Tom Towers and Phil Fogg discuss video game and related topics on Australia's longest running video game podcast.

Tom plays That Game Company's newest release, Sky, while Phil talks about playing the rare japan-only N64 game Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Conversation also dips into Walt Williams book about his time at 2K working on Bioshock, Mafia II and Spec Ops: The Line. 

Introduction
0:00:12 Technical Difficulties

Trademark Banter
0:01:42 Computer Games
0:01:50 Indie Round-Up

First and Final Impressions
0:06:44 Tom Talks Tacoma Part I
0:07:45 Phil Speaks on Spyro Trilogy
0:10:15 Phil on Red Dead Redemption II

Gameunder.net Content
0:15:01 Some Article or Whatever
0:15:47 Big News from E3
0:16:39 TurboGrafx 16 Mini (PC Engine Mini) Revealed
0:18:10 21st Century Free Speech Article on Gameunder.net & Story About WW2 Clay
0:21:08 "All Thoughts are Arguments"

Tom's Story
0:21:34 The Good Samaritan

Final Impressions
0:32:15 Yakuza 4
0:48:00 *Mild Spoilers*

Final Impressions
1:15:50 Tacoma Part II

Stuff You Should Know
1:30:40 Tissue Elevator Explained
1:33:15 Walt Williams Book: Significant Zero
1:35:15 Cultural Divide - Thank You For Your Service
1:38:03 Telltale is Dead

Before and after a round of Trademark Banter Tom Towers and Phil Fogg have a YakuzaKillzone Minute, talk about last week's gaming news and then close out the show in typical Towers Style.

We've recently upgraded Tom's recording equipment, but you will notice from time to time Phil's mic lets down the show. A new mic is on it's way for use before the next episode.

In anticipation of the upcoming release of Devil May Cry 5, Tom Towers and Aaron Mullin discuss their first impressions of Devil May Cry 5 as well as a full review of Devil May Cry 2.

This week we present one of our early shows that you likely have not heard. Tom and Phil used to host a different podcast, this is one of our shows from February 2012.

As you can tell not much has changed, but a distinctive part of that podcast was keeping in our breaks and end of show comments.

In this episode we talk about Final Fantasy 7 (PS1), Shadow Hearts (PS2), Game Dev Story (Mobile), Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (360), Halo 3 (360), Killzone 2 (PS3), Yakuza 2 (PS2), Prey (360) and Binary Domain (PS3).  Asura's Wratch also gets our Fake Reviews (TM) segment treatment and much much more.

Oh, re-mastered. If that matters. Oh and kangaroos.

We catch up on some impressions this week with the newly re-released Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, DuckTales: Remastered, DmC, Resistance and The Stanley Parable.

A year ago today, Tom Towers and John Aarny (notorious Irishman) challanegd each other in a drunken bet to beat 104 games in 52 weeks.  In today's episode they recount their sexually charged journey through as many games as they could in a single year.  Did they make it? Listen to find out.

Phil Fogg returns to talk NPD's, Microsoft's latest reversal and some first and final impressions of games new and old, including Bastion, Max Payne, Thomas Was Alone and Vanquish.

This week we not only give our best and worst gaming experiences of the week, but also lengthy discourses on Microsoft's strategy, Nintendo's woes and the plight of the modern writer (and history of when writers had it good).

Thank you for listening, and please, if you enjoy or hate our show, tell a friend.

We have one of our best shows ever.  The explaination for the image below is in the show, as well as our impressions of Zeno Blade 2, Retro City Rampage and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine along with Pikmin 3 and the week's other news.

It's our BIG SHOW, with Bioshock 2, Hotline Miami and Walking Dead: 400 Days reviews. Also, two features, some news and an insider's tale about game P.R.

Trademark Banter
0:01:45 Australia Dominates Iraq, is now on par with Iran
0:04:53 Phil Has a Kindle/ Book Suggestion 
0:06:25 Tom's Deadly Premonition Review is up, we talk about his review

Ongoing Impressions
0:08:40 Phil comments on one week with last of Us
0:14:15 Splinter Cell Discussion (on stealth)

News
0:15:15 Aussie Prices for the Next Gen & NZ Wii U for $200!
0:19:45 Xbox ONE-80. Microsoft's existential crisis reaches boiling point
0:23:20 So will we get one?
0:24:10 One Time Check-in Theory
0:25:10 What's the difference Between XBOX3 and PS4?
0:31:50 Phil Fish, Racism, Nintendo etcetera
0:34:10 Sony. It was good while it lasted (Patch Bricking)
0:38:00 Our E3 Coverage Last Week. We touch on Mirror's Edge, Titanfall and other omissions.
0:41:25 NPD
0:45:30 Which would we buy in the top ten?
0:48:05 Oculus Rift Talk and Phil's Dating Advice

Aural Review
0:54:20 Uncharted 2 (some spoilers, but c'mon) Doom 2, Last of Us, Donkey Kong and many other games discussed as we go through some game design basics. Also, Tom's Shocking socre reveal for Uncharted 2.

It's our BIG Show with an E3 and Naughty Dog Explosion. First impressions of Last of Us, Tom plays Uncharted for the first time and we go through our highlights of E3 as well as final impressions of Metro 2033.

0:00:58 Trademark Banter - We score our E3 Predictions from Last Week

E3 Reactions
Microsoft
0:07:25 Microsoft Apologizes for Rape
0:09:50 The Price - Would we buy it?
0:16:00 The Games - MGS5, Dead Rising 3, Forza, Quantum Break and discussion of FMV games, The Last Express, Ryse, Killer Instinct,
0:30:05 We Declare RARE Dead
0:31:20 D4 From SWERY65
0:32:45 PSN+ Coming to XBLive
0:33:55 Synopsis of Microsoft Conference
Sony
0:36:35 The Physical Box
0:38:55 No DRM. Bam!
0:42:55 $399. Bam!
0:43:55 Mic Drop
0:47:50 Bye-bye Free Multiplayer (Tom and Phil fight over $5)
0:55:35 Tom posits, "How did they get away with it?"
0:57:20 The Games - GT6, GTA5, Last of Us, Beyond, FF15, Kingdom hearts 3, Assassin's Creed, Diablo 3.
0:58:20 Diablo 3 Discussion - Battle.net or not?
1:00:00 Vita Stuff
1:01:05 Last Guardian News
1:01:40 Synopsis of Sony Conference
1:04:15 WTFinal Fantasy 15 (and Phil says what Square Should Do)
Nintendo
1:08:40 Tom Says They "Won" E3
1:10:10 Phil "Ahems" Then Says Nintendo Did Great but ...
1:10:45 Phil Melts Down on how Racist Nintendo Is
1:13:00 Phil continues in his normal tone, and says that Nintendo is doing fine
1:13:20 Tom Brings Up Cammy
1:14:55 A 3D Mario! In 2D!
1:20:05 Super Smash Bros.
1:21:30 Pokemonx and Pokemony
1:22:45 We Declare Retro Dead
1:27:05 Third Party Games
1:28:10 Eidos. Whores.
First Impressions
1:30:35 Last of Us First Impressions from Phil
1:47:55 Uncharted: Drakes Fortune (An Aural Review) - and some Jurassic Park Talk, and some lesbian room-mate talk. Okay, that was link bait. Sorry.
2:36:45 Metro 2033 (An Aural Review)

Tom Towers and Phil Fogg give analysis of the latest news, E3 hype and predictions
and somehands-on impressions of Remember Me and a mystery game.

Tom and I put together a real humdinger this weekend.  We clear the decks with final impressions of several games, and give you a back-end Deadly Premonition treat.

Thanks for listening, and if you like the show tell a friend.

00:15 Tribute to Aarny
00:27 Introduction
00:45 Phil's new games this week.
02:06 Halloween and ANZAC Day.
04:41 Tom talks about games he has gotten.
05:28 Resident Evil Revelations Impressions from Tom and Sub-discussion about limited resources and pacing.

News
27:30 NPD - A Big Downturn.
36:45 Nintendo Shuts Down Playthrough Tutorials on YouTube
43:30 EA Abandons Online Passes (coded DRM for Multiplayer) and side-discussion of Wii U
49:15 Nintendo Direct (we play Care/ Don't Care)

YakuzaZillzONE Minute
57:00 Yakuza 1 and 2 HD coming to Wii U (and side discussion of Wii U price in Australia)
and ... Yakuza 5 Has Sold 590K in Japan
1:01:00 PS4 Potential Detailed in Killzone Tech Specs

Impressions
1:09:00 Metro: Last Light

Tom Towers and Phil Fogg break from their monthly podcasting schedule go over the week's news and anything else gaming related in their lives.​

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NEWS

​3:29 Nintendo Skipping Keynote at E3 2013

11:20 EA Shuts Down EA Partners​

22:51 XCOM FPS is Alive and Has a New Name​

27:55 HOTD iOS​

31:05 Durango Details Coming May 21​

35:35 Shinji Mikami's New Game​

​43:33 Dragon's Crown Controversy

51:59 Thomas Was Alone Might Come to 360​

YakuzaKillzONE MINUTE

54:50 Tom Goes There (points out how Killzone is better than Call of Duty)

1:21:21 The Tiny Yakuza Section of Tom's 28 minute Killzone Feature

Final Thoughts (Games we finished this week)

​1:23:40 Spec Ops: The Line (Multiplayer impressions)

1:32:33 Serious Sam 3

1:33:45 Bully​

Tom Towers and Phil Fogg bring their act to a new stage.

3:31 Evoland Impressions and talk about referecial humour and impresonation.

10:45 Zeno Clsh and review processes at big websites.

27:15 Serious Sam 3 and how Phil would fix it.

40:45 Killzone 1 with some Yakuza talk.

51:00 Bull and soap opera talk.

1:05:45 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army

FEATURE

1:17:25 Spec Ops: The Line

SPOILERS BEGIN AT 1:33:00 and end at 2:30:55

NEWS

2:30:55 GTA Tracks Now on Spotify and iTunes followed by discussion of favorite GTA songs.

2:36:40 Brain Training is Culturally Insentitive as are the Japanese.

2:39:23 Bioware Says Jade Empire Would Have Been Huge 360 Launch Game.

2:42:50 Oculus Rift and discussion of virtual reality.

2:46:12 PC Shipments Down and analysis.

2:51:15 Mega Man FPS

FEATURE 2

2:53:28 Square Enix Problems

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE VGPRESS.COM and LASERLEMMING.COM

3:00:50 Dvader's Backlog and his Gaming Malaise

3:08:28 Discussion of the history of QTE's and Boss Battles from LaserLemming.com

Tom "Foolz" Towers of Laserlemming.com and friend Aarny return to host the 136th episode of The Pressroom (while playing Left4Dead). On hand impressions of Left4Dead 2 (PC), God of War Collection (PS3), A Virus Named Tom (PC),
Demon Souls (PS3), Sly Cooper Collection (PS3), The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles (PC), Journey (PS3), The Ship (PC), Half-Life (PC), Antichamber (PC), Nickerpole (PC), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (PC), Killzone 2 (PS3), Borderlands (PS3) and a Football gamegasm (soccer, sorry).