Not A Game Podcast

This week the Not a Game crew are joined by Ben Barrett to talk about which games we’d most like a refund on (Spelunky, Angel of Darkness, Dead Island Riptide and Starcraft 2). After that we all hate each other so we move onto the best news from Gamescom: XCOM: Enemy Within. Meanwhile Tom and […]

In episode four of the Not a Game podcast we’re joined by proud United Statesian Taylor Cocke, who becomes our first ever transatlantic guest. He and Pip have both just visted The International, the most prestigious of Dota 2 tournaments. They bring with them stories of dramatic last minute wins, failed fountain hooks and the […]

Episode three sees Craig and Pip indisposed, so guest stars Brendan Caldwell and Jordan Erica Webber join us. We talk bronies at Nine Worlds, moral choices in Spec Ops: The Line and Papers Please and ludo-narrative dissonance in Kirby’s Dreamland. The question of the week is “What is the game that got you into gaming?” […]

Episode two! Now with better editing and more organisation! This time out we talk about Cara’s sexy week of RPS news, why gamers are more cultured than poets and adorably dark swim ’em up Luminesca. Then the conversation moves onto our backlogs of shame: Pip has never known the joys of Tomb Raider, Tom still […]

Welcome to the first ever episode of the unfortunately named Not a Game podcast. Despite being poorly organised and distracted by screaming s children, we manage to talk about Batman: Arkham Facepuncher, superhero games as a power fantasy, Kerbal Space Program,  games with deliberately crap controls, the Oculus Rift porn game, Ride to Hell: Retribution […]