Pod 'em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast
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Episode 65 - NiGHTS Into Dreams...
Our end of year special is upon us nice and early this year! NiGHTS Into Dreams on the Sega Saturn is being played in a particularly lengthy book club segment this time, as we go fairly indepth on all aspects of the Sonic Team classic - we also touch on C
Episode 64 - Monty on the Run, Mayhem in Monsterland and Spacestation Silicon Valley
We're celebrating our 64th episode with not one, not two, but THREE (count 'em) games in this bumper edition of the book club this month, across the Commodore 64 and Nintendo 64 systems!Mayhem in Monsterland reveals what the C64 is truly capable of, and
Episode 63 - Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
We're pointing and clicking once again this month, this time with Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, for PS1 and PC!Plus, we discuss the ridiculous price tag of the PS5 Pro, the Plucky Squire, Rugrats, wrestling, tabletop dishwashing and slippery kniv
Episode 62 - Metropolis Street Racer
We're earning some serious kudos (...) with our latest book club pick - the Dreamcast's stylish racing masterpiece that's not afraid to throw some cheesy tunes at you - it's Metropolis Street Racer! Plus, we answer the following questions
Episode 61 - Discworld II: Missing Presumed..!?
This month our friend Rik is back - this time as guest co-host - to discuss classic point-and-click adventure (and head-scratch 'em-up) Discworld II: Missing Presumed..!? for PC, PlayStation and Saturn. Also found elsewhere in this show, Dave the Div
Episode 60 - Corn Kidz 64
Celebrating 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 to
Episode 59 - Ape Escape
In 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 T
Episode 58 - The Legendary Starfy
Little 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
Episode 57 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run
It'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 cour
Episode 56 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Time 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 S