In this episode we dissect some of the announcements and coverage around Blizzcon this year. Not much in the way of show notes for this one!
Tag: PC Gaming
054: Year of Gaming – 2007
In this episode we talk about why we think 2007 was one of the biggest, and one our favourite, years in gaming.
- Orange Box
- You can pick up Orange Box on Steam, or mostly second-hand on Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox 360 version is backwards compatible on Xbox One.
- Bioshock and Uncharted
- Bioshock is available in a remastered collection of the first three games on Xbox One, PS4, and Steam, or you can still buy the first game standalone on Steam.
- Uncharted is available in a remastered collection of the first three games on PS4.
- Call of Duty 4
- Assassin’s Creed
- Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection includes the first three main games, as well as Brotherhood and Revelations. It’s available on PS3 and Xbox 360, where it is backwards compatible on Xbox One. The Director’s Cut edition is available on Steam.
053: Game Club – Hollow Knight
Toni joins us for this second Game Club episode where we discuss our experiences playing indie Metroidvania game Hollow Knight.
A physical version is also due out in 2019.
Intro/Outro music: JACKS – Runaway Fashion
Sound-byte 013: Final Fantasy 8 on PC
052: Stay awhile and listen
In this episode we each discuss some of our favourite video game stories.
- Bioshock 1
- Vox: Bioshock proved that video games could be art
- Bioshock 1 is available in a remastered collection of the first three games on Xbox One, PS4, and Steam, or you can still buy the first game standalone on Steam.
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Last of Us
- Polygon: Let’s talk about the ending of The Last of Us
- The Last of Us was released late in the PS3’s lifecycle, so now you can pick up the remastered edition on PS4. A sequel is in the works.
- Metal Gear Solid 3
- This is quite a tricky one to play now. There’s an HD collection of MGS games for PS3, Xbox 360, and Vita. And there was a 3DS version of MGS3.
- Half-Life 2
- You can pick up Half-Life 2 on Steam. The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, and the Xbox 360 version is backwards compatible on Xbox One (also available on the Xbox marketplace).
Intro/Outro music: CJACKS – Runaway fashion
048: Game Club – Slay the Spire
In this episode we kick off a new mini-series where we pick a game that neither of us have played before, play it separately, and then come together with our own fresh thoughts to discuss it on Octal FM.
This time, it’s Slay the Spire by Mega Crit, an early access PC game that blends rogue-like elements with deck building gameplay.
046: Hello, computer
This episode takes more of a ‘resource’ form, as we share some tips & tricks for getting started building a PC for gaming. We cut through some of the aspects that we think are unimportant, and share some shortcuts for saving time and money.
There’s a lot of resources out there on the Internet, but we like:
- Scan – for buying components (and pre-builds) in the UK
- Toms Hardware – for reviews
- bit-tech.net – for reviews, especially peripherals and modifications
- Hexus – for their partnership with Scan (easy to find reviews)
- Anandtech – for their deep-dives into new product ranges
- The Wirecutter – for their ‘just buy this one’ approach to components and peripherals. Look under ‘Electronics’.
Sound-byte 005: E3 round-up
Sound-byte 004: Spring LAN games
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