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Player 2's Podcasts
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The Player2.net.au crew get together to talk all things news, games and hot topics in the Australian gaming landscape
Episodes
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The Player 2 PixelCast 195
It feels like the last fortnight or so has been spent largely recalling how Halo used to be a near culture-defining event. Sure enough, the games produced under the stewardship of 343/Halo Studios were all perfectly fine games, it's hard to argue that the franchise has failed to hit as it did…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 194
We're waist-deep into September now, and as such the games just won't stop coming. It's almost a relief that we've missed out on a couple of the bigger ones for now. That doesn't really mean we have excessive time to just breathe, though, as this episode will help to testify: once again, we've...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 193
Welcome to the gaming lion’s den that is September. We’re not two weeks in, and already games are spilling from what isn’t so much a leak as a gaping hole. We now all know what the remake of Ocarina of Time looks like, and we’re all… just… so… tired. At least there’s plenty to play. As such…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 192
We've made an active choice to look at things a bit more warmly this episode. Make no mistake - the games industry continues to be an absolute mess, but there's no need for each and every topic that we do to concern itself with whatever news or event is happening at any given time. Thusly, this...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 191
One of these days, we're going to stop fretting about the future of videogames. One of these days. But probably not this day. What good we can do, perhaps, is to thumb our noses at the slow progress of English evolution and treat videogame as the compound noun that we all know it should be. Feel...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 190
Avast! Grog! Other pirate-y sounding terms! While we watch July slide slowly towards August and then the eventual avalanche of new game releases, some of us have decided to take cover on a small island, guarding a giant chest full of shiny trinkets and being perpetually buzzed on watered-down…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 189
Occasionally, over the life of the PixelCast, we have been known to revisit topics. There are perennial ones, such as reactions to reward shows and personal GOTY discussions, but occasionally we may dip into a wider pool of discussion for a second time. Usually, there would be at least a couple…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 188
Remember the smell of stale cigarettes and what is probably vomit mostly made up of slushy? The horrible carpet that said vomit had soaked into? The loud clink of machines converting ten and twenty-dollar notes into gold coins? No? Well then, treasure your youth while it lasts. For everyone else,...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 187
Another (just about) couple of weeks of games hype has come and gone, and we're left to pick up the pieces. That is to say, to look back at our last predictions episode, where we thought a lot of stuff would get pushed into March or April next year and eat crow as we witnessed September get…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 186
By the time you're listening to this, the internet has probably tied itself into an unspecified, likely very messy and painful knot after having a very normal one about a God of War game where you play as Kratos's (gasp) wife. We didn't know that when we recorded this, though (the specific...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 185
Potatoes! Guinness! Did you know that leprechaun is a really weird and difficult word to spell? Stereotypes! Whatever the case, Tim is back from Ireland where, apparently, the coffee is weak (serious talk, Ireland: we need to address this) and the whiskey* strong (you do you; water of life and…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 184
There is something to be said for a good gimmick. That one bit of gameplay design that a game can hang its hat on and say, "Hey, isn't this bloody cool?" That is what the team is talking about this week: those gameplay mechanics that have stuck in our heads over the years and left a lasting...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 183
What if hardware got a bit more powerful, but the production on games visuals didn’t advance far beyond Hollywood’s year of the apocalypse, 2012? As it turns out, we would miss out on some fine-detail advancements and lighting bounces, but things could still look pretty spectacular. That’s what...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 182
He’s back! After traveling to and from from Heaven knows where, Hewso has reappeared in front of a microphone, ready to record… whatever silly topic we decide to have him record, I guess. That travelling everywhere thing has been hitting Tim as well, though, and so for this episode we’ve decided…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 181
Ever feel like everything is turning to garbage? Funny thing, that... so do we! But just how bad is said garbage? Is it at least neatly sorted into different bins? Maybe scattered around on the floor a bit? Or is is all just on fire releasing obnoxious fumes over unreasonable distances? That's…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 180
Really, if things were more logical and less tied to the soft power of American and British pop-cultural influence, if Australia were to only succumb to Halloween in a sensible way then it is around about now that we should be eyeing the finest-looking pumpkins. At least Capcom is on our side,...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 179
Fun fact: while coffee itself is in fact a dehydrating, the amount of water added to your standard cut means that any diuretic effect is rendered basically meaningless. You’re still getting hydration from that sweet, sweet water. Sadly, the same doesn’t seem to apply to beer. Not that this is an...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 178
Well, the year is underway and honestly, with January now behind us, it feels like a rollocking start. Best guess is it's because everyone wants to get the eff-train out of the way of the splash that Grand Theft Auto is going to make when it lands towards the end of the year, so now things are…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 177
Sometimes, sh*t happens. You go to turn on your PC, only to find that Microsoft borked a Windows 11 update so bad that it won't even boot up. You go to turn on your trusty RoG Ally, only to find that Microsoft borked a Windows 11 security update so bad that now it seems to view loading up games…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 170
Well, that didn't take long. We thought we could at least get into the first recording of January of a new year before the world leveled up being an absolute disaster, but here we are. Happy new year, we guess? At least the one that let us, while also a disaster in its own right, had some pretty...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 175 – Sadistic Santa Rides Again
While the world runs round with Christmas Cheer Player2’s writers cower in fear. For these brave souls, there’s no joy in the festive season And those feelings they have, well, they have good reason They have been beaten, broken, scarred before And still they are asked to dig in once more You…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 174
Bells are ringing, snow is… definitely not falling, and something is in the air. It may be magic; it may also be cannabis. Honestly, who can say? In any case, there is no need to get high just yet, though, as Santa’s evil twin is still a couple of weeks away from terrorizing the Player 2 offices*...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 173
A nagging voice on my shoulder says that we may have said a thing or two on this episode that been proven to be extremely dumb since recording. What, exactly? Well, we could tell you but either, a.) we want to create suspense to make you listen to the show, or b.) with travel commitments...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 172
Back to the regular format! PAX is done, but the events certainly aren’t over for the year, and so for this particular episode we’ve decided to whip out our crystal balls and peer just a little bit into the future by trying to guess at now exactly the ultimate game of the year, so much as the…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 171
It has been and gone, the epic weekend of games, pop culture, tabletops and... well, beer. That's right, PAX AUS has once again passed us for another year. Fret not, dear listener, because the Editorial team of Matt, Jess, and Paul (minus Stephen because apparently trekking around Japan is more...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 170
Somehow, some way, we managed to record a fairly short episode! What discipline! What focus! We jest, of course. It’s short because we had a whole bunch of life stuff making it difficult to record at all, and so we eschewed the usual back-end topic in favor of just a quick chat about stuff that...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 169
Nice! There, we made the joke. In fact, we made it just before recording started in earnest. Is it a bad look? Maybe. That would be unfortunate, though, considering that this episode is somewhat superficially about things that look nice. Specifically, which consoles do we feel look good say there...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 168
We did it, we managed to make a nice, svelte podcast that comes in at (just) under an hour! All it took was to, err… strip things down to a two man show. Those two being mainstays Hewso and Tim (or Hewso & Hendo, if we’re going for a commercial FM breakfast radio tone), and they take advantage of...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 167
Jet lag is one hell of a thing. It can do shit like let you fall asleep the moment you go to bed, but then wake up three hours later and find yourself unable to get back to sleep for the rest of the night. With that in mind, welcome to the sleepy PixelCast! Tim is back from Europe, where he…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 166
This year just keeps on trucking along. A whole new console launched, and we are starting to look forward towards an absolute deluge of, honestly, mostly excellent-looking games. We may need them, though, as that there new console didn't really come out with very much new that it can truly call…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 165
Listener, be warned! This here is a spoiler cast! With 2025 now having comfortable entered its latter half, we're looking back at a real frontrunner for GotY from the earlier end of the year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. With several months having now passed since its release, we figured that it...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 164
Remember what hope feels like? Yeah, it seems pretty distant to us, too. Frankly, maybe some of you were only just born the last time we truly felt it. But, believe it or not, there was a time when videogames as an industry (yes, even the then fresh-faced XBox brand) felt exciting and bubbly with...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 163
This year just keeps on powering on. Assassin's Creed, Blue Prince, Avowed, Doom, Expedition 33... all of that is now on the rear-view mirror as we somehow rocket towards the second half of 2025. Despite this episode being recorded a full week ahead of the typical schedule, we're still able to...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 162
Somewhere on the wind there is a whisper that a new Nintendo is out in the wild now. You'd barely guess it, though, which feels extra strange considering that it's setting new sales records already. Availability, we guess. Anyway, that's a long way of saying that the Switch 2 is out, but we don't...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 161
Holy hell how are we at this point in the year already. Not only is this episode dropping on the same day as a whole new generation console release, but the focus of topic is Summer Game Fest, probably better known as Keigh3 to those old enough to forget what carrying a sandwich around in a...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 160
Oh, how the sets of ten keep on rolling by. With no surprise travel happening this time, we recorded this one on a normal timeframe and hasn't (knock on wood) missed any stories about XBoxes suddenly costing 20% more or some nonsense. Rather, we're looking back at the wow factor that shifting...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 159
Recorded early so that Tim could go traipsing halfway around the world, it only made sense that we focus in on the rise and rise of portable gaming. Afterall, how much big news could possibly drop if we put a show in the can a couple of weeks earlier than usual? Quite a bit, apparently, but…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 158
Money-money-money, money-money-money... moooneeeey! Y'all hear that? That's the sound of everything being too damn expensive! Seriously, it's getting to the point where Tim is contemplating sending eggs to the U.S. for profit to fix what buying a PS5 Pro did to his savings. Never mind that those...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 157
Ahoy! What's this? A new Nintendo console, you say? Everybody knows about it and is already talking about it, you say? Well... would it really hurt to let an additional four people into your eardrums to reflect on the floodgates of Switch 2 opening up and rambling on about what the near future…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 156
Ah! Those were the days! Nothing sucked then: games worked out of the box, everybody got along and shovelware wasn’t a thing. Or… maybe not? Surprisingly, resident retro-head Rob Caporetto heads up an episode of the PixelCast that is largely about pondering just how much rose tint we’ve all had...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 155
Recorded fresh on Mar10 day, the 155th Player 2 PixelCast is all about trying to whittle down a list of Switch games. Specifically, the ten games we feel that are the most quintessential to Nintendo's mega-success story. Does the crew include the games you most think should be there? Probably. Do...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 154
So many things have happened this year, at once shocking and not-at-all surprising. Planes landing upside down? Yeah, that just about checks out at this point. It's a handy time to be helming a site that's primary purpose is reporting on and writing about videogames. But even that is a quagmire...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 153
There has been a lot of talk over the past year or so that this current console generation (and era in gaming in general) has been somewhat disappointing. While it's true that there have been some stellar games post-pandemic, and even some all-timers (Elden Ring, Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 152
By a small act of mercy, our first episode for 2025 squeaked out mere hours before Nintendo caved and dropped a svelte video showing off (what we mostly already knew about) the Switch 2 at long last. It would have landed earlier, and Matt now has a second arsehole as punishment. We did mention in...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 151
Excuse me. What's that. Look... my clock is obfuscated by a half empty bottle of rum that I stole from Hewso when he wasn't at home. No, he doesn't know how I got in. No, he didn't even know that I was there. Yes, mentioning it here where he can see it is probably a mistake. No, I don't know what...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 150 – Sadistic Santa Still Walks
Sleigh bells ring, carolers sing and the village is festive and bright But deep in our heart, we know that won’t last and we are all due for a fright When the season arrives, it comes with surprise, and not a welcome one at that The old cranky bastard storms through our lives while wearing that...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 149
And so another year draws to a close and the PixelCast crew huddles together around their… microphones… that are plugged into computers in different cities and even countries. And, honestly, only Tim is somewhere that could be described as cold right now. He’s not alone, of course – Rob and Hewso...
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The Player 2 PixelCast 148
Ever set yourself up for a BBQ only to realise that your meat isn't really all that well seasoned and... wait... I'm being told that this is, in fact, not what this episode. No, this one is about that time I was led to believe that Grand Theft Auto 3 was a revolutionary gaming experience in a…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 147
Ever liked a game that the whole rest of the world just seemed to turn its back on? Well, not to worry – we’ve got your back. Well, unless the game was Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine. That game just plain sucks. But in all seriousness, this episode is about celebrating the games that we…
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The Player 2 PixelCast 146
With PAX Australia now firmly in the rearview mirror for 2024, we thought that we might take a moment to consider what it is that actually keeps on drawing us to conventions, year in, year out. Both our panel members and the conventions themselves have changed somewhat notably over the years, and...
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