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- A Long Time Ago, In a Lootbox Far, Far, Away…It's a time of turmoil with the gaming public... it's the annual monetisation of one of our beloved childhood franchises. Never mind that Disney are milking Star Wars for all it's worth (and who can blame them?), EA have recently placed themselves atop the pointy lightsabre of gamer indignation by daring to make money out of a title they've funded. However, have they gone about it in exactly the wrong way by using the lootbox mechanism to lure in unsuspecting gullible fans? Or worse still, offered up the chance to shortcut a grind by paying them to randomly provide potentially powerful items? Whatever the reason, the gaming community is up in arms about it and decided it's time they acted as conscience and nanny to those who'd potentially fall foul to EA's nefarious scheme. Can Matt and Andy give us a new hope?In this Battlefront II lootbox spectacular of the Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt talk about:* Lootboxes (there's a surprise!)* Is it a bad thing that EA have done?* Development costs and the price rise of videogames* Extending the lifecycle of a product* How EA knew they'd recorded a podcast already and kept making announcements so that they needed to add to the already over-running content* What EA will put in the game nextWhatever your stance on the lootbox issue, let us know via Twitter or Facebook or email, we want to know how it makes you feel. Are you going to be boycotting EA's products from now on, or could you not care less? Hit us up. Until next time…31 min
- We Need More Hours in the Day
Just as we get past what we think are the big releases of the year with the next iterations of CoD, Wolfenstein, Assassin’s Creed, Forza, Gran Turismo et. al.; along comes a week that has us locking our wallets away for fear of not having any money left to buy our loved ones a Christmas present. This week, the one ending 17th November, has a large amount of titles landing in stores that we’re sorely tempted by and might struggle to resist buying. How will you guys do?
In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt get into the release calendar for the next couple of weeks to talk about what they’re really interested in and what they need to hold off buying. Prepare to hear quite a bit about:
- What’s on the pile of shame already
- L.A. Noire in 4K and on the Switch
- Battlefront II – where they spend a lot time talking about loot boxes before cutting it all out and deciding it’ll make a podcast all on its own
- Cricket games
- LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2
- Skyrim VR and why Matt can’t bring himself to buy it a 4th time
- DOOM Virtual F*&!ing Reality
- Fallout 4 VR
- oh, and there are some bad, bad, bad farming puns in there somewhere
34 min - We Need More Hours in the DayJust as we get past what we think are the big releases of the year with the next iterations of CoD, Wolfenstein, Assassin's Creed, Forza, Gran Turismo et. al.; along comes a week that has us locking our wallets away for fear of not having any money left to buy our loved ones a Christmas present. This week, the one ending 17th November, has a large amount of titles landing in stores that we're sorely tempted by and might struggle to resist buying. How will you guys do?In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt get into the release calendar for the next couple of weeks to talk about what they're really interested in and what they need to hold off buying. Prepare to hear quite a bit about:* What's on the pile of shame already* L.A. Noire in 4K and on the Switch* Battlefront II - where they spend a lot time talking about loot boxes before cutting it all out and deciding it'll make a podcast all on its own* Cricket games* LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2* Skyrim VR and why Matt can't bring himself to buy it a 4th time* DOOM Virtual F*&!ing Reality* Fallout 4 VR* oh, and there are some bad, bad, bad farming puns in there somewhereLet us know what your plans are with the very busy seasonal game releases and whether you're able to hold of picking up more than you can feasibly play... the Codec Moments team are useless at that. You can contact us via Twitter or Facebook or email to talk about your purchases or your pile of shame. Remember, if you want to win a copy of Farming Simulator for the Switch, suggest the best way for us to grow our podcast reach, or bring us in the most new listeners, and it could be on its way to you. Until next time...Usual terms and conditions apply for the Farming Simulator giveaway.34 min
- The Wolfenstein II Spoilercast
We’ve really enjoyed the story and themes tackled in the latest Wolfenstein game: The New Colossus and wanted to discuss them in detail, but it’s definitely not fodder that can go in the review. It’s a good job we’ve got a podcast then! And of course, any reason to use our alt history podcast logo.
In this episode of The Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt talk through in great detail the story of Wolfenstein II, so we don’t recommend listening to this if you don’t want spoilers. They go over:
- the main characters
- key plot points
- that bit where spoiler spoiler spoiler
- how spoiler spoiler spoiler got spoiler spoiler spoiler and spoiler spoiler spoiler with a spoiler spoiler spoiler
- how it ends
- the Freedom Chronicles
- and is spoiler spoiler spoiler really going to spoiler spoiler spoiler
40 min - The Wolfenstein II SpoilercastWe've really enjoyed the story and themes tackled in the latest Wolfenstein game: The New Colossus and wanted to discuss them in detail, but it's definitely not fodder that can go in the review. It's a good job we've got a podcast then! And of course, any reason to use our alt history podcast logo.In this episode of The Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt talk through in great detail the story of Wolfenstein II, so we don't recommend listening to this if you don't want spoilers. They go over:* the main characters* key plot points* that bit where spoiler spoiler spoiler* how spoiler spoiler spoiler got spoiler spoiler spoiler and spoiler spoiler spoiler with a spoiler spoiler spoiler* how it ends* the Freedom Chronicles* and is spoiler spoiler spoiler really going to spoiler spoiler spoilerYou can contact us via Twitter or Facebook or email to talk about your Wolfenstein II theories and even share your favourite moments... but don't spoil it for others. Until next time.40 min
- A Time To Kill
We had to do it, didn’t we? The HITMAN Game of the Year edition is being released, and seeing as 73% of our output is based around Agent 47 we simply needed to talk about it. It’s not just a release of the game episodes in one bundle, there are new levels, new costumes, new weapons, and new challenges. It’s a fitting send off for the first season of the bald-man-sneaking-around-and-choking-people-out simulator.
In this Codec Moments Podcast Andy and Matt talk about:
- what’s new
- what the trailer tells us about the changes
- the difficult year IO Interactive have had
- being able to try more elusive targets (but sadly not Gary Busey)
- how we’d like some more sniper challenge
- clowns and Blood Money, because we can’t let that game lie
20 min - A Time To KillWe had to do it, didn't we? The HITMAN Game of the Year edition is being released, and seeing as 73% of our output is based around Agent 47 we simply needed to talk about it. It's not just a release of the game episodes in one bundle, there are new levels, new costumes, new weapons, and new challenges. It's a fitting send off for the first season of the bald-man-sneaking-around-and-choking-people-out simulator.In this Codec Moments Podcast Andy and Matt talk about:* what's new* what the trailer tells us about the changeshttps://youtu.be/ODUIa831DXk* the difficult year IO Interactive have had* being able to try more elusive targets (but sadly not Gary Busey)https://youtu.be/Sr3K5vPMS-Y* how we'd like some more sniper challenge* clowns and Blood Money, because we can't let that game lieHITMAN GOTY edition will be released on the 7th November on all platforms. You can contact us via Twitter or Facebook or email to talk about your HITMAN experiences and even share your favourite moments. Until next time…20 min
- Codec Momentum - October 2017
Whenever a month ends we have to take stock of the preceding weeks and ask ourselves the question – which of you lovely people have finished the games you pledged to complete from your pile of shame? It’s time to delve into the hat of joy and pick a winner from the October 2017 #CodecMomentum page, will it be you? Tune in to find out that and more in the Codec Moments Podcast.
In this podcast it’s all about two things for Matt and Andy:
- October’s Codec Momentum
- The chart leaderboard rundown
22 min - Got Momentum?Whenever a month ends we have to take stock of the preceding weeks and ask ourselves the question - which of you lovely people have finished the games you pledged to complete from your pile of shame? It's time to delve into the hat of joy and pick a winner from the October 2017 #CodecMomentum page, will it be you? Tune in to find out that and more in the Codec Moments Podcast.In this podcast it's all about two things for Matt and Andy:* October's Codec Momentum* The chart leaderboard rundownIf you've never taken part in a #CodecMomentum challenge why not have a go? Just find a game you haven't finished, pledge it here, and then crack on with it. Simples! Contact us via Twitter or Facebook or email, and don't forget to send us confirmation of your completions so that we can feature you in the hall of fame. Until next time...23 min
- They’re Creepy and they’re Kooky
It’s the 31st October 2017 so that means it’s Halloween, and we are obligated under all rules of recording and publishing to put out an appropriately themed episode. That doesn’t mean we have to churn out the same piece of content each year though, no. We definitely wouldn’t do that ;-)… but we would hit you with bad puns galore in the first couple of minutes. You have been warned.
In this special instalment of the Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt talk about:
- their favourite spooky and creepy games
- that Andy’s a wuss when it comes to horror titles
- the demise of Visceral Games
- what we’ll be streaming on Halloween… hint, Andy will crap himself (again)
- and a seasonally appropriate quiz.
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