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Wonderfully Dizzy With Philip Oliver
We had the incredibly rare privilege of talking with Philip Oliver - one half of The Oliver Twins - about their history in the British Game Development scene; from the early 80s all the way up to now. We talked about Dizzy, the EverCade, and everything in between.
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Raw With Jay: Let's Ditch the Gatekeepers
Gatekeppers, the Waffling Taylors hate them. But what are Gatekeepers, how did they suddenly appear in the gaming space, and what can we do about them?
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Resident Evil Apocalypse With Andrew Dickinson - Shakey Fist Logic (Part Two)
We’re back with AndrewD and "Resident Evil: Apocalypse.". Will we run out of things to say about this film by the end of part two? Who can say. And what do we think of the film? You’ll have to listen in to find out.
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Resident Evil Apocalypse With Andrew Dickinson - Shakey Fist Logic (Part One)
AndrewD couldn’t stay away. This time he came back to talk about the second live-action Resident Evil film: "Resident Evil: Apocalypse.". We had so much to say about this film that we’ve split this episode into two halves. This is part one, with part two coming out next week.
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Earthrend With Zachary Claxton
Zachary Claxton joined us to talk about Earthrend: his Zelda-like title with Shadow of the Colossus-like scale. We talked about the wonderful hand drawn aesthetic, how the game came to be, and where you can get the demo. We also talked about our recent games, some of which might surprise you.
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Raw with Jay: FPGAs are Magic
What’s with FPGAs and why are they magic? Let’s talk about the MiSTer and Analogue devices and how they’re do different to emulators. So let’s go play.
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Looking Back With Sean Haas (Part Two)
The second in a two part episode where we discuss some of the first games ever created. Massive Multiplayer Online games from the 70s (no, really), potatoes, rogue-likes, and accidental plasma screens are just some of the highlights from this episode with Sean "Advent of Computing" Haas.
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Looking Back with Sean Haas (Part One)
The first in a two part episode with Sean Hass, the host of Advent of Computing. He joined us to talk about some of the earliest games, a little of the history of computers, what he’s been playing recently, and we dropped him off at the Thunder Plains.
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RetroMania Wrestling Returns With Mike Hermann
Mike Hermann returns to talk about RetroMania Wrestling. We got the low down on what’s been happening since he was last on the show (April, 2020) who’s on the roster, paying tribute to the fans,and what to expect when the game drops a few weeks after the episode’s release.
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Raw with Jay: Play and How Important it is
Play is incredibly important. From creativity to learning something new, and from stress reduction to protecting against illness. So let’s go play.
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2021, Huh. What Is It Good For? (Part Two)
We brought AndrewD and ZBoi into the (virtual for now) recording studio to talk about what we’re looking forward to in 2021. This is part two of the 6 host (?!) episode. We talk a huge amount about Resident Evil, Cyberpunk 2077 (and hour hopes that CDPR can pull a Hello Games), multicoloured hair (and whether Jay should dye his beard … or eyebrows?), working from home, and we play a game of "subtitle the Untitled Goose Game sequel"
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Episode 100 with Special Guest Asterios Kokkinos
We’ve reached 100 episodes! Can you believe it? For this very special occasion, we reached out to Internet comedian, podcaster, corn maze enthusiast, and occasional bee impersonator Asterios Kokkinos for comment. ANd his comment was, "I WANT IN ON YOUR SHOW!" So this is our special episode with a special guest.
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2021, Huh. What Is It Good For? (Part One)
We got together with both The_B and Stoo Cambridge to discuss what they’re looking forward to in 2021, in part one of a bumper episode featuring 6 (!?) hosts. We talk about game-breaking bugs (and not just about Cyberpunk 2077), Jay drops some development theory knowledge, Stoo tells us about his new shop, and there’s a tease of a Resident Evil 2 board game stream.
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Super Mario Bros - Trust the Fungus
Jump suits, Denis Hopper being super creepy, a sex party, egg abuse, a very racists after-credits-scene… That’s right, we finally tackled the 1993 disaster of a movie: Super Mario Bros.
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Street Fighter with Z-Boi
Jean Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, the thousand hand slap, a lady holding a shoe whilst running… a guy in a towel holding a gun? It’s time to talk about the 1994 blockbuster Street Fighter The Movie. But we needed help with this one, so we called in Z-Boi.
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Everquest With John Krikorian - Part Three
John Krikorian (of the Trek Profiles podcast) returns once more, as we talk about the communities which grow around MMOs, the fact that the code behind EverQuest is 20 years old and still going strong, some hints for beginners, and something to do with 2038
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Everquest With John Krikorian - Part Two
We’re back with John Krikorian (of the Trek Profiles podcast) to talk EverQuest, and his journey back into the game after years of not having played it.
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Everquest With John Krikorian - Part One
John Krikorian (of the Trek Profiles podcast) sat with us to talk about his show, the communities we all find ourselves in, what we’ve recently been playing, rather interesting challenges in video games, and the E.T game
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Resident Evil and the Paper Kimono
Zombies, the Red Queen, Alice (who?), lazy storytelling, lazy production values, and dogs that aren’t necessarily zombie-fied. That’s right, we decided to talk about the 2002 "classic" Resident Evil - or what we called Alice in Wonderland with Zombies
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Would You Kindly with G
RPGs are a big subject. And an even bigger subject is how to craft a character (or a "build" as they are sometimes known). So we sat with G (aka #dontCallMeAudry) and got some top tips on how you go about deciding what kind of character you want to be in a modern (classic) RPG
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Hidden Gems with G - Part Two
This is two of our discussion with G (aka #dontCallMeAudrey) about our hidden gems in the video game canon. Which games did we choose? You’ll have to click through to find out
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Hidden Gems with G - Part One
With seemingly hundreds of games released every week, we wanted to talk about some of the hidden gems in the video game canon. And who better to discuss them with than G (aka #dontCallMeAudrey)?
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Reflections - Part 3
The final part of Squidge and Lulu talking about their reflections on having completed the Final Fantasy VII remake. What do they talk about? I don’t know, I wasn’t involved in this episode… until the very end of it, that is
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Reflections - Part 2
Squidge and Lulu return to talk about their thoughts and reflections, having played the Final Fantasy VII Remake. Jay wasn’t involved in this episode, because he’s a "Dirty Scrub" and hasn’t played it yet.
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Final Fantasy VII Remake Reflections - Part 1
Squidge and Lulu wanted to talk about the FFVII Remake, but Jay hadn’t played it yet. So we covered recent games, then Jay bowed out to save himself from spoilers.
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Discworld and Beyond With Gregg Barnett
Jay had the chance to sit with a legend in the video gaming industry: Gregg Barnett. He has worked on immersing and game changing (if you’ll pardon the pun) titles since the early 80s including Hungry Horace, the Discworld adventure games, and Ghost Master.
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Sexy Brutale With Charles Griffiths - Part 2
In part 2 of our conversation with Charles about The Sexy Brutale, we discuss the Japan connection, design decisions which stop players from getting stuck, and questions from Discord - thanks to White Mage for collecting them for us
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Sexy Brutale With Charles Griffiths - Part 1
In this episode we talked with Charles Griffiths about the wonderfully fun puzzle game The Sexy Brutale. We also touch on casino games and learning Craps, classic Rare vs modern Rare, and Squidge’s most piratey move ever
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Double Dragon - Witty Remark Here
We decided to sit down and talk about the "classic" 1994 Double Dragon movie. What is going on with Abobo’s head, what is Marian’s role in the story, and why is the big bad guy a cheap knock-off of Vanilla Ice?
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Dreamcast Year Two with Andrew Dickinson
The follow up to Andrew’s previous book "Dreamcast: Year One" is due to be released very soon - in fact, the Kickstarter is due to kick off (pardon the pun) a few days after this episode drops. So we wanted to catch up with Andrew about the new book, what he’s been playing, and which games he’d want in a Dreamcast Mini
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Itchy, Tasty with Alex Aniel
We chatted with Alex Aniel (aka cvxfreak) about his upcoming book: "Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil", the Resident Evil series as a whole, our favourites, some top tips for learning foreign languages, and that dooty doot song from the Dual Shock Director’s Cut
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Coding the Classics With Eben Upton
We were incredibly lucky to be able to sit with Eben Upton during the early weeks of the lockdown and chew the fat over the Raspberry Pi, retro computing, and the new (at the time of recording) Code the Classics: Volume 1
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Final Fantasy VII Remake With Lulu - Part Two
Part two of our discussion with Lulu about the Final Fantasy VII Remake was all about that Moogle slide (yes it returns), relationships, expanded character backstories and interactions, and what we are hoping for the remaining parts in the series. Also, Jay still hasn’t played it
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Final Fantasy VII Remake With Lulu - Part One
We sat with Lulu in order to discuss the Final Fantasy VII Remake. This is part one of our conversation and covers our thoughts about Wall Market, the remake as a whole, "that" section of the game, Hell House, and some top tips.
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0 A.D. With Stan Dolcini
We caught up with Stan from the team behind 0 A.D. and about the game, it’s history, what it runs on, and why you should play this gorgeous, open source, RTS game.
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WaffleFest With The B - Part Two
In part two of our WaffleFest special: The B joined us for a discussion revolving around pro wrestling in video games. We talked about our favourites, why they are our favourites, and a little about why we think pro wrestling is a lot of fun to watch.
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RetroMania Wrestling With Michael Hermann
We were incredibly fortunate to be able to sit down with Michael Hermann, owner of Retrosoft Studios and the man who is bringing RetroMania Wrestling to life. We talk about the game, the games which inspired it, some of Michael’s favourite wrestling games, and what you can expect from RetroMania Wrestling.
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WaffleFest With The B - Part One
In part one of our WaffleFest special: we catch up with The B, discuss what we’ve all been playing recently, talk about the 5 big games of 2020 so far, and the idea of role-playing a specific goose in a specific game - neither of which are related to one another.
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Dreamcast Year One with Andrew Dickinson
In this episode, we sat down with Andrew Dickinson to talk about his new book Dreamcast: Year One. We also talk with Andrew about the essential Dreamcast games that he would recommend to anyone who is new to the Dreamcast, and we even drop Andrew off in the Thunder Plains
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Top Survival Horror Games - Part Two
With last week’s episode covering our favourite Survival Horror games, we wanted to go back and talk about the honourable mentions. We cover a cornucopia of Survival Horror games in this episode, but which ones? You’ll have to listen to find out.
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Top Survival Horror Games - Part One
We decide to tackle the topic of survival horror games. Which means that we each bring our top 3 games of the genre and discuss them. We also mention Pac-Man and Alien: Isolation in extreme proximity to each other. Why? You’ll have to listen in order to find out.
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Mini Consoles: PlayStation Classic Dream Line Up
Episode 70 of the podcast has Squidge and Jay discuss the PlayStation Classic, and decide on their dream line up for the little console that couldn’t - seriously, the hardware design was obviously phoned in.
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Mini Consoles: Mega Drive - Our Dream Line Up (Part 2)
It’s those mini consoles again. This time, Squidge and Jay are back to finish off their dream Mega Drive Mini line up. Did they agree on which games should be included? Do you agree with the games they chose?
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Mini Consoles: Mega Drive - Our Dream Line Up (Part 1)
Those damned mini consoles again! Squidge and Jay decided to talk about the games we think should have been on the Mega Drive Mini, and we ended up with two very different consoles.
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Adam Jensen's Gadget
Dubstep mode, gadgets in games, grappling hooks; and that’s just in the first few minutes. Also in this episode are top things from the previous decade, and console exclusives we’d like to see brought back from the dead
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The Greatest Thing Since Books
Chief returns for our first episode in 2020. We talk about the 2037 problem; how Squidge isn’t going to play Cyberpunk 2077 but also is going to play it; how I absolutely love ‘Til Death To Us Blart; and I drop some financial advice on how to buy video games
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Waffle Christmas 2019 - Part 2
Christmas has been and gone - although we recorded this weeks in advance. You wanted more Waffling Taylors? Well, here it is! We talk about the impending Resident Evil 3 remake, wombats (and what’s right with them), and our run down of the best and worst titles of the year.
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Waffle Christmas 2019 - Part 1
The end is nigh! … for 2019, anyway. Also, it’s that time of year again: time to figure out just where Santa is. In this episode, we chat with G about the games he has been playing since we last heard from him, a little on MST3K, and a nifty little gadget that both Squidge and I bought.
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It's Good to Be a Leg-End
This week we’re joined by G and Stoo to discuss Stoo’s impact on the UK video gaming scene, Cannon Fodder, some probing questions for him, and the potential impact of Rebellion buying the back catalogue of the Bitmap Brothers games.
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Exploding Horses
Squidge introduces JZ into a brand new segment (one which needs a little improv.) with hilarious results, and I use it as an excuse to use an epic pun; and JZ introduces us to the idea of fried chicken subs, and we talk about the benefits of being a zombie.
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Jay vs Doors
JZ returns for the second part in our conversation with him. We talk about aliens, Jay’s hatred of doors, a new segment, Boots to the Head, and honking
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Squidge the Ring
JZ returns to chat with Squidge and Jay about all things video games. We talk about what we’ve been playing recently; and the potential for a Squidge centric live stream show and some of the games that he could play on them.
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EGX 2019 Day Three
EGX 2019 day three is over and done with, and here are our thoughts. Including a little rant about queuing (for the Final Fantasy 7 remake), meeting up with awesome friends, making even more awesome friends, getting perforated, and talking with an absolute legend in the video game industry.
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EGX 2019 Day Two
EGX 2019 day two is over and done with, and here are our thoughts. Including a little about Cyberpunk 2077 (including spoilers), a little cheating to unlock MJ on Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2, and Beckski’s two speedruns.
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Egx 2019 Day One
EGX 2019 day one is over and done with, so we thought we’d collect our thoughts on it and put out an episode. We discuss the games we’ve played, the merch we’ve bought, and we even have and interview with Craig Snape about his upcoming game: Kung Fu Jesus.
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A Film About an Egg
Chief is back. Back again. Yes he back. … RTS Chief returns for the third part in his RTS episode, and we talk about DLC at the movies - which is something I hope never takes off.
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Protect the Thing That Needs to Not Blow Up
Chief takes us through some of the greatest hits and terrible misses of the post-Golden Age of RTS games; we discuss whether The Sims is an RTS game; and just what is wrong with all of the Total War games after Medieval 2?
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The Quantum What of What
Chief joins us to talk Real Time Strategy and Real Time Tactics games - and yes, there’s a difference. We also talk about what he has been playing recently
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Nindo Recon
Jay was looking to buy a Switch and turned to Squidge (and the community) for suggestions for games to check out. This is their discussion on those suggestions.
What did everyone suggest? You’ll have to listen to find out.
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What did everyone suggest? You’ll have to listen to find out.
Necromorphed in the Face
The B wants to put a very, very good series of games into the Cupboard of Shame, Jay talks about the only good video game movie in existence, and we discuss light gun games
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Surprise Waluigi Strikes Again
Squidge, The B, and myself talk our usual bought of nonsense. But this time, Waluigi makes a surprise return, we discuss the silent Waffler Ik, and the B tries to convince Squidge to try a cooking simluator.
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Wombat Knives for Days
We decided to to an audio-only Let’s Play of the Resident Evil 2 (2019) DLCs No Time To Mourn and Runaway.
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Hungry Not Hungry Horace With G
We continue our discussion with G, Squidge comes up with a new console, we talk about 80s action movies which NEED video game rebooting, Mrs. Doubtfire the video game, and a minor controversy with G and a someone at Microsoft
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The Cupboard of Shame With G
We finally go Squidge to agree to add some games to the Cupboard of Shame, and G came along for the ride.
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Old and New Stomping Grounds With G
G returns to talk Post-E3, suspicious looking packages, Keanu Reeves, and The cupboard of shame
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Comfy Pants: The Video Game
Our Post-E3 thoughts on the Final Fantasy VII (2020), a little talk on FF XIV/XV, and some talk on Japanese TV shows.
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The Worlds Biggest What
Continuing on from our conversation with Lulu, we talk Distant Worlds, E3 predictions, and Final Fantasy VII (2020) thoughts
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The One True Waffle
Lulu, fresh from seeing Distant Worlds, sits with us to talk about it, the Final Fantasy VII (2020), and remakes in general
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The Heisencast
Squidgey and Jay take some time to discuss music and video games – specifically the music that they listen to when playing video games
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Jays Japan Diaries
We talked about it last time, and here it is: Jays Japan Diaries. It’s a 30 minute trip to Japan and back, in audio form.
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Hot Open, Cold Close
Our first episode back since our break (and my recent vacation to Japan). It marks the start of season 2, we talk about what we’ve been playing, and I drop some Japan knowledge.
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Some Qs and Some As
As a way of rounding down out recent conversations on Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, Lulu brings some questions that her friends from discord have for us. And not all of them are related to Final Fantasy, too
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The Kingdom of Hearts
We (Squidgey, Lulu, Chief, and myself) talk Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts
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Ten Tracks Which Rocked My Gaming World
A previously Patreon-only episode which has finally been released for non-Patrons. Right on the back of a similar Arcade Attack episode – except that theirs is newer and better.
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Hype Train 2019
We took some time (in early January) to discuss our most anticipated games, and what we think are going to be the big news items for gaming in 2019. I wonder whether we’ll be proven right or not
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Damn Squidge!
Squidgey talks to us all about the Resident Evil 2 board game. He received his copies, expansions, and kickstarter exclusives before the festive period, so he’s had a fair bit of experience of playing it. And now he wants to tell us all about it
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The Fall of Mr X
Having completed the B scenarios in the Resident Evil 2 (2019), Squidgey sat down to tell us what he thought of it. All this and more, in ‘The Fall of Mr. X’ by The Waffling Taylors.
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Grenade to the FACE!
Squidgey had tweeted that he had completed 25% of the Resident Evil 2 (2019), so we decided to quickly catch up with him and see what that meant.
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Hello Squidgey
This isn’t really an episode of the podcast, just a silly project that I’ve been working on. Without Squidgey on the show, there would be no show. So this is a tribute, of sorts, to him.
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Spooptober 2018
Part three of a multi part, end of year spectacular is all about Spooptober. We discuss all things spoopy in our late Spooptober special episode. Because that’s the way to end a year of episodes, right?
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The Slim Jim Snap
Part two of a multi part, end of year spectacular is a rip roaring adventure with G and The B back in the Technodrome. Everything gets a bit weird, as I completely miss the point of the Harley Quinn character.
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Grand Theft Horsey
Part one of a multi part, end of year spectacular. We brought G and The B (and a few other mystery guests) into the Technodrome for our end of year special. Stick around as we discuss all things gaming, and a few things in the way of movies
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Unaffiliated JZ's Kinda Party
Part three of our special episode with Unaffiliated JZ contains discussions on the upcoming Resident Evil 2 (2019), the board game, stupid character names, and much more
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Finally Dropping the Bomb – With JZ
Part two of a three part special episode where we talk to long time fan of the show, friend of GaProgMan, and all round nice guy: Unaffiliated JZ.
This time we start out with some major league silliness, talk about JZ’s favourite controller, and he stumps us with Video Game knowledge. Then Squidgy finally drops a bomb that he’s been teasing for a whole year.
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This time we start out with some major league silliness, talk about JZ’s favourite controller, and he stumps us with Video Game knowledge. Then Squidgy finally drops a bomb that he’s been teasing for a whole year.
The Waffling Taylors and Unaffiliated JZ Podcast Party
Part one of a three part special episode where we talk to long time fan of the show, friend of GaProgMan, and all round nice guy: Unaffiliated JZ. We talk about all sorts of stuff, and Squidgy even threatens to drop a major spoiler on us. But does he? You’ll have to listen in order to find out.
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Double Barrel Australian Death
Two lost episodes, a sweary shotgun, Sony toasters, and questions to the community. All of this, and more in episode 23 of the Waffling Taylors podcast
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My Hot Trash Daddy (Lulu's Final Fantasy – Part Three)
Sadly, the final part of Lulu’s début episode is here. In this final part of her début she turns the tables on us and asks where we decided to stop playing Final Fantasy games
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Wrong Opinions (Lulu's Final Fantasy – Part Two)
The second part of Lulu’s debut episode is all about Squidgy and me talking about our favourite Final Fantasy games, and Lulu pointing out why we’re wrong.
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The Kwehcast (Lulu's Final Fantasy – Part One)
Lulu’s debut episode is here! She is our, rather reluctant, Final Fantasy expert. As you hear in part three, she really is quite the expert.
In part one of her debut we talk about the games we’ve been playing and start discussing what our Desert Island Games (which Squidgy renames Thunder Plain Games)
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In part one of her debut we talk about the games we’ve been playing and start discussing what our Desert Island Games (which Squidgy renames Thunder Plain Games)
Our Blustry Guest (with B – Part Two)
Part two of B’s 2018 debut – he was on our final episodes of 2017, but hasn’t been on the show since. We decided to take a look at how much we had each spent on Steam during the life time of our accounts. Then we have a discussion about our unpopular gaming opinions
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The Pie and Mash Toss (with B – Part One)
Part one of three of B’s 2018 debut – he was on our final episodes of 2017, but hasn’t been on the show since. We talk about E3, the Nintendo Switch (there’s a surprise), and how this summer has been re-assuringly quite for AAA titles (so far) which helps us to get through our collective backlog of games
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Multiplayer Shenanigans
Part two of our chat with long time friend G (a.k.a Professor Nefarious Wunderbottom III) revolves all around online multiplayer games and how much fun it can be to mess with people… but not in a trolling way
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Something Something Hacker Edition
In this episode of the podcast, we chat with long time friend G. It’s actually part one of two.
In this first part, we waffle on about the games we’ve been playing and introduce the legendary gamer: Professor Nefarious Wunderbottom III (also known as G)
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In this first part, we waffle on about the games we’ve been playing and introduce the legendary gamer: Professor Nefarious Wunderbottom III (also known as G)
Time Cast Pod Machine Part Three
Part three of our discussion with Chief has Squidgey describing his 5 best (and one honourable mention) Sega Saturn Games; a discussion on CD audio on Saturn, Playstation and Dreamcast games
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Time Cast Pod Machine Part Two
In part two of our conversation with Chief, we talk about some of the games that we’ve been playing, some of our ideas for video games, and Squidgey having accidentally unlocked an extremely rare drop on Diablo III
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Time Cast Pod Machine Part One
This episode (which is part one of three) sees Chief return after his 6 month hiatus, and he worries about the length of our intros; I drop a knowledge bomb on how the writers of MASH got around the network censors; and Squidgey confesses his love for arcade sticks.
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Favourite Games With White Mage and Red Mage
In this episode, we brought back White Mage and Red Mage. This time we talked about our favourite games ever, suggesting a lot of games along the way, but finally settling on three each (they weren’t easy decisions at all, though). to find out which games, you’ll have to listen to the episode
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Sega Wrist
Squidey is back from his super secret mission and ready to talk about all manner of video games. We cover some video game music, one piece of news (some unfortunate news, that is), and a few of my ideas for indie games
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The Sexy Brutale the Wobbly Doodah
In this episode, we talked with White Mage and Red Mage about The Sexy Brutale – which is a fantastic puzzle game. We also covered a bunch of stuff related to lore in games, art books and even a mention of Atlus
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Interview This
The first podcast episode of 2018 is out, and it includes an exclusive interview with Stephen Smith of Retro Events. We talked about all aspects of retro gaming and what it’s like to run the events he puts on.
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Switch Please - Part 3
The final part of episode three of our podcast is available now! Click through to read the show notes and download it for your face.
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Switch Please - Part 2
Part two of the second podcast episode is here!
part one is available here
A couple of things that you need to know going in:
Another J-Bomb As with the first part, we have one J-bomb this time, so please listen responsibly.
Resident Evil VII DLC Spoilers We drop a few pretty big spoilers for the main game and the DLC in this episode. For your convenience, here are the time stamps for that section
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Switch Please - Part 1
Episode two of our podcast is going to be split into three parts (we told you that we could waffle about video games). This post is the show notes for part one.
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56 Games in 63 Minutes
Our first (well, 0th) podcast episode is now live. Come check it out and let us know what you think
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