Watch the video of the show here: https://youtu.be/AAP64I4lBmI This week we hear about Yusuf trip to Japan including Gamer merch, Super Mario World and retro shopping! We talk about some upcoming video game trailers including Mortal Kombat 1 and re-releases of Metal Gear Solid and Star Ocean! Numan talks strategy gaming in Valkyria Chronicles 4 and of course there's some more Final Fantasy 7 talk as Yusuf reviews the Yuffie centred Intergrade DLC We’d love to hear from ya! Email: presstheactionb...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Watch the video of the show here: https://youtu.be/8Brt1F0aGVs This week we hear Numan's feedback on the Super Mario film, well the first half at least. We chat E3 being cancelled, the Final Fantasy 1-6 Remaster and a look at Final Fantasy 16!!! We review Returnal and Detroit become human and spend far too long discussing what defines a life...yea. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 02, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/mofQv1-rJuM Ahh retro games, nothing creates that same buzz from our childhood as some of our first memories playing games. Numan goes through his struggles to relive these moments by collecting games in Ireland! We’d love to hear from ya! Email: presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Twitter: @ PTAbutton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 11, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/-oO9aJtlEXA This week we sit down and talk about one of the most anticipated games of the last few years, God of War Ragnarök! It's a spoiler heavy show so be ready for discussions on story, gameplay and our favourite moments! We also talk about the cost of collecting retro games and have a pop at Funkopops! Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail 0:00 - Start 18:16 - News 28:33 - God Of War Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Apr 04, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Watch the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/NMqRqUYa20g We are back with a special episode this week! A solo pod which is Numan's love letter to all the magic that is Super Mario 64! I think a lot of gamers out there will feel the same about this incredible, ground breaking and beloved game! Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 22, 2023•12 min•Season 2Ep. 11
See the gameplay here: https://youtu.be/23TFSlQPr3M We're back with another Action RPG/Dungeon Crawler and this time it's strangely great fun!! We talk about real life ninjas, Keanu Reeves, Kanye West and old X-Files games while fighting hordes of spiders. Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 07, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Get the video version of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/lyHB2f5pPLs We're back in our studio! It's been a few weeks but we're here to give you our reviews on Nioh 2 and SUPERHOT. We also chat about Nintendo direct, Europe and the UK vs Microsoft and the death of Google Stadia! Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 28, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 9
See the gameplay here: https://youtu.be/HXt3pbgcP64 We're back with another game, let's be honest a very buggy game! Watch as we dip our toes into the first hour of Warhammer-Chaosbane! We discuss some bits of God of War, Dr Phill, some very early thoughts on The Last of Us series. Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 14, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 8
New Year and we're back! We discuss games over Christmas, our favourite food, The Last of us and why Numan hasn't played a game in over 3 weeks! All while enjoying the culinary challenges of Overcooked 2 in our first full let's play. Video version here: https://youtu.be/XRsjgIISqx8 Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 24, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Get the video version here: https://youtu.be/eX-uRyuONjI This week we bring you the latest news on Sony vs Microsoft in the Activision case! We also do our Halloween (Kinda) themed reviews with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Dark Souls 3! Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Link to the Video Game lawyer channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HoegLaw/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 06, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Get the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/bqxCaNmWkLc This week we go on location to Gamerfest Dublin! VR, retro a load of merch and a talk from the creator of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstine we give our review of it all! We also take a the Resident Evil 4 Remake and Sega's SUPER GAME! Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 14, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Get the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/gf4yLryVbng Welcome back! We have a look at the most important news in gaming! Mario's lack of an arse! Also some evil AI might be taking over the world or something. After that we also review - Wonder Boy - Asha in Monster World, Yakuza - Like a Dragon and Hot Wheels Unleashed. Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 25, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Welcome back! We have a look at the most exciting games showcased at Sony's State of play! Tekken, God of War and Trombone Champ are all discussed here! See our reviews of Turok Dinosaur Hunter Tony Hawk's 1 + 2 Wild Guns Reloaded Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail We watch a few trailers on this show so this might enjoy the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/xBmKygejKRw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 04, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome back! Get the video link here: https://youtu.be/QKi1kIZgCPE We talk TV and film adaptions of games, potential drop in games sales and cover 4 reviews this week! See our takes on: Azure Reflections Cotton Boomerang Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Team Sonic Racing Get in contact at presstheactionbuttonpod @ gmail Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 20, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We are back!! After a long time away we're back again and also in a new format. We've jumped into podcasting on YouTube as well as your normal locations so if you'd like to see this in video form you can do so on this link here: https://youtu.be/_N1UWq_0cpg This week we give a review of creepy Man of Medan before our creepy review of Ghostewire:Tokyo and finally our not that creepy review of Mortal Kombat X!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 06, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Super Nintendo's side-scrolling and swinging simian is our game for this week! Donkey Kong Country is an absolute classic from it's first days on the SNES to it's multiple ports on the Game Boy and more, we love this game. This was the first look at the Donkey Kong we all know and love today. It cemented him as not only a Nintendo icon but for gaming as a whole. I don't know anyone who is a bigger fan than Numan so it's great to get his take on what makes this game so great. We discuss some big ...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Robot's! Dinosaurs!! What more do you want?!! Horizon Zero Dawn, the futuristic action RPG which managed to even melt Numan's prehistoric thoughts! We give credit to Guerrilla Games for taking risks and creating one of our favourite games in the last 10 years! We also get a bit distracted by Bryan Cranston’s acting, talk PS5 VR, the latest SquareEnix event and more! We'd love to hear from ya at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Remember back to all those great games that were launched with a console, because we certainly were surprised at how many we didn't! This week we take 3 consoles each and give our vote for what we think is the best game released with the console! It's no surprise there's some heavy hitters from Nintendo in this list! We also get Press The Action Button's first impressions of the PlayStation 5, haptic feedback and Astro's playroom! Numan also talks Resident Evil 7 and the Resident Evil 8 demo! Ge...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 38
This week we have my favourite mutated marsupial Crash Bandicoot! We look at how this charismatic 3D platformer burrowed his way into our hearts. We look at how being character focused led to Crash becoming an generational mascot for PlayStation! Before that we discuss the Nintendo Switch Pro and banana controls! There's also early impressions of Metal Gear Solid 5, a review of Control and Numan's big, big surprise! It's big. There's also the best quiz we've ever had on the show! Get in contact ...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 37
We are both back this week to bring you a bumper episode! We get into one of the most influential games of modern gaming, a divisive game which divides opinion on this very podcast! We talk the big moments, the soundtrack and what turns new players off! We also bring you info from the PlayStation state of play including the THREE new Final Fantasy 7 games?! Where are Square Enix going with this and is it bad? Also We've played 3 games each and give our thoughts on what's good and maybe not so go...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 36
The Gruesome Twosome, the Brothers of Destruction, the Mario Bros (nobody has ever called us any of these) are seperated for this weeks episode!! But fear not as we bring you a bonus episode! Nintendo Direct has given us a lot to talk about, Smash, Zelda, Mario Golf, Project Triangle Strategy and more!! There's also Blizzcon updates and Mortal Kombat! So get over here and give this a listen! Yusuf also rounds things off with the story of the creator of Final Fantasy! Get in contact at: pressthea...
Feb 23, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, or should we say Sekiro: The Prequel???!! Well No, not really but these are more linked than you'd expect! Early days of stealth which don't really hold up but the best soundtrack you don't remember! We also have a lot of news, PS5 ordering trouble, The Last of Us Tv Show, Halo news and CDPR hacks!! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 34
! Huh? What was that noise? It's the Tactical Espionage Action classic, Metal Gear Solid! We fondly look back at the game which changed story telling, voice acting and 4th wall breaking gameplay forever! We give a breakdown on the latest in the Gamestop news and we also discuss games coming to Playstation Plus in February! Yusuf turns the tables on Numan for the quiz and we discover another huge cultural moment which Numan missed! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Ac...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Hello, come in, have a seat and relax as we do Press The Action Button Unplugged, that's what we're calling it when we forgot the quiz... Doesn't matter as we've a banger of an episode for you! We look through our list of underappreciated strategy and tactics games! A varied list over the last 30 years which may be worth picking up again! We also discuss the latest Resident Evil Village trailer, changes for the series and multiplayer. There's also Xbox's bizarre marketing, RE 4 remake update and...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Enter the survival horror as we look back at the genre defining Resident Evil! We talk our first memories of this game, it's scariest moments and it's...odd music. We also cover Resident Evil 7, what we've seen of Resident Evil 8 and Dark Souls 3. It's a bit of a scary episode, well it would be if the voice acting wasn't hilarious. Deaf composers, power cuts, Capcom wackiness and Persona 5 Strikers, it's all covered this week! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast....
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 31
It's a-us, Press The Action Button! We're back for the new year with a world class game! Super Mario 64, we love this groundbreaking classic and talk it's development, gameplay and music. We also talk Yakuza 0, Mario Party and Mario Kart! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Welcome to the first ever Press The Action Button game awards! We look back at all we've played over the year and make the difficult decisions to narrow it down! Our favourite games of 2020, the most fun games and some honourable mentions! Thanks to everyone who listened, enjoy the Christmas break and we'll be back in the new year! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 29
After last weeks film-inspired classic we decided to look at our favourite games which started as a movie or a TV series! It's another list episode where we don't know each others choices so countdown with us! We also have some honourable mentions, Cyberpunk talk, and we are very excited for Sephiroth in Smash! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 28
A N64 classic this week! One of the most influential games of the 90's, today's episode we have GoldenEye 007 firmly in our sights! We look at the difficult development, iconic soundtrack and genre defining multiplayer from Nintendo's most popular FPS of the 90's. We also chat about Super Nintendo World, the success of free to play games, bicycle horror stories and musicals! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 27
This week we talk about Guitar Hero! I was going to write some music based puns but it was too cringe so this is what you get now... Anyway we look at the opening act which sent the series rock(eting) straight to the top of the charts! (sigh). We also talk about Numan's favourite Japanese songs, PS5 VS Series X and pay our respects to Viggo Mortensen. Don't worry he's not dead, we just really like him. We'd love to hear from ya! Get in contact at: [email protected] Hosted on Acas...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 26
