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You can also follow some of us on that there Twitter, where we will probably be talking utter rubbish – apart from Cael who’ll be insulting politicians.

Dom – @domleighton
Ade – @adewritesstuff
Cael – @AmpleTea

This podcast may feature strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes. If you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

• You can grab the MP3 file here (right click to download).
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If you’ve not had enough of us after listening to all that, you can follow us on The Twitter at the links below, apart from Ant who very sensibly isn’t on there.

Dom – @domleighton
Cael – @AmpleTea
Steve – @earlymodblood

Note, we recorded this before any Red Dead shenanigans had time to occur. If you’re not into living out cowboy fantasies, then you can consider this a safe space.

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You can find us on the Twitter, if you’ve not tired of our inane ramblings already.

Dom – @domleighton
Ade – @adewritesstuff
Cael – @AmpleTea
Steve – @earlymodblood

This podcast may feature strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes. If you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

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• Finally, the podcast now appears on Stitcher as well.

You can find us on the Twitter, if you fancy knowing our innermost thoughts.

Dom – @domleighton
Ade – @adewritesstuff
Cael – @AmpleTea
Steve – @earlymodblood

This podcast may feature strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes. If you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

• You can grab the MP3 file here (right click to download).
• You might want to get it (when the RSS catches us) on the RSS feed, here.
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• We’re also posting on YouTube with audio-only videos if that’s easier for you to access, and with this episode embedded below.
• Finally, the podcast now appears on Stitcher as well.

You can find us on the Twitter, if you fancy knowing our innermost thoughts.

Dom – @domleighton
Ade – @adewritesstuff
Cael – @AmpleTea
Steve – @earlymodblood

This podcast may feature strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes. If you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

• You can grab the MP3 file here (right click to download).
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You can find us on the Twitter, if you fancy seeing our random bleetings all the time.

Dom – @domleighton

Ade – @adewritesstuff

Cael – @AmpleTea

Steve – @earlymodblood

We did manage to mostly coherently talk about the main events of the last couple of week, like EA removing Shadow of War’s micro transactions, and the announcement of a Spyro The Dragon remaster. Oh, and we got to be grumpy and talk about games we weren’t excited about, because everyone likes being grumpy, right?

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You can find us on the Twitter, even Cael who has decided he isn’t too cool for it.

Dom – @domleighton

Ade – @adewritesstuff

Cael – @AmpleTea

This time round we talked about the Switch’s one year anniversary, how gaming is seen by people outside of gaming, the best/worst snow levels in games and our top indie picks for 2018. We may have had one or two pints by the end.

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This is the pilot episode so it overran a bit, please do let us know what works, what doesn’t, and what you want us to be talking about! It’s going to be every month for now, but if you want more then tell us!

This podcast may feature strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes. If you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

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You can find some of us on the Twitter too, although Cael is far too cool to have an account.

• Dom is @domleighton
• Steve is @EarlyModBlood
• Ade is @AdeWritesStuff

For future episodes, please send us questions via email to podcasts[at]thesixthaxis.com, and you can also tweet questions to @TSAPodcast.

Today marks the release of Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure for PS4, Xbox One and with an updated version on PC, an indie platformer about the last word in parcel delivery… self-delivering boxes! We spoke to Prospect Games MD Andrew Bennison about the problems facing indie developers in this climate. You can listen to our 30 minute chat as a podcast, or keep on reading below.

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Jim Ryan’s comments to GamesIndustry.biz that sparked our chat with Andrew said, quite plainly, that while “There was a time and a place” to foster indie gaming on stage a few years ago, “it is less relevant now.” Sony’s focus during E3 was particularly narrow, with a string of trailers and announcements for a short 60 minute presentation, which surprisingly omitted the likes of Gran Turismo, Knack 2 and PlayLink. It meant there wasn’t space for indie gaming either. “We have VR to talk about now, for example,” Jim Ryan said.

It’s a case of the public position starting to reflect the behind the scenes changes in attitude that I have long heard of and suspected. “I think the public statements come about because things are changing internally,” Andrew said to us. “I think that for all of the platform holders and for everybody in the industry, right now is an extremely difficult time. The market’s just flooded across the board and the sort of indie goldrush has really come to an end. The accessibility of the mobile market has been completely saturated now, the accessibility of Steam has been saturated.

“Every platform has had their Indie phase – Nintendo’s kind of having it now, to be fair. There are market trends that come and go, and so absolutely, some platforms are now more into indies than others. Sony’s flat out said it after E3 when people went, ‘Well where are all the indie titles?’ and they’ve gone, ‘Well, VR’s our thing.’ It would be very easy to have a knee jerk reaction and say Sony’s kicking indies to the kerb and they don’t care about them, but to be fair, they’re a gigantic business with a huge amount of responsibility and they also have one of the only VR peripherals out on the market that’s actually selling. They need content for that hardware to drive further sales.”

There is, however, a hint of irony to this shift away from championing indie games, as much of the game library for PlayStation VR and virtual reality as a whole has come from the experimentation and willingness to risk livelihoods on developing for these platforms. Ryan highlighted that VR is a key focus, and there were a number of VR titles at E3

Andrew said, “They’ve got to focus on VR, so maybe indies will be their primary content creators for the platform, but that cuts out all the indies who aren’t doing VR, have no desire to do VR or have recognised that VR across the board is not making anybody any money right now in the way that we all thought it would by this point. Why would I as an indie dev want to take that risk? Investing in very specialised hardware and trying to target a very niche target in the grand scheme of things, when there’s so many more potential options out there, with the biggest one right now being the Nintendo Switch. That is the most fertile land for games developers in the market right now. It looks great and there’s no content on a platform that’s selling out in every region across the world!”

Perhaps one of the catalysts for this shift is the change in personnel at Sony, with both Shahid Kamal Ahmed and Adam Boyes having been real champions internally of indie games during the PSP, PS3 and PS Vita eras. Both have moved on from the company in the last few years.

“We know that there’s been a lot of changes internally, with Strategic Content basically completely shut down and quite a few influential figures from that department having left ahead of time anyway,” Andrew recalled. “The guys who basically created the indie renaissance for Sony, who brought in all those indie titles, they’ve all moved on to different companies. Those points of contact have even gone.”

It’s not just a step away from highlighting indie developers, but also the fact that what was once a simple market with just a single set of hardware to target for Sony and Microsoft has suddenly become more complex with the PlayStation 4 Pro and the soon to be released Xbox One X.

“With Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure, we’re essentially just leveraging that extra power to make it run a little better. On both platforms it will still be capped at 30fps, but we’re able to do a bit more on those beefed up platforms than on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. […]

“The advantage of a closed system is you know what the baselines are. You know what that platform can handle, so that’s great, and I actually think that the fact that we have beefed up PlayStations and Xboxes in the long term is a bad thing. […] All of a sudden now we have two versions of every console; these are closed systems that are fragmenting to the point that all their advantages, in my opinion, are kind of slipping away. I understand why they’re doing it, to try and keep up with a rapidly moving technological scene, but I do wonder for the future of these platforms if they’re going to keep doing iterative upgrades, because as developers it can make our lives very hard.”

Emphasising what all of this actually means, Andrew stated powerfully that “Most indie developers at our level can only afford to work on one thing at a time. That thing has to sell or our companies are gone, we’re done. Most indie developers are passionate enough that our livelihoods, our lives are on the line with this. You had the Cuphead developers remortgaging their house, we [Prospect Games] have taken out loans, invested our own money into this and done friends and family rounds. There’s a lot riding on this. We need to see success, we need to see that we’re going to make a profit.

“If a platform is basically coming out and almost saying you are yesteryear, all of the people who could help you get on that platform are gone, then I’ve got to go where the money is, as with any business.”

Thanks to Andrew for speaking with us. You can catch up with Andrew and Prospect Games on Twitter @ProspectGames. Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure is out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and being updated on PC today, with a Nintendo Switch release planned for later this year.

At the end of the Friday, after we’d all seen plenty of games, we all sat down together and decided to record a podcast covering a few of our highlights. We were lucky enough to be given some quiet space to record the podcast, although it was oddly a huge room that you could fit a lot of people in. It was empty except for the four of us, which explains the general echoing quality of this episode.

Heading up the games was Sonic Mania, but we also covered the brilliant Octahedron, the hugely entertaining Oh My Godheads and the newly announced Battalion 1944. From there Jake delved into Steamworld Dig 2 on Switch, Dave talked up Tokyo 42, and Tef gave us his thoughts on Formula Fusion.

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It’s a bumper crop of guests too, as I managed to squeeze in four guests to talk to me about their views on 2016, and pick out some of their biggest games of the year. Tuffcub freed himself from his busy schedule to discuss Here They Lie, while Dom found some time to talk to us about Final Fantasy XV. Dave returned to the podcast to tell us all about his love for Civilization VI, and Jake made his podcast debut to break down Titanfall 2. As for me, I decided to share my views on Uncharted 4, which may not be exactly what you’re expecting to hear.

Alongside all of that we go over some of the biggest topics of the year, like the launch of various VR headsets and the arrival of mid-generation consoles, and, of course, answer a few of your questions. We even address whether or not the podcast is making a full time return, so if you’re a fan, it’s probably worth listening just for that.

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It does end up as a fairly hefty podcast in length terms, but with so many games to take a look at, as well as Microsoft’s new hardware announcements, there was just an awful lot to discuss. We go all the way from Tef’s time at EA Play in London on Sunday to the general sleep deprived hysteria that comes with covering Sony’s conference on Tuesday morning. We did, however, not cover the PC Conference or Nintendo’s live streaming affair, so apologies if that’s what you’ve come here for.

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It’s not actually the end of the show though, just a bit of a break. The podcast will be back in the near future, but it may be in a different format, or with a different focus. I might even try out a few different ideas. If you’ve got any thoughts on what you’d like to see on podcast 2.0, then please let me know!

As for this week’s episode, Kev and I were joined by my brother Carl. He brought with him his thoughts on the game Ben and Ed, as well as a desire to promote his recently renamed YouTube channel.

Kev, as a parting gift, brought thoughts on two game with him. First was Telepaint, an iOS puzzler with an interesting presentational style. He followed that up by sharing his experiences of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a game that you can probably take a stab at the specifics of from the title.

Finally, I shared my view on the new German Trains DLC for Train Valleys, one of the game’s I’ve become fairly addicted to in the last six months or so. There is, of course, a round-up of the news, and the answers to listener questions.

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Firstly I was joined by our very own Dave, who had plenty to say about Dark Souls III and Eisenhorn: Xenos. The first seemed rather positive, while the latter didn’t quite impress in the same way.

Alongside Dave was Peter Chapman. Long term listeners will remember Peter as one of the original hosts of the podcast, as well as a previous Editor-in-Chief of TSA. He’s now working for Oddworld Inhabitants, and he’s shared a fair amount about their newest title, Oddworld: Soulstorm. He also told us about the time based mechanics of Superhot, a game I really need to get my hands on.

As for my contribution, I shared a few bits and pieces from Rezzed that I didn’t cover in last week’s episode, most notably event[0]. There is, of course, also a round up of the week’s news and the answers to your questions.

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• Peter Chapman – @colossalblue
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It’s safe to say that we covered quite a lot in a reasonably short podcast, but highlights include a discussion on Tef’s time on the BAFTAs red carpet, a look at PlayStation VR, and our views on games that range from unusual titles like Reins and Burly Men At Sea to more traditional titles like The Dwarves and The Turing Test.

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As well as contributing to the news, Aran’s been playing République for review, and he was kind enough to share his views on the PS4 port of the mobile game. He’s also watched Batman vs Superman, which lead to a spoiler filled discussion with Kev. They begin at the 23 minute mark and last until 46:30, and they’re also clearly marked in the audio.

Kev also combines with me to give a brief update on the world of comics, and I also share my views on the soon to be released Enter the Gungeon, which I’m a big fan of, mostly because it’s very silly.

As always we round things out with the answers to your questions, and also the news that there’s no regular podcast next week. Instead we’ll be doing something from the indie games showcase that is Rezzed, so you can look forwards to that!

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Before The Division chat, however, we talked about the week’s news for a while, covering the now debunked NX controller rumours, the possibility of a PS4.5, and plenty more. As for what else we’ve been playing, Tef has spent a bit of time with LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which does sound like a good entry in the seemingly endless string of LEGO titles.

Dom has been stepping back in time to playing Pokémon Omega Ruby and shared his views on it, which at least partly devolved into explaining Pokémon to Tef, before rounding things off by teaming back up with Tef to discuss the upcoming MOBA Paragon, which featured Tef schooling me on the finer points of MOBAs.

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Tuffcub joined us to mourn Lewis on this special “in memoriam” episode, as well giving us his thoughts on Heavy Rain after he completed his PS4 playthrough, while Kev has been playing the programming based Screeps, which I feel we’ll have more about in the future.

For Lewis’ final contribution as a fully fledged host, he brought us his views on iOS title Handbrake Valet, which Tuffcub felt had to be an innuendo. Lewis also shared his thoughts on the latest season of House of Cards after berating me for not finishing season one.

There’s also a lot of reflecting back over Lewis’ five years, as well as an overview of the week’s news.

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Kev is here for this week’s episode too, and he’s been playing a fair bit of Nova-111. He’s also been dipping his toes into Clash Royale, a game that I’ve been spending a fair bit of time with too. I’m not entirely sure what I like about Clash Royale, but it’s certainly got its hooks into me. I’ve also been the escape puzzle title Rusty Lake Hotel, which provides an interesting twist on genre staples.

Finally, there’s a substantial amount of news on this week’s episode, mainly around virtual reality and the decline of E3. It’s probably more than you’re used to, but it was a meaty week for once.

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This podcast features strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes, if you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

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• Vaughn Highfield – @Starfox118
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Tuffcub was also very interested in hearing my views on Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival, which I got a look at during Sony’s Digital Showcase. I also shared my thoughts on a few other games from that event, including the bizarre Edith Finch, while Kev chipped in with his views on Nom Nom Galaxy, which contains some rather unusual soup recipes.

Of course we also have a round up of the week’s news, which Tuffcub prepared for us especially, and the answers to your questions.

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This podcast features strong language, jokes in poor taste and adult themes, if you’re offended by that then we recommend that you don’t listen to it at all.

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We did, however, have a guest in the form of my brother, Carl Lipscombe. Long time fans of the podcast will know him as Mini Mini Lipscombe, and he’s also the host of the Nerdface podcast.

As for his contributions to the podcast, he combined with Lewis to discuss Firewatch, and also helped me to relate our views on the new Deadpool film. As if that wasn’t enough, he went solo to discuss That Dragon, Cancer, while Lewis spent a little time on The Martian.

Finally, we of course had a look at the week’s news, mostly around the ZX Spectrum Vega+, and spent a little time answering your questions.

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From there it strayed into what we’ve been up to recently. Dom’s mostly been focussed on LEGO Avengers recently, which makes a nice break from playing LEGO Jurassic Park with his son for the thousandth time. He’s also been playing Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, although once you’re onto the fourth Ninja Storm I somehow question how “Ultimate” said storm really is.

Meanwhile Lewis has been dipping his toes into the twee platformer Unravel, and enjoying the unique visual stylings of Firewatch. Finally, comic talk makes a return from a long hiatus, as I talk about American Alien and Invincible Iron Man.

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Last time Peter was on the show he was still working at Pocket Gamer, but he’s since moved to the other side of the industry and is working over at Auroch Digital as a producer. He spent a little bit of time on the podcast promoting the games he’s been helping to created over there, and also shared his experience of the recent Global Game Jam.

In a fortunate turn of events, Kev had also taken part in the Global Game Jam, although working in Southampton, rather than Peter’s Bristol base. Both Kev and Peter told us all about the games they built, as well as the process of building them and Kev’s experiences of mentoring other teams.

As for me, I’ve been playing the title Hacknet, which is a hacking simulator in a similar vein to Uplink, but with more command prompt usage. On top of that we also delved into the week’s news and answered your questions.

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As for Kev, his focus has been on preparing for the Global Game Jam, which will also feature on next week’s episode of the podcast. Hopefully he’ll have managed to build something that works with his team during the weekend long game creation event. He also introduced Lewis and I to browser based game A Dark Room, which is very much worth trying out.

Finally, I’ve been playing Risk of Rain, a game that I really enjoyed despite playing a tiny bit of. Beyond that, we did, of course, answer your questions.

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Joining Vikki and me were Kev and Lewis. Lewis has been spending his time staring at virtual bears, or possibly watching The Revenant. They might be the same thing. Kev, on the other hand, has been playing the iOS title Lifeline. It sounds like it offers something genuinely different that’s well suited to phones, so I’m going to make sure I give it a crack myself.

Alongside that we also gave a quick overview of the week’s news and spent a long time answering your questions.

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However, there’s plenty of good stuff before we get to Star Wars! We’ve got Dave’s views on Undertale, which do feature some spoilers unfortunately, and more of Lewis’ adventures in Fallout 4. It’s somewhat concerning how much time he’s spent in that game.

On top of that we, of course, have a quick look at the week’s news, coming in the form of VR Roller Coasters and Amazon Prime discounts.

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In a small twist, this final episode sees Teflon interviewing me. We actually started things off by getting introspective and talking about the process of putting The Year According To podcasts together, before chatting a little about my visits to Rezzed and EGX, as well as the frustrations associated with breaking my wrist.

I do, of course, pick out a few of my favourite games from the year. I think it’s safe to say that long time podcasts listeners can guess at least one of them, but hopefully the other two are something a little different.

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Both of these games got a fair amount of time in our conversation, although that did lead to spoilers for the ending of Thomas Was Alone at about the 14 minute mark. Don’t worry, I warn you in the podcast too.

We also spent a little time talking about the future for Mike, from growing his business by hiring a COO to producing Volume: Coda for Playstation VR. I even got to make a pitch for Mike’s next game, which was a nice change of pace.

As with everyone else, I got Mike to pick out a few games from the year. I’m not sure I was expecting him to pick either of the games he did, but they’re both excellent choices. It’s also worth remembering that this series wasn’t recorded in order, which may make my surprise at his choices make more sense.

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However, Blair left TSA earlier this year so he could go and dedicate his time to the game he’s in the process of building, Membrain. Over the course of our interview we spent a fair amount of time discussing Membrain, as well as his transition from editor at TSA to game developer at the studio he helped to found, Mystic Penguin. If you like the sound of Membrain then do make sure you vote for it, over here.

Beyond that we discussed Blair’s dog Frodo, made plans to party and chatted about his brilliant Vine and Snapchat videos. I also got Blair to pick out a few of his highlights of the year’s games, including one that he tried to convince me to buy.

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