The Tired Old Hack Video Game Podcast

It’s been a while, but the podcast is back!

In episode 17 of the Tired Old Hack podcast yer classic power couple is reunited as I’m once again joined by my gaming indifferent wife Louise.

This episode we cover, among other things:

• Women’s basketball in NBA Live 18

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It’s Nintendo time!

In episode 16 of the Tired Old Hack podcast yer man Scullion is joined again by Louise, as we break down Nintendo’s E3 conference and also look at what was shown in the first few hours of its subsequent Treehouse Live show.

I’ve now recorded podcasts for the five biggest E3 conferences. There’s one to go at the end of the week, summing up the week as a whole and discussing stuff I’ve missed. Catch up here:

Episode 12 – EA (listen to it here)

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There aren’t many website peeps who’d stay up until 2am to watch an E3 conference, then stay up for another hour recording a podcast for you. But here we are.

Episode 15 of the Tired Old Hack podcast sees yer man Scullion breaking down Sony’s  E3 conference, discussing every announcement and game reveal in the order they were made.

As the week progresses, I’ll be recording more podcasts after many of the big conferences. They’ll each go up a couple of hours after their respective conference ends. The schedule is as follows:

Episode 12 – EA (recorded, listen to it here)

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Another E3 podcast, you say? About Ubisoft this time? Well, I’m only happy to oblige, good sir/madam (delete as applicable).

In Episode 14 of the Tired Old Hack podcast yer man Scullion talks you through the entire Ubisoft conference and every single announcement, along with my immediate verdict on what I saw.

As the week progresses, I’ll be recording more podcasts after many of the big conferences. They’ll each go up a couple of hours after their respective conference ends. The schedule is as follows:

Episode 12 – EA (recorded, listen to it here)

If you’re just listening while browsing, the podcast was at the top of this article. Click play and you’re off and running.

If you’d rather have the MP3 as a downloadable file so you can stick it on your media player of choice, right-click and save this link.

If you’ve got iTunes, you can find the podcast there by searching for ‘Tired Old Hack’ or just following this link. Please subscribe if you enjoy it, and write up a wee review.

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Microsoft’s just finished its E3 2017 conference, so here’s yer man Scullion’s full game-by-game analysis.

In Episode 13 of the Tired Old Hack podcast I go it alone for the first time, talking you through the entire Xbox conference and every single announcement, along with my immediate verdict on what I saw.

As the week progresses, I’ll be recording more podcasts after many of the big conferences. They’ll each go up a couple of hours after their respective conference ends. The schedule is as follows:

Episode 12 – EA (recorded, listen to it here)

If you’re just listening while browsing, the podcast was at the top of this article. Click play and you’re off and running.

If you’d rather have the MP3 as a downloadable file so you can stick it on your media player of choice, right-click and save this link.

If you’ve got iTunes, you can find the podcast there by searching for ‘Tired Old Hack’ or just following this link. Please subscribe if you enjoy it, and write up a wee review.

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It’s E3 time! And to celebrate yer man Scullion is putting together not one, not two, but SIX episodes of the Tired Old Hack podcast. Here’s the first.

In Episode 12 of the Tired Old Hack podcast I and my E3-newcomer wife Louise react to EA’s ‘EA Play’ conference immediately after its conclusion.

We talk through every announcement in the order it was made, and give our views on what worked and what didn’t.

As the week progresses, I’ll be recording more podcasts after many of the big conferences. They’ll each go up a couple of hours after their respective conference ends. The schedule is as follows:

Episode 13 – Microsoft / Xbox

If you’re just listening while browsing, the podcast was at the top of this article. Click play and you’re off and running.

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Oh ma gawd we’re back agaaaaain (as sung in a Backstreet Boys voice).

In Episode 11 of the Tired Old Hack podcast I’m once again joined by my lovely gaming-indifferent wife Louise as we discuss the latest goings-on the gaming world, including:

• Bethesda and the Prey vs ‘Prey For The Gods’ saga

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Well, well, well. Look what we have here.

Yes, after years of ‘joke’ references to Night Trap (like adding it to my 30 Best DS games article even though it was never on DS), yer man Scullion has finally been vindicated with the incredible news that a brand new, remastered version of the niche ’90s FMV game is coming to PS4 and Xbox One to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

Even better than that, I’ve known about it for a wee while. In fact, I recorded a podcast with the remaster’s developer, the lovely Tyler Hogle, more than a month ago in advance of its announcement, just for you lovely people.

I can now finally bring that podcast to you, in order that you may ‘get hype’, as today’s youth say. And if you aren’t familiar with the game, you may want to watch the video feature I made about it a while back first, so you know why I love it so much.

Night Trap is actually coming. This is not a drill.

If you’re just listening while browsing, the podcast was at the top of this article. Click play and you’re off and running.

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Finally, as a bonus, if you’d like to see just how great a job Tyler’s done with this Night Trap remake, he’s generously given me a few screenshots so you can compare.

On the left are three screenshots taken from the Mega CD version of Night Trap. I took them myself, so you know there are no Photoshop skullduggery goings-on here. I also took them via a Mega CD emulator, so please do appreciate that on an old CRT TV back in the day it didn’t look that sharp.

On the right are the exact same moments in Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition. The game comes with a number of different UI ‘themes’ based on the Mega CD, 3DO and PC layouts: the first two examples here are using the Mega CD layout, the bottom one is the new one exclusive to this remaster, which gives you a bigger picture.

Click to embiggen:

Let’s get casting that pod again.

Episode 9 of the Tired Old Hack podcast is part two of my two-part special with my awesome pal Kate Gray.

If you haven’t heard the first part (episode 8) yet, you might want to give it a listen here first, just for the sake of completion.

In this second part we answer more reader questions, before we get to the important matter of finding out which five games mean the most to Kate. At the risk of sounding like Buzzfeed, some of them may surprise you.

If you’re just listening while browsing, the podcast was at the top of this article. Click play and you’re off and running.

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You asked for it, so you’re getting it:

Episode 8 of the Tired Old Hack podcast is part one of a two-part special in which I’m once again joined by my awesome pal Kate Gray.

The episode opens with me giving my thoughts on today’s Scorpio specs announcement. After that it’s onto the first part of my chat with Kate in which we talk about (among other things) the current state of indie gaming and what it’s like when you’re on a train full of indie devs travelling across America.

Part 2 of the chat will be up next week, but until then fill yer ears and listen to two pals talking a load of shite about games.

The screenshot at the top of this article is from Postbirb, a game Kate helped develop. She discusses it in the podcast, so if you want to try it out you can find it here.

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