1UP Pod
SamfunnWe go together like an x, a circle, a triangle, and a square... hang with Andy, Bash, Becky, and Chip on the 1Up Pod where each month we discuss a new video game! And remember - Get a life. Play video games.
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- Video Game Deathmatch - Stardew Valley Vs Animal Crossing New Horizons (00:24:40)
Andy is trying to run a cute & relaxing farm - all while comparing cozy life sims Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing New Horizons - so hopefully nothing sinister or violent happens.
- VIDEO GAME DEATHMATCH - THE GOTY AWARDS 2023 (00:26:09)
Andy hosts the first annual Video Game Deathmatch GOTY Awards - including Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake II, Tears of the Kingdom, and more!
- Video Game Deathmatch - Street Fighter 2 Vs Mortal Kombat (00:29:59)
Andy visits a mysterious island to compete in a violent fighting tournament. While he's there, he finds time to compare and contrast two early '90s fighting classics: Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat.
- VIDEO GAME DEATHMATCH - Until Dawn Vs The Quarry (00:32:07)
Andy has taken to a secluded cabin in the mountains to watch a meteor shower - like a big nerd - but his night goes horribly wrong when a violent psychopath returns to the mountains to slaughter anyone that he finds. While Andy deals with this, he tries to compare and analyse Supermassive's duet of interactive horror drams: Until Dawn and The Quarry.
- EPISODE 27 - 20 YEARS OF STEAM (01:46:20)
Join Bash, Andy, Orange, and Ben for a celebration of Steam's 20th birthday! The gang sit down to discuss their favourite purchases, their shameful Steam stats, read out some unhinged Steam reviews - and much more!
- RETRO REBOOT - EPISODE 2 (01:19:03)
Join Orange, Andy, and Foxy for the latest episode 1UP Pod's new series: Retro Reboot! Every episode, the hosts will choose two retro games to discuss and then choose one of them to reboot! This episode features Road Avenger, Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country 2, the notorious Night Trap, Peter Molyneux's Black & White, and Kingsley's Adventure ! What game would YOU want to reboot?
- RETRO REBOOT - EPISODE 1 (01:07:20)
Join Orange, Andy, and Ben for an all-new 1UP Pod series: Retro Reboot! Every episode, the hosts will choose two retro games to discuss and then choose one of them to reboot! This episode features Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Crash Bandicoot 2, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Hideo Kojima's Snatcher, and Sitting Ducks! What game would YOU want to reboot?
- EPISODE 26 - MOVIE TIE-INS (01:59:51)
Join Andy, Ben, Orange, and Foxy for 1UP Pod's unique look at the world of movie tie-ins! The video games based on the movies (and TV shows) that we know and possibly even love! Including titles like Disney's Aladdin, The Warriors, Small Soldiers, Minority Report, and more!
- INDIE SHOWCASE - AUGUST 2023 (00:49:59)
Join Bash, Orange, and Ben for this months celebration of indie gaming. With discussions on Death's Door, Planet of Lana, Sticky Business, Oxenfree, Dredge, Crime O'Clock, BOSS GAME: The Final Boss is My Heart, and a host of games that Bash picked up from Humble Bundle. The gang also look ahead to what's coming soon - featuring much excitement over Under The Waves, Stray Gods, En Guarde!, Super Space Club, Goodbye Volcano High, Word Factori, and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. Sticky Business key kindly provided by Mark Allen PR. Cover Games: Sticky Business, Death's Door, and BOSSGAME: The Final Boss is My Heart.
- VIDEO GAME DEATHMATCH - Shadow Of Mordor Vs LOTR Gollum (00:47:29)
[NOTE: THE OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE IS WITH HEADPHONES] Andy ventures into the big, dangerous land of Mordor to destroy the One Ring - all while comparing Shadow of Mordor and LOTR: Gollum - and he's not alone! What dangers await him as he breaks down two very different Lord of the Rings games?
- Episode 25 - Video Game Villains (01:45:16)
Join Bash, Andy, Becky, and Foxy for a look at the video game villains that thrill and repel us the most! Including Wario, Sephiroth, and more!
- INDIE SHOWCASE - JULY 2023 (00:48:12)
Join Bash, Becky, and Ben for a new Indie Showcase where the gang talk all about the indie games they've been playing (but not necessarily enjoying) over the last month - as well as looking ahead to the games that are exciting them on the horizon! Fall of Porcupine key provided by Mark Allen PR Tiny Thor key provided by UberStrategist The Fermi Paradox key provided by Player Two PR A Long Journey to an Uncertain End key provided by Player Two PR Cover Games: A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, CorpoNation: The Sorting Process, Slay the Spire, Tiny Thor, Monster Train, Fall of Porcupine, Cats Organized Neatly
- VIDEO GAME DEATHMATCH - RESIDENT EVIL 2 Vs RESIDENT EVIL 4 (00:46:12)
Andy finds himself lost in a sinister mansion full of horrifying and deadly surprises, all while trying to analyse and compare Capcom's two iconic survival horror remakes - Resident Evil 2 (2019) and Resident Evil 4 (2023).
- Episode 24 - The Games That Saved Us (01:57:35)
Join Bash, Becky, Andy, and our latest Fake Chip/co-host - Foxy - for a vulnerable but illuminating discussion on how video games have helped improve their mental health. Including games such as Skyrim, Death Stranding, Child of Light, Firewatch, and more! Mental health resources: Samaritans | https://www.samaritans.org/ Shout | https://giveusashout.org/get-help Rethink | https://www.rethink.org/ Mind | https://www.mind.org.uk/ YoungMinds | https://www.youngminds.org.uk/ Safe In Our World | https://safeinourworld.org/find-help/
- 1UP Pod - Indie Showcase June 2023 (00:43:02)
Join our host, Bash, along with Andy & Orange for a new monthly series: Indie Showcase! Taking a look at the indie games that are exciting us the most! The gang will share their favourite indie games of all time, before getting into what new indie delights they have been enjoying, and what they are looking forward to in the month ahead!
- Video Game Deathmatch - Super Mario World Vs Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (00:23:33)
Join Andy as he bounds haphazardly through his own platform adventure, trying to work out which game is better: Super Mario World or Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Music by HeatleyBros: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeatleyBros
- EPISODE 23 - Super Mario (02:21:43)
The gang (plus a special guest) gather to take a deep dive into the history of gaming's greatest icon: Super Mario. A lot of history, a lot of video games, a lot of loving memories, and a few barely veiled threats. All that and more!
- 1UP POD'S VIDEO GAME DEATHMATCH - Streets Of Rage 4 Vs TMNT Shredders Revenge (00:24:54)
Fresh from his ordeal on a doomed space ship, Andy now finds himself fighting through hordes of street punks in a crime-infested city while trying to analyse and discuss Dotemu's recent beat 'em up throwbacks: Streets of Rage 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. Intro, intertitles, and club scene music by Infraction.
- EPISODE 22 - STARDEW VALLEY (01:22:42)
Join Andy, Becky, Bash and introducing... Ben! Stepping in for Chip while he takes a mental health break, Ben joins the 1UP Pod gang to talk all things Stardew Valley! The gang share their style of farm building - be it chaotic or heavily organised - as well as Bash's disdain for all crops. They talk about their favourite characters and storylines, their romanceable preferences, with Andy ruining a perfect segue from Becky between all that. Favourite tasks and favourite seasons are shared, and the gang try to explain why this game is so addictive to some people. All that, plus the usual 1UP Pod nonsense.
- 1UP Pod - The Callisto Protocol Vs Dead Space (00:39:18)
WARNING: Contains 'jump scares' - in the form of sudden noises. Andy has found himself trapped on a spaceship overrun by terrifying monsters, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have time to record a podcast comparing The Callisto Protocol and the Dead Space remake. Join him as he pits these sci-fi horror games against each other in six unique categories - all while trying to avoid being eaten alive.
- GAMESMASTER REVISITED S1E10 - The Unwoonting (01:08:55)
Andy & Becky sit down for the final GamesMaster of series 1 and discuss Duck Hunt trauma, erotic video games, hometown statues, the joys of chaotic gaming, and more!
- GAMESMASTER REVISITED S1E9 - A House Of Lies (01:22:18)
Andy & Becky sit down for another look back at GamesMaster - featuring zany golf, terrible-looking boxing games, and suspicious ninja gaming challenges.
- GAMESMASTER REVISITED S1E8 - Pocket Money From God (01:12:36)
Join Andy & Becky as they discuss souffle, flight simulators, the questionable views of a Wimbledon champion, and more on another GamesMaster Revisited!
- Episode 21 - PLAYSTATION 1 in which Andy rotates a dinosaur (01:41:33)
Nearly 30 years ago, Sony released a console that changed the lives of many gamers. Join the 1UP Pod gang as they relive some of their favourite memories of this classic machine and enjoy the sweet hit of nostalgia as that load up music plays.
- GAMESMASTER REVISITED S1E7 - GamesmasterMania (01:10:42)
1UP PODAMANIA IS RUNNING WILD! WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN ANDY "HITMAN" SHAW AND MACHO MAN CHIP THOMPSON REVIEW EVERY SINGLE EPISODE OF GAMESMASTER, BROTHER?