On the Level Podcast

We're back! Harry has enjoyed a bottle of Jack and Simon is ruing the possibility of the Criterion Edition of 'Fast & Furious 8' but we're back!!

On to the mess that is Fallout 76, the stupidity of what's missing from Spyro, why awards don't matter but why award show do matter (whatever they're called). Welcome to the On The Level: Blackout podcast...

We sauntered just south of the border this week as we looked back on the madness (and loudness) that was Microsoft's XO18 before leaping over the wall to discuss some of the VGA nominees.

Who knew that Mexican Xbox fans loved Shinji Hashimoto so much? We didn't. In fact we didn't know who Shinji Hashimoto was and Harry plays ALOT of Kingdom Hearts.

Sometimes a video game is a little more than pointing and either clicking or shooting and this week we take a look at some of those games that took on a serious subject or dealt with more adult issues.

It got a little emotional.

(Also, apologies for the barrage of fireworks! They've been muffled as best they could!)

We're back in the saddle and broke-backing again and this week it's about that teeny tiny Rockstar release amongst a 10-gallon hats worth of news: The PS Classic looks a bit pants, Call of Cthulhu manages the impossible, MediEvil will be the PS4 swansong and Nintendo manage ANOTHER round of Smash Bros news...

And as it was Halloween we give each other the willies by discussing some of our more memorable scary moments.

I went to see Halloween this week - was it worth sitting through 20 mins of trailers in a moderately comfortable chair for?

SPOILER ALERT - yes. Also, there are no spoilers in the review.

(Normal service will resume next week...)

When was the last time you finished a game? Statistically speaking it was probably a long time ago.

We buy more and more games but finish fewer and fewer of them - why? Is it length? Is it choice? Are they too big? And does it have anything to do with Jason Statham falling in love with a shark?

Imagine that; another Call of Duty game! These things must be quite popular, so popular that we thought we'd better spend some time going through a bit of it's history. From it's Medal of Honour beginnings to it's,,, well, is it going to ever have an ending?

Harry says yes, Simon says no(possibility of a naked death match stream on Twitch to determine the winner is now under discussion).

Mmmmmmm... that cool, refreshing taste; nothing else hits that spot quite like a chilled glass of Coca Cola.

Anyway, this week it's all about the move from print-to-pimp media and the world of influencers and the like. So settle in and try pouring yourself a serving of the first, non alcoholic beverage that springs to mind. All glory to the HYPNOTOAD!

Telltale goes and Bowsette explodes were clearly the big stories of last week but there was also TGS and EGX to generate a headline or two.

How much merch can Kojima shift before his game actually launches? How many hats can your horse wear in RDR2? Who is V from DMC5? And could Harry really be on course to finish 2 whole games in 2019??

It's not quite Grand Theft Video game, but it's pretty darn close. This week it's all about celebrating the pioneers and shining a light on the mildly dubious practices of certain companies who couldn't be bothered to think for themselves. Or those businesses who saw a good opportunity languishing in obscurity and decided to do something about it. Cheeky? Dumb? Genius? Let's get into it...