Blue Prince
In this episode Tom and Phil discuss the weeks news, including more Switch 2 controversy, and Microsoft’s remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. We then give our impression of the Blue Prince, a game that many are putting on the top of their GOTY lists. Tom dabbled with the Oblivion remaster and after last episode Phil decided to play The Case of the Golden Idol and tell Tom exactly what he thinks about it.
Phil Fogg
Switch 2 Reveal - Panic or Pile On?
Tom and Phil return to host Australia’s longest running video game podcast and talk over the latest video game news including Nintendo Switch 2 details, the return of Game Informer and the BAFTA most influential game poll. We also talk about the games we think are the most influential before going on to give our reviews of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, There is No Game, and the Case of the Golden Idol.
Finally, we revisit the How It All Started segment where we talk about the most relevant games in successful franchises, like Super Mario, Doom, Call of Duty, The Elder Scrolls and more.
Phil Fogg
If you are going to play Spiritfarer based on my review, bring a notebook.
Phil Fogg carries the podcast on his week aging back, while our foreign correspondent, Tom Towers is “on assignment”. I break down the industry changing news of the week and get around to sharing my impressions of two very good games that I have not been able to get to on recent show, CtrlMovie’s Late Shift and Thunder Lotus’s 2020 critical darling, Spiritfarer.
Phil Fogg
In this episode Tom and Phil talk about the state of Valve, Indy Jones and the Great Circle, the news and a hotly anticipated review of Doki Doki Literature Club as well as a conversation about Doki Doki Literature Club.
Phil Fogg
The entire plot of the latest Indiana Jones games could have been undercut by one of these.
The boys are back in town with Season 12 of the Game Under Podcast. This time we talk about Indiana Jones, Pentiment, Switch 2, Edge Magazine’s Top 10 of 2024 and a whole lot of news.
Phil Fogg
In our last episode of 2024, we revisit a fun and short visit with some of our quizzes from the last few years. Tom and I hope you are enjoying some time off and with friends and family.
Phil Fogg
Phil reviews the Steam Deck, now that it has finally come to Australia.
In this episode Tom Towers and Phil Fogg go over the latest video game news and talk about the games they’ve been playing including STALKER 2, Call of Duty: Balck Ops 6, Balatro, Crimson Diamond and the game launcher application LaunchBox.
Phil Fogg
Last Week Tom attended the RMIT VEGA Games and Animation Expo that showcased the graduates of one of Australia’s leading video game development colleges. We talk about Chipea by Loomi, Who Taught These Police to Drive by Feltlike, Reflection of Atheria by Nyanko Nekomi, Burnout Bakery by KeonDC, Enjoy a Treat by Bo-Rui Lin, A Highly Sensitive Experience by Hin Long (Daniel) Yiu, Blood Legacy by Josephine Putri, Dance Dance Deception by Lou Fourie, Coffin Room by Kay Kwan and Lam Le, Sea Blindness by Peng Yu Jeong as well as the Quest 3, the history and current state of Australian game development and the latest news.
Phil Fogg
We introduce the Mindful Minifogg. To counterbalance the Die of Destiny, which has scored all of Toms reviews for a few years now we will now throw a LEGO minifig (or Mini Phil Fogg) and determine the score Tom really wanted to give the game.
For Halloween, this episode we take a deep dive (:lol:) into some spooky games that The Chinese Room (Makers of Dear Ester) had some direct or indirect influence on including Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and SOMA. We also discuss UFO 50 before going into a special feature, How it All Started where we talk about seminal games in major franchises.
Phil Fogg