51: The Best of 2011

This is the final episode of Big Red Potion. The topic is gaming bubbles i.e. periods during which certain genres have enjoyed great success only for the bubble to eventually burst. Host Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Jeffrey Matulef, Gary ‘Xantiriad’ Blower, and Eddie Inzauto. The episode features closing messages from Joe DeLia […]

Host Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Xantiriad and (a sadly fleeting) Joseph DeLia, and also by special guest Tony Atkins of Cane and Rinse and SuperHappyFunTimeShow. The four take a look back at how motion controls have (or have not) influenced and evolved the games industry.

Host Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Jeffrey Matulef and Eddie Inzauto to discuss narrative urgency and its relevance to telling good stories in video games.

This segment was cut out of Episode 51 for time issues. Host Sinan Kubba rountables with regular guests Joe DeLia, Jeffrey Matulef, Gary ‘Xantiriad’ Blower, and Eddie Inzauto to present individual awards to some of 2011′s deserving games, for better or for worse.

Sinan Kubba hosts the third annual pursuit of a Big Red Game of the Year – just one game this year – and he’s joined as ever by regular guests Gary ‘Xantiriad’ Blower, Joe DeLia, Jeffrey Matulef, and Eddie Inzauto.

In the concluding second half of this special show, Sinan Kubba resumes his place in Jeremy Paxman’s chair, with special guests Richard Naik, Chi Kong Lui, and Brad Gallaway of GameCritics taking on the roles of nervous students alongside regular guest Joe DeLia.

In this first part of this two-part special show, Sinan Kubba takes the quizmaster’s seat to grill Gekkoukan University (special guests Brad Gallaway and Richard Naik from GameCritics) and Billy Lee Memorial College (special guest Chi Kong Lui of GameCritics and regular guest Joe DeLia) on their gaming knowledge to find out once and for […]

Sinan Kubba welcomes the return of regular contributor Xantiriad alongside Jeffrey Matulef and Joe DeLia to talk about the rise of new alternative purchasing models for games and how they are affecting designs from on the iOS platforms right to the Xbox 360.

Returning after a summer hiatus, Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Joe DeLia, Jeffrey Matulef, and Eddie Inzauto to discuss whether or not critics should be more concerned about poor stories in games when approaching reviews.

Sinan Kubba is joined by regular guests Jeffrey Matulef and Eddie Inzauto, and by special guests Brad Gallaway of GameCritics and Chris Green of GamerNode. The show topic is Nier, and hopefully it’s still relevant despite being recorded three months before going up. Better late than something. PS: please excuse Jeff’s slightly sped up audio […]