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Raw with Jay: Graphics vs Gameplay

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Graphics vs Gameplay Graphics or gameplay, which is "more important" (hopefully you can hear the bunny quotes there)? Is a shiny veneer more important than an engrossing gameplay mechanic? Can't we just have both? What if we have neither? All of these...

The Look Back - April 2021

This is a new type of shorter episode that we'll be putting out each month, called "THE LOOK BACK!". In these, we'll be looking back at the previous month's episodes and giving you a rundown of them. That way, if you somehow missed one, you can get the low down on what you missed. Pretty handy eh? We'd still recommend that you check out the podcast proper. And if you haven't already, then look for us on your podcatcher of choice and subscribe. It's 100% free to do so, you know. Ep...

Alien vs Predator with Jane Whittaker

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We caught up with Jane Whittaker to talk about their remembrances of working on the Atari Jaguar's Alien vs Predator and ask questions about their upcoming projects. Here's a sample of the full show notes - make sure to click through and check them out...

Teaser 2 - Episode 113: Parasite Eve - Let's Learn About Squigglies

Teaser - Episode 113: Parasite Eve - Let's Learn About Squigglies

Parasite Eve - Let's Learn About Wigglies

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We finally wanted to tackle a video game film which is considered an outlier; one which doesn't seem to be that well known outside of the Venn diagram of people who like video games, people who like Japanese horror, and people who have watched the Para...

Wonderfully Dizzy with Philip Oliver

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We had the incredibly rare privilege of talking with Philip Oliver - one half of The Oliver Twins - about their history in the British Game Development scene; from the early 80s all the way up to now. We talked about Dizzy, the EverCade, BitlzGames, and...

Raw with Jay: Let's Ditch The Gatekeepers

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Let's Ditch the Gatekeepers Who cares what you're playing, as long as it's fun to play. I hate gatekeepers, and see the behaviour all over the place. So let's talk a little about gatekeeping, and why it's all nonsense. Series Intro This is The Waff...

Behind The Mic: The Waffling Taylors

Season 2 episode 25 of Behind the Mic focusses on The Waffling Taylors - a pair of brothers who have transitioned from blogging into podcasting, and to music production for some of the biggest names in the business. With a bio-pic from Old Circle Cinema slated for release in 2027, we look back on the only true dynamic duo of podcasting: The Waffling Taylors. Since their first episode - "56 Games in 63 Minutes", released in November 2017 - Jay and Squidge have been steering both the...

Resident Evil Apocalypse and the Shakey Fist Logic (part two)

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Andrew Dickinson (i.e. oddment84, aka "that guy who creates a bunch of podcasts" ) returns for a discussion on Resident Evil Apocalypse. We had that much to say about the 2004 action-horror (which is heavy on the over-the-top action, and incredibly lig...

Teaser - Episode 109: Resident Evil Apocalypse and the Shakey Fist Logic (part two)

Bonus: lock-on Volume 1 - A Discussion on Passion

We interrupt your regularly scheduled episode programming to bring you a bonus interview with the folks behind lock-on Volume 1: Jon Doyle and Jason Maddison. We'll be right back with part two of our episode on Resident Evil Apocalypse very soon, but we were excited to release this discussion as soon as it was available - which is why it's seeing a weekend release. Jon and Jason are in the process of getting an impressive collection of content creators together. Why? Because they h...

Teaser: A Discussion on Passion

We interrupt your regularly scheduled episode programming to bring you a bonus interview with the folks behind lock-on Volume 1: Jon Doyle and Jason Maddison. We'll be right back with part two of our episode on Resident Evil Apocalypse very soon, but we were excited to release this discussion as soon as it was available - which is why it's seeing a weekend release. Jon and Jason are in the process of getting an impressive collection of content creators together. Why? Because they h...

Resident Evil Apocalypse and the Shakey Fist Logic (part one)

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Andrew Dickinson (i.e. oddment84, aka "that guy who creates a bunch of podcasts" ) returns for a discussion on Resident Evil Apocalypse. We had that much to say about the 2004 action-horror (which is heavy on the over-the-top action, and incredibly lig...

Teaser - Episode 108: Resident Evil Apocalypse and the Shakey Fist Logic (part one)

We brought Andrew "too many podcasts" Dickinson back to the podcast so that we could discuss the 2004 film: Resident Evil Apocalypse. This is one of Andrew's favourite entries in the series, and the last one that Jay had seen (having given up on the series after this film came out). We did commit a cardinal sin in film discussion: we talked about the film for longer than the run time. As such, we've split this discussion into two parts, with part one coming out very soon (March 19t...

Earthrend with Zachary Claxton

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We had a chat with indie game developer Zachary Claxton this week (actually, we chatted with him back in November 2020) about his Zelda-like title with Shadow of the Colossus-like scale. We talked about the wonderful hand drawn aesthetic, how the game c...

Teaser - Episode 107: Earthrend with Zachary Claxton

We had a chat with indie game developer Zachary Claxton this week (actually, we chatted with him back in November 2020) about his Zelda-like title with Shadow of the Colossus-like scale. We talked about the wonderful hand drawn aesthetic, how the game came to be, and where you can get the demo. We also talked about our recent games, some of which might surprise you. Find out about the game, and what we've been playing recently, when it drops on March 12th, 2021. So do subscribe tod...

Raw with Jay: FPGAs are Magic

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. FPGAs are Magic This is The Waffling Taylors Raw with Jay, a series of shorter episodes that will be of indefinite length - we're gonna put these out as-and-when. These episodes will cover shorter topics which don't really fit well within the scope of the show or topics that...

Looking Back with Sean Haas (part two)

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. This is part two of a two-parter, folks. If you haven't heard part one, I'd take a moment to listen to that first. Unless you're listening in the past - if so, RUN! Content Warning At 25:43, Sean says: They developed the first god-damn plasma display ...

Teaser - Episode 105: Looking Back with Sean Haas (part two)

We brought Sean Hass in to discuss some of the most retro of all retro games - the first video games ever made - and the technology surrounding them. He's an expert on all things from the advent of computing, as he hosts a podcast with a very similar name. Sean took us on a journey which started in the 50s, went back to the 40s, then forward to the 70s, by way of the start of the 20th century. And on every stop along the way, he introduced us to some of the earliest video games eve...

Looking Back with Sean Haas (part one)

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. This is part one of a two-parter, folks. And I'm sure that you'll want to hear the second part when it drops next week. Unless you're listening in the future - if so, how is everything? Show Notes We were joined by Sean "Advent of Computing" Haas for ...

Teaser - Episode 104: Looking Back with Sean Haas (part one)

We brought Sean Hass in to discuss some of the most retro of all retro games - the first video games ever made - and the technology surrounding them. He's an expert on all things from the advent of computing, as he hosts a podcast with a very similar name. Sean took us on a journey which started in the 50s, went back to the 40s, then forward to the 70s, by way of the start of the 20th century. And on every stop along the way, he introduced us to some of the earliest video games eve...

Post Recording Thoughts - Philip Oliver

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Show Notes We recently recorded an interview with Philip Oliver and kept the microphones going after Philip had signed off. We wanted to cover our immediate thoughts on the recording. This is a raw recording with only the intro and outro added to it - no editing was done. This audio (and the interview) were recorded on the evening of Thursday, Feb 11th 2021. The interview with Philip is due to d...

RetroMania Wrestling Returns with Mike Hermann

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Content Warning At 9:54, there’s a discussion of things jiggling, and whether they needed to be censored, but we keep it clean.  Please listen responsibly. Show Notes We were incredibly lucky to be able to grab some time with Mike Hermann back on D...

RetroMania Wrestling Returns with Mike Harman

Mike Hermann returns to talk about RetroMania Wrestling. We got the low down on what's been happening since he was last on the show (April, 2020) who's on the roster, paying tribute to the fans,and what to expect when the game drops a few weeks after the episode's release.

Teaser - Episode 103: RetroMania Returns with Mike Herman

Although he's been on the show before, we asked Mike Hermann to come back and drop more information (as well as an elbow or two) about RetroMania Wrestling. He also tells us about the game coming to IIRcade. Is Warhorse correctly balanced in RetroMania? And did Colt Cabana get signed to AEW because of his involvement in the game, or because of his 20+ year stellar career? Is it too much of an arcade game? And what are we talking about with jiggling? Find out when Mike Herman retur...

Raw with Jay: Play and How Important it is

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Play and How Important it is This is The Waffling Taylors Raw with Jay, a series of shorter episodes that will be of indefinite length - we're gonna put these out as-and-when. These episodes will cover shorter topics which don't really fit well within the scope of the show o...

2021, Huh. What Is It Good For? (Part Two)

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Content Warning Just the one this week, folks. But it’s a big one: At 01:21:45 AndrewD talks about a very specific record set by an actress by the name of Lisa Sparks. This is a very adult-themed record, so I would recommend skipping this part if you ...

Episode 100 with Special Guest Asterios Kokkinos

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We’ve reached 100 episodes! Seriously, this is an amazing achievement. And as such, I reached out to Internet comedian, podcaster, corn maze enthusiast, and occasional bee impersonator Asterios Kokkinos for comment. Strangely enough, he said that he’d ...

Teaser - Episode 100 with Special Guest Asterios Kokkinos

We're 100 episodes into the podcast, and we asked a super special guest to be on the show: Internet Comedian Asterios Kokkinos. Where are we going on our gondola ride? Why is Asterios confused about why folks are fighting in Dead or Alive? What was Asterios' elevator pitch? You'll have to listen in to find out. Episode 100 with Special Guest Asterios Kokkinos - drops on January 22nd, 2021. So do subscribe today in order to be the first (and coolest) among your friends to listen to...

2021, huh. What is it good for? (part one)

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. WELCOME TO 2021! We wanted to kick things off this year with great people, so we brought the following folks back: The_B Stoo Cambridge ZBoi AndrewD We couldn’t fit all six of us into one episode, so we’re splitting the 6 HOUR (!?) conversation i...

30 seconds of nonesense for 2021

A really quick trailer for the show. If you like the sound of this, then you'll likely love the show we put together. Don't forget to subscribe (it's free) and head over to https://wafflingtaylors.rocks to find out more about it.

Super Mario Bros. - Trust The Fungus

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. This is our final episode for 2020, and a cap of our THIRD YEAR (!!) doing the podcast - the first episode was released back in November of 2017. Because it was such an amazing occasion, we wanted to tackle the 1993 disaster: Super Mario Bros.... and t...

Street Fighter: The Movie - with Z-Boi

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. For the end of our THIRD YEAR (!!) doing the podcast - the first episode was released back in November of 2017 - we wanted to tackle the 1994 blockbuster Street Fighter The Movie. but we knew that we wouldn't be able to do it by ourselves, so we drafte...

EverQuest with John Krikorian - Part 3

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We sat with John Krikorian (of the Trek Profiles podcast) to talk about EverQuest, and how the communities which come up around MMOs are really what make or break them (John has a wonderful line about "it's about more than the game"). We also talk about how EverQuest is a 20...

EverQuest with John Krikorian - Part 2

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We sat with John Krikorian (of the Trek Profiles podcast) to talk about going back to the videogames and media that we have previously loved, and his wonderful story about returning to EverQuest. I also have a mini-rant about BBC America's adaptation of The Watch - we record...

EverQuest with John Krikorian - Part 1

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We sat with John Krikorian (of the Trek Profiles podcast) to talk about going back to the videogames and media that we have previously loved - he has a wonderful story about returning to EverQuest. It's only fair to let you know that between 25:47 and 27:37, John gets into ...

Resident Evil and The Paper Kimono

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page, on Twitter, or with our Contact page. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. For Spoopy season 2020 (although this year has already been pretty spoopy, right?), Squidge and I wanted to talk about the absolute horror that is the 2002 Paul W.S. Anderson movie: Resident Evil. A film that missed the point so much, that the point ma...

Would You Kindly with G

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Did you know that we recorded this one five months ago, it's true you know. It's been one heck of a year for the Waffling Taylors so far. We wanted to keep G (aka #dontCallMeAudry) around for one more episode (he was in both part one and part two of our recent Hidden Gems ep...

Hidden Gems with G - Part 2

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We recorded this episode back in April, which is why Squidge makes his announcement at the top of the show. Seriously, we really did record this one five months ago. It's been one heck of a year for the Waffling Taylors so far. Remember when we said, "There are millions of g...

Hidden Gems with G - Part 1

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. We recorded this episode back in April, which is why Squidge makes his announcement at the top of the show. Seriously, we really did record this one five months ago. It's been one heck of a year for the Waffling Taylors so far. There are millions of games out there. And as a...

Final Fantasy VII Remake Reflections - Part 3

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Especially since this episode has a trigger warning - which is laid out in the chapter markers. There are quite a few bleeped cuss words in this episode, folks. The ending of the game is also discussed, so spoilers abound, too. This is part THREE of Lulu and Squidge deep-div...

Final Fantasy VII Remake Reflections - Part 2

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Especially since this episode has a trigger warning - which is laid out in the chapter markers. There are a few bleeped cuss words in this episode, folks. And things get real heavy at 32:25 onwards. This is part two of Lulu and Squidge deep-diving into the Final Fantasy VII ...

Final Fantasy VII Remake Reflections - Part 1

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Especially since this episode has a spoiler warning - which is laid out in the chapter markers. During our intro skit - which starts at 00:01:39 - Squidge talks anatomy, dropping the name of a part of the body which might either be embarrassing to hear or troublesome if there...

Discworld and Beyond with Gregg Barnett

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those.  Jay was incredibly lucky to be able to sit with legendary video game developer and designer Gregg Barnett. You may know of some of the titles he's worked on - things like: Horace Goes Skiing The Way of the Exploding Fist Discworld Discworld 2: Missing Presummed... ? Dis...

The Sexy Brutale with Charles Griffiths - Part 2

Before we begin proper: this is part two of a chat with Charles Griffiths about The Sexy Brutale. If you haven't heard part one, please go back and listen to that before continuing because we jump straight into this discussion and you might miss out on some of the context for the conversation if you don't. Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now,...

The Sexy Brutale with Charles Griffiths - Part 1

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Also, you can take this episode (and part two, dropping next week) as full of spoilers for The Sexy Brutale. We sat with Charles Griffiths, an award winning games designer, to talk about the modern classic The Sexy Brutale. We talked with him about what he's been playing, (te...

Double Dragon - Witty Remark Here

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Especially since this episode has a trigger warning which is laid out in the chapter markers (one before and one after) Squidge and I really wanted to start a series called "Waffling Taylors Goes to the Movies" - seriously, check out that artwork. And what better a movie to s...

Dreamcast Year Two with Andrew Dickinson

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Especially since this episode has a trigger warning which is laid out in the chapter markers (one before and one after) We sat with Andrew Dickinson (aka oddment84) again (he was on the show previously, on episode 71) to talk about his new book "Dreamcast: Year Two" - the fol...

Itchy, Tasty with Alex Aniel

Remember that you can always get in touch with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter. Don't forget to check the chapters tab in your podcatcher. This is a thing we're doing now, so keep an eye open for those. Especially since this episode has a trigger warning which is laid out in the chapter markers (one before and one after) We sat with Alex Aniel (aka cvxfreak) to talk about his upcoming book "Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil", the entire Resident Evil serie...