Tara and Chris do the duo show in this weeks SHFTS and talk turns sower towards SWTOR of all things. This moves on to Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning and the Mass Effect 3 demo. The latter being somewhat disappointing in terms of gun play. Pinball Arcades also gets a mention as well as the formerly maligned iCade cabinet. In the news we cover stories that seem to relate to Double Fine and its ability to get people to give them money for something they have yet to make. Running time: 01:03:16...
Feb 20, 2012•1 hr 3 min
Last week was very much a return to the older days of SHFTS, with the founding hosts reprising their roles behind the mic. This week we are ringing in the changes by having a full roster of hosts that have been brought in as new additions to the show. Tara Nelson AKA Terabyt3, Tony Atkins AKA Ghostworld and Mike Barton AKA Radarhead have taken on the reins of SHFTS with aplomb as they share their thoughts on the gaming week past. Their topics meander from the addictive qualities of MMOs to how I...
Feb 13, 2012•1 hr 42 min
Hendrix chats about the ending of the second SHFTS Forza 4 racing series and gripes over how poor the game is due to badly implemented racing management and how people should buy Freespace 2 over Sol Exodus. BloodShot Robot shares his thoughts on the PS Vita he imported and sings its praises in the process. Tara talks about her time with Saints Row the Third DLC and Chris expands on his experiences with Soul Calibur V and Twisted Metal. SWTOR also features in the conversion, with interesting sto...
Feb 06, 2012•1 hr 51 min
Tara and Chris chat about their collective experiences with SWTOR this week, especially concerning openworld PvP. Tara takes great delight in sharing all the gory details of her ganking exploits as well as how BloodShot Robot met a grizzly end. Chris delves into the land of addictive iOS games in the form of Tiny Wings and tries to stave off his cravings for Fez by playing Where is My Heart? In the news we cover Wii U worldwide launch and how the bugs in the Kingdoms of Amalur demo was not the d...
Feb 01, 2012•1 hr 26 min
We start the show with the announcement that Mike Barton from GameOverCast has joined the SHFTS roster of show hosts. He chats about his time with the demo of Kingdom of Amalur and he found it to be somewhat wanting, much like Tony and Chris who also had issues with it. Tara is too busy stabbing people in the back during PvP matches on Star Wars the Old Republic to care though. In the news we cover Alienware releasing a small form factor PC that is the size of an Xbox 360 only 6 times more expen...
Jan 23, 2012•2 hr 6 min
Star Wars the Old Republic sinks its teeth into Alphabox as he even plays the blasted game while we are recording the show. He also chatted about his time with a Star Wars Arcade Trilogy Cabinet while he was on vacation. Forza 4 drives in with an update on the second racing series and also chats about how he overheard some poor fellow trying to play Civ V when he had never played a Civ game before. The board game Mage Knight comes in for some scathing criticism while Netflix arriving in the UK i...
Jan 18, 2012•1 hr 37 min
With the beginning of 2012 bringing with it a brand new season of SHFTS, we chat about the same blasted games we have been harping on about for the past few weeks. Sorry about that folks. For yes we do talk about Skyrim and Star Wars the Old Republic. We do get distracted with Pullblox on 3DS and Rayman Origins though, so it is not us banging on and on about Skyrim again. But hey, it is a fine game and we are huge fans of it here in SHFTS Towers. The same goes for SWTOR and its ability to entert...
Jan 09, 2012•1 hr 48 min
This is the last episode of Season 4 of the SuperHappyFunTimeShow and with it, we bring 2011 to a close, and what a year it has been! Many citing it as one of the best years in video games in a very long time. Tara and Chris go through what they thought was the good, bad and ugly in terms of video game releases over the past 12 months and also look to the future. Why not share your thoughts on how 2011 turned out and indeed what 2012 is to have in store for us. Will it match the glories of 2011?...
Jan 03, 2012•1 hr 19 min
BloodShot Robot makes a fateful return as he shares his thoughts on Tin Tin, Uncharted 3 and Star Wars The Old Republic. Both Kropotkin and Hendrix are also enjoying SWTOR and have even ventured out into space, only to find it a Panzer Dragoon clone. Alphabox meanwhile continues to plough through Skyrim. If ever there was a man in need of an intervention, this is it. In the news we cover the loss of guns for avatars in XBL. No, we do not know why they have been removed either. Happy Holidays eve...
Dec 27, 2011•54 min
We start off with the report on the last race of the first SHFTS Forza 4 racing series. Derrick H of Dead Pixel Live won the race and the series, so well done him. Another series will be starting up in the new year and we have spaces left for it, so if you want to sign up, please go to the SPOnG forums. Next we have Hendrix sharing his joy at the experiences he has had with the new Battlefield 3 map pack, Return to Karkand that was released this week. Alphabox clearly needs and intervention as a...
Dec 20, 2011•1 hr 46 min
Chris starts off with his obsession over all things pinball related, especially when it comes to Pinball FX. It is getting so bad this man should think about buying shares in the developer. He has Pinball FX games on his PS3, Xbox 360, iPad and now 3DS. He chats about how the 3D actually helps with gameplay and the fact that he is better at the 3DS version than any other due to the fact that it is slower. Forza 4 also gets a look in with the SHFTS racing series still going strong. Mario Kart 7 i...
Dec 12, 2011•1 hr 6 min
We open up with talk on Fusion Genesis, not Fusion Galaxy as we call it during the show and marvel at its depth and complexity, especially considering the fact that it is a two-stick shooter. Tony shares his experience with Skyrim by explaining how he effectively broke the game while Alphabox plays a Cabela title, all thanks to advertising during Monday Night Football. We sign off with news that includes another PS Vita story. By way of reaction, a challenge is made to play Mr Beans Wacky World ...
Dec 05, 2011•1 hr 21 min
This week Kropotkin, Alphabox, Hendrix and Tara share their adventures in the land of Skyrim. This includes giant baiting and should not be missed. Krop and Hendrix chat about their experiences with Star Wars the Old Republic and declare it to be very entertaining, despite the MMO shackles it is burdened with. Alpha finishes Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and finds it to be an entertaining romp. He does not rate the multiplayer when compared to Battlefield though, much like everybody else. Tara t...
Nov 29, 2011•1 hr 25 min
Neil, Tara and Chris are the hosts of this weeks SHFTS, and we start off with a chat about how crazy Skyrim can be when you get chased down by a giant. We also have a discussion on the Halo remake, Zelda Skyward Sword and the SHFTS Forza 4 racing series that started this week. Assassins Creed also gets a look in along with the question over whether or no video games are art. Yes, we went there. We end with gaming news which included stories on Skyrim game saves ruining the game on the PS3, Minec...
Nov 21, 2011•1 hr 54 min
Chris and Tony chat about their experience at Replay Expo in Blackpool while Neil tells us how he has finished off Rage The Witcher and is now considering moving on to the Witcher 2. Tara has a dabble with the indie games section on XBLA and gets more than a little burned by Dark Delve. We also cover details on how you can take part in the SHFTS Forza 4 racing series. We finish off with gaming news that includes stories on subscription falls for World of Warcraft and Sony charging people to tran...
Nov 15, 2011•2 hr 12 min
Hendrix likes Battlefield 3 a lot. Certainly a lot more than his digestive system does for White Castle burgers. Alphabox shares his experiences with Dark Souls briefly before he goes off to pick up a second hand Xbox 360 steering wheel. Tara meanwhile is squealing over the news that there is to be a new Rainbow 6 game. Running time: 01:06:25
Nov 08, 2011•1 hr 6 min
Tara and Chris open up the show with chat about Forza 4, Battlefield 3 and the Bourne series of films. Thankfully their wittering is put to a halt with a great interview with Neil Rennison of Tin Man Games. Running time: 01:44:25
Oct 31, 2011•1 hr 44 min
With BloodShot Robot gone the crew do their best to cheer themselves up, only to make themselves feel even worse by regaling each other about the experiences they had with Ace Combat Assault Horizon. For that game does little to progress the long running franchise as Hendrix is so very quick to point out. It is not all bad however, as Forza 4 proves to be a tad more worthwhile to spend ones time on, at least that is according to resident petrol head, Mr Hendrix. Running time: 01:55:59...
Oct 24, 2011•1 hr 56 min
A two person podcast this week, with Chris ORegan and Tara Nelson discussing a large variety of games. Chris chats about his time on Rage, Gears of War 3, Blood Bowl and Scoregasm, while Tara declares Dungeon Siege 3 completed and ponders what to play next. The Sims 3 pets seems to be the favourite. Running time: 01:22:52
Oct 18, 2011•1 hr 23 min
Tara kicks off with some positive words to say about the latest Driver game, while both Pat and Chris decry Dark Souls for making co-op multiplayer with friends an impossibility, unlike its predicessor. Neil is ploughing his way through the first Witcher game only to find that it really does deserve its 18 certificate. Running time: 01:18:32
Oct 11, 2011•1 hr 19 min
Kropotkin starts off proceedings with chat about two tech-demo games, Hard Reset and Shadowgun. He also covers Another World on iOS and some of the games he played at Eurogamer Expo. Tony chats about his time at Eurogamer and his experiences with OnLive. Mr Champlin tells us how he has turned into a boardgame geek care of Conquest of Nerath and Neil signs off the first half of the show with his time on The Witcher. In the news we cover Rage having an 8Gb install on PS3, Square Enix admitting fai...
Oct 04, 2011•2 hr 4 min
Pat McTie makes a fateful return to the SHFTS fold this week by announcing his retirement from iRacing. This is greeted with some disbelief by the rest of the crew. Do listen to find out what the rest of the SHFTS hosts have been distracting themselves with this week. Running time: 01:09:06
Sep 28, 2011•1 hr 9 min
Chris opens up this episode with news that he's just built a brand new PC and proceeded to bang on about how stupidly fast it is. He also chatted about his visceral experience with Space Marine and also how much fun he was having playing Heroes of Neverwinter on Facebook. Tony shares his thoughts on the HD remake of God of War 2 and how disgusted he felt playing Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2008, all for the sole aim of getting achievement points. Jason pitches in with his thoughts on GunStringer, Re...
Sep 19, 2011•1 hr 29 min
The SHFTS crew discuss the new releases that are flooding in with the 4th quarter starting off after Madden hits the shelves. Chris talks about his experiences in Deus Ex Human Revolution and reveals his obsession with stealth play. This leads to some discussion over Splinter Cell multiplayer from old, that required people to take down a spy that was played by another player. Crimson Alliance is covered and some positive noises are made about it by all those that played it. Running time: 00:52:4...
Sep 13, 2011•53 min
We have a brand new set of hosts to add to the SHFTS crew to mix things up for ya. Tara Nelson, Neil Brooks and Tony Atkins are now part of the pool of hosts for SHFTS. Listen to their introductions to the show and then hear them witter on about all things gaming. Welcome to the new dawn of SHFTS, stick around as it is guaranteed to be a blast. Running time: 02:38:21
Sep 06, 2011•2 hr 38 min
PAX 2011 has come and gone and it was a blast. Listen to Hendrix, BloodShot Robot and Kropotkin shoot the breeze about what they saw there as well as their exploits outside of the show floor. We also have a very special announcement to make concerning the show, so do please listen. Running time: 02:08:12
Aug 31, 2011•2 hr 8 min
Kropotkin starts the show off with his experiences at Gamescom last week. This included previews of Dark Souls, Dragons Dogma, F1 Online and Borderlands 2 to name but a few. BloodShot Robot follows up with the Phantom Lap Board he recently bought as well as Arma 2 and Lego Universe. He also shared his thoughts on the recently patched EYE first person RPG hybrid game that appeared on Steam last week. Alphabox jumps in with yet more Fallout New Vegas and his frustration over a lack of games to pla...
Aug 22, 2011•1 hr 32 min
Resistance 3 beta test anyone? Well Hendrix was not so keen and then berated the very existence of the franchise. Alphabox chats about his obsession over playing Fallout 3 New Vegas. BloodShot starts playing EYE Divine Cybermancy that is a weird FPS RPG that has the ingredients of being great, but fails to be thanks to poor AI in the enemies. Running time: 00:52:30
Aug 15, 2011•53 min
iRacing has really got its claws into Hendrix has he tells us about his in game cataclysmic crash he had last week. He denies picking up any purple tyres or indeed a +7 steering wheel though. Alphabox meanwhile struggles through Fallout New Vegas by trying to remember what he as doing in the game. All we got out of him was something about a talking TV. BloodShot chats about his experience with the MacBook Air and its mayfly like battery life and Kropotkin shares his thoughts on Insanely Twisted ...
Aug 08, 2011•1 hr 15 min
Bloodshot Robot spends the show destroying his liver thanks to Newcastle Brown Ale, Hendrix gets an email from PSN that boasts that Resistance getting a greatest hits collection and Alphabox lays into the Wii and compares it to Kinect and Move fails in comparison. Running time: 01:14:13
Aug 01, 2011•1 hr 14 min
