Playstation SNES found

Rise of The Tomb Raider (Metacritic)

Xbox One Backwards Compatibility game list

Lifeline

007 Spectre (IMDB)

Mr Robot (IMDB)

Monday, November 2, 2015

Notes for Episode 17: Kinda Niche

We discuss the "greatest" PR stunts in videogame history, and Alice expresses her distaste for Benicio Del Toro.

Links to audio:

YouTube

Libsyn

Stuff we spoke about:

Bulletstorm meat

Splinter Cell: Conviction almost gets someone shot
Dante's Inferno fake protest
Resident Evil 6 human butcher shop
Homefront: 10,000 balloons
Paying street racing fines for Burnout 2
Mercenaries 2: free petrol up to £40
God of War 2 goat sacrifice
Alien megastructures

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Notes for Episode 16: Inevitable Elf Romance

The guys discuss the game they would want to make if money was no object, and Alice reveals that a complimentary elf gets her support every time.

Links to audio:

Libsyn

YouTube (audio only)

Links to things we spoke about:

Peter Molyneux: what Fable should have been.

Crash Team Racing

Diddy Kong Racing

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

GARY!

Puppet Man

The 2D game I thought Matt would like, but I couldn't remember the name of, was Undertale.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 'augment your order' cancelled.

Final Fantasy XV's all-male cast makes the game more approachable.

ALL the Cids, and then Cid 'Boobs' Mcgee...

Mirror's Edge soundtrack

Hotline Miama soundtrack

New Portal song

Mass Effect theme park ride

Call of Duty's twitter stunt

Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

Life is Feudal adds female characters in the creepiest way.

Voice actors strike has been authorised.

Gideon Emery's voice is glorious, don't judge me.

Wildstar: Reloaded, now free to play!

Mad Max game

Matt's Mad Max screenshots

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Netflix's Daredevil

- This hallway fight scene was shot in one take.

The Martian and Andy Weir's research.

Macbeth

American Horror Story: Hotel

Flowing water on Mars

Peeple

Facebook 'shadow profiles'

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Notes for Episode 15: Was Basil Brush Bushy?

We discuss the BBC's latest attempt at educating people about games, and the moment we realised we were hooked on videogames.

Links to audio:

Libsyn

YouTube (audio only)

Links to things we spoke about:

Fable 2
Brothers
Nolan North
Troy Baker
Jennifer Hale
Ellie from The Last Of Us
Discworld point and click

Bob and Betty Newbie- then and now

The swishy boy hair (yes, that is Wade from Strangerhood)

CHAD?! (video)
Rollercoaster Tycoon
It's actually called Screamride (my bad)
The Splat
BEARZERKERS
John West fisherman advert
Konami won't be making any more AAA games
Naughty Dog want to make Half Life 3 (video) (that video also has info about Valve licensing out their IP)
Beyond: Two Souls
New Nintendo President

Pokemon Go (video) (Also contains info about the origins of the game from the April Fools joke)
Nintendo teamed up with mobile developer
(We think Slender Mario may have been a bug? We can't find any info)
Chuckie Egg
Pinball Construction set
Life Well Wasted
Sims school mod
The Gamechangers
Hot Coffee mod (kinda NSFW)
Rockstar Table Tennis

BBC Coding season
Live action Jungle Book (video)

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Notes for Episode 14: Sassy Consumers

The gang discuss the new Star Wars Battlefront Beta, pre-order schemes and being a "savvy consumer". Ross might be playing too much Metal Gear, and Matt thinks Mad Max is pretty.

Links to audio:

Youtube (Audio only)
Libsyn
iTunes (rate us!)

Reed Richards

Seems to be a Gamestop pre-order bonus

No more Pip Boys
Mad Max game
Until Dawn (video)
Don't Starve (video)
The Escapists (video)
Metal Gear Solid V

Kojima goodbye video
Metal Gear Puppy
Metal Gear microtransactions
Wes Craven
Freddy Krueger
Event Horizon

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Notes for Episode 13 - "Mr Dodo Is Your Friend"

Sophia confesses her Mass Effect sins, Alice tells us stories of life in ARK, we share stories of video game romances, and we discuss why we even play these games in the first place.