Double Life | Inside the Craft & Culture of Interactive Entertainment

Adam has been playing the Obsidian's 'The Outer Worlds 2' and Double Bee's 'A Game About Digging A Hole'. Terry reflects more on 'Pacfic Drive' and revisits retro gems in Team 17's 'Worms Armageddon and Codemasters' Micro Maniacs. (Aplogies for the audio issues in this episode!)

The Outer Worlds 2

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449110/The_Outer_Worlds_2/

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment

Website: https://www.obsidian.net/games

A Game About Digging a Hole

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244220/A_Game_About_Digging_A_Hole/

Developer: DoubleBee

Website: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=DoubleBee

Micro Maniacs

https://www.mobygames.com/game/36850/foxkidscom-micro-maniacs-racing/

Developer: Codemasters

Website: https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/codemasters

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:00 - Football chat

0:06:40 - TV & Film chat

0:36:00 - The Outer Worlds 2

0:50:00 - Pacific Drive

1:03:40 - A Game About Digging a Hole

1:13:00 - Worms Armegeddon

1:21:00 - Micro Maniacs

1:37:00 - Outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

Terry and Adam take a look back at 2025 and share their videogame highlights before taking a look into 2026 and the releases that excite them the most.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this episode of the Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam share their favourite Christmas games and memories, Terry shares the addictiveness of Eve Online and Adam his experience of roleplaying in Red Dead Redemption 2.

Eve Online

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458140/Pacific_Drive/

Developer: CCP Games

Website: https://www.ccpgames.com/

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:12 - Favourite Christmas Films

0:09:00 - Gaming at Christmas

0:19:55 - Remembering Vince Zampella

0:32:00 - Eve Online

1:22:00 - Games we plan on playing

1:29:00 - Red Dead Redemption 2 Roleplay

1:47:55 - Thank you to the developers

1:48:12 - Outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this episode of the Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam discuss this years Game Award winners. Did they get their predictions right? Adam is enjoying Pacific Drive and is not too hot on Star Wars: Outlaws, and Terry has been playing Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection and Rez Infinite.

Pacific Drive

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458140/Pacific_Drive/

Developer: Ironwood Studios

Website: https://www.ironwoodstudios.com/

Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection

Store:https://store.steampowered.com/app/586200/Street_Fighter_30th_Anniversary_Collection/

Developer: Digital Eclipse

Website: https://www.digitaleclipse.com/

Star Wars: Outlaws

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2842040/Star_Wars_Outlaws/

Developer: Massive Entertainment

Website: https://www.massive.se/

Rez Infinite

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/636450/Rez_Infinite/

Developer: Enhance, Monstars Inc, Resonair

Website: https://enhance-experience.com/

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:06:30 - Game Awards 2025 - The Winners

0:22:30 - Overall throughts on the Game Awards 2025

0:28:50 - Favourite reveals at The Game Awards 2025

0:49:25 - Pacific Drive

1:03:39 - Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection

1:18:58 - Star Wars: Outlaws

1:38:21 - Rez Infinite

1:47:20 - PSVR2

1:55:50 - A thank you to the game developers

1:58:00 - Outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this episode of the Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam predict the winners of the Game Awards 2025 and what reveals they hope to see. Terry discovers a new gem in Pacific Drive and revisits a trusted one in Towerfall.

Pacific Drive

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458140/Pacific_Drive/

Developer: Ironwood Studios

Website: https://www.ironwoodstudios.com/

Towerfall

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/251470/TowerFall_Ascension/

Developer: Maddy Makes Games

Website: https://www.mattmakesgames.com/

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:30 - What we've been watching

0:12:40 - Pacific Drive

0:28:50 - Star Wars: Outlaws

0:35:00 - Game Awards 2025 Predictions

1:24:41 - Towerfall

1:35:25 - A thank you to the developers

1:36:48 - Outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this episode of the Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam share their EGX 2025 experience, Terry survives through Still Wakes the Deep (The Chinese Room), and Adam shares his views on Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions) and Dispatch (AdHoc Studio).

Ghost of Yotei:

Store: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/ghost-of-yotei

Developer: https://www.suckerpunch.com/

Still Wakes the Deep:

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622910/Still_Wakes_the_Deep/

Developer: https://www.thechineseroom.co.uk/

Dispatch:

Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch/

Developer: https://www.adhocla.com/

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:40 - EGX 2025

0:18:30 - Ghost of Yotei

0:29:00 - Still Wakes the Deep

0:40:25 - Dispatch

0:54:00 - Terry's retro console setup

1:00:55 - A thank you to the developers

1:01:23 - Outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this episode of the Double Life Podcast, Terry plays Bluepoint's remake of Shadow of the Colossus, Adam talks the indie-hit Peak, and we revisit a retro classic in Ridge Racer: Type 4.

Peak:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3527290/PEAK/

Developer: https://aggrocrab.com/

Shadow of the Colossus:

https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP9000-CUSA08809_00-SOTC0000000000EU Developer: https://www.bluepointgames.com/

Ridge Racer: Type 4:

https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP0700-PPSA07700_00-SCES017060000000 Developer: https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro / Adam's Holiday

0:07:30 - Tron Ares

0:13:15 - Peak

0:18:00 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

0:21:50 - Xbox Game Pass price hike

0:25:00 - The state of Xbox in 2025

0:46:30 - Shadow of the Colossus

0:58:00 - Ridge Racer: Type 4

1:09:00 - Assassins Creed talk

1:19:00 - Q: How do you deal with console storage and does it effect what games you play?

1:27:40 - We're going to EGX 2025!

1:34:30 - A thank you to the developers / outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this episode of The Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam debate which actor has the best filmography. Terry sings the praises of Giant Squid's new release - Sword of the Sea, whilst EA's skate., is a little more complex of opinions. Also, we bring an oftly too forgotton indie gem by Acid Nerve - Titan Souls.

Sword of the Sea: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453160/Sword_of_the_Sea/

Developer: https://giantsquidstudios.com/

skate.: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3354750/skate/

Developer: https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/full-circle

Titan Souls: https://store.steampowered.com/app/297130/Titan_Souls/

Developer: https://www.acidnerve.com/

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:15 - Red Dead RP & PC Monitors

0:07:55 - Alien Earth, Dicaprio and Critters 3

0:17:50 - Housekeeping

0:18:55 - Sword of the Sea

0:33:54 - skate.

0:59:23 - Titan Souls

1:07:08 - Playstion State of Play & Kojima announcements

1:14:00 - Xbox Game Pass price hike, next-gen talks, console prices

1:17:14 - Call for listener questions

1:18:04 - A thanks to the developers

1:18:40 - Outro

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between. Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this first episode of The Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam discuss their hopes for the videogames industry as it goes through its most turbulent time yet. Adam gushes over Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and shares his experience with Mafia: The Old Country - is it any good? Terry is in love with Team Asobi’s Astrobot (who isn't?), and talks about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster - particularly Final Fantasy II.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach: https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/death-stranding-2

Developer: https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en

Astrobot: https://www.teamasobi.com/games/astro-bot

Developer: https://www.teamasobi.com/

Mafia: The Old Country: https://mafia.2k.com/en-GB/the-old-country/

Developer: https://hangar13games.com/

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster: https://finalfantasypixelremaster.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/

Developer: https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/home, https://www.tose.co.jp/en/index.html

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/

Chapters:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:18 - What is Double Life?

0:07:36 - The current state of games development and the games industry

0:29:25 - Our hopes for the future of the games industry

0:48:37 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

1:06:00 - Astrobot 1:20:01 - Mafia: The Old Country

1:39:20 - Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster / Final Fantasy II

1:53:40 - Q: What game mechanic would you love to see used more?

2:00:21 - A thank you to the game developers

2:01:18 - Sign off

Double Life is a weekly show celebrating videogames and the people who make them. Join me, Terry Jeffs and my co-host Adam Varey as we discuss the games we are playing - retro titles, indie projects, big budget releases, and everything in between.

Our mission is to place a spotlight on the incredibly talented individuals behind these works of art - the unsung heroes of the industry of interactive entertainment.

In this first episode of The Double Life Podcast, Terry and Adam discuss their hopes for the videogames industry as it goes through its most turbulent time yet. Adam gushes over Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and shares his experience with Mafia: The Old Country - is it any good? Terry is in love with Team Asobi’s Astrobot (who isn't?), and talks about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster - particularly Final Fantasy II.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach:

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | Kojima Productions

Developer: https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en

Astrobot:

ASTRO BOT | Games | TeamASOBI

Developer: https://www.teamasobi.com/

Mafia: The Old Country:

Mafia: The Old Country

Developer: https://hangar13games.com/

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster:

FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER

Developer: https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/home, https://www.tose.co.jp/en/index.html

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-life-videogames-podcast/id1827002760

RSS Feed: https://media.rss.com/double-life/feed.xml

Spotify:

Soundcloud:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleLifeVideo

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doublelife.video

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doublelife_video/