128KB Podcast
300 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Your New Favourite Gaming Podcast, back by lack of popular demand. We tend to love on all things Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Steam Deck, yeah we're fan boys of anything console gaming!! So tune in for all the latest news and opinions on the latest games, gaming news and video game opinions.
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Fallout Is Better Than Ever...
April 24, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBThe Fallout hype is real, and as huge fans of the games we couldn't be more excited. With huge updates coming to Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 we take a deep dive on all the Fallout Hype, from the TV Series through to our favourite Fallout game of all time. 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Aj's Streams: https://www.youtube.com/128...
Steam Deck's Most Underrated Feature...
April 17, 2024 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWe already love Valve's Steam Deck but after using this underrated feature we love it even more! 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Aj's Streams: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist Our Website: https://128kb.co.uk
Best Steam Deck Games Coming 2024!
April 15, 2024 16:06 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBLooking for the best Steam Deck games coming this year? Look no further. Andy & AJ bring to you the Best Steam Deck Games Coming out in 2024! 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Aj's Streams: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist Our Website: ...
The Xbox Handheld Will Change Everything...
April 10, 2024 11:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBIt seems like we were right about the Xbox handheld... Join AJ & Andy discuss that latest news and rumours regarding Microsoft's new Xbox console! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
Is The Retroflag Still Worth It?
April 08, 2024 11:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MBA year and a half after release... Is the Retroflag Joy-Con alternative still worth buying? AJ joins me (Andy) again to take a look back and revisit the hugely popular Retroflag Handheld Controller Joy-Con alternative, which features a Nintendo GameCube aesthetic, hall effect sensing joysticks, an actually good D-pad and more! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo ...
Why You SHOULD Buy A Steam Deck
April 03, 2024 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBJoin AJ & Andy discuss Why You SHOULD Buy A Steam Deck/OLED... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐...
Are The HORI Split Pad's Worth Buying In 2024?
March 31, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBAre The HORI Split Pad Pro & Compact Joy-Con alternatives for the Nintendo Switch Worth Buying In 2024? 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNew...
Should You Buy A Nintendo Switch In 2024?
March 27, 2024 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBWe're 7 years into the Nintendo Switch's lifecycle and with the rumours of a Nintendo Switch 2/Pro/Successor being announced this year with a 2025 release, should you buy a Nintendo Switch in 2024? Join Andy & AJ discuss both why you should and shouldn't... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128...
Most Underrated Switch Pro Controller?
March 25, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBIs the MOBAPAD Chitu HD the Most Underrated Switch Pro Controller? We're revisiting it after 8 months to find out... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/...
Why Xbox Doesn't Sell...
March 20, 2024 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBIt's no secret that Xbox is in last place in the "console wars" but why is that? With their new direction heavily focused on Game Pass and finally developing new games for players to enjoy Andy & AJ discuss why it might be that Xbox just doesn't seem to sell... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/12...
DOYOKY Epoch JoyCon Are...
March 17, 2024 12:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBJoin us as we discuss the DOYOKY Epoch JoyCon, which are absolutely massive... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews ...
Do Super Mario Games Suck?
March 13, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBIn this episode Andy & AJ discuss their Mario gaming memories! The good and the bad... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews ...
MOBPAD M6 HD 2 Months Later Is...
March 11, 2024 16:11 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBAfter 2 months, how do the MOBAPAD M6 HD hold up? Are they still the undisputed Joy-Con KING?! Join Andy & AJ discuss the MOBAPAD M6 HD, see AJ's first impressions and why Andy loves them! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel...
Handheld Gaming WILL DOMINATE?
March 06, 2024 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBWill handheld gaming dominate? The Nintendo Switch's hybrid setup has brought console gaming on the go and has done exceptionally well too. Since then we've seen Valve's Steam Deck, ASUS's ROG Ally, Lenovo's Legion Go, MSI's CLAW, a rumoured revamped PlayStation Portable, an Xbox handheld and of course the long awaited Nintendo Switch 2. Is this the era of the handheld takeover? We hope so... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1...
Pokémon Confirms Nintendo Switch 2 Delay?!
March 04, 2024 16:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBWelcome to Switch News! The weekly show discussing everything happening in the world of Nintendo with Andy & AJ! This week we're discussing Nintendo suing the Switch emulator Yuzu, Switch 2 delays until 2025 and the new Pokémon Legends ZA announcement!
Preowned Games ARE DEAD!
February 27, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBIt's finally happened... Preowned, second hand, games are dead. GAME, the UK's largest game retailer has now completely stopped accepting trade-ins and once their stock runs out they will not be selling anything other than brand new titles. That leaves us, here in the UK at least, down to private sales and pawn brokers. With the way things are going anyway, with the future being all digital, the end of preowned games is almost upon us. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: ...
Xbox Ended The Console War?!
February 17, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBXbox Ended The Console War. In this week's 128KB Podcast we pick apart the Xbox Update, with the confirmation of new Hardware, Games being ported to PlayStation and the future of Xbox Game Pass launches. 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist O...
PlayStation 5 Handheld?
February 14, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBNew rumours have emerged that Sony could be developing a new PlayStation handheld, an actual dedicated handheld capable of playing PS4 & PS5 games?! Join AJ & Andy discuss what this could mean! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
Best Games Coming in 2024...
February 07, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWith Xbox's Developer Direct & Sony's State of Play, we've got a lot of excellent games on their way. Join Andy & AJ discuss what they're excited for and what they're not so excited for... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
Huge Xbox & PS5 Exclusives Are Coming…
February 07, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWith Xbox's Developer Direct & Sony's State of Play, we've got a lot of excellent games on their way. Join Andy & AJ discuss what they're excited for and what they're not so excited for... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
Most Disappointing Console Generation Ever?
January 31, 2024 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBIs this the Most Disappointing Console Generation Ever? We're now into the 4th year of PS5 & Xbox Series... Yet we feel like this generation hasn't even started yet. PS4 is still alive and kicking and where are the truly "Next Gen" games? 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb...
The END Of Xbox?!
January 24, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBCould this be the end of Xbox? With Xbox sales down, high focus on Game Pass and rumours of exclusives coming to rival systems, could Microsoft "do a SEGA" and drop out of the Console Wars to become a publisher instead? 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlaySta...
Nintendo Switch 2 CONFIRMED THIS YEAR?
January 17, 2024 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThe Nintendo Switch 2 could potentially be launching this year, join AJ & Andy discuss the latest rumours including what they expect and hope to see from the new Nintendo Switch 2 "PrOLED". 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
Were We Wrong About Digital Only Gaming?
January 10, 2024 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWe're both big physical gaming advocates and have large physical collections across multiple systems but have we been wrongly fighting the future of gaming being digital only? Join Andy & AJ discuss Digital VS Physical gaming, if their opinions have now changed and what the future might hold... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www....
Open World VS Linear Games
January 05, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBWe're finally answering the age old question... What is better? Open World games or Linear games? Join AJ & Andy go massively off topic in this episode, whilst discussing open world games vs linear games. This is an episode we've been wanting to do for the past 12 months but after playing two huge titles in both genres recently, with Alan Wake 2 & Avatar, we thought it was time to address... Open World VS Linear games! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: h...
Gaming At Christmas
December 26, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBAndy & AJ Discuss their gaming memories and more in this year's 128KB Podcast Christmas Special! From fond memories, their favourite Christmas gaming habits and why Andy has beef with Santa. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
PS5 Pro Coming Next Year?!
December 20, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThe rumours are out, Sony's PlayStation Pro dev kits are apparently out into the wild. Join AJ & Andy discuss the PS5 Pro, what it could mean for gaming and what they hope it see from Sony's next revision of the PlayStation, the PS5 Pro! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our P...
Was The Day Before A Scam?
December 13, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBHave we got an episode for you! Let's talk about what happened with The Day Before. This is such a strange story and maybe one of the most controverial in recent gaming history. Join AJ & Andy discuss everything that's happened with the game The Day Before and the unfortunate series of events that have transpired. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: ...
Remembering 22 Years of Xbox
December 06, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBXbox is now 22 years old and that makes us... Old. Join AJ & Andy discuss their memories of Xbox over the past 22 years, from the OG original, the Xbox 360, the Xbox One & the Xbox Series S & X! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: h...
Steam Deck OLED Shocked Us...
November 29, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBValve's Steam Deck OLED is here and we've been playing with it for several days now... Here's our thoughts so far! Valve changed the handheld PC scene back when they announced the original Steam Deck and whilst I loved the original Steam Deck, there were some flaws, mainly the terrible LCD screen, huge bezels and awful backlight bleed. The Steam Deck OLED fixes that and so many other issues the community had with the original Steam Deck. The Steam Deck OLED is more than just a drop-in OL...
Game Of The Year Is...
November 22, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBThe Game Awards are right around the corner and soon we'll find out what the Game of the Year truly is. Join Andy & AJ discuss the nominations for Game of the Year, what they think of the line up and what they think Game of the Year should really be... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our Pl...
THE BEST Refresh Ever? - Steam Deck OLED
November 15, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBValve just shadow dropped their new Steam Deck. The Steam Deck OLED isn't just a fancy new screen, it's a total overhaul and refresh! The Steam Deck was already an incredible device but now Valve has just won, this is the best refresh ever! New HDR, 90Hz, OLED screen, up to 50% better battery life, new thumbsticks, bumpers, touch pads, haptics, speakers, fan, Wifi6E, the list goes on. Join Andy & AJ discuss everything about Valve's new Steam Deck OLED! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: ...
What We've Been Playing... Both Good & Bad.
November 08, 2023 13:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBIn this episode AJ & Andy discuss what games they've been playing recently, what's sucked and what's surprised them too! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist Our Website: ...
PlayStation's Taking Xbox Head On
October 25, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBSony shadow dropped not only a new PlayStation 5 revision but also Cloud Streaming as part of their PlayStation Plus offerings! Join AJ & Andy discuss the new console, that replaces the previous PS5, that has a 1TB disc drive, 30% smaller size and removable disc-drive and also the new PS5 streaming service. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube....
Has Xbox Just WON?!
October 20, 2023 11:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBAfter almost 2 years and 70 BILLION dollars, Microsoft has successfully purchased Activision, Blizzard & King. This is a monumentous day in the history of gaming and of course, changing everything for Xbox & Game Pass. So, has Xbox just won? Join AJ & Andy discuss! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our P...
The Future Of PlayStation...
October 18, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBPlayStation recently announced that their CEO, Jim Ryan, will be retiring next year after being with the company for 30 years. What does this mean for PlayStation? What is the future of PlayStation? Join AJ & Andy discuss this very topic! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
You Can Only Buy ONE Console
October 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBIf you could only pick one console, what would you choose? In this extra long episode, Andy & AJ whittle down which console they'd pick and why, if they could only have one! The choices are; Sony's PlayStation 5, Microsoft's Xbox Series X, Nintendo's Switch OLED or Valve's Steam Deck. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb...
Most HYPED Games Coming Soon
October 04, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBWe've had some excellent games released this year but what games are we most hyped for?! Join Andy & AJ discuss the games they're most looking forward to and why! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist O...
Xbox Is Going DIGITAL ONLY
September 27, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMicrosoft's Xbox has suffered from some serious leaks recently and this one could change gaming history... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist Our Website: https://128kb.co.uk
Starfield - We BOUGHT Xbox's For This...
September 12, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBAfter waiting years for Bethesda's Starfield, was it worth the wait? Was it worth both Andy & AJ buying Xbox's for? Find out in this episode! After missing last week's podcast episode due to no-life-ing Starfield, AJ & Andy have quite a bit to say about Bethesda's newest IP in 25 years. Is it the epic sci-fi RPG game they expected? AJ played the game on the Xbox Series S via Game Pass, whilst Andy played on Series X and has experience with the PC version too. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microp...
We Were Wrong About The Xbox...
August 30, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBWe've never thought we'd say this but... We were wrong about the Xbox. The Xbox has always been left out here at 128KB, it's something we've never made content about as the way we saw it was "we're PC gamers", so we didn't give it the time of day. Over the past several months there's been features that have been peaking our interest, the backwards compatibility, Xbox Game Pass and, of course, let's not forget... Possibly the most hyped for game this year... Starfield. All of this and mo...
I Hate Collecting Video Games
August 23, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBVideo games are incredible, we can't imagine a world without them but... both AJ & Andy have an unhealthy obsession with physical game collecting, from retro to modern games. It's not all sunshine and rainbows though as there seems to be a downside to collecting physical games... 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStati...
The Death of the Video Game Store
August 16, 2023 12:30 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBIn 2017 there were almost 7,000 video game stores across the UK, in 2022 that number had dropped by 50%. Join Andy & AJ discuss the death of the video game store, reminisce about the good old days and what this could mean for the future of video game stores. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: ...
Red Dead Redemption Is Back But...
August 09, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBRed Dead Redemption is back, coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4... and PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility. This isn't the remastered or remade version we were all expecting though, instead we're getting a straight port of the original 2010 game on Nintendo Switch and PS4 for $50/£40. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Ou...
Worst Console Releases Of All Time...
August 02, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBIn this episode AJ & Andy discuss the worst console releases of all time! We previously did an episode on the best consoles of all time, so naturally we had to cover the worst, right? 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlayStation Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kbNews 🌐 Vist Our Website: ...
EVERY New Console LEAKED!
July 26, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode Andy & AJ discuss all the latest leaked console information from the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro, the Sony PlayStation Project Q and the Nintendo Switch 2/Pro. New information has be apparently leaked of the next Sony PlayStation 5 model, hinting at a Pro model being released some time in 2024. Someone has got hands on with the Sony Project Q, Sony's new handheld device, showing a $200 price tag along with an Android OS. Two rumours related to the highly anticipated Nintendo S...
The Best Console Of All Time Is...
July 19, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBAfter last week finding out that 87% of all video games before 2010 are out of print, we wanted to find out what the best console of all time is... Obviously this is a subjective topic but we wanted to give our opinions on the best console and why. Join Andy & AJ discuss their best console of all time! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our Nintendo Channel: https://www.youtube.com/128kb 🎮 See Our PlaySta...
87% Of Video Games Are Lost To Time
July 12, 2023 12:30 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBThe Video Game History Foundation has just published a new study that has found 87% of video games in the US before 2010 are out of print, meaning you cannot easily access and play them. There's currently only two ways to even attempt to play these games, either buy expensive second hand consoles and games or emulate them illegally. Join AJ & Andy discuss what this could mean and their thoughts on the topic! 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1...
Is Nostalgia Killing Games?
July 05, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBThere has been so many remakes and remasters of games over the last 12 months we've actually lost count. We've seen some superb games make their way to the modern era but we've also seen some totally fail at it too. Whilst many love seeing their favourite game get polished up to today's standards, many have poised the questions "the game doesn't need remastering" or "why focus on old games when you could be making new games" and whilst that's a valid question, we've got some thoughts to sha...
Are 2D Games Worthless In 2023?!
June 28, 2023 12:05 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBWith the announcement of Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, a new 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania, we saw an abundance of hate thrown towards 2D games online. The same was said when Metroid 5 Dread was announced. The argument being that 2D games aren't worth paying full price for. Join AJ & Andy discuss their thoughts on 2D & 2.5D side-scrollers in 2023 and whether or not they are worthless in 2023. 🎙 Audio Partners Røde Microphones: https://geni.us/Y7mYL1 🕹 See Our ...