The Codec Moments Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

It's with a heavy heart we're announcing this, but everything comes to an end and it's no different with Codec Moments.  For many reasons we've decided to put the adventure out of its under utilised misery, but it doesn't have to be a mournful thing...  we've decided to record The Last Of The Podcast to detail why it's coming to a stop and remind ourselves (and you) of all the fun we've had over the last 11 years!

Shock news!!  We've already beaten last year's podcast count... WHOOP!  Matt and Ali are back to discuss their favourite pieces from the recent Summer Games Fest, PlayStation, Xbox and Ubisoft showcases - all of which contained something interesting to talk about.  Did you watch the events from what was definitely not an E3 as well?  If not, just assume these two know what they're talking about and enjoy.

On 23rd July 2020, Microsoft hosted another online event that promised to showcase new and exciting games for their new console, the Xbox Series X.  Straining with excitement, Ali watched the whole livestream to see if his dreams of ray tracing would be realised this autumn.  Little did he realise that things were going to take an unexpected turn...

Listen to this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast about the Xbox Series X to find out:

• Who watched it live and all the way through
• How many times Ali gets bleeped
• What the main impressions of the gameplay were
• Whether any of the team was too lazy to plug in a quality mic... and cause hours of editing strife to get the tin can nature cleaned up
• Is Halo the game to launch the Xbox Series X
• Will Ali be pre-ordering
• If we think the Microsoft marketing department got the tone right
• Where did Phil Harrison end up
• and more!

Why not join our Discord channels to talk games (and other stuff) and listen to live recordings (and join in) – click here.  If you think that Discord is going to make you spend too much time thinking about cables, then why not check us out on Twitter, Facebook or contact us via email.  The Codec Moments Podcast will return soon.

It’s the 31st October 2017 so that means it’s Halloween, and we are obligated under all rules of recording and publishing to put out an appropriately themed episode.  That doesn’t mean we have to churn out the same piece of content each year though, no.  We definitely wouldn’t do that ;-)… but we would hit you with bad puns galore in the first couple of minutes.  You have been warned.

In this special instalment of the Codec Moments Podcast, Andy and Matt talk about:

• their favourite spooky and creepy games
• that Andy’s a wuss when it comes to horror titles
• the demise of Visceral Games
• what we’ll be streaming on Halloween… hint, Andy will crap himself (again)
• and a seasonally appropriate quiz.

It’s been a good couple of months for racing games.  Whatever your passion there’s probably been something released that you can get into the cockpit of: rallying, Formula 1, karting, track racing, supercars, hypercars, normal cars… it’s all been put out there to satisfy your need for speed (and there’s another one of those coming soon too).  To celebrate this cacophony of cars we chatted with Ali Cornwall about Project CARS 2, Forza 7 and GT Sport, amongst other games.

In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, Matt, Andy and special guest Ali discuss:

• their love of racing games but the lack of time to play them (or skill in Andy’s case)
• Project CARS 2‘s hardcore approach
• Forza 7’s failings
• GT Sport being a very welcome surprise despite the woeful parts of the demo
• Mario Kart – because you can’t discuss racing games without the lighter side
• Japanese weirdness
• DiRT 4, F1 2017 and the awesomeness of Codemasters
• that there are other racing games available that they’ve not played.

If you’re at a loose end on a weekend with young children to entertain, what do you do? Go to a specialist convention of course! The Codec Moments Podcast relocated to Doncaster for the Monster Comic Con on the 7th October, held at the local racecourse. There to sample the delights of merchandising, excellent cosplay, questionable food, and to find out just how easy it is to terrify a 3 year old with a Dalek, we’re going to give you our impressions of the day we spent there.

In this episode, Matt and Andy:

• head to Doncaster dragging their daughters with them to frighten them with cosplay
• talk to some panel guests including: Tim Plester Paul Davis Dolya Gavanski Robin Vidgeon
• discuss at length whether you should stay in character all day if you’re in costume
• ponder the dubious positioning of the Q&A panel
• try to work out if it was a good event or not
• debate whether it’s right to see all the comic characters dancing to S-Club 7…
• completely fail to mention the free Kevin Smith book and/or t-shirt that everyone got

In dieser Episode des Codec Moments Podcasts ist es an der Zeit, sich mit der Neuen Ordnung zu beschäftigen und uns der Tatsache zu überlassen, dass wir wirklich die Art und Weise lieben, wie Machinegames und Bethesda die Wolfenstein-Spiele vermarktet haben.  Mit der Veröffentlichung von Wolfenstein II in nur wenigen Tagen werden Matt und Andy von Stuart Cullen begleitet, um über Werbung, Hype und die schreckliche Atmosphäre zu sprechen, die aus der alternativen Realität kommt, die vom Dritten Reich gesteuert wird.

In diesem Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Special sprechen wir über:

• woran wir uns über das erste Spiel erinnern
• Fergus und ein offenherzig nicht druckbarer Dialog
• jeder der Live-Action-Trailer – Sie können sie unten sehen
• der Comic
• Wie dunkel, störend und gut erkannt, ist die alternative Realität
• Warum Multiplayer spielt keine Rolle

Here at Codec Moments after our thoughts on the new devices incoming from Amazon, we wanted to know who was the best between Alexa and Siri and decided to settle it the old fashioned way – duelling pistols at dawn.  Sadly, neither device has hands and is capable of working a flintlock pistol, and we didn’t have extension leads or WiFi signal in the middle of the woods, so we changed plans.  Instead, we set about asking the two virtual assistants a variety of questions to see who would give us the most useful, sensible or realistic answers.  We’d love to say it was a balanced and fully scientific experiment, but it was just more entertaining to find out which remained composed and consistent throughout, and which started to lose the plot a bit.

In this Codec Moments Podcast we find out:

• Alexa vs Siri – who can answer the most questions sensibly
• that Andy starts to fear things are going a bit Ex Machina with his AI companions
• that there can be only one

Recently we all got hands on with the Battlefront II beta demo, getting the chance to sample the delights of the game that’s building above and beyond the 2015 incarnation.  It’s slick, fast paced, and faithful to the source material like no other film to game conversion we’ve had to date.  Is that enough though to sell Matt and Andy on picking the new version up?

In this Codec Moments Podcast, they talk about:

• the different game modes on offer
• how often they were killed
• the lack of team coherence in the early stages
• what Battlefront II does differently
• loot crates
• actually winning a game
• how Darth Maul plays
• and the terribly simple flying controls

Amazon hosted an event on the 27th September and surprised both the press and users with a raft of new hardware announcements for their Echo series of devices.  We’re big fans of the original Amazon Echo here at Codec Moments and the additional options and functionality got us talking about what we’d use them for, and whether we could buy into all of them.

In this episode of the Codec Moments Podcast, Matt and Andy talk about:

• Amazon Echo… a lot… it’s the point of the podcast after all
• the Spot, Plus, Buttons and 4K Fire
• connected homes
• Echo calling and the drop in feature
• how much they think they’ll be spending with Amazon on these in the future