Tag: PC Gaming
042: A Mostly Harmless Episode
In this episode we tell the story of the Elite game series and our story of playing the original together back at school, and some bits about the space-sim genre as a whole.
- The Guardian excerpt from Backroom Boys about David Braben and Ian Bell.
- Elite (1984) free PC download (and the Mac version)
- Or play it in an emulator in your browser.
- Elite 1984 gameplay footage (Scott Manley)
- ArcElite (the version we played) gameplay footage
- Frontier Elite 2 footage
- Frontier First Encounters gameplay footage (with updated graphics) (Scott Manley)
Intro music: JACKS – Runaway Fashion
Outro music: Strauss – Blue Danube
041: Once more, Into the Breach
Back again with another indie review, we discuss one of Sefran’s most anticipated games of 2018; Into the Breach.
- Into the Breach is by Subset Games.
- Their previous game is FTL: Faster Than Light.
- In the show we compare it to Advance Wars.
- The music was composed by Ben Prunty.
Intro/Outro music: JACKS – Runaway Fashion.
033: MMOs in Disguise
In this episode we discuss the emerging trend of adding massively multiplayer features to games that otherwise might be single player. Is this something we want to see more? Or is it just a way of extracting more ‘value’ from gamers?
- GTA 5 has sold-in over 85 million copies
- Frontier Games Hosts Massive Space Battles on AWS
- AWS re:Invent 2015 presentation from Frontier Games on their architecture
- Digital Trends: “Everyone is going to start playing MMOs again, whether they realize it or not”
Intro & outro music: JACKS – Runaway Fashion
032: Games of 2018
Happy New Year everyone! In this episode we are joined again by Antonia, who last joined us to talk about Stardew Valley. This time, the three of us discuss some of the video games we’re most looking forward to in 2018.
- Sefran: Far Cry 5, Into the breach, and Wargroove.
- Antonia: Monster Hunter World, Ni No Kuni 2, Kingdom Hearts III, and Bayonetta 3.
- Jalada: Sea of Thieves, Last of Us Part 2, and Age of Empires 4.
Intro & outro music: JACKS – Runaway Fashion
029: Homeworld, Zero Dawn
In this episode of Octal FM, the two of us catch up and talk about what games we’ve been playing.
Jalada has been playing Horizon: Zero Dawn (affiliate link, proceeds go to Octal FM).
- Horizon is powered by Guerilla’s own game engine, Decima.
Sefran has been playing Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
026: Junk food gaming
In this episode of Octal FM we kick back and reminisce about all the MMOs we’ve played in the past.
024: Gamers shaping games
In this episode Jalada and Sefran sit back and chat about how gamers shape games through coming up with challenges, speedruns, or rewriting the games themselves through modding.
- Playtonic games announcing tweaks to Yooka Laylee for speedrunners.
- Super Mario 64 parallel universes.
- Nuzlocke Challenge.
- “Brendan “Playerunknown” Greene’s whirlwind year” in which Brendan mentions he wants to give back to the modding community, where he came from.
022: Back this podcast today!
In this episode we talk about early access games. Everything from their origins, where we think they’re going, and some of our favourite and least favourite games we’ve backed or bought before release.
- “Early Access popularity growing, but only 25% have released as a full game” (2014)
- Jalada’s favourites include:
- Sefran’s favourites include:
- Some less-than-awesome examples of early access include:
020: Enter the Matrix
We recently got the opportunity to go hands-on with an Oculus Rift, complete with Oculus Touch controllers and two sensors. In this episode we discuss our thoughts and impressions, and what we think is in store for the future.