Latest Oldgames Podcast Episodes
Episode 60 - Corn Kidz 64
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - May 10, 2024 09:36 - 1 hourCelebrating both our 60th episode and our 6th birthday, this edition of the podcast hosts Corn Kidz 64 in the book club - a recent PC/Switch 3D collect-a-thon platformer that harks back to the N64 era in a highly convincing manner. Other games that we touch on include Hi-fi Rush, Penny's Big Br...
Episode 59 - Ape Escape
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - March 24, 2024 10:48 - 1 hourIn the book club, we play Ape Escape - the PS1 game that showed 1999 that it needed to invest in that shiny new DualShock controller, after all. Or maybe not, let's see. Plus, Nintendo goes head to head with Yuzu and.. wins, almost immediately, and Tibbs tells us about the recent Tomb Raider re...
Episode 58 - The Legendary Starfy
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - February 08, 2024 12:05 - 1 hourLittle known Nintendo platforming hero, Starfy the starfish gets his turn in the spotlight at last this month, as we feature his underwater platforming antics in the book club - we're discussing The Legendary Starfy, for Nintendo DS. Elsewhere, Tibbs has finally given the Zelda games a proper g...
Episode 57 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - January 09, 2024 09:53 - 1 hourIt's our (slightly belated) end of year show, and we're taking The Simpsons: Hit & Run for a spin in the book club, for GameCube, Xbox and PS2! The perfect excuse to load the show up full of Simpsons chat, quotes, clips and songs! And of course it wouldn't be an end of year show without the Pod...
Episode 56 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - November 27, 2023 12:39 - 1 hourTime for a little Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in the book club? You'll hear no objections from us! Listen to what we had to say about the original DS game that lead to the popular courtroom franchise! Elsewhere, we've an extra chunky review of Sonic Superstars, and we also dip into the likes o...
Episode 55 - Captain Rainbow
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - September 27, 2023 09:50 - 1 hourThis month, the book club covers the Japanese exclusive, Captain Rainbow for the Wii - A Nintendo-published game with Nintendo characters, yet it has a reputation for rude humour, swearing and inappropriate content!? Ollie and Tibbs investigate! Elsewhere, we jam pack the news section with Xbox...
Episode 54 - Baba is You
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - August 10, 2023 21:16 - 1 hourBaba is who? That's what we intend to find out, as we cover this 2019 indie puzzler for PC and Switch that lets you rewrite the game's rules in order to solve its fiendish puzzles! Not content with one book club pick, Tibbs basically brings another one along with him as he packs in a full blown...
Episode 53 - Shantae
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - July 06, 2023 20:24 - 1 hourHair-whipping half-genie half-belly-dancer, Shantae arrives in the book club this month, as we play the very first game in her series of popular 2D metroidvania platformers for the Game Boy Color! Our impressions of this indie darling may surprise you! Plus we look back on last month's slew of ...
Episode 52 - Sephonie
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - May 25, 2023 20:05 - 1 hourThis time we're tackling a thoughtful and narrative-driven puzzle platformer, Sephonie, for PC. Also up for debate is the new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - in which a big portion of the discussion focuses in on the important matter of why Link keeps starting adventures in his pants. Pl...
Episode 51 - Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (with guest, Redbeard Rik!)
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - April 21, 2023 09:12 - 1 hourWe've got a guest this month! "Pod 'em Up superfan" (that's what we call him anyway) Rik comes along for a chat, and brings to the book club the convolutedly-named "Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness". An episodic series for XBLA, PSN and PC, though we mainly cover ...
Episode 50 - OverBlood 2 and Jet Set Radio Future (Book Club Sequels Special!)
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - March 28, 2023 20:46 - 1 hourWe're back, with a brand new logo and a bullseye of an episode for you this month! (cockney rhyming slang for fifty, innit?) Featuring pride of place is a book club double whammy, in which we play two games that are sequels to titles we've already covered on the show before! We understand the c...
Episode 49 - Burning Rangers
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - February 06, 2023 14:46 - 1 hourIt's high time for some Saturn love on the podcast, and what better way to do that than to play Sonic Team's futuristic fire fighting action game, Burning Rangers! One of the final great games for Sega's oft-overlooked machine. Alongside that, we've got thoughts about Sports Story, X-COM, Golde...
Episode 48 - Voodoo Vince
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - December 22, 2022 10:27 - 1 hourIt's the hardly-at-all-Christmassy Christmas Special of Pod 'em Up! We assess the self-destructive habits of unlikely 3D platforming hero Voodoo Vince, from the original Xbox (now also on PC and Xbox One), plus we review Sonic Frontiers and Ollie ruins the Pod 'em Up awards with his terrible vot...
Episode 47 - Skyblazer
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - November 03, 2022 09:42 - 1 hourThis month, we're going on about Skyblazer - never heard of it? Good, sit yourself down and find out if we recommend this infrequently-discussed SNES platformer! Plus, there's much talk about Grapple Dog and the recent Mortal Kombat games, we offer our impressions on the Mario movie trailer aft...
Episode 46 - Stray
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - October 02, 2022 19:18 - 1 hourWe've got a real cracker in the book club this month - the silky smooth adventuring of 2022's highly acclaimed cat 'em up: Stray, for PS4/5 and PC. Does it deserve the high praise it's been getting? We find out! Plus, Ollie went to EGX in London for a go or two on Sonic Frontiers, and he brings...
Episode 45 - Banjo-Kazooie
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - August 23, 2022 20:46 - 1 hourThis month we're getting jiggy with Banjo-Kazooie, Ollie's childhood favourite collect-a-thon 3D platformer for the N64 and Xbox consoles! Also, Tibbs delivers an impromptu review of Biomutant, and encourages Ollie to undertake a new career in video game journalism. Mainly though, we're talking ...
Episode 44 - House of the Dead: Overkill
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - July 12, 2022 19:55 - 1 hourYou've come for brains.. we'll give you.. bullets! .. We'll also give you a look at the superbly funny, irreverent and very foul-mouthed on-rails shooter, House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii! (adults only for that section please!). However, this is one dense fruitcake of a show, a...
Episode 43 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - June 05, 2022 12:19 - 1 hourOllie and Tibbs play and discuss one of the most recent Nintendo Switch exclusives - Kirby and the Forgotten Land. You already know it's brilliant, but we tell you exactly why! If you've already completed the game, you might like to follow up this episode with a bonus 10 minute discussion about...
Episode 42 - Wrestling Special! WWF No Mercy and Fire Pro Wrestling World
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - April 29, 2022 20:40 - 1 hourDo you smell what we're cooking? Because it's time to play the game(s) in our wrestling special! We've got a double book club this month in the shape of WWF No Mercy for the N64, and Fire Pro Wrestling World for PC/PS4! Are they the bottom line in wrestling games, just mid-carders, or a pair of ...
Episode 41 - Power Diggerz and SEGA Powered Issue 1
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - March 15, 2022 13:26 - 1 hourA fully powered up episode if ever there was one - this month we've got Power Diggerz (aka Power Shovel) in the book club - a slightly obscure PS1 arcade/party game that has you saving turtles and dishing out curry with nothing but a full blown excavator! We'll find out if it's any good. Plus, ...
Episode 40 - Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - January 31, 2022 16:38 - 1 hourIt's a new year of Pod 'em Up, and in the book club, we have a classic game from our childhoods - Micro Machines '96 on the Sega Mega Drive! We also discuss the series in general, so should be a great listen for fans. Plus, Tibbs just wants to play Rock Band, Ollie wants to know what an NFT is, ...
Episode 39 - No One Can Stop Mr Domino
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - December 19, 2021 16:27 - 1 hourNo One Can Stop Mr Domino on PS1 is the book club game for this final episode of 2021, and as it's the last of the year, we're also doing our annual celebration of all the games we've been playing, in the Pod 'em Up Awards! The competition is really fierce this year, as we've played some crackin...
Episode 38 - Mischief Makers
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - November 16, 2021 11:39 - 1 hourTreasure's N64 2D platformer, Mischief Makers is up for discussion in the book club this month! Hidden gem, rough diamond or.. a cubic zirconia..? We come away with at least two of these opinions. Plus, we talk about the return of Games Master, Tibbs plays his own personal round of "name that g...
Episode 37 - Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes and Lemmings Mobile
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - October 05, 2021 12:03 - 1 hourThe Lemmings series is very much in the spotlight this month, as we look at three games from the series: The original Amiga versions of Lemmings and Lemmings 2: The Tribes, plus we take a very baffled look at the approach taken by the more recent mobile version of Lemmings. It's not all about t...
Episode 36 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - September 07, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourAfter a short break, we're back to our normal format with a bang! We're looking at the excellent Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap for Game Boy Advance! It's Tibbs' first go on a Zelda, and we also approach the series in general from this angle, so anyone also looking to get into the series might ...
Episode 35 - Sonic the Hedgehog Music Special - Part 2
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - July 14, 2021 11:06 - 2 hoursWe complete our look at 30 years of Sonic the Hedgehog games and great music from said games! This time we're covering the most memorable titles from 2004 to now, finding that Sonic games went from wildly experimental (sometimes too much) to wildly nostalgic (also sometimes too much), but they n...
Episode 34 - Sonic the Hedgehog Music Special - Part 1
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - June 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hourIt's the 30th anniversary of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game! We're celebrating with a pair of special episodes in which we discuss 30 different Sonic games (or thereabouts..) from his 30 years, plus we're playing 30 different music tracks, one representing each game discussed! Part 1 covers ...
Episode 33 - Poinie's Poin
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - June 02, 2021 12:01 - 1 hourProbably our most obscure game yet, Japanese-only PS2 game, Poinie's Poin is in the book club this month! A colourful 3D adventure platformer with funny, charming characters and an even funnier English translation! We also share thoughts on the recent Sonic Central livestream, plus Ghosts of Tsu...
Episode 32 - Sayonara Wild Hearts
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - April 30, 2021 11:07 - 59 minutesIn this episode, we essentially play a music album.. It's Sayonara Wild Hearts! An indie game for modern consoles that sets sublimely smooth, quick reflex, score attack gameplay to a truly immersive soundtrack. Plus, Ollie's played Balan Wonderworld and still doesn't understand why he's the onl...
Episode 31 - Lollipop Chainsaw
Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast - April 01, 2021 17:03 - 1 hourPut the kids to bed, it's an adults-only video game book club this month, as we look at the racy and outrageous zombie chainsaw-em-up, Lollipop Chainsaw for the 360 and PS3! Speaking of PS3, we're also talking about a potentially devastating problem for the preservation of the most recent PlaySt...
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