We explore our gaming experiences from 2024 with guests Alyxa and Matthew Bliss. Part one of the conversation centres on our top three games of the year, with Alyxa reminiscing about the nostalgia of Persona 3 Portable, while Matthew highlights narrative-driven games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and The Last of Us Part 1. We discuss the joy of revisiting older games, contrasting their accessibility with the frustrations of modern titles.

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Metal Gear
• Metal Gear Solid
• Powerwash Simulator
• Resident Evil

DE-GENERATION ZED! That’s right, the games that started life as "Tank Jank" (as Squidge puts it) spawned several CGI movies, and this episode’s topic is the first in the series. But does it hold up against the Hollywood movies? There’s only one way to find out.

• Resident Evil: Degeneration
• Resident Evil 4
• Resident Evil 5
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil (2002)

Prolific streamer Zunderscore joined the Jay and Squidge to talk about everything from red fedoras to Vincent Adultman, Muppetman, and three Squidges in a trenchcoat; with a healthy dose of video games, Thunder Plains, controller opinions, thoughts on being a content creator, and silliness.

• Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse
• Dead Cells
• Hollow Knight
• Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Can you believe that it’s been 5 years since the Resident Evil 2 Remake came out? Neither could we, so we brought Nomad back onto the show to discuss it with us. Remember the "we do it" t-shirts? Remember the months of speculation? Remember that first time you booted the game?

• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• Resident Evil 2
• Untitled Goose Game
• DmC: Devil May Cry
• Resident Evil 3 (2020)

We wanted to ask CJ about comfort games: games you like to play when we’re just comfy and we’re vegging and we just want to shut out the outside world and just go get a load of snacks. So get your snacks, get comfy, and curl up whilst we talk about those games we played.

• Vampire Survivors
• Fortnite
• Minecraft
• Mario Kart Tour
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Rob from Gold Mountain Games (who have been going from strength to strength) returned to discuss what they’ve been up to in the six months since the whole OGL debacle. We discuss Balder’s Gate 3, Resident Evil, Bards (horny and non-horny), and Squidge’s ideas for Apple stores.

• Baldur's Gate 3
• Oregon Trail
• AI Dungeon
• DOOM
• SCUM

Squidge teams up with special guest host Nomad to ask Jay why he only ever played 10 minutes of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. They also try to convince him to play the game, but will their interrogation succeed? And just what is a Traffic Jam Burrito? And how is it that this game came out 24 years ago? Seriously?!

• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Resident Evil 3 (2020)
• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• Resident Evil 2
• Devil May Cry

Host Squidge and guest Nomad bring their unique blend of humour and insight to the world of the Resident Evil 4 remake. With their witty banter and entertaining anecdotes, they take listeners on a hilarious journey through the game’s highlights, character developments, and surprises.

• Resident Evil 4 (2023)
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• Resident Evil 3 (2020)
• Resident Evil 4

All-round amazing person G to the Next Level joined us to talk about Chainsaws, Dolphins, Sega Saturn, Resurrected Gods, and Sorceresses… Nope, you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out what that means - I’m just the AI who writes the website content. Wait! Am I allowed to tell you that?

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Xeno Crisis
• Burning Rangers
• Command & Conquer

Anthony (of Capes on the Couch) joined us to go a hilarious and irreverent deep dive into the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie, discussing everything from its iconic soundtrack to its questionable casting choices. Also, what’s a "Bloodwind" instrument? And did Kevin Nash give his quads that Raiden could look fabulous?

• Mortal Kombat
• Street Fighter
• Resident Evil
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Mortal Kombat X

Jay delves into the dark and twisted world of the 1998 video game Shadow Man, exploring its creepy atmosphere, challenging controls, and deeply unsettling themes. With humour and insight, he takes listeners on a journey through Deadside, the afterlife realm that players must navigate, discussing the game’s eerie music, non-linear progression, and disturbing lore.

• Shadow Man
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
• Metroid
• Castlevania

We invited Nomad, from the Retro Wildlands podcast, to discuss the Resident Evil series and its many replay values. Nomad shares personal stories of his own experiences with the franchise, as well as proposing a unique solution to make the game even more thrilling. Join Nomad, Jay, and Squidge as they explore the thrilling world of Resident Evil and discover its hidden secrets.

• Fallout (series)
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 2
• Tomb Raider
• Gran Turismo

We were joined by Raina of The Ancient’s Den this week. Raina has recently released an HD mod for the Dreamcast version of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, and it’s bloody impressive. We talk zombie feeding simulators, the entire Legacy of Kain series, and about Raina’s favourite controllers.

• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
• Tomb Raider III
• Tom Raider
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Moonwalking to the fridge, Memento, video games, kitties, The Lonely Island of programming, spoilers, whether Tom Holland knows he’s Spider-Man and silliness. That could only mean one thing: G has returned to the show. But what do these things have to do with video games? Only one way to find out: listen to this episode of the show.

• The Sims (series)
• Destiny 2
• God of War (2018)
• Stray
• Pikuniku

Matthew (the host of The Dead Drop podcast) joined us to talk about two of his favourite puzzle games ever. We also talk about what we’ve been playing recently, and we drop him off for a short spell in the Thunder Plains. But we also talk about Wata and NFTs, too.

• Citizen Sleeper
• The Witness
• Obscure II
• Mortal Kombat (series)
• Power Blade

Lulu discusses a title that she may or may not have been fooled into buying. Was it really just gothic, steampunk Devil May Cry? Or was that a marketing ploy? Either way, it’s going in the cupboard. Listen in, to find out what it was.

• Chaos Legion
• Devil May Cry
• Dynasty Warriors (series)
• Bujingai
• Final Fantasy XIV

Jay talked with Jackal and Bird of the Roadkill Software team about their new game (Fluff ’n Fury), Gary’s Mod, Argentine architecture, and building games at the speed of creativity. They also take in a short stay at The Thunder Plains

• Fluff 'n Fury
• Half-Life
• Doom
• Call of Duty (series)
• Subnautica

After having seen the new Resident Evil movie, Jay took some time to reflect on it and wanted to share some of his thoughts. Was the reaction of a vocal minority of fans of the game series right to pick the movie apart?

• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil (2002)
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• Resident Evil 4

After having watched the latest Resident Evil movie, and with the Halo TV show on the horizon, Jay wanted to take a moment and reflect on how we react to movies made from our favourite video game properties

• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil (2002)
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• DOOM

Laughter, nonsense, and absurdity abounds in episode 130 of the podcast. We were joined by Lord Nerdy Cephalopod (aka Brian) to talk about the games we’ve been playing, what he would take with him to the Thunder Plains, and the game series that we love to come back to.

• Call of Duty (series)
• Splitgate
• Portal
• Halo
• Psychonauts

What’s with all this ash? What’s her name again? Why is Boromir Sharpe in this movie? Do Miranda Rights not exist? Did they just meow at each other!? For Spooptober 2021, Lulu joined us to discuss the 2006 horror movie Silent Hill. Is it a good video game movie? Find out in this episode.

• Silent Hill
• Metal Gear Solid
• Resident Evil
• Heavy Rain
• Final Fantasy VIII

Jason Maddison (Technical Director at Lost in Cult) joined us to talk about the [lock-on] journal, his piece for volume 001 (titled I Have Lived) and how it rang true to our childhoods, and about how the technobabble used in discussing video games and consoles is utter nonsense. All this with a lot of pro-wrestling terms thrown in for good measure

• Final Fantasy X
• Resident Evil (series)
• Shenmue
• Shenmue 2
• Goldeneye 007

Evan Wolbach stopped by Waffling Taylors HQ to discuss his Outbreak series. This series of survival horror games take inspiration from the greats of the genre, but also look to rogue-likes for some inspiration, too.

• Resident Evil (series)
• Silent Hill (series)
• Alone in the Dark (series)
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 2

MazGamingUK (aka Maz from the DreamCast Junkyard Podcast, and of YouTube and Twitch fame) stopped by the virtual Waffling Taylors HQ to chat about his YouTube channel, what he’s been playing recently, what he’d take with him to the Thunder Plains, drops a horror story (followed by Jay doing the same), and we talk about controller designs.

• Two Point Hospital
• Team Sonic Racing
• Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
• Virtua Fighter

We celebrated the 25th anniversary of Tomb Raider with The B. We discussed the legacy of Lara Croft’s game series, her impact on popular culture, and our favourite titles across the many different canons of Tomb Raider.

• Tomb Raider
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Tomb Raider II
• Tomb Raider III

We caught up with Jane Whittaker to talk about their remembrances of working on the Atari Jaguar’s Alien vs Predator and ask questions about their upcoming projects.

• Alien vs Predator
• Valheim
• Minecraft
• Super Meat Boy
• Torchlight 3

We interrupt your regularly scheduled episode programming to bring you a bonus interview with the folks behind lock-on Volume 1: Jon Doyle and Jason Maddison. They are putting together a series of journals on gaming, starting with the Sony Playstation. We caught up with them to discuss what lead to the decision to create the journal, some of the contributors, and how you can help with their Kickstarter.

• Final Fantasy VII
• Metal Gear Solid
• Resident Evil
• Silent Hill
• Dino Crisis

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.

• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 0
• Paperboy
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Resident Evil 2

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.

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Pokémon (series)
• Cyberpunk 2013
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Hyrule Warriors

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.

• Deathloop
• Resident Evil Village
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Far Cry 6
• Cyberpunk 2077

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.

• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Super Mario Bros. 2
• Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic
• Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels

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.

• Street Fighter II
• Street Fighter: The Movie
• Double Dragon
• Resident Evil
• Super Mario Bros.

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

• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 2
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Resident Evil: Code Veronica
• Resident Evil 5

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

• Final Fantasy VII (2020)
• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Resident Evil 4
• Resident Evil: Code Veronica

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

• Manic Miner
• Resident Evil
• Streets of Rage
• Centipede
• Pong

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

• Resident Evil 3 (2020)
• MegaRace
• Shadow Stalkers
• That's You!
• Knowledge is Power

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.

• Obscure
• Sweet Home
• Resident Evil (series)
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 0

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.

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
• Call of Duty (series)
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• Resident Evil 2

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.

• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Battle Arena Toshinden
• Soul Edge
• Cool Boarders 2
• Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2

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.

• Age of Empires
• Castlevania
• Contra
• Cybermorph
• Dance, Dance Revolution

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

• Virtua Fighter 2
• Nights into Dreams
• Blazing Dragons
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld
• Secret of Monkey Island

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.

• Resident Evil (series)
• Chaos Break
• Nights into Dreams
• Panzer Dragoon
• Burning Rangers

Our first (well, 0th) podcast episode is now live. Come check it out and let us know what you think

• Resident Evil Revelations
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
• Metro Redux
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles