John and Rich talk about lots of games stuff. This episode was recorded as part of the 24 hour podcast. Please don't send us any money for Comic Relief.

Listening back, I wish I knew adjectives other than "terrified".

If I wanted to be funny, I could have sped up all the audio on this episode. I'm not funny though.

I didn't like it.

I said the word "scale" so many times in this show.

We're back!
Just the XBLA versions really. Somehow we spoke for 40 minutes on an XBLA game.

Illusion of Time/Gaia depending which side of the Atlantic you live on. An action RPG from Quintet/Enix. Read this; it's good: http://progressiveboink.com/archive/illusionofgaia.htm

The first live show, on the game that people were demanding I do a show on.
I cut 30 minutes off the end.
We may be doing live shows again, watch the forums.

We did this one on Skype a while ago. I cleaned it up as best I could.
The return of William! The return of 40+ minute episodes

A short show on the DS adventure game.
Just the first one in the series as I haven't gotten around to playing the rest yet.

I finally broke down and got a PS3. Just some thoughts now that I own all three consoles on the market.

First show in weeks due to technical and personal issues, a day late and a short one. But still, I had this in my system and goddamn was Black and White a dissapointment. It's not the best show I've done, but I've had this on my chest for 7 years.
Proper long episodes again next week.

The first time we've covered a sports video game, as promised in last weeks show. The question is though, is it better than FIFA?

So we thought, it's a milestone episode, lets do something other than a video game.
It turns out it's hard to talk about joke versions of sports. Lots of tangents.

I’m not going to lie to you; I don’t reach any conclusion on this one. It’s intended as an aide to people. Like one of those charts which has questions and the answers branch off to more questions ending with a solution at the end. Hopefully it’ll help at least one person.

John is off sick this week so Rich spends a little time rambling about some of the best games ever and his own gaming history. It's one of those strange episodes that never seems to go anywhere but makes you go "Oh I remember that!"

The "FPS" that's really a puzzle game. You know, like Chu Chu Rocket.

The first in a series and by far the shortest the series will see. I (and only I) explain the four games I originally played on the NES and why they're important to me and the way they influenced what I play now.

An old episode that didn't go out - hence why it seems a bit out of date.
Expect older games in upcoming episodes.

It's better than the Godfather (game). If you play it on the PC at least.

Here comes the Head Crab jokes.

We all like films and games so this should be fun.

I can't say I know a lot about this game, but one thing I do know is that it is a game you should play.

Peggle is an arcadey game kinda like pinball that's available on the mac, for the record.

Just don't judge the game based on the movie.

Burnout. Insert pun here.

There's something fishy going on around here.

The classic game has been with us for years.

I'm told it's all about the moves.

And now for something completely different.

The XBox360 new classic.

This week John and William review Condemned - Criminal Origins; Monolith Productions survival horror FPS for the xbox 360 and PC.

The very very first episode of Games You Should Play. In this episode the game up for discussion is Max Payne.

Max Payne for XBox on Play.com

Max Payne 2 for XBox on Play.com

Max Payne for PC on Play.com

Max Payne 2 for PC on Play.com

Max Payne for PS2 on Play.com

Max Payne 2 for PS2 on Play.com