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It’s here! It’s here! The long-awaited sequel to 101 Video Games! Well, almost. Next week our new series of podcasts begins – 101 Films You Should Have Seen (Probably) . To whet your appetite we have a short introduction to the podcasts: a trailer if you will. As you’ll have guessed from the new title, we’ve followed in the footsteps of Street Fighter , Resident Evil , House of the Dead and Super Mario Brothers and turned from video games to films. And if our conversion is as half as successful as some of those films, then boy you’re in for a treat! So join us on our new journey every Thursday . We’ll try to get through it a bit quicker and a bit more regularly than the last one – head to http://101films.wordpress.com on Thursday 13th October to listen to the first in our next illustrious series of 101. Click below to listen to the intro podcast directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/podcast-25-101-films-intro.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 25: 101 Films Intro You can subscribe to our 101 Video Game podcasts through iTunes by clicking on this link , or you can subscribe to the 101 Films podcasts by clicking on this link . Ian and Lewis: The Boys Are Back. Ta ta for now. Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 24: The Games That Didn’t Quite Make It… Part 2

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In part 2 of our round up of the games that didn’t quite make it, Lewis questions why on earth he didn’t write anything about these frankly brilliant games: Click below to listen to the podcast directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/podcast-24-games-that-didnt-quite-make-it-part-2-lewis.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 24 Games That Didn’t Quite Make It Part 2 – Lewis OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Although seeing as this is the last podcast, if you’re only just subscribing now you’re a little bit late to the game. Ho hum. There are a few games we talked about that deserve a bit of a special mention, as they came within a gnat’s hair of making it into the magic 101. Here’s a video of the stunning (for the time) Hunter in motion. Long before GTAIII , Amiga owners were stealing power boats and hijacking tanks in 3D: Then, of course, there’s Rez : it came so close but in the end it didn’t quite make the list, mostly because Lewis couldn’t think of anything worthwhile to add to the mountains of fawning praise that have already been heaped at its door. However, if you’ve never played it, click the video below to see what all the fuss is about. And make sure you have the sound turned up. Global Gladiators is probably one of the more obscure games on the list, and the cynical McDonald’s advertising that runs all the way through the game is a little hard to stomach at times, but it’s an undeniably brilliant platformer with some superb animation. Finally, Point Blank was an absolutely wonderful light gun game that unfortunately Ian doesn’t seem to remember. Hopefully the video below will jog his memory: And that’s that. The end of 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better. It’s a sad day in many ways, but we’ve really enjoyed writing the blog over the past couple of years, and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading it too. Thanks for listening to our ramblings and reading our musings, and special thanks to everyone who’s left a comment. (Unless it was a negative comment, in which case don’t bother next time.) We’ll be back in the summer with a new (non-games-related) project, but right now it’s time to climb back into our big Morecombe & Wise-style comedy bed and turn the light off on 101 Video Games. Goodnight all. Lewis & Ian…

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Podcast 23: The Games That Didn’t Quite Make It… Part 1

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We know, we know. Surely Post 101 was the end of this thing? Well it was. Kind of. But we couldn’t finish without having a not-so-quick look at the games that didn’t quite make the magic 101. The games that made an impression, that were loved, that were remembered, but lacked that special something. The next post and podcast will feature Lewis’s games that for some reason weren’t quite up to scratch. In this post though we will be looking at Ian’s selection. Games that due to the pressure of time he never got round to writing about. And by pressure of time we of course mean laziness. Just to warn you this is a long podcast, but it feels fitting to give these games that time. C’mon, you owe this random collection of old games at least that! Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/podcast-23-games-that-didnt-quite-make-it-part-1-ian.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 23 Games That Didn’t Quite Make It Part 1 – Ian OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 22: Crazy Taxi (#100)

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Format: Dreamcast Genre: Racing, Arcade, Sandbox Released: 1999 Developer: Hitmaker Here at 101 Video Game Towers we often enjoy games that somehow turn mundane activities into fun adventures. Yes, you may have a good time being a space fighter pilot , or the heroic saviour of a post apocalyptic wasteland , or even a low-level gangster in the 1980s clubbing someone round the head with a baseball bat, but it can also be just as satisfying walking a dog , fishing or running a railway business . Despite this fine pedigree there must have been some consternation when, during a meeting at Hitmaker HQ, the Big Boss pointed with his fat cigar at a lowly, nervous looking programmer and demanded he make a game that recreates the thrills and spills of driving a taxi. The advertising was very subtle. Still, they don’t call Hitmaker ‘Hitmaker’ for nothing. They know how to make hits. In case you haven’t noticed it’s literally their name. Hitmaker… a maker of hits. If they didn’t know how to make hits their name would look stupid and boastful. Which it certainly isn’t. Though they did change it a couple of years ago to Sega AM3 which suggests they tired of putting so much pressure on themselves and instead became extremely early risers. Anyway, all it took to turn mini-cabbing into a successful game was to add a bit of *pause* ‘Crazy’ (raise eyebrow when reading the word ‘Crazy’). A taxi flying into the air? How crazy. Welcome to the 22nd 101 Video Games Podcast! Listen as Ian and Lewis discuss Crazy Taxi on the Dreamcast, the disappearance of Tower Records, how pretty much anyone can’t help but like Offspring while playing this game even if they don’t usually, what a British version of the game would be like and once again reminisce about wasting time at university. So, as someone with some kind of throat problem once said, ‘Hey, Hey, Hey its time for Crazy Taxi!’ Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/podcast-22-crazy-taxi.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 22 Crazy Taxi OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: In many ways Gena is Ian's perfect woman - beautiful, cool and, most importantly, she can drive. Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 21: Fallout 3 (#99)

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Format: Xbox 360 Genre: Action Role-Playing Released: 2008 Developer: Bethesda Game Studios So, Fallout 3 . It’s buggy. Occasionally awkward to control. The in-game characters sometimes know stuff they shouldn’t and/or the conversations get stuck in odd loops. It is also fantastic. Fallout 3 2008 was not a great year for Ian. All sorts of horrible things happened and his life took a very different direction to where he thought it was going. Come November he found himself single and living with his Mum. The best laid plans of mice and men eh? Ian’s personal misfortune coincided with a global misfortune, as the economy went belly-up. Basically to Ian circa November 2008 everything seemed f*****d. So what did he do? Ian sulked for a bit, then went out and bought an Xbox 360 and Fallout 3 . Now let’s just stop a moment and think about this. Ian’s not happy. Banks are going under. The Russians are showing off in Georgia. Global Warming. The possibility, however slight, that McCain and Palin might actually win… The sense (and admittedly that sense is still kind of around today) that the world was falling apart, that we are, in best Daily Mail tradition, going to hell in a hand cart. And what does Ian buy? A game which depicts a horrific, post apocalyptic waste land. Where the inhabitants live hand to mouth, struggling with radiation, marauding gangs, mutants and monsters. Take that mutant! It was just the tonic! Ian plays the game as a virtual saint, becoming a hero to the people of the Wasteland. Fast forward to Christmas 2010. Lewis receives Fallout 3 from the kindly old soak that Ian has become. Lewis is newly promoted, happily living with the love of his life in his own flat (bought that year) in a trendy-but-not-to-trendy-but-still-nice bit of London. Lewis is happy and comfortable. He plays the game as a ruthless evildoer, enslaving, murdering and looting as he goes. There’s an important lesson there. Do write in if you work out what that lesson is. Lewis's trusty companion Sergeant RL-3 - never leave home without one. His 'lively' phrases have a knack of sticking in the memory, such as: "Do that again and I'll put my boot so far up your ass you'll cough up boot polish!" It’s the 21st 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Podcast! In this one we discuss Fallout 3 . For ages. Seriously, it’s about 45 minutes long. Sorry about that. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/podcast-21-fallout-3-post-99.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 21 – Fallout 3 (Post #99) OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: We’ll leave you with something that goody-two-shoes Ian never got to see – the stirring sight of Megaton being annihilated… Ian and Lewis…

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Podcast 20: Amiga Power (And Other, Lesser Gaming Magazines)

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Welcome, wanderers of the SuperInformationCanalPath, to the Podcast of Champions: an entire 26 minutes (count ’em!) dedicated to the MIGHTY BEINGS of Amiga Power (and other, lesser gaming magazines). It's Doom... but on the Amiga. Pay attention as we DISSEMINATE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION about Stuart N Hardy, the Amstrad CPC464k (NOT the Amstrad CPC6128k), Bob The Hamster, Office Joust, Doom… but on the Amiga, “Orwellian dandies” and AP’s dreadful, hateful magazine rivals: we’re looking at you, (“Michael Jackson” – Ed) . Despite receiving some devastating feedback from a certain anonymous, whining, childish hatemonger, and despite Ian’s repeated attempts to torpedo the conversation, we struggle through to produce the finest podcast the world has ever seen. With hilarious consequences. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/podcast-20-amiga-power.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 20 Amiga Power OR you can subscribe to the Podcast of Gentlemen through iTunes: And if this podcast has whet your appetite for more Amiga Power shenanigans, we recommend you hasten forthwith to AP2 (it’s Amiga Power – but on the computer) and Stuart Campbell’s forum for the chastising of useless, cretinous morons, World Of Stuart . Ian lines up another laser-guided conversation torpedo, yesterday. Lastly, here’s a video of Bob The Hamster*. BYE-BYE BOB. YOU WERE A GIRL HAMSTER . *Not the actual Bob The Hamster. Natch. Lewis & Ian (Cover image from Amiga Magazine Rack )…

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Podcast 19: Resident Evil 2 (#92)

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Format: Playstation Genre: Survival Horror Released: 1998 Developer: Capcom It’s been quite a journey for this podcast. Way back in early 2008, right at the very beginning of the blog, Ian decided he was going to write a post about a Resident Evil game. Problem was he couldn’t decide which one. Do you go with the original? Or Resident Evil 2, the game of the series he probably played the most? What about Resident Evil 4? Arguably the best of the series… Although saying that Resident Evil 3 has its moments as well. Welcome to Raccoon City! So rather than make a decision Ian did what he has done so many times with this blog. He didn’t bother. Flash forward to early 2011 and there are less than 10 posts left to do. Time is running out so he knuckles down and chooses Resident Evil 2. Ian finds it difficult to write though. What’s his ‘hook’? Can he restrict himself to just talking about Resident Evil 2? What can he say that’s not been said a thousand times before? So, again, he doesn’t bother starting. Eventually Lewis suggests ‘Let’s just do it as a podcast’. I don't care what people say, anything called 'Licker' must be friendly. So welcome to the 19th 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better podcast. A testament to Ian’s laziness and Lewis’s limitless patience. Enjoy! Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/podcast-19-resident-evil-2.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 19 Resident Evil 2 OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Oh, and before we go here’s a clip from ‘Spaced’. Other than the cheap speed and the fact the bean bag was green not blue, this is pretty much Ian at University. Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 18: Christmas Special Podcast 2010

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Another year, another 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Christmas Special Podcast. During the last Christmas Special Ian made the bold claim that it would be the only Christmas Special, as we would have finished the blog by the end of 2010. He was proved wrong. So join us in what will almost definitely be the last ever 101 Video Games Christmas Special Podcast. Yeah, almost certainly the last. Probably. And a Merry Christmas to all our listeners at home! The podcast is even more ramble-y than normal, with a very tenuous link to Christmas and games for long stretches, so apologies in advance. Not only that but both Lewis and Ian are full of cold, so only listen if you’ve had your flu jab. They talk about Christmas Present and Future, Lewis’s 1000 page book, VAT, Lewis’s Mum’s coding, the surprise success of Xbox’s Kinect and the march of time. They also exchange presents! What we'll all be doing on Christmas day in about three years. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/podcast-18-christmas-special-2010.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 18 Christmas Special 2010 OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 17: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (#90)

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Format: Xbox 360 Genre: Third-Person Shooter Released: 2009 Developer: Terminal Reality ( SCENE : The Ghostbusters are facing Gozer. He/She/It speaks to them in a voice that can be heard throughout Metropolitan New York and parts of New Jersey). GOZER : SUBCREATURES! GOZER THE GOZERIAN, GOZER THE DESTRUCTOR, VOLGUUS ZILDROHAR, THE TRAVELLER HAS COME. CHOOSE AND PERISH. WINSTON : What’s he talking about? Choose what? STANTZ : What do you mean “choose?” We don’t understand. GOZER: CHOOSE! SPENGLER: I think he’s saying that since we’re about to be sacrificed anyway, we get to choose the form we want him to take. STANTZ: You mean if I stand here and concentrate on the image of Roberto Clemente, Gozer will appear as Roberto Clemente and wipe us out? SPENGLER: That appears to be the case. VENKMAN: Don’t think of anything yet. Clear your minds. We only get one crack at this. GOZER: The choice is made. The Travellers have come. VENKMAN: We didn’t choose anything! I didn’t think of an image, did you? STANTZ: I couldn’t help it! It just popped in there! Look! (Looking south past Columbus Circle, the Ghostbusters see part of something big and nerdy moving between the buildings accompanied by thunderous footsteps). VENKMAN: What is it? Ray, what did you think of? (Two massive shapes pass behind some buildings, offering a glimpse of what appears to be a giant t-shirt with some kind of retro/ironic design on the front). STANTZ: It can’t be! It can’t be! (The thundering footsteps continue to plod as the things start to emerge from behind the buildings. Now we can see a giant hand holding a cheap microphone, another hand holding an enormous can of beer). STANTZ: I tried to think of the most harmless thing… something that is completely pointless… something that most people have never heard of… (At that moment a deafening laughter emerges from the monsters mouths, they seem to find their own jokes very amusing. No one else is laughing). STANZ: It’s… It’s… It’s the 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Podcast! (Winston, Venkman and Spengler gape). As a kid I had the Stay Puff action figure. It was the same size as the other figures which made it extremely disappointing. It’s the 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Podcast! This time, if you haven’t already worked it out, we take a look at the extremely fun Ghostbusters Videogame. Enjoy! Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/podcast-17-ghostbusters-the-video-game.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 17 – Ghostbusters The Video Game OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Oh, and if you like Ghostbusters, don’t forget to check out the original 1950s film: Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 16: Best Ever Console Final

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Welcome to the 1st BEST EVER CONSOLE FINAL! I think we would all agree it’s a been one hell of a journey. Over the weeks we’ve seen Japanese women slapping each other, Big Daddy, Miss World Competitions, the image of Lewis in a red bikini, a picture of Shigeru Miyamoto with a turnip for a head and our first swears. There’s been some laughs… and some tears. Finally we reach the, er, final. So fans (cough), enjoy this slightly poor sound quality podcast. Who will win? There’s only one way to find out, listen! Or just ask one of us. Whatever. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/podcast-16-best-ever-console-final.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 16 – Best Ever Console Final OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Here’s the way things look at the Final stage: Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 15: Best Ever Console Semi Finals

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The Semi Finals of any competition are always stressful. So close to the final yet so far. The Semi Final of The Best Ever Console Competition is of course no different. If anything, it’s worse. If you think the pressure from the tabloids is bad on the England football team, you should try picking up one of the Video Game mags. ‘The Official Playstation Magazine’ has photographed the Playstation in a nightclub drinking before a big match, Edge has had feature after feature on consoles’ WAGs (with lots of pictures of course!) and just look at Official Nintendo’s front page: It’s not easy for our judges either. You try to think of new things to say about a console after already discussing it three times. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/podcast-15-best-ever-console-semi-finals.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 15 – Best Ever Console Semi Finals OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Here’s the way things look at the Semi Final stage: Ian and Lewis…

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Podcast 14: Best Ever Console Quarter Finals

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It’s the Quarter Finals of the Best Ever Console Competition on 101 Video Games! More importantly it’s the swimwear section of the contest. Unfortunately the ‘PC’ brigade have nothing better to do than attack an innocent competition, somehow suggesting that forcing consoles to parade in front of our judges showing as much flesh as possible is demeaning and sexist. Poppycock! Pictured: Lewis and Ian pose with last year's winner of the Miss Best Ever Console Contest Still, that’s the world we live in. To show that 101 Video Games is not asking the consoles to do anything Ian and Lewis wouldn’t, our hosts will also be dressed in swimwear. So join Ian, dressed in a tasteful, mint green one-piece costume, and Lewis, in a risqué, cherry red bikini topped off with a delightful red bow, as they judge the prettiest and loveliest consoles in the world! Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/podcast-14-best-ever-console-quarter-finals.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 14 – Best Ever Console Quarter Finals OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Here’s the state of play at the Quarter Finals: Lewis & Ian…

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Podcast 13: Best Ever Console Round 2

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LADIEEEEEEEZ AND genelmen, welcome to Round Two of the Best Ever Console Competition! This week we have a very special guest star on the podcast – Shirley Crabtree, aka BIG DADDY himself. Big Daddy powerslams Lewis to show him who is REALLY boss. Due to contractual reasons and the fact that he died nearly 13 years ago, Big Daddy says nothing during the podcast. But he did perform a couple of wrestling moves on Lewis and Ian while they were warming up for the recording (Lewis and Ian have a very strict warm up routine which includes leotards, pelvic thrusts and beer). This explains why they seem to slur some of their words, forget what they are talking about, get confused and accidentally swear. Again. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/podcast-13-best-ever-console-round-2.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 13 Best Ever Console Round 2 OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: Here’s the current state of play: The competition as it stands at the beginning of Round 2…

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Podcast 12: Best Ever Console Round 1

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It begins. The already legendary 101 Video Games Best Ever Console Contest! Or Competition! Or Thing! To be honest we’ve not properly agreed on a title. Anyway, listen as Lewis and Ian discuss, debate, argue, call each other names and play rock paper scissors stone through 12 rounds of red-hot console on console action. And if you think that sounds dirty and disgusting you should have been at the recording. Lewis and Ian's debate over whether the Amstrad 6128k is better than the PS2 becomes heated. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/podcast-12-best-ever-console-round-1.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 12 Best Ever Console Round 1 OR subscribe to our podcasts through iTunes by clicking the link below: WARNING – We do swear a bit in this podcast. The debates we had became very passionate and strident and we sadly couldn’t stop our language occasionally reflecting that. Plus we drunk quite a bit of beer and got a bit silly. Sorry. We want to hear your thoughts (please let us know you listen and you like us, pleeeeease). Do you violently disagree with any of our judgements? If so, really? Violently? Just calm down, it’s only video games. But do tell us, we’d love to hear from you! As always the best comment wins a 101 Video Games pencil.* * N.B. Still no pencils available.…

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Podcast 11: Best Ever Console Prologue

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Ah childhood. Scrumping for apples. Jumpers for goalposts. Pooh sticks. Quarter pound of penny sweets. Scraped knees and muddy faces. And of course, a time call your friend a d*ckhead because they happen to have a different console to you, to draw a picture of Sonic stabbing Mario through the heart and send it to Mean Machines and spend hours arguing that the Mega drive is definitely better than the SNES as in the Mega Drive Aladdin you get to use the sword but on SNES you can only throw apples I mean how rubbish is that? Sonic and Mario exchange words. We spent ages looking for a proper old school picture of Sonic beheading Mario, but couldn't find one. It’s the 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Podcast! Lewis and Ian relive their school days by remembering all those pointless arguments about which is the better console. And what better way to do that than in an extremely pointless podcast? Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/podcast-11-best-ever-console-prologue.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 11 Best Ever Console Prologue This Podcast also serves a prelude or prologue to a mini ‘season’ of podcast where we decide once and for all which is the Best Ever Console. Despite what we said earlier about those discussions being pointless. Yes. So join us next week for Round 1 of the Best Ever Console Contest! While you’re waiting, why not send us a picture you have drawn of the mascot of your favourite console weeing of the dead and bloodied body of a mascot from a rival video game system? The best will be printed on the website and receive a ‘101 Video Games’ Pencil!* *Pencil not available.…

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Podcast 10: The Filmy Gamey Podcast

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Scene: A group of ape-like creatures approaches an enormous black obelisk. The creatures become agitated, whooping and howling as the skitter back and forth in confusion and fright. The braver of the creatures start to approach th obelisk, and the boldest of the group reaches out to touch it. Looking down, the creature espies a bone, and for some reason he feels the urge to pick it up. The excitement in the group reaches fever pitch, and in a frenzy the bone is thrown high into the air… the camera pans upwards to follow the bone’s trajectory, and as it spins against the bright blue prehistoric sky it seamlessly morphs into the form of an NES controller. Human civilisation has begun. Caption: THE WIZARD – COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU. STARRING FRED SAVAGE. Its the 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Podcast! In our 10th recording we discuss the relationship between films and video games. Marvel at how Lewis and Ian don’t let a little thing like not seeing a film stop them from making sweeping statements about its relationship to games. Laugh as Lewis manages to bring up Batman in the first two minutes of a podcast. Gasp as Ian brings up Lewis in the shower. Again. WARNING – Its a really long one this time, 35 minutes or so. Sorry about that, there seemed to be a lot to talk about. Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/podcast-10-films-and-games.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 10 – Films and Games Trailer for the greatest game related film ever: Any one else ever wanted to shout this out on a crowded tube train? Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 9: Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (#74)

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Format: GameCube Genre: Survival Horror Released: 2002 Developer: Silicon Knights Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic fantasy film scripted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction, nonlinear narration and neosurrealism to explore the nature of memory and romantic love. It opened in North America on March 19, 2004 and grossed over US$70 million worldwide. This podcast is not about that film. Instead Lewis and Ian discuss the well respected but not massively well known or successful GameCube game Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem . Well, Lewis does. Ian spends most of the podcast calling it Eternal Sunshine . The original hero and villain, Pious. WARNING – We ramble more than usual on this one, including such conversational vignettes as an appraisal of British actors playing Nazis, whether you can ever watch Eddie Izzard in a film without thinking ‘That’s Eddie Izzard’ and what it would be like for Lewis and Ian to share a bath. Click below to listen directly through this site https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/podcast-9-eternal-darkness.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 9 Eternal Darkness Beware… THE PILLAR OF FLESH! Ian & Lewis (Screenshot from http://www.uk.gamespot.com )…

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Podcast 8: World Cup Special Podcast

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Olé olé, olé olé, olé olé, olé olé PIZZA HUT HUT HUT! It’s the 101 Video Games Made My Life Slightly Better World Cup Special Podcast. If you love football and if you love video games then you’ll love two men awkwardly talking about why they don’t really like sports and football, and at one point get quite bitter about the fact that football isn’t seen as nerdy. Even though it is. A Quick Word From Kenny... Click below to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/podcast-8-world-cup-special.mp3 Or download and listen on your MP3 player of choice: Podcast 8 World Cup Special Here are a couple of videos which accurately depict Lewis and Ian’s daily experience of trying to talk football in a football loving world:…

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Podcast 7: Batman: Arkham Asylum (#67)

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Format: Xbox 360 Genre: Fighting/Stealth/Adventure Released: 2009 Developer: Rocksteady Studios SCENE: WAYNE MANSIONS. BILLIONAIRE BRUCE WAYNE, THE SECRET IDENTITY OF THE BATMAN, SITS IN HIS LIBRARY, BROODING. HIS FAITHFUL MANSERVANT, ALFRED, HANDS HIM A RED TELEPHONE… COMMISSIONER GORDON: ‘Batman?’ BATMAN: ‘Yes Commissioner Gordon?’ C. GORDON: ‘It’s the Riddler, he’s sent us a message. It’s addressed to you…’ BATMAN: ‘Read it to me Commissioner, this might be important’ C. GORDON: ‘Riddle me this Batman – What can everyone listen to yet no one does? On what do people laugh constantly despite what they say not being amusing? What lasts 25 minutes but seems to last forever? BATMAN: Oh no… Commissioner, inform the Mayor… THE RIDDLER INTENDS TO STEAL THE 7th 101 VIDEO GAMES MADE MY LIFE SLIGHTLY BETTER PODCAST!’ C. GORDON: *GASP* BATMAN: Robin, TO THE BATMOBILE! Yes, after mentioning Batman in practically every podcast they’ve done, Lew and Ian finally devote an entire episode to the Dark Knight, in particular Batman: Arkham Asylum . 'I know I shouldn't say this, but you're my favourite enemy'. Though Lewis and Ian being Lewis and Ian they couldn’t help but ramble, so you also get with this podcast discussions about football games, superhero games in general, the new Spider-Man game, Ian’s idea for a Judge Dredd game and the usual homoerotic undertones. Special Scanning Eyesight Mode As the Riddler alludes to above, it’s a long one, nearly 25 minutes. Though Lewis and Ian make no apologies – it’s Batman. It needs to be talked about… https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/podcast-7-batman-arkham-asylum.mp3 Click above to listen directly through this site or click below to listen/download in your media player of choice: Podcast 7 Batman Arkham Asylum Ian & Lewis You'd think the henchmen would have learned to look up when looking for Batman.…

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Podcast 6: Quake III Arena (#57)

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Format: Dreamcast Genre: First Person Shooter Released: 2000 Developer: id Quake III Arena . Bane of Degrees. Annoyer of Female Housemates. Enemy of Social Life. King of multiplayer FPS games on the Dreamcast circa 2000. Yes Lewis and Ian step into the time machine that is their collective memory and travel back to the Space Year 2000 where they wasted so many hours playing Quake III Arena . Hear the journey on this, our 6th podcast. You’d think by now we would actually be good at them. But wait! There’s more. For the first time ever in 101 Video Game Podcast history we welcome a special guest star, our friend Paul. Stupid Paul (his full name) lived with us at university and wasted his time playing Quake III as well. In many ways he is the ‘5th 101 Video Gamer’. If there were four rather than two of us. Luckily he escaped a life of blogging about old and obscure video games by getting married and having children. And the ‘firsts’ don’t stop there. Listen out for the first ever 101 Video Games Podcast edit. Yes, Ian finally made a joke so distasteful that it was decided to overdub the offending section. We even got a mystery guest (not a special one) to do the overdub. See if you can spot it! Here’s a clue to find it – you’ll notice around the twelve-minute mark Ian suddenly makes even less sense than normal… If we’re brutally honest this isn’t one of our best efforts, but it does have a certain charm. Hope you enjoy it. https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/podcast-6-quake-iii-arena.mp3 Click above to listen directly through this site or click below to listen/download in your media player of choice: Podcast 6 Quake III Arena Ian & Lewis (Screenshots from http://uk.gamespot.com )…

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Podcast 5: Valentine’s Day Special Podcast

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Romance can be a tricky thing. One person’s romance is another person’s schmaltzy nonsense. If you’re wondering how to enjoy Valentines’ Day in a suitably romantic fashion we recommend going to a fancy restaurant, ordering a good bottle of red, then putting on the 101 Video Games Valentine’s Day Special Podcast to fill those awkward gaps in conversation. Enjoy! https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/podcast-5-valentines-day-special.mp3 Click above to listen directly through this site or click below to listen/download in your media player of choice: Podcast 5 Valentine’s Day Special! So we reach the end of our Blogging Bonanza. Hope you enjoyed it. Will Ian now blog a bit more often to take the pressure off Lewis? Probably not, no. Ian & Lewis The way to a person's heart, Mortal Kombat style.…

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Podcast 4: Games on TV Podcast

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'Greetings...' Celebrate us reaching our half way point on the blog by listening to yet another 101 Video Games Podcast! This time we discuss the strange history of Video Games on TV. If Video Killed the Radio Star will Video Games kill the TV Star? No, of course not. We ramble on for about 22 minutes this time. We also laugh a lot at our own jokes again. Sorry! Click on the player to listen directly through this site: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/podcast-4-games-on-tv.mp3 Or click on the link below to listen/download in your media player of choice: Podcast 4 Games on TV And just to get you in the mood, here are some clips of our ‘favourite’ shows. Gamesmaster with a sarcastic Dominik Diamond and annoyed Dave Perry: Find out everything you need to know about the Atari Jaguar on Bad Influence: Honestly, it was pretty much impossible to find a clip of BITS which didn’t have Emily Booth in a slightly revealing outfit: Ian & Lewis…

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Podcast 3: The Beatles: Rock Band (#45)

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Format: Xbox 360 Genre: Rhythm Action Released: 2009 Developer: Harmonix [The scene – Abbey Road Studios, June 1962…] Paul: Mr Martin, Mr Martin, we’ve got a great idea for our band. George: Yeah Mr Martin, its well gear. George Martin: Now what’s all this about boys? Pete: Well Mr Martin, The Beatles, the band I’m part of and, I guess, will always be part of, think it would be fab if there was some kind of game that allowed people to pretend to be us. They could sing our songs and play with pretend instruments and everything! Not that I would need to play it being, as I am, part of the Beatles. Ringo would like it though… George Martin: Hmmmm, surely guitar based games are on their way out? John: Of course not. Everyone wants to be part of a band, and the Beatles are going to be bigger than Jesus. And such a statement will just make us even more popular! Paul: And maybe in 48 years or so two men will sit around and talk about the game and us, while stumbling over their words, trying not to laugh at their own jokes, and rambling about other stuff as well. George Martin: Maybe you’re right boys. Though lets not do it now, do it in about 47 years or so. We’ve still got to record your first album. George: And I want to learn how to play the sitar first. Pete: Well I can wait that long. I mean, it’s not like I’m going anywhere! John: [ INAPPROPRIATE GAG DELETED ] Here’s the 3rd 101 Video Games podcast and, of course, it’s about The Beatles Rock Band. Listen as we talk about the Beatles, hymns, Lewis’ cousin Jake and whether John would have approved. Only 17 minutes this time, promise. And we don’t laugh at our own jokes as much: https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/podcast-3-beatles-rock-band.mp3 Click above to listen directly through this site or click below to listen/download in your media player of choice: Podcast 3 The Beatles Rock Band Click below to see the very cool intro: (You may have to skip through the E3 intro and bat away the pop-up ad – sorry, best vid we could find!) Lewis and Ian…

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Podcast 2: Christmas Special Podcast 2009

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The beautiful Amstrad CPC 6128k. With colour monitor. It’s the 101 Video Games That Made My Life Slightly Better Christmas Special Podcast! Listen as we ramble about games we got at Christmas, games that Lewis played this year that Ian didn’t, Gants Hill roundabout, Avatar, Guy Ritchie and Batman. A lot about Batman. https://101videogames.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/podcast-2-christmas-special-2009.mp3 Click above to listen directly through this site or click below to listen/download in your media player of choice: Podcast 2 Christmas Special 2009 Batman on the Amstrad CPC 6128k…

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Podcast 1: The House of the Dead: Overkill (#35)

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