If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 607: A Big Do Aftershow It’s that time again, time for another Aftershow quiz, this time also brought to you by hacker alias A_Hind_D. For these, we guess the games being promoted by ad copy in the August 1995 issue of Game Players magazine (issue 74). Play a...
Jul 03, 2020•29 min
This week! More Last of Us Part II (SPOILERS up to the very beginning of Day 3 ending at 02:13:00), Microsoft shuttering retail stores and Mixer, 12-15 hour Triple-A games, TV edits, Mr. Driller Drill Land, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Greg’s PC game boxes Greg’s light guns TV edit lines Pallies Cleanflix (film) Cleanflix (trailer) Hearts of Darkness (trailer) Edited versions of New Line Cinema DVDs Microsoft closing retail stores Microsoft shutting down Mixer Bloo...
Jun 30, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 712
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 606: It Hates Mondays...In Space! Aftershow E3’s over, so it’s quiz time. Here’s a game where we again try to guess the game being promoted by this ad copy from the December 2002 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Thanks to hacker alias A Hind D for the quiz...
Jun 26, 2020•31 min
This week! Cyberpunk delays, Star Wars Squadrons reveal, a Crash 4 leak, and a 51-minute spoiler section on the first 3-ish hours of The Last of Us Part II (discussion goes up until the first major location change). If you want to avoid those spoilers, please use your podcast player’s chapter stops to skip Chapter 7 or to 2:02:56. And much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Cyberpunk delayed to November 19 EA Play Star Wars Squadrons gameplay trailer Crash 4: It’s About Time leak...
Jun 23, 2020•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 711
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 605: Mind the Vomitorium Aftershow Patrons! In this episode we play a user-submitted game where we all try to guess what game goes with the ad copy found in a 1997 issue of Ultra Game Players magazine. WHO will win? WHO will lose? Thank you to hacker alias A_...
Jun 19, 2020•35 min
This week! Sony has revealed the PlayStation 5, and we talk about it. Plus some other stuff including new Arcade 1UPs, an Alex Kidd remake, more Iron Man VR demo impressions, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: PS5 reveal event PS5 showcase recap 9 PlayStation Studios reveals PS5 deeper dive Oddworld The PS5 is huge, according to internet detectives Xbox Lockhart rumors intensify as references to console are found in Windows 10 code New Arcade 1UP Announcements Alex Kidd ...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 710
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 604: Dunghole In One Aftershow Patrons, get your mind juices flowing and see if you can best Greg and Phil at this week’s review guessing game. This time out, it’s reviews from the May 1991 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Games from the NES, Genesis, Game...
Jun 12, 2020•32 min
This week! Tiny Game Gears, store page leaks, TLOU2 accessibility, Clubhouse Games, Mini consoles, Iron Man VR (demo), Minecraft Pac-Man, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Gray Optimus Prime Ninja Rap Game Gear Micro Worm Light Kingdoms of Amalur getting remastered Namco Museum Archives leak TLOU2’s extensive accessibility features Sega’s “fog gaming” idea? Clubhouse Games 51 Worldwide Classics Sea of Thieves on Steam Predator: Hunting Grounds TurboGrafx-16 Mini Neo-Geo...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 709
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 603: A Kraken Time Aftershow Patrons! We ask that you kindly set your time machines back to February 1992. In this game, Greg and Phil need to guess the names of the video games being described in reviews from the Feb '92 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. P...
Jun 05, 2020•41 min
This week! PS5, Last of Us excitement (and podcasts), Xbox Series X backwards compatibility, Minecraft Dungeons, Robocop in MK, Corpse Killer, and much, much more. Links of interest: Extra Life Halifax Relay Stream Sony PS5 online event June 4 (now delayed) PS4 games submitted to Sony after July 13 must also run on PS5 The Last of Us Part II State of Play The Official Last of Us Podcast Backwards compatibility gets upgraded for Xbox Series X Fishing Star World Tour Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath Rob...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 708
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 602: #ColonGoals Aftershow Set your time pieces, machines, zones, and the rest back to May of 1995 for a review game where Greg and Phil try to guess the name of games being described by review crew reviews in Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue #70. And along th...
May 29, 2020•36 min
This week! Anniversaries that make us feel old, golf games, TurboGrafx goodness, cheap eShop stuff, games with bees, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Amazon/Twitch previews Pac-Man Live Studio 20th Anniversary of Perfect Dark Video games had a great April 2020 The Simpsons in 4:3 on Disney Plus Is Ubisoft Teasing a Re-Release of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game? Scott Pilgrim vs. the World will be returning to theaters Greg’s Extra Life st...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 707
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 601: Swarm of Bees in a Rubber Man-Suit Aftershow Wind those time circuits back to November 2000 for this little guessing game using reviews (with titles and publisher names blanked out) from Die Hard Game Fan magazine. This game gets...a little weird. Then! ...
May 22, 2020•45 min
This week! Commercial jingles, the stuff kids watch, Panel de Pon, the Unreal Engine 5 demo, the Ghost of Tsushima State of Play, Moving Out, Panzer Dragoon Remake, Space Invaders Invincible Collection, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Xanadu the foam house of tomorrow Blu Blockers Lincoln Carpet Commercial Empire Carpeting Casino Taxi Scoob! Trailer Jabberjaw The Big Show Show Bizaardvark Some Assembly Required (kids own toy company show) Logan Paul Matthew Lillard Sh...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 706
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. 599: Daddy Needs Some Pirate Time Aftershow Turn your time machine back 25 years. In this Aftershow, we go all the way to the May 1993 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. CJ reads the text of various reviews, blanking out the names of companies and games, and...
May 15, 2020•30 min
This week! First look at next gen, digital events, Last of Us gone gold, Animal Crossing, Jay and Silent Bob Mall Brawl, Hyperdot, D2, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Xbox 20/20 Plan Xbox May 7 event summary Inside Xbox May 7 event EA holding digital event in June The Last of Us Part II has gone gold, new story trailer Billy Mitchell suing Twin Galaxies Animal Crossing UX fan video Mario 3 commercial Dennis Miller That’s News to Me Animal Crossing New Horizons Jay and...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 705
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 598: Nice Expletive Model Aftershow In this week’s Aftershow, we’ve got a review quiz featuring games covered in the September 1995 issue of Game Fan magazine. This issue is infamous for a reason - because of a “printing error” (also known as dummy text that ...
May 08, 2020•32 min
This week! Streets of Rage 4, Streets of Fury EX, next-gen events, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Trials of Mana, Predator Hunting Grounds, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: John Denver “Take Me Home Country Roads” Whisper of the Heart trailer The Day the Music Died Don McLean performs American Pie live at BBC in 1972 - Newsnight archives New dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima Hackers Are Likely Responsible For The Last Of Us Part II Leak Assassin’s Cree...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 704
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 597: I Percolate My Marinade Aftershow Welcome back to yet another review game. This time, it’s from the November 1998 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Get ready to play along with Greg and Phil as they attempt to guess the names of games for the Nintendo ...
May 01, 2020•32 min
This week! Reminiscing about old TV shows, social distanced TV, Predator Hunting Grounds, Gran Turismo Sport, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Picross S4, new TV buying, retro updates, and much, much more! Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Happy Days WKRP in Cincinnati Three’s Company The Regal Beagle Parks and Recreation social distancing episode announcement Last major Super Mario Maker 2 update Fallout 76: Bethesda Investigating Bug Where NPCs Permanently Steal Your Stuff Stadia now has ove...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 703
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 596: Cult Culture Club Aftershow In this week’s Aftershow, we set the time machine back to April 1998 for a guessing game based on EGM Review Crew text. And we convinced guest Sean Capri to play the game as well. Play along with us and see how many you can ge...
Apr 24, 2020•30 min
This week! Phil’s weekend sleeping habits, Picross is (still) awesome, PS5 in limited quantities, new Switch firmware, and much, much more. Links of interest: Sony launches Play At Home initiative Funspot American Classic Arcade Museum Go Fund Me Switch 10.0 firmware lets you remap buttons ESRB intros new indicator for random box purchases Limited PS5 production for 2020 Picross S4 announced, coming April 23 Crysis coming to Switch People thought EGM was closing down Animal Crossing New Horizons...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 702
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 595: Takes a Little Man to Steer a Big Ship Aftershow We’re back with another Review game, this time from the November 1992 issue of EGM. Play along as Greg and Phil attempt to guess the games being described by reviews in the magazine. This one might be hard...
Apr 17, 2020•30 min
This week! Sony’s PS5 controller is revealed, we’re still playing Animal Crossing, Stewy watched someone else play Final Fantasy VII Remake, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Sony debuts the Dual Sense controller Velocity Girl Inside Xbox show Grounded Game Preview Sea of Thieves Ships of Fortune Microsoft events will be digital only through next year Xbox social account shares Animal Crossing shirt patterns Resident Evil 4 will be the next RE-make Splendor Animal Cross...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 701
Friend of the show (and father-to-be) Chris Baker hosts a special episode of Player One Squares. Join CBake, your podcast hosts, and a cadre of guest appearances in this special show-focused quiz! You can also check out a VIDEO version of this episode on our YouTube channel . Don't forget to also subscribe to CBake's excellent YT channel in the process. Thanks for listening, thanks all the guests for their assistance in this episode and thank you to Chris Baker for putting this all together! Che...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min
This week! It’s the seven HUNDREDTH podcast. We take a trip down memory lane of the podcast and when the hosts first met up, then we discuss delays, April Fools jokes, Animal Crossing, Cooking Mama weirdness, and much, much, more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Phil’s first episode of Player One Dr. Smith “Special Guest” Shawnimals Rumor: Multiple Mario remasters coming for Switch Quackshot April Fool tweet FDG explains it was a failed pitch Last of Us Part II and Iron Man VR delayed ind...
Apr 07, 2020•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 700
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 594: Thievin' and Crackin' Aftershow Welcome once again to the extra special Patron audio. This week we play a game where Greg and Phil try to guess (and then choose from multiple answers) the last retail release for several older consoles. Play along and tes...
Apr 03, 2020•18 min
This week! No next-gen hardware delays expected due to the coronavirus, lots of cool stuff from the Nintendo Direct Mini, Animal Crossing New Horizons has taken over our lives, the Panzer Dragoon Remake is disappointing, Phil enjoys the PC Engine Mini, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Sony doesn’t see COVID-19 delaying PS5 Gamestop doesn’t see delay of PS5/XSX Xbox Series X won’t see delay Nintendo Direct Mini presentation The news from the Nintendo Direct Mini Clubhou...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 699
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 593: Toys 'R' Us 'R'nt No More Aftershow Another Aftershow and another game! This time, Greg and Phil must guess which game is being described by reviews from the July 1993 issue of Die Hard Game Fan magazine. Gather all your brainpower and play along! Thank ...
Mar 27, 2020•30 min
This week! Patrick Hickey Jr. , author of The Minds Behind the Games , joins us to talk Gamestop coronavirus policies, Xbox Series X specs, PS5 specs and deep dives, Nintendo indie games, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing New Horizons, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Patrick Hickey Jr. on Twitter The Minds Behind the Games Gamestop to stay open as “essential retail” GameStop: We Can Stay Open During Lockdowns Because We're 'Essential Retail' Gamestop stores closed but off...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 698
