Podcasts by Not a Game podcast
A podcast about games and not-games. Often silly, sometimes rude, occasionally sexy.
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Episode 85–I am the Tastemaker from 2016-03-24T20:34:58
In a sadly rather downbeat episode Jordan and Tom are joined by prolific freelancer Chris Schilling. Chris has been playing The Flame and the Flood and Far Cry Primal and goes back and forth on the...
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Episode 84–Mayonnaise Magnate from 2016-03-02T23:06:49
This week we’re joined by the bouffant Alice Bell of VideoGamer to tell us all about the beautiful grit of The Division, while Jordan is torn between farm life and industrialisation in Stardew Vall...
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Episode 83–W.A.L.K.E.R. from 2016-02-25T22:59:47
This week we’re joined by PC Gamer’s Andy Kelly, who tries his level best to persuade us of the joys of driving through rainy motorway stations in American Truck Simulator. Also he talks a lot abou...
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Episode 82–Firecrotch from 2016-02-17T00:44:27
This week we’re joined by our old friend Josh Matthews, who managed to get his hands on an early demo of Firewatch and tells us what he thinks. Meanwhile Tom is finally playing XCOM 2, and regales ...
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Episode 81–Children are Hard Mode from 2016-02-09T21:26:04
With last week’s Season Two pilot out of the way we get back to your regularly scheduled programming. This week we’re joined by Maki Yamazaki, fresh from Global Game Jam to tell us about all about ...
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Episode 80–Not A-Gain from 2016-01-26T22:03:12
Hi! We’re back! After a long hiatus, Jordan and Tom are recording again, and take the opportunity to recap their favourite games of 2015, along with a few they’re looking forward to in 2016. Plus J...
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Episode 79–#notallxenomorphs from 2015-04-21T21:38:53
This week we’re joined by freelance journalist Holly Nielson and Xbox On (Xbon) presenter Kate Gray of the Toku podcast. We chat about The Sims, Monster Hunter, I am Bread and Pillars of Eternity b...
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Episode 78 – Sad Space Lasers from 2015-04-02T11:15:25
Step right up for the debate of the century! Jordan attempts to start a fight moderates as Tom and guest Ed Smith debate the term ‘cinematic’ and whether games can or should emulate film and televi...
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Episode 77–Hot Coffee from 2015-03-25T13:37:23
Tom and Jordan were at Rezzed recently, so today they’re joined by Ed Fenning to run down the long list of their favourite games from the show. Tom is partial to Aviary Attorney and Her Story, Jord...
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Episode 1876–Good wang:boob ratio from 2015-03-12T14:05:10
This week Tom and Jordan are joined by Helen Gould, fresh from talking at Videobrains. Together we talk about The Order 1886, Republique, Dragon Age, Minecraft, Evolve, Darkest Dungeon and A Good S...
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Episode 75–Telescopic Robot Penis from 2015-02-21T20:42:39
This week we’re joined by Jack De Quidt for our most phallic episode yet! Jack has been playing Besiege, which is about constructing comedy siege engines that may or may not have gigantic robo-bone...
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Episode 74–The undiscovered dungeon from 2015-02-15T20:21:49
This week we’re joined by Jenni Goodchild, fresh from talking at Videobrains on ethical systems in gaming. We spoke about her talk, which included lots of references to Dragon Age, much to Jordan’s...
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Episode 73–Sophisticated People Smuggling Simulator from 2015-02-01T19:18:06
This week we’re joined by Gemma Thomson fresh from Global Game Jam. Like really fresh, she joined us immediately after wrapping up work organising the Stockholm jam site. We chat with her about how...
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Episode 72–Nazi Austin Powers from 2015-01-23T22:15:37
This week we’re joined by George Osborn (no not that one) for a post Pocket Gamer connect podcast. Erica sells us on Kalimba and Progress, Tom complains that Wolfenstein just isn’t silly enough for...
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Episode 71–Some games from last year from 2015-01-15T19:18:28
We’re back with the first podcast of 2015! We’re joined by Rock Paper Shotgun’s Adam Smith, who has played basically every PC game released in the last year. We muse on some of the most memorable g...
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Episode 70–Merry Christmas I guess from 2014-12-22T19:24:25
Welcome one and all to the final podcast of the year. But while 2014 still lives we’ve invited the Queen of Infinite Podcasts Laura Kate Dale to join us for a festive chat. Games discussed include ...
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Episode 69–Expository Lesbian Hookers from 2014-12-13T22:03:18
It’s finally here! After weeks of anticipation, Jordan finally gets to introduce Episode 69. We’re joined by Holly Nielson, for a long chat about videogame boning in general and Bioware romances in...
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Episode 68–Episode 69 Eve from 2014-12-04T12:46:11
This week Laura Rich of the Recycle Bin podcast joins us for an in depth discussion of This War of Mine and how it can be really hard to get away with murder sometimes. Meanwhile Tom has been punch...
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Episode 67 – Duck Lord from 2014-11-27T13:33:38
This week Tom and Jordan are joined by Josh Matthews of Gaming FTL. Josh has been working his way through the always innovative 7dayFPS game jam, leading us to have a big natter about low poly grap...
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Episode 66–Erotic Maudlin from 2014-11-19T13:00:50
This week we’re joined by PC Gamer’s Phil Savage who has spent the last few months playing pretty much all the Dragon Ages that are possible to play. We quiz him on Dragon Age Inquisition while Pip...
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Episode 65 – A Questing Finger from 2014-11-14T13:21:22
The regular gang is back this week, as is Pip’s famous cold voice. We’re still on a bit of a GameCity warm down, with Tom and Erica taking the chance to talk Titan Souls and Pushmi Pullyu from the ...
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Episode 64–Giant buttons are the future from 2014-11-07T17:39:46
Photo provided by GameCity under creative commons license. Welcome to episode 64, not episode 63 as Tom mistakenly says at the start of the episode. Tom is joined by GameCity veteran Esla Bartley a...
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Episode 63–Meatsports from 2014-10-27T14:24:21
This week Pip returns from Korea, bringing with her a huge discussion about the appeal of e-sports in comparison to ‘meatsports’. Meanwhile Jordan has been wielding the flaming compensator in Sunse...
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Episode 62 – Lion bar addict from 2014-10-22T13:57:32
Tom and Erica are joined by Kate Gray and Joe Skrebels of the sadly now deceased Official Nintendo Magazine. We pour one out for our fallen dead tree comrade and chat a little about Spelunky on Vit...
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Episode 61–Orcfest 2014 from 2014-10-17T13:45:40
This week’s podcast is mostly, but not entirely about Orcs. Pip has been playing Orcs Must Die: Unchained, a game in which Orcs must die while pushing lanes in a suspiciously Dotalike fashion. Tom ...
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Episode 60–The Wheel of Lies from 2014-10-09T20:02:15
Pip, Tom and Erica return from a trip to Eurogamer Expo in London. We mostly hung around in the indie section, because we’re cool and alternative like that. We bring you news of our favourite games...
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Episode 59–Lasers and gentlemen from 2014-09-30T18:15:43
We’re guestless for Episode 59, but Tom, Jordan and Pip are here to talk about Dota, Fashion Week and Videobrains, three topics that go together better than you’d think. Pip has been trying to play...
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Episode 58–Nindies from 2014-09-23T21:46:40
This week Tom and Jordan are joined by 10 Second Ninja creator and head of the #Nindies campaign Dan Pearce. Dan tells us about Luftrausers and how a developer’s state of mind affects a game, and a...
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Episode 57–Plan B from 2014-09-18T16:51:22
This week we’re joined by the smooth DJ tones of Alice O’Connor of Rock Paper Shotgun, who tells us about the shocking twist ending of Hypnospace Enforcer, and gives us her own peculiar take on the...
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Episode 56–Too Big Moon from 2014-09-10T16:57:23
After last week’s disastrous lost podcast Pip, Tom and Jordan unite for episode 56, take two. The Sims 4 is out and we’re all either playing it, watching it or starring in it, so we have a big long...
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Episode 55–Interpretive dance business meeting from 2014-08-27T17:03:52
It’s an exciting time for the Not a Game podcast as we induct a new(ish) member. Yes Jordan is now joining us full time (throws confetti in the air). This week she’s even brought Alan Williamson wi...
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Episode 54–Gruff McManmeat from 2014-08-18T17:11:23
This week perennial guest Laura Kate Dale returns to talk us through the highs, lows and generic mediums of the Gamescom press conferences. We liked Wild, Shadow Realms and Sony’s streaming plans, ...
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Episode 53–The sexy apocalypse from 2014-08-11T17:21:23
For Episode 53 we’re live at Nine Worlds. Tom and Cara are joined by Dan Nye Griffiths and Louise James to talk about the convention and our panels. Cara has been talking about sex in videogames wh...
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Episode 52–Showered with limbs from 2014-08-06T17:38:15
This week Tom and Pip are joined by Richard Cobbett. Tom’s been playing LA Cops, which just released with a short but sweet early access build. This spurs us to talk about Sunless Sea and the two’s...
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Episode 51–Spooky Harry Potter from 2014-07-29T21:08:01
Episode fifty one sees Pip still in recovery from The International, so Tom is instead joined by Laura Dale, Lucy Morris and Hannah Bunce. Lucy tells us about playing DayZ with broken legs while Ha...
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Episode 50–#quitegate from 2014-07-21T21:14:04
Welcome to the fiftieth episode of the Not a Game podcast! Which is also our one year anniversary! To celebrate this auspicious occasion we’ve got both Craig and Cara back, re-uniting all four orig...
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Episode 49–First person botany from 2014-07-15T21:20:35
For episode 49 we’re joined by Kate Gray of Official Nintendo Magazine, who tells us all about just how sweary Towerfall makes her, leading Tom to bring up the splendidly named Timmy Bibble’s Frien...
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Episode 48–Friendly probing from 2014-07-08T22:16:51
We’re back with a two person cast today, recording on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Tom has been going sailing mad, exploring the eloquent ocean of Sunless Sea, collecting tales of terror and Sly Navi...
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Episode 47–Second Christmas from 2014-07-01T22:19:44
After a fortnight of crossovers and on location podcasts, normal service finally resumes this week, along with our regular guest Jordan Erica Webber. Pip tells us a little about esports and meatspo...
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Episode 46–Social media rapscallion from 2014-06-23T22:25:09
Tom and Pip went to Radius Festival this weekend, where they’re joined by Keith “I work for the Guardian” Stuart, who helped organise the event, and Gemma Thompson, who was demoing her game Mimic. ...
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Episode 45–Golf without limits from 2014-06-17T22:32:10
This week’s Not a Game podcast is a little bit different, because it’s also last week’s Category Video Games. That’s right, we’re doing a crisis crossover as Pip and Tom join our perennial guest La...
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Episode 44–The short shorts of fealty from 2014-06-09T22:38:45
Most of you won’t listen to this podcast because you’ll be making snarky comments about E3 instead, but just in case Tom, Pip and Jordan Erica Webber gathered together to bring you both our realist...
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Episode 43–Watch_Gods from 2014-06-03T22:47:32
This week we’re joined by freelance writer, NPC simulator and webcomic author Chris Livingston. Chris tells us all about Watch Dogs, and how multiplayer hacking is brilliant, but the story is spoil...
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Episode 42–Multinational baby from 2014-05-27T22:53:06
This week Pip and Tom are manning the poddesk all by their lonesome but they soldier on regardless to bring you the topical observation that Knights of the Old Republic 2 is well written but kinda ...
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Episode 41–Ceaseless discharge from 2014-05-20T22:57:54
This week Tom and Pip are joined by freelance podcast guest extraordinaire Laura Rich. We’re talking about Laura’s co-op adventures in Dark Souls 2 and why playing Netrunner in person feels so diff...
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Episode 40–Hex shagger from 2014-05-13T23:02:36
It’s the big Four Oh for the podcast, and we’re celebrating with a Eurovision edition! By which I mean one of our guests is joining us from Stockholm and everything else is pretty much the same. Pi...
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Episode 39–Endless Spacey from 2014-05-05T23:08:52
After taking the last week off to conquer the void of Dark Souls 2 Craig returns to us wracked and hollow, babbling about architecture and symbolism. What follows is a 45 minute discussion between ...
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Episode 38–Sausage in a tube from 2014-04-28T23:16:29
This week’s podcast is a bit of a lane pushing special. Pip and guest Richard Cobbett have both been playing Heroes of the Storm and have a long involved chat about it, Dotalikes and e-sports in ge...
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Episode 37- Essence of assassination from 2014-04-21T23:22:14
We often deal with hard hitting questions here on the Not a Game podcast, but this week is special. This week, with the help of Emily Richardson, we bring you the answers to some of the biggest una...
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Episode 36–Cyberhunk from 2014-04-14T23:30:34
This week we’re joined by Laura Kate Dale to chat about the charming let challenging A Good Snowman is Hard to Build, the malevolent yet disappointing Evilquest and the ever dependable Kerbal Space...
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Episode 35–Aunt Keza’s mysterious puzzle box from 2014-04-07T23:36:21
Welcome to the not a game podcast, a podcast about games and not about dolls house furniture, despite what this episode might have you believe. We’re joined by new Kotaku UK editor Keza MacDonald t...
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Episode 34–Passing through ninja world from 2014-04-01T23:50:26
Welcome to Rezzed! Birmingham’s indie game show is where we originally came up with the idea for the podcast, so we’re super excited to be back, even if that means recording in an echoey hallway. P...
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Episode 33–Top banz totes excite from 2014-03-24T23:56:10
We’ve got something a little bit different for you this week readers. Craig and Pip are the only ones who can make it, so they’ve decided to hold a little podversation as they simultaneously try an...
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Episode 32–A massively average piece of something from 2014-03-17T00:06:14
In this week’s podcast Tom and Pip are joined by The Average Gamer’s Debbie Timmins. Tonight we’re regaling you with the adventures of douchebag in South Park: The Stick of Truth, the adventures of...
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Episode 31–Leonardo DiFlaprio from 2014-03-11T00:10:40
Tom was the only one of our regulars to make this podcast, but thankfully he’s backed up by perennial guests Ben Barrett and Jordan Erica Webber. Together they talk about Broken Age and Double Fine...
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Episode 30–A fortune in lampposts from 2014-03-03T00:16
In our latest podcast Pip and Tom are joined by Simon Parkin and Keza MacDonald to answer pressing questions like: “Is ghosts an emotion?” and “Are Twitch playing God?” This week we discuss comedy ...
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Episode 29–My orifices are fine from 2014-02-24T00:21:01
TITANFALL! Tom loves it, Craig hates it! It has robots, men, women, shooting wall running and a hacking knife! Pour our debate directly into you ears today! We also talk about the classic party gam...
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Episode 28–The official podcast of the steam tag from 2014-02-17T00:25:38
Welcome to the Not a Game podcast, a spin off from the wildly successful steam tag, which categorises some of the most inventive and moving games of recent years. This year Craig and Tom were almos...
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Episode 27–May contain Nolan North from 2014-02-10T00:32:14
Welcome to the very 27th episode of the Not a Game podcast, a podcast that is supposedly about games but this week is also largely about accents and Jaffa Cakes. We do not apologise for this develo...
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Episode 26–Tactical octopus dating sim from 2014-02-03T00:37:59
Episode 26 sees our quadramind united again. Tom and Cara have been playing Kickstarter standard bearer Broken Age, which is utterly lovely. Craig’s Kicksperience has been less pleasant, due to inv...
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Episode 25–Floating Judy Dench from 2014-01-27T00:45:26
This week Cara asks us all what our favourite game adaptations are, and for some reason this results in Pip going off on one about the Lycos dog for like ten minutes. Following that Cara and Tom ta...
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Episode 24–Was there a tomorrow? from 2014-01-20T00:49:17
Welcome to the 24th episode of the Not a Game podcast, that’s a whole day of episodes! Why not listen to them back to back and invite your friends over for a 24 hour podcast party? This week, Tom h...
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Episode 23–Sit down, relax and fart from 2014-01-13T00:54:13
This week we welcome back previous guest Jordan Erica Webber to join us in a good old natter about just how much Alien: Isolation terrified Cara (extremely) and whether it can fulfil its impressive...
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Episode 22–The bell jar from 2014-01-06T00:58:40
Welcome to the first podcast of the year of Bidoof! Tom and Pip are joined by Average Gamer’s Debbie Timmins to talk about what games we got over Christmas. Mostly what Tom got, since he just could...
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Episode 21–Balls, Bidoof and fingerability from 2013-12-23T01:04:59
Merry Podmas, one and all! For our last cast of 2013 Pip and Tom are joined by Phil Savage to talk about the year that was 2013 and the year that will be 2014, aka The Year of Bidoof. Tom waxes lyr...
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Episode 20–Some games from this year from 2013-12-09T01:12:37
Welcome to the Not a Game podcast: GOTY edition, featuring all four of our regular hosts” (Craig was originally pre-order DLC from Gamestop) This week we list the objectively best games of the year...
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Episode 19–Top ten ladders from 2013-12-02T01:16:26
This week Cara and Tom are joined by Rock Paper Shotgun’s Adam Smith and Patricia Hernandez of the Kotakus (all of them, especially the ones with the vagina cakes). Every game in the world is on sa...
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Episode 18–The secret power of areola from 2013-11-25T01:22:51
It’s Monday November 25th, what’s your Drivatar doing right now? This week Tom, Craig and Pip are joined (ouzo) by Indie Haven’s Laura Dale for a podcast that (eel) literally reduced Tom to tears. ...
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Episode 17–Reader I married a drivatar from 2013-11-20T01:29:48
Starship Not a Game podcast launches us into an epic five person cast as Tom, Pip and Cara joined by Rock Paper Shotgun’s Nathan Grayson and Mitu Khandaker. We set course by chatting about Mitu’s n...
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Episode 16–Terry Cavanagh’s retribution from 2013-11-12T01:34:15
This week Cara, Craig and Tom are joined by serial betrayer Edward Fenning in an uncharacteristic sausage fest of a podcast. In it Ed explains the bizarre metanarrative of Assassin’s Creed: Black F...
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Episode 15–The puzzlescript singularity from 2013-11-05T01:38:49
This week Tom, Craig and Pip are joined by Polygon’s Emily Gera to celebrate Pip’s transformation into a superstar indie game developer following her discovery of Puzzlescript. We chat a little abo...
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Episode 14–This product will not be used for evil from 2013-10-28T01:46:21
Cara, Pip and Tom all met up together in Nottingham this Saturday to record a special podcast all about the wonderful sights and sounds of Game City. Huddled together in the crowded basement of the...
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Episode 13–Third date game from 2013-10-21T02:00
In this week’s thrilling installment of the Not a Game podcast, we’re joined by a young up and coming journalist called Alec Meer. He runs a website called Rock Paper Shotgun. You’ve probably never...
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Episode 12–David Cage and the Laughing Gnome from 2013-10-14T02:05:29
This week Pip, Tom and Craig are joined by IGN UK Editor Keza MacDonald, who fulfills our bawdy Scotswoman quotient for the episode. We talk about The Stanley Parable demo, which is definitely abou...
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Episode 11–Flick knives and cake from 2013-10-07T02:10:24
Welcome to episode 11, our extra long tabletop special. We invited Paul Dean of Shut Up Show to join us in a discussion of the wonderful world of board games, card games and pen and paper RPGs (wit...
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Episode 10–Dude piado from 2013-10-01T02:14:51
It’s episode ten and we’re celebrating in style, by becoming seriously ill. Pip and Cara both have the Eurogamer flu, so we called on mysterious stranger Craig Lager to join us, you remember Craig,...
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Episode 9–A disembodied bra from 2013-09-23T02:19:52
This week Tom, Pip and Cara are joined by games journalist, Boobjam creator and voice of Super Hexagon Jenn Frank. We catch up on how Boobjam is going before moving on to to talking about the many ...
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Episode 8–The chiropractor of Orgrimmar from 2013-09-16T14:00:55
In our spooky horror game special, recorded on Friday the 13th, Cara and Craig are struck down by an evil curse so Pip and Tom are joined by Laura Rich and Ben Barrett to talk about Amnesia: A Mach...
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Episode 7–Dark Souls Kart Racing from 2013-09-10T14:00:26
Cara can’t be with us this week but her disembodied spirit haunts the podcast nonetheless. Instead Pip, Tom and Craig are joined by USGamer’s Cassandra Khaw to talk about David Cage’s BAFTA present...
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Episode 6–Sexy, sexy mandibles from 2013-09-03T14:00:31
This is what the second take of a podcast sounds like. After our planned session on horror games with Laura Rich failed to record (we’ll try again in the future) Cara, Pip and Tom got together for ...
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Episode 5–Dreamphone HD remix from 2013-08-26T14:00:19
This week the Not a Game crew are joined by Ben Barrett to talk about which games we’d most like a refund on (Spelunky, Angel of Darkness, Dead Island Riptide and Starcraft 2). After that we all ha...
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Episode 4–Ronald McDonald vs Megazord from 2013-08-19T14:00:33
In episode four of the Not a Game podcast we’re joined by proud United Statesian Taylor Cocke, who becomes our first ever transatlantic guest. He and Pip have both just visted The International, th...
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Episode 3–Horrible sexist pikmin from 2013-08-13T14:00:03
Episode three sees Craig and Pip indisposed, so guest stars Brendan Caldwell and Jordan Erica Webber join us. We talk bronies at Nine Worlds, moral choices in Spec Ops: The Line and Papers Please a...
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Episode 2–Bioluminescent entourage from 2013-08-05T14:00:27
Episode two! Now with better editing and more organisation! This time out we talk about Cara’s sexy week of RPS news, why gamers are more cultured than poets and adorably dark swim ’em up Luminesca...
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Episode 1–We have infinite women from 2013-07-29T12:55:50
Welcome to the first ever episode of the unfortunately named Not a Game podcast. Despite being poorly organised and distracted by screaming s children, we manage to talk about Batman: Arkham Facepu...
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