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Pop Culture Gamers

Haydn Rees Jones, Alan Murphy and Stephen Simpson•podcasters.spotify.com
🎮🍿 Welcome to the Pop Culture Gamers Podcast! Level up your listening experience as we dive into the thrilling world of gaming and entertainment. Join us for heart-pounding and epic discussions on all things pop culture and video gaming. From pixelated adventures to silver screen blockbusters, we've got you covered. Get ready to press play and embark on a wild ride through the realms of gaming and beyond with Haydn (@herjuk) and Steve (Stevoo7)! 🎙️🚀 #PopCultureGamers #GamingPodcast #EntertainmentUnleashed
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Episodes

69. Pop Culture Gamers Show 60 – Marlene!

Some great chat in this show as Steve (@Stevoo7) returns from his big move and Haydn (@Herjuk) talks about meeting John Challis (Boycie), reviews the new Xbox One Elite Series 2 controller and talks Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. Plus the usual roundup of news, new releases , charts and listener questions.

Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 55 min

67. Pop Culture Gamers Show 58 - I could use a co-pilot

In this week’s show Haydn (@herjuk) is running solo as Steve (@stevoo7) is busy preparing for his big move, but that doesn’t stop a show full of discussion about Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, Rainbow 5 Siege, Joker, Rocketman and Smallville. All this plus your usual roundup of new releases, charts, news and listener questions.

Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 22 min

65. Pop Culture Gamers Show 56 – are you ready guardian for the Vex invasion?

It’s another show with the big discussion being the new Shadowkeep expansion for Destiny 2 as @Herjuk and @Stevoo7 wax lyrical about the improvements to the game, plus gaming talk on Hellblade, Hitman 2, Superhot and Star Wars Battlefront 2. In movies, TV and Streaming we talk Criminal and Being Human. All this plus the usual news, new releases, charts and listener questions.

Oct 06, 2019•1 hr 43 min

64. Pop Culture Gamers Show 55 – New York - New York – So good they named it twice

We may have been away for a couple of weeks but we are back as @Stevoo7 talks about his trip to the US of A, Crash Team Racing and @Herjuk discusses Skyforce Reloaded and Planet Alpha on the Switch, On Leaves on PC, and Gears 5 on PC and Xbox One. In movies, TV and Streaming we look at Creed II, Bohemian Rhapsody, Superman II the Donner Cut and Gotham. All this and the usual news, charts, new releases and listener questions in the latest Pop Culture Gamers Podcast.

Sep 22, 2019•2 hr 51 min

62. Pop Culture Gamers Show 54 – The truth must be known… will they escape to tell it?

Another week and another show as Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) are back with a full show including looks at Remedy’s Control, Supermassive’s The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, Blairwitch, Bioshock Remastered, Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw, Gotham and Capricorn One. All this plus the usual round up of news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Sep 09, 2019•2 hr 2 min

61. Pop Culture Gamers Special – Visions of the future

In a world full of tensions with potential natural and man-made disasters, what will the future hold? Films have long since depicted the rising apocalypse or dystopian future, in this special edition of the Pop Culture Gamer’s Show Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) look at some possible futures depicted on the silver screen.

Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 20 min

60. Pop Culture Gamers Show 53 – I am Iron Man…

Another week and another show as we talk 4X games with discussion of Age of Wonders: Planet Fall. We also discuss disaster movies of the 70s with the Airport Series and with the launch of the Iron Man trilogy in 4K we discuss the movie in all its maximum details. All this and the usual news, new releases, charts and listener questions.

Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 38 min

59. Pop Culture Gamers Show 52 - The boys are back in town

It may be quiet on the gaming front but that it will soon pick up. In the meantime Haydn (@herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) are talking movies and TV mostly this week with discussion about Robin Hood, Mortal Engine and the Boys. Plus all the usual news, new releases, charts and listener questions in the latest Pop Culture Gamers Show.

Aug 11, 2019•1 hr 19 min

58. Pop Culture Gamers Show 51 - It's a-me, Mario

It is another week and another show with a big addition as Haydn (@Herjuk) reviews the Switch and talks about games on the platform including Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Diablo III and more and Steve (@Stevoo7) discusses the new season of Destiny 2. We also discuss the new show Another Life, the end of iZombie and Jane the Virgin plus the usual roundup of news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Aug 04, 2019•1 hr 29 min

57. Pop Culture Gamers Show 50 - Make it so

We are back following an unplanned break for our landmark 50th full episode. This time we discuss A Plague’s Tale: Innocence, Assassin’s Creed in all its forms, Destiny 2, Spider-Man: Far from home, Jaws, Arrow, Alita: Battle Angel and Lucifer, all this as well as your normal news, charts new releases and listener questions in our latest Pop Culture Gamers Podcast.

Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 58 min

56. Pop Culture Gamers Show 49 – There should be a big red button around here somewhere

We are back to regular shows and this week Haydn (@herjuk) and Steve (@stevoo7) discuss Iron Banner in Destiny 2, Forza Horizon Lego Expansion, Frostpunk, Assassin’s Creed Origin and Playstation Now! The new Men in Black International and X-Men Dark Phoenix are discussed as well as the original MIB and X-Men movies, I am Mother, the Nun and the Incredible Melting Man. All this plus the usual new releases, charts and listener questions.

Jun 23, 2019•2 hr 18 min

53. Pop Culture Gamers Show 47 - If the Decepticons find it, then our people are truly finished

Slightly later than normal but this week Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) discuss Everybody’s Golf, Planet of the Eyes, Strange Brigade and Planet Alpha. In movies, TV and streaming Friday Night Dinner, Iron Sky – The Coming Race, Bumblebee, Chynoble, Star Trek Discovery and the Big Bang Theory are discussed. All this plus the usual round up of news, new releases, charts and listener questions.

May 22, 2019•2 hr 7 min

52. Pop Culture Gamers Show 46 - When the earth spits out the dead, they will return to tear the living flesh of the living

In this show Steve (@Stevoo7) has been playing something other than Destiny 2 as he discusses his experiences of Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Pinball FX3 while Haydn (@Herjuk) has been busy completing Assassin’s Creed Unity and it’s DLC plus Abzu. In movies Steve talks Zombie Flesh Eaters while Haydn discusses Avengers Endgame and Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. WARNING: some light AVENGERS ENDGAME SPOILERS! All this plus the usual news, new releases, charts and your listener questions.

May 12, 2019•2 hr 25 min

51. Pop Culture Gamers Show 45 - You're embarrassing me in front of the wizards

We are back for a Marvellous show this week as we talk about the MCU, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Captain Marvel and Steve gives us his spoiler free view of Endgame, Kill Bill and Baywatch. Gaming we discuss Days Gone, F1 2018, Monster Hunter, A Way Out, Assassin’s Creed Unity and Mortal Kombat. All this plus the usual news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Apr 30, 2019•2 hr 15 min

50. Pop Culture Gamers Show 44 – The time has come – execute order 66

It’s time for another show and this week in gaming this week we have discussion about Destiny 2, the Division 2, Midnight Deluxe and Kill the Bad Guy. There is also discussion about Star Wars Episode IV original cut, Star Trek Generations, Dark City, Jane the Virgin and the Tick Season 2. Plus, the usual roundup of news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Apr 15, 2019•2 hr 20 min

49. Pop Culture Gamers Show 43 – Open the pod bay doors please HAL

We are back with another show and this week we discuss more Destiny 2 in Steve’s regular updates as well as Assassin’s Creed III Remastered, and Resident Evil 2 and 5. In Movies, TV and Streaming we chat about Thinner, Rambo, Dead Pixels, Santa Clarita Diet Season 3 and the seminal space sci-fi, 2001: A Space Odyssey. All this plus the regular round up of charts, new releases, news and listener questions.

Apr 08, 2019•2 hr 39 min

48. Pop Culture Gamers Show 42 - Life, the universe and everything

We are back after an unexpected break with gaming discussion for Destiny 2 and the Division 2. We also have movie discussion on Rush, Beetlejuice, The Fifth Element, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 and Thor RagnarĂśk. All this an the usual news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 57 min

47. Pop Culture Gamers Show 41 – Feed me Seymour!

In this weeks episode there is plenty of debate. In gaming this week Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) discuss Anthem, Destiny 2 and Resident Evil 2, for movies there is the 1984 “a nightmare on Elm Street”, “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Sleepy Hollow” as well as a look at Netflix’s new series “After Life” with Ricky Gervaise. All this plus the usual roundup of news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Mar 11, 2019•2 hr 23 min

46. Pop Culture Gamers Show 40 - The President is dead, you got that? Somebody’s had him for dinner!

Time for another Pop Culture Gamers with Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7). This week’s gaming chat is about Anthem, Trials Rising and no show would be complete without our Destiny 2 chat. In movies, TV and streaming we have been watching Serenity (not the Firefly movie!), a Quiet Place, Escape from New York (4K remaster), Moon and Alien Covenant. All this plus the usual charts, news, new releases and listener questions.

Mar 07, 2019•2 hr 12 min

45. Pop Culture Gamers Show Episode 39 - It is true - the Network has been experiencing some difficulties

It has been a busy weekend as it has been @Gameblast19 and we have done about 24 hours of streaming in three days! Lots of discussion about a whole host of games including Anthem, Crackdown 3, Just Cause 4, Destiny 2, Detroit: Become Human, Ace Combat 7, Shadow of War, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Apex Legends and more. Also, we talk about the Worlds End, the Prince of Darkness and Village of the Dammed in our live show as well as the usual news, charts, new releases and listener questions. So, joi...

Feb 25, 2019•2 hr 12 min

44. Pop Culture Gamers Show 38 - You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

It’s time for another show and this week Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) play the long-awaited Crackdown 3 on the Xbox One and discuss Far Cry New Dawn on the PC and Access Denied, a new puzzle game from Ratalaika. Movie talk this week is about “The Predator” and Tim Burton’s Batman. All this plus the usual news, charts and listener questions. Don’t forget next week is GameBlast 19 and if you want to help bring the joy to gaming to people with disabilities, help us support the Special Effec...

Feb 18, 2019•1 hr 37 min

43. Pop Culture Gamers Show 37 - Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?

We’re back after missing a week with another show full of gaming, movies and TV. This week we discuss the Division 2 Beta, Sniper Elite 4, Resident Evil 2, Starship Troopers, Polar and Happy Death Day. Plus the usual news, charts, new releases and listener questions. Help support our Gameblast19 livestreaming for the charity SpecialEffect between 22-24 February by donating at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/popculturegamers

Feb 11, 2019•2 hr 39 min

42. Pop Culture Gamers Show 36 – It’s up to us to take out Umbrella

This week Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) give their views of the remake of the classic game Resident Evil 2 and the Grand Tour. Also up for discussion are Bird Box and the new season of the Orville as well as the usual roundup of news, charts, new releases and listener questions.

Jan 28, 2019•1 hr 47 min

41. Pop Culture Gamers Show 35 - Not every cage is a prison, not every loss eternal

We are one year old and now moving into our second season. This week Haydn (@Herjuk) and Steve (@Stevoo7) discuss the new Ace Combat game, Starlink: the Battle for Atlas and Warframe. Plus this week are hot reflections on the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 as well as Norsemen discussion and a review of the Retroflag Mega Pi case. All this plus the usual roundup of news, new releases, charts and listener questions.

Jan 22, 2019•2 hr 35 min
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