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Second Sight (w/ Minimme) Mar 02, 2023

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Our Free Radical Design mini-series goes deep into a psychic conspiracy with 2004’s Second Sight. Special guest Minimme joins James and guest host TehSnakerer to chat about this title’s narrative ambitions, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, and main character John Vattic’s sheer nerd power. A spoiler warning that the game’s very neat plot twist will be spoiled after the 1:15:00 mark.

Minimme on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/minimme

Minimme on Twitter: https://twitter.com/minimme

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

TimeSplitters 2 (w/ MrHammers) Feb 23, 2023

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Our Free Radical Design mini-series continues with TimeSplitters’ immediate sequel, aptly titled TimeSplitters 2. Special guest MrHammers joins James and guest host TehSnakerer to discuss multiplayer map memories, who’d win in a hypothetical deathmatch, the games of 2002, and James makes a case for why this title should be the Tetris of FPS games.

Hammers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MrHammers

Hammers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrHammersYT

Chris Chapman (Retrohistories): https://www.youtube.com/@retrohistories

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

TimeSplitters Feb 16, 2023

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For this new mini-series, we take a look at the work of Nottingham based Free Radical Design Ltd. Formed by ex-Rare staffers responsible for the groundbreaking GoldenEye 007, we travel back in time to their very first solo release: 2000’s Timesplitters. James and guest host Tehsnakerer do their best to avoid comparing this game to its successor, debate its credentials as a boomer shooter, celebrate its flair of user-generated content, and talk about school trips of years gone by.

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

Blood (w/ Chris Franklin) Feb 09, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, we go to war on vicious cultists with 1997’s Blood, the first (person) shooter from Monolith Productions. Special guest Chris Franklin from the YouTube channel Errant Signal joins James and guest host Kevin to dig into the game’s horror influences, Blood’s place in the shooter canon, its Nightdive remaster, and whether Blood is better than Duke Nukem 3D.

Chris on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ErrantSignal

Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Campster

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

Clive Barker's Jericho (w/ PimsCrypt) Feb 02, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, special guest and horror expert* Pim from YouTube channel PimsCrypt joins James and guest host HeyItMeBen to venture into the horror of MercurySteam’s 2007 shooter Clive Barker’s Jericho. As the three explore the terrifying realm of the box, they discuss Miyamoto’s toilet design, the Xbox 360 era, and Ben grades James on his metacritic score retention.

*in relation to our two hosts.

Pim on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pimscrypt/featured

Pim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PimsCrypt

HeyItMeBen: https://twitter.com/HeyItMeBen

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (w/ Mitch Cramer) Jan 26, 2023

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On this episode of Bullet Time, special guest Mitch Cramer from YouTube channel HeavyEyed forms a new G-Unit with James and guest host TehSnakerer to discuss Swordfish Studio’s 2009 shooter 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Along the way, the three celebrate the game’s arcade sensibilities, NBA2K16 Livin' da Dream, and what prestige shooters could have benefited from Fiddy's inclusion. James also promotes the 2018 crime film Den of Thieves.

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

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

WREPS2GOG: https://www.youtube.com/c/WREPS2GOG

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

Raven Software Power Rankings Jan 19, 2023

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In this special series finale, James and guest host Kevin (from PixelLit) present their Raven Software power rankings. Once and for all, they’ll decide which game covered in the mini-series really sums up what is So Raven.

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

Singularity (w/ Jesse Guarascia) Jan 19, 2023

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Our Raven Software mini-series comes to a close with their final original title: the time-bending FPS Singularity. Special guest Jesse Guarascia of the NoClip Podcast joins James and guest host Kevin (from PixelLit) to dissect the games overly ambitious origins, demand Phil Spencer bring back the prototyped Baby Gun, and feel a sense of ennui at the state of the video game charts in 2010.

NoClip Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHBlPhuCd1sDOdNANCwjrA

Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Guarascia

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

Wolfenstein (w/ Jacob Geller) Jan 12, 2023

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Get Psyched! Our Raven Software mini-series finally tackles one of the biggest names in video games: Wolfenstein! No, not Wolfenstein 3D, or Return to Castle Wolfenstein, or the games in the New Order series, but the now legally unavailable 2009’s Wolfenstein. Special guest Jacob Geller joins James and guest host Kevin (from PixelLit) to talk about this supernatural adventure game. The three fail the “Don’t talk about better Wolfenstein games challenge 2022” almost immediately.

Jacob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JacobGeller

Jacob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yacobg42

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

Quake 4 Jan 05, 2023

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Our Raven Software mini-series trundles on as we hit their first big misfire: 2005’s Quake 4. James and guest host Kevin (from PixelLit) do their best to put a positive spin on a game that stars mash potato Billy Corgan in Chocolate Hell, and debate whether this fourth outing in the groundbreaking Quake series is actually a work of subversive genius (spoilers: not quite). Episode features a spirited discussion about the DOOM film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

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

hotcyder: https://twitter.com/HotCyder

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

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