The Codec Call

It's been at least 6 months since we last did a gaming roundup, so it seemed a sensible time to get talking - we all must have played something, right?  Turns out it was mostly the same games and even with Andy on board there's still a heavy racing slant.  Ali gets to talk about the Logitech G923, Matt wonders about the sanity of Project CARS 3, and Andy tells us how he's training to be the next Eddie Irvine (it's the most recent F1 driver he can remember).  Vehophobes don't worry, we do get onto non driving games after about 30 mins, so feel free to skip forward past the bits that might be causing you palpitations.  If you want to join our F1 2020 league on PS4 then just head to the multiplayer and use this code CM#_M6BBNY.

In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast you can hear:

• If Andy is planning on buying a steering wheel

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On 23rd July 2020, Microsoft hosted another online event that promised to showcase new and exciting games for their new console, the Xbox Series X.  Straining with excitement, Ali watched the whole livestream to see if his dreams of ray tracing would be realised this autumn.  Little did he realise that things were going to take an unexpected turn...

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast about the Xbox Series X to find out:

• Who watched it live and all the way through

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Really, what did you expect?  F1 2020 has been released and we wouldn't do a podcast about it?  C'mon!  Matt and Ali can't resist the chance to talk about Formula 1, wheel setups and tyre feel on a race track.  Don't switch off if you're a casual race fan though, there's some new options in this year's iteration that might appeal.

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments podcast to hear all about:

• Tyre differentials

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With Sony's press conference on the 11th June 2020 showcasing a huge number of upcoming next generation games, the new DualSense controller, and the all important looks of the PS5, we decided to sit down and capture our thoughts (good and bad) on what we'd seen.  Well, we being Ali and Matt... Andy was too busy to watch the event so had to receive all the info via live text message, then sift through what was true, and what we'd made up.  There was a lot of great things on show, and a few bits that are telling from what was not said about the new hardware, but largely it started to really build the excitement for a new machine.  We also thought we could get away with creating a new word in a Kojima fashion with revealations... might need some more work there.

 Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast to hear:

• What we thought of the PS5 games and whether we'll be playing them at launch

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In this episode of the Codec Moments podcast which should really have been called "You won't believe the stuff the PS5 and Series X can do!", the team get together to have a chat about everything they know about the next generation of consoles.  It turns out that's not a lot, but they do manage to avoid fanboy baiting each other and starting a fight.  Of course, with Matt and Ali on the mics there's bound to be some racing game talk, and given the DiRT 5 announcement recently it's no surprise that they head down that track.  There's specs, speculation and made up stuff galore - come and have a listen!

If you want to know the following then, you know, crack on...

• Are the team going to get the new consoles at launch?

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You wait for ages then two podcasts come along at once!  Hot on the heels of the They Live: Assault on Cable 54 boardgame episode (literally 5 minutes after), Andy, Matt and Ali discuss what they've been up to in the first couple of weeks of the countrywide lockdown.  How has being confined to their houses affected their gaming habits?  Are they starting to go stir crazy?  Isn't this just normal for Andy?

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast to find out:

• Who's been sneaking in gaming sessions whilst their boss has been on conference calls

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In a very special episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, the team talk to Andrew Aitcheson, one of the co-creators of They Live: Assault on Cable 54 - a table top game that's currently being funded on Kickstarter.  As part of Iconiq Studios, Andrew talks us through where the inspiration came from, what the main challenges have been getting it up and running, and what the crowd funding process is like.

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast to find out:

• Why They Live is so great

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We're back in to the rhythm of never having time to get everyone together to record and failing to put out content.  In a vague effort to do at least one thing for the Codec Moments podcast in March, Matt and Ali got together to talk about what they've played through February.  It turned out to be a very busy month with more games than they realised.  Andy's still lost in the depths of his man cave rebuild... 

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments podcast to find out:

• if Two Point Hospital features

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With it recently being the festive period, it's a time when traditionally the capitalist market goes into overdrive and consumerism dominates.  This means usually we here at Codec Moments have been bought something fabulously techie, or have used the season of goodwill to cheer ourselves up with a fancy piece of kit.  So it's a bit strange then that only one of us has been on any type of spending spree and treated themselves to new peripherals... like a HOTAS flightstick.

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments podcast to find out:

• Who's been buying stuff

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It's a scant 10 days into January and we're putting out our second podcast of year... officially more than the last 3 months of 2019.  Woo!  What's more, it was actually a live broadcast on our own internet radio channel.  Oooh, get us catching up with the early Naught-ies.  For those that missed the delight of hearing us screw up in real time, here's an edited version that makes us sound ever-so-slightly more professional when we're talking about the games of 2020 that we're interested in.  If that's not enough, you can have around the clock noise right here.

In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, you'll hear:

• Which games each of us looking forward to in the first half of 2020

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