The Codec Moments Podcast

In this week’s Cost of a Coffee, the Prof and Brian have been playing Fast Rummy by Webgarden LLC.

The Codec Call this week has the team get together to discuss the upcoming release of WATCH_DOGS from Ubisoft Montreal. In the podcast we discuss:

• What we know about the story;
• What intrigues us the most;
• What we’re most looking forward to;
• What we think of the cross-generational aspect;
• What our main worries are;
• and our poor knowledge of Chicago (and how to pronounce it like a native).

If you want to wade in on our WATCH_DOGS discussion, if we missed things or got a few things wrong then you can hit us up on Twitter, Facebook and Google+, or rant at us in the comments below!

It's the 26th April and that means only one thing - a random date to celebrate a pivotal cultural moment. Well, mostly a pivotal moment... mostly. With LV426 being the moon that Alien is set on, later called Acheron (named after the Ancient Greek and meaning river of woe), it's close enough to a date format to create a point in time where we can talk about all things Xenomorph. This year we also get to tie it in with the upcoming Aliens: Fireteam, which we still know little about, so Andy, Ali and Matt have taken the opportunity to talk about the history of movie franchise crossing over to games. There have been a lot more titles than you might realise, some good, some awful, and here they're discussing the formative ones from their gaming lives.

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast to find out:

• What was the first Aliens game the team played
• Can Andy work out if his first memories were even an Aliens game
• If there's any love for Colonial Marines
• How far did everyone make it through Alien: Isolation
• Whether Ali confuses Alien Trilogy with Die Hard Trilogy
• Our hopes and expectations for Fireteam
• Does Matt confuse AvP2 with the first AvP game
• and more!

Why not join our Discord channels to talk games (and other stuff) and listen to live recordings (and join in) – click here. If you think that Discord is going to impregnate you with a chestburster, then why not check us out on Twitter, Facebook or contact us via email. The Codec Moments Podcast will return soon.

It's a scant 10 days into January and we're putting out our second podcast of year... officially more than the last 3 months of 2019. Woo! What's more, it was actually a live broadcast on our own internet radio channel. Oooh, get us catching up with the early Naught-ies. For those that missed the delight of hearing us screw up in real time, here's an edited version that makes us sound ever-so-slightly more professional when we're talking about the games of 2020 that we're interested in. If that's not enough, you can have around the clock noise right here.

In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, you'll hear:

• Which games each of us looking forward to in the first half of 2020
• Some random tenuously linked CES gadget announcements
• A bit of a filthy quiz that neither Ali or Matt felt clean after
• Live jingles
• Late additions to the running order
• Mis-pronunciations
• GAME store news (and a bit of ranting)
• and more!

Why not join our Discord channels to talk games (and other stuff) and listen to live recordings (and join in) – click here. If you think that Discord is going to questions your skills on identifying grot film titles rather than your 2020 games taste, then why not check us out on Twitter, Facebook or contact us via email. The Codec Moments Podcast will return soon.

If you’ve not got an Amazon Echo – and you should consider one because they’re very useful – then you’re missing out on the daily news and musing from the Codec Moments team. To keep you up to speed on their thoughts on what’s happening in gaming, Matt and Andy have collated the last 7 days of flash briefings into one easy to listen to round up.

In this week’s flash briefing update that covers 5th to 11th March, you can hear:

• PS+ updates and how Andy doesn’t think it’s a good month
• Release dates
• The Golf Club 2 is announced
• MCV awards 2018
• More release dates
• A Mad World celebration
• Fancy dress shenanigans at vdjomb’s cosplay birthday party