Traverse lush procedurally-generated star systems in this 2D sci-fi sandbox platformer similar to Terraria and Minecraft.
Not a lot of news going on this week but we fill the time with beans. No, really. There’s beans in the gaps. Even our gaps are nutritious. We’ll fill those PS5 dust gaps with beans too! GAPS!
We talk about the dribbles of new info around next-gen, Dan plays Star Wars Squadrons, Rob Shovel’s up the mess left by Afterparty and Zac does Zac things.
"Bank holiday comes six times a year. Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers. Bank holiday comes with six-pack of beer, Then it's back to work A-G-A-I-N". Blur was a good game.
In this episode, a foody bit, a techy bit, a filmy bit and then a gamey bit.
"Negative Chromostereopsis" is one of the words I learnt this year and so are “post-truth” and “Brexit”. But while there's a lot of bad stuff to take away from this year you can also learn about the great year of games we’ve had and the SaladCast is ready to educate you. There’s also some sucky stuff for balance and fun but let’s celebrate! This special SUPER-LONG episode has us figuring the best of the best that we saw and honoring them with possibly the least prestigious GOTY on the internet.
There's Sonic news! There’s Sonic news! For Zac and Rob this is a big deal so let’s chat about the possibilities and the probability of them being crap. There’s a tiny bit of other news, DOOM, escape rooms, Starbound, house grouse, Factorio, Metal Gear Solid V, honey shoes, Rocket League and XCOM 2.
Once again we are graced with a guest in the form of Richard Kemp (DJKippling) to bring his skew to the cast. In this episode some VR and eSports news, injury predictions, PC hardware, Kickstarter backing, caring about achievements and maybe some actual game chat.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! It's time for the end of year special show: GOTY 2015! We must scrutinize the heck out of 2015 for the good of mankind, for it is written: "Those who podcast, must arbitrarily award." There’s a lot of difficult decisions and few easy answers in one of the busiest gaming years in memory an you can find out exactly how the team arrive at their conclusions (a blog with the results will go up later).
Fair warning: we may talk about story spoilers and mention the Weak Ass Californian Gap.
Sometimes the genius the Nintendo knows no bounds. From their crystal ball they predicted that the weeks leading to E3 will be bereft of any interesting news. What a perfect time to release a game, a new IP no less, to give everyone something to talk about! As such happysalad now follows an inverse law of news quantity to podcast length.
In this episode: Splatoon, Minecraft, DiRT Rally, Skullgirls, Rayman Legends, Castle Storm, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Starbound and Zac walks.
The latest pizza offering from well known pizza delivery chain Pizza Hut is the confusingly titled "Classic Crust". Not to be confused with the existing Pan base, the Classic Base turns out to be exactly that, classic, offering nothing new to the pizza experience. You can argue that it is a yet another option for those fussy about base composition to consider and that must be a good thing, but after the crazier base inventions that Pizza Hut have toyed with in recent memory the Classic is nothing to write home about. I should not be writing about it full stop.
In this podcast: Rayman Legends, Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast and Furious, Infinifactory, Guitar Hero Live, Starbound, LEGO Dimensions, GTA V, E.V.E. Online, Cities: Skylines, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Star Wars.
At this moment, writing something topical and entertaining seems to be the last thing my brain wants to attempt. Having just finished my working day, my thoughts are littered with fragments of code, all swimming through a sea of tabs, keywords and semicolons, battling for my attention. They will not get it now but their time of rest is some way off. Developers are weird.
In this episode we discuss our old game making endeavours (again), Unity, New 3DS, Twitch, Quantum Break, Pokken, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, Gamergate, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Starbound, Kerbal Space Program, Batman: Arkham City, Civilization V, Mario Kart 8 and there's also our "now fast becoming a regular feature" bit where Zac gives FTL advice.
Local council spending their remaining road budget on pointless roadworks? Stuck in another traffic jam caused by human incompetence? You need a new episode of The SaladCast to make the time fly by... like you are not.
This week we talk about Titanfall, Irrational Games, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Flappy Bird, Bravely Default, Max Payne 3, X3, Intrusion 2, Starbound and Twitch Plays Pokémon.
Done beans.
Have you ever tried listening to yourself from several years ago? It's a bizarre experience that leaves you doubting your memories and reassured by the constants. Except the constant of those who are picky about language. That was old then.
This week we talk about the biggest EVE conflict to date, science, Bravely Default, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Civilization V, more Starbound modding, Tomb Raider, Iwata, Guild Wars 2 and other nonsense.
Now review this post for at least one millennium until error free.
Aren't colds the worst? A cold is the illness that mocks us the most. Even if a particular strain has the decency to force you into bed for long periods you are still left with a lingering cough, taunting you every time you think you are well. Grow up, colds.
This week, if you can hear us through Rob’s sudden expulsions of air, we talk about Nintendo, King, Rogue Legacy, Starbound, Beyond: Two Souls, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Antichamber, Guild Wars 2, Pinball FX 2, Pokémon, Civ V and more!
It's a biggie! The milestone of 100 episodes has been reached and by total luck it’s also time to sort out the weak from the guff as we do The SaladCast GOTY Awards 2013! Get hype!
It should come as no shock that there will be spoilers and dumb decisions ahead. You have been warned.
If the leaders of the free world can take a "selfie", we here at the SaladCast want a part of it. Introducing the new RobCo Audio Selfie! It's like a photo for you ears that lasts over 160 minutes! Download one for free today!*
This week we talk about SteamOS and the Steam Machine, Gran Turismo 6, Battlefield 4, Starbound, The VGX’s, Sonic Generations, Sonic: The Lost World, Forza Motorsport 5, Peggle 2, Grand Theft Auto V, Animal Crossing and alternative wind speed measurements.
Rob decides to take a weekend break in London on a Podcast weekend, forcing the team to phone it in. When we say "phoning it in" it's not to say that your getting a half-arsed show. You are most definitely getting all of our arse.
This week there’s Bioshock Infinite, Dark Souls, XCOM, Infamous, DmC, MTGDotP 2013, SimCity, next Gen game pricing, EVE, Puddle, Spiral Knights and our ignorance towards sports games.
