Player 2 Podcast

Episode 007 - Isn’t Hastur the One You’re Not Meant to Name In an episode recorded in the summer (before various house moves), Paul and Relly ponder the next generation consoles and one of them (can you guess?) is excited about new Zelda announcements. There’s discussion of Amazon’s business strategy, a lot of love for Victoria (in Canada), a bit less love for Amstrad’s Mega PC and Relly’s Clavinova ownership tips.

Episode 006 - Waiting to be Directed to Destroy a Fax Machine In this episode Relly and Pauly discuss the joys of travel including comedy beds, the airlines who don’t understand tickets and the hotels who think that wicker is the height of sophistication. There are also updates on Elder Signs: Omens HD, Relly’s iPad woes and *that* story about the 3G spectrum auction, a fax machine and an axe. Here are the show notes: Runcorn on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuncornElder Sign Omens HD http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=187Player 2 Podcast twitter http://www.twitter.com/player2podcastPlayer 2 site http://www.player2.co.ukCharlie Brown’s Christmas app https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/a-charlie-brown-christmas/id476508724?mt=8Snoopy’s street fair app http://www.snoopystreetfair.com/Theme Park app https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/theme-park/id464151522?mt=8Tiny Tower https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/tiny-tower/id422667065?mt=8iPad mini on UK apple store http://s

Episode 005 - I’ve Been Devoured 27 Times In an all-new exciting episode, Pauly and Relly talk some more about games, conferences, moustaches and cartoons! Gasp at Pauly’s amazing Elder Sign: Omens advice, swoon as Relly recounts the time she got to stroke Kevin Rose’s face and marvel at the origin story of Pauly and Relly. We’re excited to be back. Here are those show-notes we’re always going on about: Elder Sign: Omens HD: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/elder-sign-omens-hd/id475401686?mt=8Elder Sign board game on Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1616611359/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1616611359&linkCode=as2&tag=mydirtylaundr-21Review of Elder Sign board game on BGG: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/100423/elder-signThe Trap Door claymation show on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_DoorCthulu Mythos on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulu_mythosGamesmaster on Wikipedia: http://en.wikip

Episode 004 - Happy Hump Day Relly explains why leaving the house with a piece of toast in your mouth is bound to lead to embarrassment and Pauly is preparing to play a lot of Dominion. There’s discussion of Relly’s favourite manga and anime, why The Guild is worth a watch and also live comedy recommendations. Plus Relly’s recording fails near the end, heralding the exciting return of cheese of the week. Happy hump day, listeners! Theme music: Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi, from the album Power Supply. We’re excited to be getting some feedback about these shows. Let us know what you think via email, Twitter or the web. This week we chatted about: Hump Day: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hump%20dayPrince of Tennis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_TennisOuran High School Host Club: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouran_High_School_Host_ClubHetalia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HetaliaParanoia Agent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_AgentRead Or Die (OVA): http

Episode 003 - Speaking of Used Knickers in the Post Relly and Pauly have been spending most of their free time on conference calls and reading. Pauly has been thinking about culture and eating more Sheffield Eggs; meanwhile Relly has been listening to new podcasts and re-discovering terrible video game cartoons. Warning: contains Zelda dubstep. Theme music: Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi, from the album Power Supply. As always, you can let us know what you think via email, Twitter or the web. This week we chatted about: [02:03] Dilbert, web comic [04:20] Logitech H800, wireless headset [06:02] Sheffield Festival of the Mind [10:45] Access Space, digital arts lab [10:48] Gist Lab, innovation space [13:30] Computer Love, digital art gallery [14:58] Brighton Digital Festival [16:42] GameChops - The Triforce of Bass, remix album of Zelda music [17:45] dj-Jo - Hyrule Field [21:55] Amy Krouse Rosenthal - Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, book [24:00] Gretchen Rubin - The Happiness Project, book [24:55] Gretchen Rubin

Episode 002 - You Can be the One on the Rollercoaster Relly and Pauly attempt a transatlantic link-up as Relly recovers from XOXO and Pauly tries to interest her in the history of cheese. Relly’s been buying significant quantities of board games and getting excited about the Wii U, whilst Pauly has been discovering the ‘Sheffield Egg’ and looking forward to more interactive theatre. And they both want 3D printers. Theme music: Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi, from the album Power Supply. We welcome your suggestions for brilliant catchphrases to start and end each episode. Let us know (or tell us anything else) via email, Twitter or a web form. Some of the things we talked about this week: [01:53] XOXO, festival [03:28] Moot / Chris Poole, founder of 4chan & Canvas [03:35] Yancey Strickler, co-founder of Kickstarter [04:40] MC Frontalot - First World Problem [08:40] Julia Nunes, singer-songwriter [09:00] The Kleptones, band [09:35] Super Hexagon, iOS game [09:48] Ground Kontrol, 80s arcade [

Episode 001 - Hungry Hippos Relly and Pauly talk about board games with big manuals, the podcasts that they’ve been listening to and where to start with the Zelda series. They’re big fans of Tabletop and Penny Arcade and want to sneak into a game store and record people playing Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi, from the album Power Supply. We would love your feedback on this episode, suggestions for future episodes, questions, or comments. You can email us, talk to us on Twitter or ask us something via this site. (Most of the) things we mentioned in this episode (though some of them were really briefly): [01:29] Jonathan Coulton, singer/songwriter [01:30] Paul & Storm, professional singing persons [01:44] MC Frontalot, nerdcore star [03:03] Ticket To Ride, board game [03:10] Tabletop, web show [04:02] Game of Thrones, board game [04:08] Game of Thrones, TV series [05:27] Diplomacy, board game [06:56] Geek & Sundry, web channel [08:47] Board Game Geek, gamin