Bullet Time

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Crash Twinsanity (Coyote Time Preview) Apr 11, 2024

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On this brand new series Coyote Time, video maker Wyatt Joseph joins James on an exploration of the platformers that missed their marks. In this inaugural episode, the two join forces to tackle Traveller’s Tales 2004 game Crash Twinsanity. An ambitious rework of Naughty Dog’s famous franchise, how does the game hold-up in light of Crash’s recent reinventions?

Wyatt on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6T1h6vYa2fYylsCtaXObw

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Urban Chaos: Riot Response (w/ Webster) Apr 04, 2024

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On this episode of Bullet Time, we take a zero-tolerance approach to crime in Rocksteady Studios’ 2006 shooter Urban Chaos: Riot Response. Special guest Sam Webster and returning guest host Tehsnakerer join James to look at the oft-forgotten first game from the developers behind the Batman Arkham series. Is it good satire? Is it a good shooter? Was it the 15th best game published by Eidos that year? Listen to find out answers to all that and more!

The Cellar [Taigen Moon]: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCellarTaigenMoon

Sam on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdPsqX_D5zx717G_DDChMyg

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/user/tehsnakerer

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Trespasser (w/ ChariotRider) Sep 28, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, returning special guest ChariotRider welcomes TehSnakerer and James to DreamWorks Interactive’s 1997 game Trespasser, the third entry in the Jurassic Park franchise. Although a technical marvel for its time, were Trespassers developers so preoccupied with whether or not they could make the game that they didn’t stop to think if they should?

ChariotRider on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRpDbrcXS-giiD0PkZLC5Kw

ChariotRider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChariotRiderYT

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/user/tehsnakerer

hotcyder: ⁠https://twitter.com/HotCyder⁠

Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Aliens: Colonial Marines (w/ PixelLit) Sep 21, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, we go on a bug hunt with Gearbox’s 2013 shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines. Kevin and Phil from Pixel Lit join James on an expedition through one of the most notorious FPS games of recent memory, in an effort to discern who was really responsible for its development, what went wrong, and whether the final release holds appeal a decade on from release. PixelLit: https://www.pixellitpod.com/

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Red Faction (w/ HeavyEyed) Sep 14, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, Returning guest Mitch Cramer from YouTube channel HeavyEyed, and returning guest host Tehsnakerer join James to liberate mars in 2001’s Red Faction. The three talk about destructibility, the game’s rapid pace, and the state of written video game reviews at the turn of the millennium.

Mitch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/heavyeyed

Mitch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heavyxeyed

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/user/tehsnakerer

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Metroid Prime Hunters (w/ DarkFry) Sep 07, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, we go head-to-head with Nintendo Software Technology’s 2006 shooter Metroid Prime Hunters. Special guest @Darkfry (host of podcast Video Gems) joins James and guest host Ben to examine this spinoff of a Metroid spinoff, and in a first for the podcast a fully actualised portable FPS game. The three discuss annoying platform sections, cool bounty hunters, and how great a big touch screen is for first person shooters. Darkfry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarkfryYT

HeyItMeBen: https://twitter.com/HeyItMeBen

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Free Radical Design Power Rankings Mar 23, 2023

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In this special series finale, James and Tehsnakerer present their Free Radical Design Ltd power rankings. Once and for all, they’ll decide which game covered in the mini-series deserves to be remembered by future generations.

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/user/tehsnakerer

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Homefront: The Revolution Mar 23, 2023

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Our Free Radical Design mini-series comes to a close with 2016’s Homefront: The Revolution. James and guest host TehSnakerer dissect this open-world reboot that passed from THQ to Crytek before landing in the hands of a now rebranded Dambuster Studio. The pair rank its place in the pantheon of Ubisoft collectathons, the state of AAA shooters, and answer what if any TimeSplitters DNA exists in the title (outside of its well-known easter egg).

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/user/tehsnakerer

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

Haze (w/ AboveUp) Mar 16, 2023

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Our Free Radical Design mini-series reaches its first major casualty with 2008’s Haze. Special guest AboveUp joins James and guest host TehSnakerer to dissect what went wrong with the supposed Halo Killer that ended up killing its developers. Listen to hear a mild-mannered podcast host get radicalised into a gamer, thanks to Haze’s tortured development, charmless gameplay asides, and a lost era of games development.

AboveUp on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Aboveup

AboveUp on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AboveUp

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/@Tehsnakerer

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (w/ Purposeless Rabbitholes) Mar 09, 2023

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Our Free Radical Design mini-series reaches its titular game with 2005’s TimeSplitters: Future Perfect. Special guest Charlie from YouTube channel Purposeless Rabbitholes joins James and guest host TehSnakerer to go long on this end to the TS Trilogy. The three cover everything from their favourite MP characters, Future Perfect’s many mechanical flourishes, how EA mucked up Free Radical’s chances to go mainstream, and hopes for a potential fourth game in the series.

“We must ignore black face in order to get TimeSplitters 4” - TehSnakerer, 2023

Charlie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCK0_aNgcZI_PrJIUiqedHA

Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PRabbitholes

PixelLit: https://www.pixellitpod.com/

TehSnakerer: https://www.youtube.com/user/tehsnakerer

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hotcyder