Big Red Potion

This is the final episode of Big Red Potion. The topic is gaming bubbles i.e. periods during which certain genres have enjoyed great success only for the bubble to eventually burst. Host Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Jeffrey Matulef, Gary ‘Xantiriad’ Blower, and Eddie Inzauto. The episode features closing messages from Joe DeLia […]

Host Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Xantiriad and (a sadly fleeting) Joseph DeLia, and also by special guest Tony Atkins of Cane and Rinse and SuperHappyFunTimeShow. The four take a look back at how motion controls have (or have not) influenced and evolved the games industry.

Host Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Jeffrey Matulef and Eddie Inzauto to discuss narrative urgency and its relevance to telling good stories in video games. 

This segment was cut out of Episode 51 for time issues. Host Sinan Kubba rountables with regular guests Joe DeLia, Jeffrey Matulef, Gary ‘Xantiriad’ Blower, and Eddie Inzauto to present individual awards to some of 2011′s deserving games, for better or for worse.

Sinan Kubba hosts the third annual pursuit of a Big Red Game of the Year – just one game this year – and he’s joined as ever by regular guests Gary ‘Xantiriad’ Blower, Joe DeLia, Jeffrey Matulef, and Eddie Inzauto.

In the concluding second half of this special show, Sinan Kubba resumes his place in Jeremy Paxman’s chair, with special guests Richard Naik, Chi Kong Lui, and Brad Gallaway of GameCritics taking on the roles of nervous students alongside regular guest Joe DeLia.

In this first part of this two-part special show, Sinan Kubba takes the quizmaster’s seat to grill Gekkoukan University (special guests Brad Gallaway and Richard Naik from GameCritics) and Billy Lee Memorial College (special guest Chi Kong Lui of GameCritics and regular guest Joe DeLia) on their gaming knowledge to find out once and for […]

Sinan Kubba welcomes the return of regular contributor Xantiriad alongside Jeffrey Matulef and Joe DeLia to talk about the rise of new alternative purchasing models for games and how they are affecting designs from on the iOS platforms right to the Xbox 360.

Returning after a summer hiatus, Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Joe DeLia, Jeffrey Matulef, and Eddie Inzauto to discuss whether or not critics should be more concerned about poor stories in games when approaching reviews.

Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Jeffrey Matulef and Eddie Inzauto, and by special guests Brad Gallaway of GameCritics and Chris Green of GamerNode. The show topic is Nier, and hopefully it’s still relevant despite being recorded three months before going up. Better late than something. PS: please excuse Jeff’s slightly sped up audio […]

Sinan Kubba and Jeffrey Matulef are joined by Gamasutra‘s Leigh Alexander and Paste Magazine‘s Kirk Hamilton for a world exclusive discussion of the pair’s brand new immersive video game, the much anticipated Suparna Galaxy.

Joe DeLia is joined by the editor-in-chief of XBLA Fans, John Laster, to look at the past, present, and future of one of the greatest genres ever to grace ‘game’: the beat-em up.

Recorded eerily just before the Mirror’s Edge sequel cancellation announcement. Sinan Kubba is joined by fellow Potioneers Joe DeLia and Xantiriad to talk about Dead Space 2, Darksiders, and the 3DS.

Sinan Kubba and Jeffrey Matulef are joined by special guest Peter Willington from the InRetroSpect podcast to talk about how the relationship between the game press and more obscure, underdog-type video games. The episode also features an interview conducted by Peter with Jim Sterling, Reviews Editor at Destructoid, in which Jim talks about what compels […]

Sinan Kubba hosts this QI-themed special which pits Xantiriad against special guests Tony Atkins and Alex Shaw of The Digital Cowboys. The guests try to answer nefarious and unfair questions, all while trying to be interesting enough to win points.

Sinan Kubba is joined by all four regulars – Joe DeLia, Eddie Inzauto, Xantiriad, and Jeff Matulef – to discuss ten of the best games of 2010 and crown the second ever Big Red Potion GOTY.

Sinan Kubba is joined by Joe DeLia, Xantiriad and special guest James Batchelor of the GameBurst podcast. The topic is the life cycles of current consoles and how they’re affecting the games industry at large.

Sinan Kubba, Jeffrey Matulef, and Eddie Inzauto are joined briefly by Gamasutra news director Leigh Alexander to discuss her blog post on how engaging with a video game is in part up to the player.

In this concluding part of a two-part Co-op Mode, Jeffrey Matulef hails the return of Lara Croft in Guardian of Light while Sinan Kubba gets to grips with 3D Dot Game Heroes. All this and a little bit more aswell.

In this first part of a two part Co-op Mode, Sinan Kubba and Jeffrey Matulef take time out before the Q4 rush to talk about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Metroid: Other M, and Deadly Premonition.

  Sinan Kubba is joined by the returning Joe DeLia. the regular delights of Jeffrey Matulef and Eddie Inzauto, and special guest and freelance wizard Lewis Denby. The pod tries to make sense of games that are not games.

Recorded 23 May 2010. Sinan Kubba and Jeffrey Matulef are joined by special guests Brad Gallaway of GameCritics and the Brainy Gamer, Michael Abbott, to talk about guilty pleasures in gaming.

Recorded 16 May 2010. Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Xantiriad and Eddie Inzauto to talk about the times when you just don’t want to play video games. What triggers the burnout? Is gaming too time-intensive?

Sinan Kubba and Xantiriad are joined by Digital Cowboys Ales Shaw and Tony Atkins. They discuss Final Fantasy XIII, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Super Street Fighter IV, the Halo: Reach beta, and Splinter Cell: Conviction.

For the first Big Red Potion in the new format, Sinan Kubba, Joe DeLia, Eddie Inzauto, and Jeffrey Matulef welcome the creator of Passage, Jason Rohrer, to talk about his latest creation, SleepisDeath.

Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia go two on one with Alex Neuse, the CEO of independent game developer Gaijin Games. They discuss the history and development process behind the team’s acclaimed Bit.Trip series.

Carrying on from the last Co-op Mode, Eddie Inzauto joins Sinan Kubba to somehow discuss Heavy Rain in even more detail.  

Q1 has taken its toll on Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia, so they enlist the help of GamerNode director Eddie Inzauto to talk about Dante’s Inferno, BioShock 2, Bayonetta, and – yes, even more – Heavy Rain.

Big Red Potion has the game it’s been waiting for, but does it live up to the hype? Sinan Kubba is joined by Ninja Fat Pigeon host Xantiriad, freelance games critic Jeffrey Matulef, and The Gamer Scene host Dits Symeou to find out in this post-mortem.

Joining Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia are GamerCrave‘s Jared Newman and GameCritics‘ Brad Gallaway. The pod discusses grinding in gaming. Can gaming exist without the grind? Should we put up with the endless hunt?

  The skies are bluer today than ever before as Big Red Potion presents its tribute to the mysterious Japanese giant known as SEGA. Joining Joe DeLia and Sinan Kubba are Dits Symeou from The Gamer Scene and Leon Cox from GamerDork.

Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia start off 2010 accompanied by Mark Barlet of AbleGamers.com and the AbleGamers Foundation. They interview him about gamers with disabilities, how Mark’s site caters for such gamers, and how informed the industry and press are about accessibility in gaming.

  Recorded 27th December 2009. Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia are joined by freelance games journalist Jeffrey Matulef, Ninja Fat Pigeon host Xantiriad, and GamerNode director Eddie Inzauto to discuss the best games of 2009.

In this, the last Big Red Potion of 2009, Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia have called upon 11 terrific podcasts and sites to contribute to the biggest Very Important Podcast of the year. The topic: the most overrated games of 2009. Featuring: Gamers with Jobs, Digital Cowboys, The Gamer Scene, Pink & Deadly, Sonic’s Ring, Cheat Code Central, […]

  Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia make space at the table for GamerCrave editor Jared Newman and GayGamer.net editor-in-chief Flynn deMarco. The pod panel talk about the relationship between sexuality and the video game characters we play as.

This episode Joe DeLia and Sinan Kubba are joined by returning GamerNode friends Eddie Inzauto and Christos Reid to talk about 2009′s proliferation of sequels and spin-offs. Are we reaching sequel overkill?

Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia cut out Borderlands and Modern Warfare 2 chat (short version: go play them) to present just under 90 minutes of discussion on New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Assassin’s Creed II, Dragon Age, and Left 4 Dead 2.

  Joe DeLia sadly cannot make the show, but Sinan Kubba is joined by Play Magazine‘s Steve Haske and excellent last-minute Joe replacement Brad Gallaway from GameCritics to discuss the recent controversy surrounding Modern Warfare 2.

With the release of the latest GTA episode, Sinan Kubba & Joe DeLia have lassoed in the Digital Cowboys, Alex Shaw and Tony Atkins, to discuss The Ballad of Gay Tony, the maturity of the Grand Theft Auto series, and how the media continues to point at Rockstar’s epic as the cause of all of […]

As Halloween approaches, Joe DeLia and Sinan Kubba welcome back friendly monster Eddie Inzauto and his fellow GamerNode pal Jason Fanelli to talk about the visceral appeal of survival horror games.

This episode is all about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Joe DeLia welcomes Xantiriad from the Ninja Fat Pigeons and freelance games journalist Jeffrey Matulef to dissect Nathan Drake’s latest adventure.

Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia welcome returning guests Adam Standing from Game People and Paul Rooney from The Gamer Scene, as well as special guest Kelle Santiago, President and Co-Founder of thatgamecompany, the developer behind PlayStation Network hits fl0w and Flower. Kellee, Adam, and Paul share their most emotional moments in gaming.

Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia discuss the trials and tribulations of the Wolfenstein reprise, the genre-bending thrills of Dead Space: Extraction, and the shrine to Metroid that is Shadow Complex.

Twitter, MySpace, Facebook – love them or hate them, social networking is now an accepted part of our lives. Joe DeLia and Sinan Kubba are joined returning games journalist Jared Newman and SHFTS host Chris O’Regan to discuss how social networking is having a strange new impact on gaming.

Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia dissect some of the games they’ve been playing – not all of which are recent. Under the microscope: Scribblenauts, Spyborgs, Wet, and Unreal Tournament.

The UGN VIP special returns. This time Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia are joined by UGN friends Ninja Fat Pigeon Xantiriad, GamerDork‘s Leon ‘Ratso’ Cox, and The Gamer Scene‘s Fly, as well as by special guest Jennifer Allen, games journo extraordinaire. The subject of contention: the best console evar made. Apologies for Sinan’s audio quality; he was forced into using […]

GamerNode director Eddie Inzauto joins Joe DeLia and Sinan Kubba to discuss the constructs behind exploration in video games. Sinan vents about conventional game design while a bemused Eddie and Joe wonder what all the fuss is about.

First Wall Rebate‘s Shawn Rider is the solo guest for this episode, but that doesn’t stop he, Sinan Kubba, and Joe DeLia wandering off into tangents sans care as they discuss gaming protagonists and everything but.

Holy Co-op Mode – it’s a Co-op Mode! Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia explain why they love Arkham Asylum.

This is the second part of the Big Red Potion discussion on video game reviews, with this part concentrating on the perspective of the gaming audience, enthusiast or otherwise. Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia are joined by GamerNode director Eddie Inzauto and WiiDS’ Jack Smith.