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Player One Podcast

Player One Podcastwww.playeronepodcast.com
Join ex-game journalists Chris Johnston, Phil Theobald, and Greg Sewart as they talk about console/portable/PC games, raising kids, and the meaning of life.
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BONUS: Ep.692 Plush Ouroboros Aftershow (2/11/20)

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. 692: Plush Ouroboros Aftershow Patrons, welcome! Here we have a Jeopardy game from hacker alias zmiller1902. WHICH of the hosts shall be victorious? WHICH others hosts shall wallow in the losing bracket? ONLY listening to this aftershow shall reveal the truth...

Dec 10, 202127 min

Now In Live-Action Anime Style

This week! Paper Mario on NSO, Sony rumored to be changing PS Plus, F-Zero X, Hot Wheels Unleashed, The Forgotten City, Guardians of the Galaxy spoiler chat (use chapter markers to skip it!), anime live-action, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Rumor: Sony prepping PS+/Now service for Spring Paper Mario coming to NSO Expansion Pack This Week F-Zero X Hot Wheels Unleashed Cruis’n Blast The Forgotten City Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy MinnMax’s interview with the GotG ...

Dec 07, 20211 hr 36 minEp. 787

BONUS: Ep.691 Aftershow (2/4/20)

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. 691: Don’t Just Leave Those Bells on the Table Aftershow Hacker alias A_Hind_D challenged all of our intrepid podcast hosts to best him at this trivia gauntlet. How did we fare? Never you mind, listener, the most important thing is that you also try to quiz y...

Dec 03, 202146 min

That Dells Arcade Experience

This week! More tales of life in the midwestern suburbs, Chrono Cross being remade, Epic acquires Harmonix, Halo Infinite, Cruis’n Blast, Disney’s Aladdin/Lion King Collection, Crawl, Hot Wheels Unleashed, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Chrono Cross is the next big PS remake Epic buys Harmonix Mario Golf gets last free update Halo Infinite Cruis’n Blast Disney Collection Crawl Kunio Kun & Double Dragon Collection Hot Wheels Unleashed Darius Cozmic Collection Arca...

Nov 30, 20211 hr 39 minEp. 786

BONUS: Ep.690 Aftershow (1/28/20)

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. 690: A Bit of the Funky Chewbacca Aftershow Here we go patrons, a Jeopardy game from hacker alias Zach Miller (though I think that’s actually just his name but hey). Laugh, cry, rack your brain to see if you can figure out the answers before we can. We know y...

Nov 26, 202131 min

EA Has A Budget For Blow

This week! We are joined by Paul Mattingly and Captain Logun to talk about games, flash mob heists, remasters, Godzilla, and everything in between. Halo Infinite multiplayer, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, Forza Horizon 5, Guardians of the Galaxy (no spoilers), Pokémon, The Forgotten City, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Captain Logun on Twitter Keelhauled Podcast Paul Mattingly on Twitter Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social Walnut Creek Flash Mob Heist Halo ...

Nov 23, 20212 hr 22 minEp. 785

BONUS: Ep.689 Aftershow (1/21/20)

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. 689: Ninety Percent CG Dewbacks Aftershow Get in a 2000s headspace, friends, as we are traveling back to the January 2000 issue of Game Fan magazine to read a couple of E.Storm reviews and see if Greg or Phil can make heads or tails of them. Maybe they should...

Nov 19, 202123 min

More Faults Than San Andreas

This week! GTA remaster launch problems, hardware delays for Steam Deck and Playdate, 1 vs 100 coming back, Halo Infinite multiplayer release on Monday (yep it happened), Guardians of the Galaxy (use chapter markers to avoid spoilers), Forza Horizon 5, and much, much more. Links of interest: GTA Remasters Have Problems Playdate delayed to 2022 Steam Deck delayed into 2022 The Gunk coming out in December New Steamworld game Head Hunter announced Rumor: 1 vs 100 coming back Rumor: Halo Infinite mu...

Nov 16, 20211 hr 31 minEp. 784

BONUS: Ep.688 Aftershow (1/14/20)

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. 688: Call of the Wild Aftershow Is it too late to continue saying Happy New Year? Patrons, thank you for supporting us anyway even though we’re the kind of podcast that wishes you a Happy New Year after January’s like, half over. This week it’s an EGM Review ...

Nov 12, 202123 min

What’s Your Definition Of Regret

This week! Switch approaches Wii-level sales, Donkey Kong may get his own movie, is blockchain/NFT really the future of gaming, more love for Guardians of the Galaxy, Mario Party Superstars, Metroid Dread, and much, much more. Links of interest: Microsoft and Sega enter Azure alliance Nintendo sells over 92m units of Switch Donkey Kong movie next? 8-Bit Christmas trailer EA CEO calls NFTs/Blockchain the future Blockchain game devs blast Valve for ban Epic welcomes blockchain games Ubisoft reveal...

Nov 09, 20211 hr 46 minEp. 783

BONUS: Ep.687 Aftershow (1/7/20)

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. 687: One More Trip Around The Sun Aftershow Welcome patrons! It is a new year and we are back with another Aftershow. This time out, we set the time circuits for 30 years ago and try to guess the games being described in reviews from the January 1990 issue of...

Nov 05, 202117 min

Star Lords

This week! New Marvel game from Amy Hennig in production, a Returnal update doesn’t really address our issues with the game, Sony’s October State of Play, Facebook’s vision of VR, Guardians of the Galaxy, Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, and much, much more. Links of interest: Amy Hennig doing Marvel game at Skydance State of Play Returnal 2.0 update Facebook changing name to “Meta”/Oculus Quest will be Meta Quest Guardians of the Galaxy Tetris 99 Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Donk...

Nov 02, 20211 hr 37 minEp. 782

BONUS: Ep.686 Aftershow (12/31/19)

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. 686: Who Could Live At This Speed Aftershow Patrons! You have waited long enough! Here it is, the second part of our Aftershow quiz using reviews from the December 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Can you guess the games being described here? If you h...

Oct 29, 202123 min

Sports Clothes, Please

This week! More NSO pricing, GTA Trilogy, Uncharted movie trailer, Horizon Chase: Senna Forever, Metroid Dread, the Jackbox Party Pack 8, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition trailer GTA San Andreas to Game Pass GTA3 to PS Now Nintendo’s NSO Expansion Pack launches Monday Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp delayed to 2022 Uncharted movie trailer State of Play coming up this week Demons of Asteborg Wave Race 64 Vandal Hearts Horizon Chase: Senna For...

Oct 26, 20211 hr 43 minEp. 781

BONUS: Ep.685 Aftershow (12/24/19)

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. 685: Waffle Over Curly Any Day Aftershow Patrons! As it is December, we wish you and yours the merriest of holidays. We have also formulated for you this quiz, featuring game reviews from the December 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. But of course as ...

Oct 22, 202114 min

Chorkin' Around Naboo

This week! Greg and Phil are joined by Paul Mattingly of Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social to talk Animal Crossing, NSO Expansion Pack, Metroid Dread, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Paul Mattingly on Twitter Ice Cream Social Animal Crossing Direct NSO Expansion Pack Pricing Metroid Dread Jett: The Far Shore Circuit Superstars Secondplayer.net Second Player podcast Greg Sewart’s Extra Life Page The Player One Podcast t-shirt The Player One Podcast mug ResetEra P...

Oct 19, 20211 hr 44 minEp. 780

BONUS: Ep.684 Aftershow (12/17/19)

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. 684: Living In The Now Aftershow Hey there patron. Another week, another aftershow for you to feast your ears upon. This week it is an EGM review quiz taken from the January 2000 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Yes, that’s right—Y2K. That’s officially 20 ...

Oct 15, 202125 min

Filled With Dread

This week! Metroid Dread is out and we talk about the first couple hours (if you consider boss names spoilery, then a spoiler from previous trailers is mentioned here). Plus Nagoshi leaves Sega, GTA Trilogy is announced, Sora in Smash, OLED Switch, the Hot Wheels grind, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Nagoshi leaving Sega Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remaster announced Sora is the final Smash Bros. Ultimate character Metroid Dread Switch OLED model Tetris Effect: Connecte...

Oct 12, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 779

BONUS: Ep.683 Aftershow (12/10/19)

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. 683: Attack of the Human-Looking Aliens (Frog Men) Aftershow Hi there patrons! We have returned this week with another Aftershow, just for you! This week’s quiz was masterminded by hacker alias BNG, and the crew had to guess influential games and creators. Wi...

Oct 08, 202135 min

Gregless In Seattle

This week! It’s just CJ and Phil, and we talk about Hot Wheel Unleashed, Illfonic Ghostbusters, 4K Switch rumors, Netflix buying Night School, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Illfonic founder says they’re working on a Ghostbusters game Nintendo denies rumors of 4K Switch Netflix acquires Night School Studio Sony acquires Bluepoint Hot Wheels Unleashed Kena: Bridge of Spirits Mighty Goose Secondplayer.net Second Player podcast Greg Sewart’s Extra Life Page The Player O...

Oct 05, 20211 hr 21 minEp. 778

BONUS: Ep.682 Aftershow (12/03/19)

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. 682: Not Easy Being Cheesy Aftershow Hiya there patrons! This week, a review game from the November 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Is your memory better than ours? Probably. So test yourself with this quiz as we test our own selves. And if you have ...

Oct 01, 202127 min

High Rollers

This week! A Nintendo Direct happened, so we spend a lot of time talking about N64 and Genesis being added to NSO (for an extra fee), the Mario movie casting, and the various other announcements. Plus we talk about Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Psychonauts 2, Castlevania Advance Collection, Sable, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Nintendo Direct presentation Nintendo Direct highlights N64+Genesis games via Expansion Pack to NSO Castlevania Advance Collection Actraiser Renai...

Sep 28, 20211 hr 55 minEp. 777

BONUS: Ep.681 Aftershow (11/26/19)

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. 681: More of a Shockwave Purple Aftershow Patrons! Happy Thanksgiving! (to those of you in the US) We are thankful this week for your support of our show. We are also thankful to hacker alias Happy Canard, who has given us a Jeopardy game of haiku to tackle. ...

Sep 24, 202127 min

Where Wirehead Gets His Nose Bit Off

This week! A Nintendo FCC filing leads to speculation about a new Switch controller, bluetooth audio support comes to the Switch, there’s a Wipeout game coming to mobile, and the Gamecube is now 20 years old so that means we’re old. Plus Luigi’s Mansion 3, Metroid Prime, Sunset Riders, Ground Zero Texas Nuclear Edition, Tetris 99, Psychonauts 2, Tiktok challenges, and more. Links of interest: Nintendo controller FCC filing leads to SPECULATION Switch now supports bluetooth audio/headsets Wipeout...

Sep 21, 20211 hr 30 minEp. 776

BONUS: Ep.679 Aftershow (11/12/19)

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. 679: Extrapolating Using Known Data Points Aftershow Patrons, are you good at remembering quotes in video games? Yeah, seems hard, right? We thought so too! This week’s game comes from hacker alias Happy Canard, and it’s a doozy! See if you can do better than...

Sep 17, 202127 min

A Mario Block For Unicron

This week! PlayStation made all the news last week with their Showcase event, but then Alan Wake Remastered got announced and is coming soon, LEGO announced a Mario 64 Block set, and then we played WarioWare Get It Together. Join us, won’t you? Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www...

Sep 14, 20211 hr 18 minEp. 775

BONUS: Ep.677 Aftershow (10/29/19)

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. 677: Needs A "You Figure It Out" Button Aftershow Supporters! We have a spookily difficult Aftershow for you this week! From hacker alias A Hind D comes a “Before and After” quiz. What does that mean? Well you will just have to listen to the Aftershow and fin...

Sep 10, 202129 min

Lucky's Revenge

This week! Sega to lose Toshihiro Nagoshi, rumors that GB/GBC are coming to Nintendo Switch Online, PlayStation platform upgrades in the news, Psychonauts 2, Cookie Clicker, Ghost of Tsushima, Totally Reliable Delivery Service, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Nagoshi getting poached from Sega by Netease Rumor: Nintendo to add Game Boy and GBC to NSO PlayStation event next week Horizon zero dawn preorder stuff Big Brain Academy resurrected for Switch Psychonauts 2 Gran...

Sep 07, 20211 hr 41 minEp. 774

BONUS: Ep.676 Aftershow (10/22/19)

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. 676: Soundbar Where My Car Should Be Aftershow Hi patrons! Thanks for your support. Here’s an Aftershow—an EGM review quiz! Can you determine which games are being described in the October 1999 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly? Try your luck! If you have an...

Sep 03, 202126 min

Foster Laziness (And Other Tips)

This week! Some Gamescom news, Halo Infinite release date, April in Shredder’s Revenge, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, Psychonauts 2, Resident Evil Village, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Halo - December 8 Halo Xbox Series X Super NES turns 30 Woman poops at a Tim Horton’s, flings it The reason why the woman pooped at the Tim Horton’s Cloud gaming coming to consoles this holiday LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga new trailer, 2022 The Gunk coming in December April in T...

Aug 31, 20211 hr 26 minEp. 773
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