1UP Pod

Join Bash, Andy, Becky, and Foxy for a look at the video game villains that thrill and repel us the most! Including Wario, Sephiroth, and more!

Join Bash, Becky, and Ben for a new Indie Showcase where the gang talk all about the indie games they've been playing (but not necessarily enjoying) over the last month - as well as looking ahead to the games that are exciting them on the horizon!

Fall of Porcupine key provided by Mark Allen PR

Tiny Thor key provided by UberStrategist

The Fermi Paradox key provided by Player Two PR

A Long Journey to an Uncertain End key provided by Player Two PR

Cover Games: A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, CorpoNation: The Sorting Process, Slay the Spire, Tiny Thor, Monster Train, Fall of Porcupine, Cats Organized Neatly

Andy finds himself lost in a sinister mansion full of horrifying and deadly surprises, all while trying to analyse and compare Capcom's two iconic survival horror remakes - Resident Evil 2 (2019) and Resident Evil 4 (2023).

Join Bash, Becky, Andy, and our latest Fake Chip/co-host - Foxy - for a vulnerable but illuminating discussion on how video games have helped improve their mental health. Including games such as Skyrim, Death Stranding, Child of Light, Firewatch, and more!

Mental health resources:

Samaritans | https://www.samaritans.org/

Shout | https://giveusashout.org/get-help

Rethink | https://www.rethink.org/

Mind | https://www.mind.org.uk/

YoungMinds | https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

Safe In Our World | https://safeinourworld.org/find-help/

Join our host, Bash, along with Andy & Orange for a new monthly series: Indie Showcase! Taking a look at the indie games that are exciting us the most!

The gang will share their favourite indie games of all time, before getting into what new indie delights they have been enjoying, and what they are looking forward to in the month ahead!

Join Andy as he bounds haphazardly through his own platform adventure, trying to work out which game is better: Super Mario World or Sonic the Hedgehog 2?

Music by HeatleyBros: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeatleyBros

The gang (plus a special guest) gather to take a deep dive into the history of gaming's greatest icon: Super Mario. A lot of history, a lot of video games, a lot of loving memories, and a few barely veiled threats. All that and more!

Fresh from his ordeal on a doomed space ship, Andy now finds himself fighting through hordes of street punks in a crime-infested city while trying to analyse and discuss Dotemu's recent beat 'em up throwbacks: Streets of Rage 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.

Intro, intertitles, and club scene music by Infraction.

Join Andy, Becky, Bash and introducing... Ben! Stepping in for Chip while he takes a mental health break, Ben joins the 1UP Pod gang to talk all things Stardew Valley! The gang share their style of farm building - be it chaotic or heavily organised - as well as Bash's disdain for all crops. They talk about their favourite characters and storylines, their romanceable preferences, with Andy ruining a perfect segue from Becky between all that. Favourite tasks and favourite seasons are shared, and the gang try to explain why this game is so addictive to some people.

All that, plus the usual 1UP Pod nonsense.

WARNING: Contains 'jump scares' - in the form of sudden noises. Andy has found himself trapped on a spaceship overrun by terrifying monsters, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have time to record a podcast comparing The Callisto Protocol and the Dead Space remake. Join him as he pits these sci-fi horror games against each other in six unique categories - all while trying to avoid being eaten alive.