Episode 80: Geoff Glendenning Interview

15th November 2018 Philip Hockaday

The Sony PlayStation is one of the most successful consoles and brands that we as gamers have seen. We spoke to Geoff Glendenning who was Head Of Marketing for the PlayStation as he shares some of his memories. Geoff had worked in advertising previously and did work for Commodore and Acclaim before his big move to Sony.

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Episode 81: Farewell GamesMaster Magazine

17th December 201824th December 2018 Philip Hockaday

When GamesMaster magazine launched way back in December 1992 it was a big deal! With the tv show bringing gaming to the mainstream, Future publishing had been hard at work ready to capitalise on the ready made audience. GamesMaster was the new and exciting multi-format magazine covering Nintendo, Sega, Amiga, PC and much more.

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Episode 79: Run & Gun

30th October 2018 Philip Hockaday 3 Comments

Join the Maximum Power Up Commandos as we go runnin’ and gunnin’, and diving into the shoot’em up sub genre of run’n’gun games. Hosts Phil, Jake and Chris Smith MkII pick up some heavy weaponry, don their bandanas and camo kecks, and jump in the chopper… or do they?

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Episode 78: Neil West interview

14th October 201814th October 2018 Philip Hockaday

In this episode we speak to another well known journalist from the 90’s. Neil West was known for his work on much loved Sega magazines Sega Power and MEGA. At the time the 16 bit Sega vs Nintendo war was heating up and there were many great games for the Sega Megadrive. We discuss how EA were so important for Sega with many hit games for the system.

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Episode 77: Gary Penn interview

27th September 2018 Philip Hockaday

Gary Penn has been working in the games industry for over 30 years. Starting out on the now iconic Zzap64 magazine for the Commodore 64 he became the editor in less than 2 years. We discuss those early days of his career at Newsfield and the challenges he faced as well as his memories working alongside Jaz Rignall.

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Episode 76: H.P. Lovecraft

10th September 2018 Philip Hockaday 5 Comments

Phil, Chris & Tom are reunited for the first time since the Dreamcast episode to discuss games influenced and inspired by the works and extended mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.

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Episode 75: Playing with Emotions

26th August 2018 Philip Hockaday

As the video game medium matures, more intelligent, thought provoking and engaging stories are being told. While the outsiders to the medium like to pretend the only reactions that video games can provoke are anger and hatred, the reality is that games can stir a whole range of emotions.

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Episode 74: Listeners Choice – Gameboy

13th August 201813th August 2018 Philip Hockaday

Phil, Jake and special guest Matt ‘Gameboyle’ revisit your top 10 Game Boy titles to see how they’ve fared growing old… and throw a few personal favorites in too.

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Episode 73: Steve Merrett Interview

19th July 201813th August 2018 Philip Hockaday

For gamers in the 80’s & 90’s magazines such as Nintendo Magazine System, Mean Machines Sega, Amiga Action, MegaTech, CU Amiga were all well loved titles. Our latest podcast guest Steve Merrett worked on all of these and more.

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Episode 72: Nintendo Switch

5th July 2018 Philip Hockaday

When Nintendo announced their follow up to the much criticised Wii U, Nintendo fans had no idea what to expect. The Nintendo Switch was released in 2017 and made a bold move to have a home console that you could also remove from it’s charging dock and take with you wherever you went.

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