Game Under Podcast Ep. 155

This episode we go over the latest Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo news, discuss the state of VR and car combat games as well as talk about This Bed We’ve Made and Apeture Desk Job. Phil and Tom also talk about Phil’s new gaming PC.

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Game Under Podcast Ep. 154

In this episode we go through the games that impressed us, and a few that did not during Not-E3 week. We also go over the news, answer e-mails and review Retro Gamer magazine’s Top 100 Retro Games list.

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  • Phil Fogg

Sim City Packaging

Prompted by a friend I recently bought SimCity 2000 on Good Old Games for $4. The conversation turned to PC gaming packaging, which reminded me I probably still had the original games. I was happy to find the below. I particularly miss the large manuals, I remember the SimEarth manual (click on link for full copy of the 236 page publication) was particularly dense, in physicality and content, sadly I no longer have it.

Generally speaking, as the PC game boom continued the packaging got larger and more creative in an attempt to take up more shelf space and grab consumers attention. My collecting of PC physical game media ended in 2013, when I went out of my way to buy the latest Tomb Raider game in physical form, only to get home and find nothing more than a Steam download code within the box.

I hope you enjoy these pictures,

Phil Fogg

Game Under Podcast Ep. 150

One hundred and fifty episodes. They said we’d never make it, but we finally broke through. Actually, I’m not sure what they said, if they said anything at all, but eleven years into this podcast Tom and I have put out 150 episodes. To mark the occasion we’ve put together a memorable news section, and then spend examining Roblox, and come to some surprising conclusions.

Oh, and the spider monkeys will make sense when you listen to the show.

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-Phil Fogg

Game Under Podcast Ep. 149

Sky Children of Light with Skateboards, as God intended.

Tom and Phil break down this week’s news then talk about Sky: Children of Lights foray on to the PC, shortly before weather events produce an ending to the proceedings.

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Phil Fogg

Game Under Podcast Ep. 148

This show we go through the big news stories swirling around Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft before Tom gives his first impressions of Palworld. We are then joined by Dvader to review Resident Evil 7 and 8. We close out the show with listener questions and some good old Trademark Banter.

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Phil Fogg