It's E3 time, and we talk about what we saw of the conferences, and what we were excited and annoyed by. All the while trying to stay awake after a long two days... Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incomp...
Jun 10, 2014•53 min•Ep. 25
It's the last podcast before E3, and we start to mentally prepare ourselves, as well as Watch Dogs forcing us to take a good look at our moral fibre. Or lack thereof. On this episode... We Played... We both talk about the incredible Transistor, while disagreeing on it's flaws, and our first impressions of the much delayed Watch Dogs. The Walking Dead continues to pull Calum along, along with being a muthafrikkin dragon in Warlock 2: The Exiled Euan goes back to the iPad with FTL: Advanced Editio...
May 29, 2014•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 24
Unreal Tournament is coming back, and with it comes memories of The Matrix, Ed Edd and Eddy and a little bit of Mambo No 5. 1999 was a weird year you guys... On this episode... We Played... Lack of new games makes Euan go deep into weird indie. He starts to sour on Kentucky Route Zero, finishes rewiring Fract OSC and reads peoples brains in Stick it To The Man, with a dash of Hitman Go in there for good measure. Calum mines some asteroids to make spaceships in Survival Space Engineers, relives t...
May 13, 2014•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 23
Tomodachi Life might be the greatest video game ever created, and we have only seen the announcement trailer. Maybe it's not even a game? Maybe it's art? Maybe it doesn't actually exist and was all a wonderful dream... On this episode... We Played... Tomodachi Life enters our lives and our hearts, and we both hope it never leaves. Euan dives Tron style into a synthesizer in Fract OSC, can't decide if he should be disappointed by Trials Frontier and tracks down paper manipulating superheroes in t...
Apr 29, 2014•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 22
Why was there never an actual Blitzball game? I would play the crap out of a yearly EA Sports Blitzball title on some next gen tech. The continual roster updates might be a problem though... On this episode... We Played... Euan dives back into Rapture in the Bioshock Infinite Burial at Sea DLC, farms 2D bad guys for guns in Mercenary Kings and goes pixel hunting with the iPad remake of Broken Sword 2 Calum rediscovers FTL: Advanced Edition and continues to get that phat loot in Diablo 3: Reaper ...
Apr 08, 2014•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 21
The GameEngineStart podcast, for all your news from the world of footballsmen, touchslams and baseball racquets. And sometimes video games. On this episode... We Played... Euan explores Seattle with neon powers and wrestles with remarkably simple moral choices in InFamous: Second Son. When not drowning in a sea of Threes, Calum gives his thoughts on riding mechs in Titanfall. The next instalment of "what the hell is that god damn bear up to" with Calum's Tabletop RPG campaign. That's not actuall...
Mar 25, 2014•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 20
Ever seen a grizzly bear take two attractive receptionists up to a penthouse hotel room with a pot of honey? Calum has, and he got a point of insanity because of it. On this episode... We Played... Euan finds Calum just chillin' in Dust: An Elysian Tale, breaks and then rejoins the F2P mechanics of Warframe, and prepares to be destroyed by the internet in Dead Nation: Apocalypse Calum dives into Risk of Rain, cultivates a village in Banished, and finds out that Diablo 3 is actually a really good...
Mar 13, 2014•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 19
There were a few points this episode where we forgot we were recording a podcast, and just reminisced for a while. Then again if you aren't expecting that by now, I don't know why you are still listening... On this episode... We Played... Euan finds The Castle Doctrine lacking slightly, but not as much as The Last of Us DLC, Left Behind. He might be the only person in the world who really didn't like it. Calum has adventures in hardware with the trials and tribulations of PC upgrading. Turns out...
Feb 25, 2014•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 18
With the addition of two special guests this weeks episode goes to some strange places, including bags of penny whistles and boxes full of Pokemon. It's all the better for it. On this episode... We Played... Euan talks new Wolf Amongst Us, and actually starting down a comic book based hole Calum regails us with stories of his adventure into...adventuring, with his first experience of table top role playing. With a team like he describes, they will either not make it past the first encounter or g...
Feb 13, 2014•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 17
It's a new year, we are officially in the future, and we start it with point and click adventure games, fencing simulators and running away from zombies. War never changes... On this episode... We Played... Euan glows about Broken Age and Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, despite not being able to talk about why they are amazing Calum tells us that Deadpool is worth playing despite a mediocre game, and that the standalone release of DayZ has managed to preserve most of the jank from the mod. Which i...
Jan 21, 2014•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 16
It's that time of year where we attempt to take all of the games we played and order them in some arbitrary way. There was a lot less fighting this time around... On this episode... We talk... Euan and Calum both talk about their respective lists We come to a conclusion about our official Game of the Year There are some insane categories in here too. Go give us a like on Facebook HERE , and subscribe to our YouTube HERE . Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - ...
Jan 07, 2014•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 15
We start to wind down for the end of the year. Like we were particularly highly strung before. On this episode... We Played... Euan continues down the PS4 rabbit hole, extolling the virtues of Assassins Creed 4, Warframe, and the features of the console itself that are making it next gen. Doki Doki Universe confuses and delights in equal measure. Calum dives into the terribly named Bravely Default, an old school JRPG with some new tricks up it's sleeve. Unfortunatly one of them is microtransacti...
Dec 18, 2013•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 14
The next gen is here, and almost instantly it feels like it had always existed. But hey, video games! On this episode... We Played... Euan talks at length about the Playstation 4, the midnight launch, the hardware and software in the box, and the experience of being there on day 1. The PS4 plays games too, Assassins Creed 4 seems pretty great, Lego Marvel Super Heroes is exactly what you want from a Lego game, and Warframe is potentially interesting, but needs some real time devotion Calum dives...
Dec 04, 2013•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 13
Injuries, strange pronunciations and next gen excitement, just another fortnight in the world of us... On this episode... We Played... Euan finishes a bunch of games. Tomb Raider does conclusions for adventure games right, Alan Wake smartly reuses assets, and The Stanley Parable really messes with your opinions of achievements. Calum falls in love with DmC and is suitably impressed with XCOM: Enemy Within's expansion to one of our favourite games of last year. In News... FTL is coming to iPad, w...
Nov 19, 2013•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 12
Remember kids, Final Fantasy and alcohol don't mix. Especially when said alcohol is just called "beer" in another language. On this episode... We Played... Euan's brain explodes with The Stanley Parable, explorers an interactive novel in Device 6 and is suitably impressed by The Wolf Among Us Calum continues on with Pokemon, and recounts LAN party stories of Final Fantasy drinking games and Resident Evil 6 We talk Saints Row IV's first DLC pack, Enter the Dominatrix, and how an ending can turn a...
Nov 05, 2013•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 11
Be careful, if Calum wants you to be his friend, he may try to rub your special place and feed you cake. Just saying... On this episode... We Played... Euan rediscovers XCOM and muses on the Beyond : Two Souls demo Calum goes all in on Pokemon X & Y along with revisiting Neverwinter Nights about 10 years too late The Stanley Parable charms, confuses and entertains us with it's bizarre fourth wall commentary. In News... Watch Dogs, The Crew and Driveclub all get delayed to 2014, causing panic...
Oct 21, 2013•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 10
Pokemon has changed over all these years. More importantly, it's no Digimon, which was clearly a superior product. On this episode... We Played... Calum gets back into Terraria's new update, with all the penguins you can handle Euan digs through a swathe of indie games, including the finale of To The Moon, continuing adventures in Papers, Please? with a side line in Pocket Trains. We talk the terrible and genius nature of Cookie Clicker. Our first encounters with the Oculus Rift leave no doubt t...
Oct 08, 2013•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 9
There are some bad movie concepts, and then there is Ghost Shark On this episode... We Played... We manipulate some time while shooting people in Super HOT We talk about our experiences when trying to explain that video games are our hobby to people of the older generation. Actually, our own generation creates some issues too Calum plays a lot of Civ-esque games, namely Anno 2070 and Warlock: Masters of the Arcane. Movies send us off on a tangent, discussing Riddick as well as such classics as G...
Sep 23, 2013•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 8
Another hour and half dose of the classiest video game podcast on the intertubes. At no point during this episode to we talk about the physical reaction involved in a shot to the testicles. Definitely not in the first 5 seconds. On this episode... We Played... Saints Row IV arrives on our PCs, and continues it's long tradition of being the smartest dumb game you will ever play. Euan talks about how the scourge of micro-transactions permeates even Need for Speed:Most Wanted. Calum gets his arcade...
Sep 09, 2013•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 7
It's a bit early to be talking about our Game of the Year picks, but I think we might have found our #1... It was also Gamescom week, so we have a crapton of news to talk about, hence the longer show. On this episode... We Played... Euan talks about living, working and being arrested in Arstoska while playing Papers, Please We continue our co-op adventures by killing aliens in Natural Selection 2, and stealing stuff in Payday 2 We get all nostalgic on PS2 games that we can't name Calum talks Sal...
Aug 26, 2013•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 6
Who knew that the two of us in the same room would result in violence... Go give us a like on Facebook HERE , and subscribe to our YouTube HERE . On this episode... Calum talks about the DOTA2 Internationals, and how he is betting fake items on virtual games How Final Fantasy XIV might have recovered from it's abysmal launch with the new version Euan talks about his indie binge of Kentucky Route Zero and welling up at To The Moon Our adventures in the Just Cause 2 Multiplayer mod, and how we bec...
Aug 11, 2013•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 5
We know the title will make no sense to anyone except us, but we thought it was funny. A big thanks to those of you who has shared us about to your friends (or enemies...), and really appreciate your support! Go give us a like on Facebook HERE , and subscribe to our YouTube HERE . Spoiler Warning This episode does contain spoilers for Mass Effect 3 between 6:30 -> 11:05 On this episode... 400 Days prompts a discussion how Euan is apparently terrible at video games. Euan experiences Fez for th...
Jul 21, 2013•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 4
We talk about a surprising amount of movies for a video game podcast, but at least they are video game related... A big thanks to those of you who has shared us about to your friends (or enemies...), and really appreciate your support! Go give us a like on Facebook HERE , and subscribe to our YouTube HERE in preparation for...something... next week. On this episode... Calum gives us an update on his Animal Crossing town We discuss how jumping from Last of Us to Tomb Raider is a terrible move for...
Jul 07, 2013•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 3
Addiction is a dangerous thing. Especially when you really need coconuts. Post E3 we get back to the important task of playing games and talking about them. And apparently we talked about them for an hour and a half... On this episode... Why the best game on the 3DS might be the one that comes with the console. How Fire Emblem tells the story of a young farmhand who grows to kick ass. Calum narcs out his Animal Crossing drug ring. We invent our first Game of the Year category for Gunpoint, "Best...
Jun 23, 2013•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 2
It's E3 time again, our favourite time of year! For our first official GameEngineStart podcast we decided to drop in the deep end, and record our thoughts on the E3 2013 press conferences while sleep deprived after a night of writing. On this episode... E3! Loot and XP in a modern 3rd person shooter? I will take Tom Clancy's The Division right now thank you We lament the lack of Driveclub man from the Playstation 4 reveal What it feels like to be punched in the face by EA Sports UFC representati...
Jun 13, 2013•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 1
Some people refer to it as a pilot. Some as a trailer. We refer to it as "Oh hey, that didn't come out terrible!" Behold, our test podcast which we put together to see if podcasts are actually a thing we should do. Recorded when we were back in our hometown just over a month ago, on a crappy microphone, and with the low hum of a hoover in the background for some of it. No amount of editing could remove the drone of a Dyson. We actually liked the end result however, so please enjoy our first podc...
Jun 06, 2013•1 hr 14 min0
