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PODCAST

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast

Pod "em Up! Video Game Podcast

Two guys sit back and talk gaming. Be it retro, modern or indie, we discuss news, what we"re currently playing and our regular gaming "book club".

leisure video games

All Episodes

01:09:03

Episode 73 - Life is Strange

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2025/11/14

Just how strange is life, anyway? Very, apparently, if you're playing 2015's excellent time travelling, episodic, narrative-driven adventure game, Life is Strange.I'll be honest, our anti-spoiler policy means that we can't fully delve into some of the more interesting aspects of this beautiful game during the normal discussion of this on the podcast. So for anyone who has already played the game in full, we've released a bonus chat, covering some of the plot twists and

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01:01:11

Episode 72 - Universal Warrior

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2025/09/25

This month we're playing one of our most obscure games yet, as Tibbs reaches down deep into his pile of childhood Amiga disks, and pulls out the rarely discussed Universal Warrior - a top down shoot 'em up with an interesting robot-building slant!This episode is also packed with other trinkets to enjoy - including but not limited to: Nintendo Direct, Virtual Boy, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Halo Reach and Mario Kart World! Plus, roll some cheese, dodge some sofas and find out what happens

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01:11:36

Episode 71 - Tails Adventure

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2025/08/30

Tails is going on an Adventure in the book club this month, and he's bringing all his (game) gear with him! Find out more about this curious and rarely discussed foray into the metroidvania genre, where no other Sonic the Hedgehog game has been before, or since.Plus, we do our usual Pod 'em Up appraisal of Gamescom (i.e. mostly just listing some boring new games that we're not that interested in), and we discuss Bombrush Cyberfunk, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance and Overcooked. If that

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01:07:59

Episode 70 - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Special

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2025/07/30

It's another double whammy book club this month, as we discuss both the Mega Drive and arcade versions of the title that cemented Sega's love affair with the king of pop - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker!We continue the movie theme, as Tibbs plays RoboCop: Rogue City, Ollie takes a trip to the cinema to see Jurassic World: Rebirth (not a game, granted, but still worth talking about), there's more Switch 2 shenanigans in the news, Tibbs makes some squash and Ollie pulls another Chrono

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00:53:21

Episode 69 - Thank Goodness You're Here!

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2025/06/13

This time on the book club, we're playing a game that definitely puts comedy above all else as we take a trip to the North, with 2024's hilarious indie gem, Thank Goodness You're Here! In this surreal British sitcom of a game, we'll be meeting such characters as greengrocer Rog with his massive head, Brigadier Bean Tin, and the mysterious man who passes raw sausages through holes in garden fences!We also spend a little time doing our usual incredibly thorough job of looking at the

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01:17:33

Episode 68 - L.O.L. Lack of Love

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2025/04/26

Let's find out if this obscure Japanese Dreamcast release gets any love from Ollie and Tibbs.. we're playing L.O.L. Lack of Love - the life simulation game set on an alien planet in the midst of a human terraforming operation.Elsewhere in the ep, we are of course chatting about the Switch 2 and its game announcements.. and we might touch just a little on those eye-watering prices too! Plus, Tibbs reviews Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remastered, and why aren't Spotify very happy with us at the

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01:08:00

Episode 67 - Earthworm Jim

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2025/03/21

In this episode, we celebrate one of the most standout, wacky and hilarious platformers of the 16-bit era, as we take on the original Earthworm Jim for the Mega Drive!In addition, we discuss the very impressive fan-made static recompilation of Sonic Unleashed for the PC, Tomb Raider 4, 5 and 6 Remastered, some promising demos from Steam Next Fest, and more!Incoming Indies:Rad Venture's second kickstarter:

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01:03:58

Episode 66 - Cassette Beasts

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2025/02/13

In this episode, we take a look at 2023 indie gem Cassette Beasts, an RPG that has you recording monsters onto cassettes and using them to battle rangers and archangels on your quest to escape the mysterious island you now call home. Better then Pokemon? Let's find out!We also touch on what little we currently know of the recently announced Switch 2 and kill some time with a little video game movie chat.Ok, so we're a little light in terms of variety of content this month, but the Cassette Beasts

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01:49:40

Episode 65 - NiGHTS Into Dreams...

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/12/19

Our end of year special is upon us nice and early this year! NiGHTS Into Dreams on the Sega Saturn is being played in a particularly lengthy book club segment this time, as we go fairly indepth on all aspects of the Sonic Team classic - we also touch on Christmas NiGHTS and the Wii sequel too.Plus, the highlight of the Pod 'em Up year - our 2024 book club awards, in which we rank the games we've been playing all year, via our patented and ever complicated points system! Oh and we give a few

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01:42:38

Episode 64 - Monty on the Run, Mayhem in Monsterland...

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/11/18

We're celebrating our 64th episode with not one, not two, but THREE (count 'em) games in this bumper edition of the book club this month, across the Commodore 64 and Nintendo 64 systems!Mayhem in Monsterland reveals what the C64 is truly capable of, and Spacestation Silicon Valley provides some great puzzles and silliness. 1985's quaint British platformer Monty on the Run, however, brings us the highlight of the show, in which Tibbs attempts to explain to Ollie what's so great about the game's

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01:14:20

Episode 63 - Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror

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2024/10/04

We're pointing and clicking once again this month, this time with Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, for PS1 and PC!Plus, we discuss the ridiculous price tag of the PS5 Pro, the Plucky Squire, Rugrats, wrestling, tabletop dishwashing and slippery knives! Incoming Indie: Fading Skies - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/distantbluegames/fading-skies mail@podemup.live | podemup.live | @podemup

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01:17:43

Episode 62 - Metropolis Street Racer

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2024/08/17

We're earning some serious kudos (...) with our latest book club pick - the Dreamcast's stylish racing masterpiece that's not afraid to throw some cheesy tunes at you - it's Metropolis Street Racer!Plus, we answer the following questions: - How can Europeans stop killing games? - Will Mad Max ever understand the meaning of friendship? - What is the correct way to fuss a cat? Find out in episode 62 of Pod 'em Up! Links: - EU petition to save games from obsolescence:

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01:00:06

Episode 61 - Discworld II: Missing Presumed..!?

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/07/12

This month our friend Rik is back - this time as guest co-host - to discuss classic point-and-click adventure (and head-scratch 'em-up) Discworld II: Missing Presumed..!? for PC, PlayStation and Saturn.Also found elsewhere in this show, Dave the Diver, Forza Horizon 4 and AstroBot! mail@podemup.live | @PodEmUp | podemup.live

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01:07:14

Episode 60 - Corn Kidz 64

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/05/10

Celebrating both our 60th episode and our 6th birthday, this edition of the podcast hosts Corn Kidz 64 in the book club - a recent PC/Switch 3D collect-a-thon platformer that harks back to the N64 era in a highly convincing manner.Other games that we touch on include Hi-fi Rush, Penny's Big Breakaway, Samba de Amigo: Party Central and Super Star Path. Plus Ollie weighs in on the Knuckles TV series. podemup.live | @PodEmUp | mail@podemup.live We're now on Youtube Podcasts

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01:00:07

Episode 59 - Ape Escape

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/03/24

In the book club, we play Ape Escape - the PS1 game that showed 1999 that it needed to invest in that shiny new DualShock controller, after all. Or maybe not, let's see.Plus, Nintendo goes head to head with Yuzu and.. wins, almost immediately, and Tibbs tells us about the recent Tomb Raider remastered games. We'll level with you - due to various reasons, it's not exactly our best episode, this one. But hopefully our self deprecating humour about the whole thing turns it into an

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01:13:50

Episode 58 - The Legendary Starfy

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/02/08

Little known Nintendo platforming hero, Starfy the starfish gets his turn in the spotlight at last this month, as we feature his underwater platforming antics in the book club - we're discussing The Legendary Starfy, for Nintendo DS.Elsewhere, Tibbs has finally given the Zelda games a proper go, having immersed himself in not one, but two of the most well known entries in the franchise! He's had a great time, apparently.. well, that's what he claims anyway. His list of issues suggest

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01:36:01

Episode 57 - The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2024/01/09

It's our (slightly belated) end of year show, and we're taking The Simpsons: Hit & Run for a spin in the book club, for GameCube, Xbox and PS2! The perfect excuse to load the show up full of Simpsons chat, quotes, clips and songs! And of course it wouldn't be an end of year show without the Pod 'em Up awards, where we hand out points to our favourite games from the book club throughout 2023 and find a winner of the coveted Pod 'em Up book club game of the year! Now with

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01:17:10

Episode 56 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2023/11/27

Time for a little Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in the book club? You'll hear no objections from us! Listen to what we had to say about the original DS game that lead to the popular courtroom franchise! Elsewhere, we've an extra chunky review of Sonic Superstars, and we also dip into the likes of Super Mario Wonder, WWE 2K23 and Alien Hominid Invasion. All this whilst trying to evade the highly litigious "Bodger and Badger Corporation LLC", and figuring out Tibbs' cryptic note

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01:20:14

Episode 55 - Captain Rainbow

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2023/09/27

This month, the book club covers the Japanese exclusive, Captain Rainbow for the Wii - A Nintendo-published game with Nintendo characters, yet it has a reputation for rude humour, swearing and inappropriate content!? Ollie and Tibbs investigate! Elsewhere, we jam pack the news section with Xbox preservation concerns and Nintendo Direct musings. We also discuss the departure of Charles Martinet as the loveable voice of Mario, and the success of the recent Sonic Symphony performance in London. Oh

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01:00:43

Episode 54 - Baba is You

Pod "em Up! - The Video Game "Book Club" Podcast ·

2023/08/10

Baba is who? That's what we intend to find out, as we cover this 2019 indie puzzler for PC and Switch that lets you rewrite the game's rules in order to solve its fiendish puzzles! Not content with one book club pick, Tibbs basically brings another one along with him as he packs in a full blown review of the game that completely out-Pokemons Pokemon - It's Cassette Beasts! Plus, an arcade/laundrette/toilet management game, and Ollie shares some holiday gaming books. podemup@gmail.com |

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