The Tired Old Hack Video Game Podcast

2K Sports are saying microtransactions are "unfortunate", while Sony's trying to defend its crossplay-blocking shenanigans. Time for yer man Scullion to stick his oar in. Also: the best games to play when you have a newborn.

Chris addresses the recent story of the IGN plagiariser, and gives his thoughts on his own work being stolen by him. Before that, there's a breakdown of the Smash Bros Direct.

In the fifth of six E3 podcasts, it's time for Nintendo's conference to get the analysis treatment from yer man Scullion and Louise. Was this Smash Bros-heavy presentation a smash or a hash?

In the fourth of Chris's E3 specials it's time to break down the Sony conference, which was very much a show of two halves.

In the third E3 2018 podcast, Chris recaps the Ubisoft conference and picks apart each of its announcements: what worked, what didn't and what plastic toys he's going to have to buy now.

In the second of five E3 2018 reaction podcasts, yer man Scullion looks at Microsoft's epic 100-minute conference and breaks down every game shown.

It's E3 time again! In the first of five conference reaction podcasts, Chris and Louise look at EA's conference and discuss whether Anthem, Battlefield V and Unravel Two were enough to improve on last year's affair.

Chris is joined by former Official PlayStation Magazine and GamesMaster editor Matthew Pellett to talk about his career in games journalism and his move to PR. Plus, this week's gaming news and which Haribo sweet is the best.

Chris and Louise give their first impressions of Labo, and discuss Belgium's decision that loot boxes are gambling and publishers must remove them or face fines.

To mark the return of the Tired Old Hack podcast Chris and Louise answer a whole host of listener questions, covering topics like Dark Souls Switch's delay, Sega Ages, Labo and the Wii U's legacy.

In the first ever TOH podcast recorded live on YouTube, Chris looks at the latest Nintendo Direct presentation, including the news that Smash Bros is coming to Switch.

Chris is joined by Simon Marshall and Gavin Spence from GlesGames to discuss Scotland's best gaming event, as well as Labo, Xbox Game Pass and euphemisms about sex in a shed.

Following the latest Nintendo Direct Mini, Chris and Louise discuss the games revealed and wonder what other ports should come to the Switch.

Chris and Louise discuss whether the loot box war has already been lost, and which 16-bit games they'd like to see resurrected.

Chris goes off on one at the ridiculous conspiracy theories surrounding his recent NBA 2K18 review and the notion that all reviewers are in PRs' back pockets.

It's a solo episode this time, as Chris gives behind-the-scenes info on how his Metroid: Samus Returns review was put together, and looks at the PewDiePie drama.

After a lengthy break in Canada, Chris and Louise are back to talk all things gaming. You lucky bastards, you.

In part 5 of the 6-part E3 series, Chris and Louise break down Nintendo's E3 presentation, as well as the extra surprises they revealed after it.

In part 4 of the 6-part E3 special, it's time for an extremely tired Chris to break down Sony's conference, and decide whether it was worth staying up until 2am for.

It's part 3 of the 6-part E3 special! This time Chris looks at Ubisoft's brilliant E3 conference and dissects it game by game, announcement by announcement.

In part 2 of the 6-part E3 special, Chris breaks down the Microsoft E3 conference and discusses each of the announcements as they happened.

In the first of a six-part E3 podcast special, Chris and Louise break down EA's E3 conference in detail and discuss the utter piss out of it.

Chris and Louise discuss all the latest gaming news, including Bethesda's hogging of the Prey name and the Brash Games saga.

It's no joke: Night Trap is back! In a special episode of the podcast, here's an exclusive interview with the man behind it, Tyler Hogle.

It's the second part of Chris's latest chat with Kate Gray, where we answer more reader questions and Kate reveals the five games that mean the most to her.

Chris is joined again by the excellent Kate Gray to talk indie games, and also gives his thoughts on the newly revealed Xbox Scorpio specs.

Chris and Louise are talk about the Switch launch, PlayStation Now, ToeJam & Earl and achievements. Louise also tries Snipperclips in this week's Year Of Louise-y.

It's part two of Chris's chat with long-time friend and games journalism veteran Mike Jackson, in which Chris lays out his dream ending for Super Mario Odyssey.

This week's episode is the first of a special two-parter in which Chris speaks to long-time friend and games journalism veteran Mike Jackson about his career and the upcoming Nintendo Switch.

This week Chris and Louise discuss whether the Resi 7 DLC is fair to fans and take a look at Nintendo's latest financials. Louise also tries out the 2013 Castle Of Illusion remake.

It sounds like you didn't get enough Switch discussion last episode, so this time Chris is joined by Daily Express writer Meg Bethany Read to answer all your Switch-related questions.

Chris and his special guest, fellow ONM alumni Kate Gray, have played the Nintendo Switch, so here's 80 beautiful minutes of what they thought of it.

In the pilot episode, Chris introduces himself and his career, and is then joined by his wife Louise to talk about how her love for gaming died out over the years.