The Codec Call

It’s time for another Codec Call and in Episode XV Andy and Matt talk about:

• What they thought about the end of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (relatively spoiler-free),
• The Phantom Menace and Sith Master Jar Jar Binks,
• Spending $30,000 on a game,
• The latest in vape-rware (you’ll get how bad that pun is when you listen),
• A bunch of reviews (WRC 5, Mad Max, Dishonored Definitive Edition, PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate (PC), DRIVECLUB BIKES),
• The woes of Call of Duty: Black Ops III,
• Rainbow 6 Siege and Star Wars Battlefront beta fun,
• And the best quiz ever!

In episode XIV of the Codec Call podcast:

• Andy is mostly phoning it in whilst he plays his September #CodecMomentum game, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, which he’s left until the eleventh hour…
• Professor Kelvin Harris and Brian review Big Pharma from Twice Circled Games (a solid 7/10 from them)
• Andy gives a quick update on September’s #CodecMomentum
• Peter Daish talks about his game (that we recently reviewed) CollectOrb, via the medium of the Prof’s PodBot – you can reach Peter through @Peter_Daish or @DaishGames

In this episode of the Codec Call, Andy and Matt:

• Discuss a disk drive orchestra, the perils of Windows 10 and My Roommate Sonic…
• Announce the winner of our Metal Gear Solid shot glasses competition
• Provide the final update for August’s #CodecMomentum
• and talk about their first impressions of MGS V.

In this episode of the Codec Call, Andy:

• talks all things MGS V with Tech Fixation’s Dexter Jaekel
• gets excited about cute puppies(?!)
• chats gaming collectibles with Stuart Cullen from Console Ninjas
• listens live as a 200,000 gamerscore is broken
• and let’s us all know what’s happening with August’s #CodecMomentum

In this episode of Cost of a Coffee, the Prof and Brian have been playing CollectOrb, the brain child of Peter Daish that first appeared on the PlayStation Vita in May as part of the now defunct PlayStation Mobile programme.  Now DaishGames have ported the title to Android and Amazon’s Fire HD, meaning many more people can experience the shear frustration of rolling a ball around a maze in the dark.

In the latest episode of Cost of a Coffee, Professor Kelvin Harris and his Lab Assistant Brian are taking a good, hard look at Rovio’s Angry Birds 2, which is available now for free on Android and iOS now.

In this episode Andy talks about Dinklebot, the formation of Alphabet by the creators of Google and he is joined by Connor from JoypadAndMe.com to talk about his efforts in the Year of Shame Challenge 3.  The Prof talks to Peter Malamud Smith about a huge free update to the enchanting mobile game, Satellina.

It’s August.  The sun’s out (mostly).  Games are thin on the ground.  Not much to talk about then?  We can still find something!  In this edition of The Codec Call, Andy and Matt discuss the what they’ve been playing; take a look at some bizarre news stories; have a quiz; set a challenge to all the listeners; and talk lots of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

We love Hitman… nothing more, nothing less than that.  Some of the best moments of our gaming years have been spent plotting and executing the perfect assassination in IO Interactive’s murder simulator.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  We spent a lot of time plotting then cocking it up as we misread a guard pattern, or forgot to pack silenced weapons.  However a mission went though, we were always eager to hit restart and strive for a better, neater, cleaner solution to the level – that’s simply what it awoke in us.  With news of a new Hitman on the horizon, we just had to spend some time delving into our favourite instalment (Blood Money), talking about what made it the experience it is, and what we want to see coming in December this year. If you want the YouTube option with full (badly demonstrated) gameplay footage then hit up the video below, and if you just want the audio then go for the podcast option – don’t worry, the video’s not needed to enjoy it, but we recommend it.  We’d love to know what you think the new Hitman game is going to be like so share your hopes and fears in the comments below, via Twitter or Facebook, or even on email.

In this episode of Cost of a Coffee, the Prof and Brian are over the moon for Satellina!