In our yearly HatchetJob awards AKA Insert Category, we invent awards for the videogames we played in 2014 - yes 2014 - from the serious to the stupid, from sex robots to sociopathy.
Can you guess which titles won the ‘Ubiest Ubiboo’ and 'Decrease in real-life stalking' awards?
This show was recorded in February 2016.
Music Velveteen Skies by Carosone
In our yearly HatchetJob awards AKA Insert Category, we invent awards for the videogames we played in 2013 - yes 2013 - from the serious to the stupid.
Can you guess which title won 'It's a condition!' ?
This show was recorded in February 2015.
Music is 80/90 Pieces by destinazione_altrove
In this show we discuss playing The Last of Us with a parent (who watches it as if it were a film) and whether the game, and its story, are deserving of the praise heaped upon them.
There are spoilers for the game and the film 28 Weeks Later.
Roboticist and educator Dr. Julie Carpenter tells us about her research with bomb disposal experts, how society might have to change as robots become more advanced and even what happens when a robot powers down in front of a small child. Recorded late August 2014.
Festo seagull drone: http://youtu.be/9YGLZXEwRVc
Festo kangaroo: http://youtu.be/_4luJ0ZSqy8
Music is Open by Com Truise
In our yearly HatchetJob awards AKA Insert Category show, we invent awards for the games we played in 2012 - yes 2012 - from the serious to the stupid. Can you guess which title won Wub Wub?
Music is Don't Go (RumbleStep Mix) by CDK
Dr.Tom Stafford is a lecturer in psychology and cognitive science at the University of Sheffield. He explains why the way you practice affects how good you get at something - and he's got 850,000 people to back him up.
Axon game: http://axon.wellcomeapps.com/
Github: https://github.com/tomstafford/axongame
Tom's blog: http://www.tomstafford.staff.shef.ac.uk/?p=221
Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomstafford
We discuss Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA and how games should portray governments in the future. Some spoilers about locations and plot devices.
We're taking submissions for the 3rd annual Insert Category awards from HatchetJob.com. Invent an award for a game released in 2012.
Music from Incompetech.com
We discuss Bioshock Infinite & touch on topics such as racism in the early 20th century, meaningful choices in games & how we're being asked to pay for unfinished stories.
M: Paradise is Lost A: Mauerhuhn
We discuss Sleeping Dogs, Ni no Kuni and Rumble in the Dungeon. The first part of the show is about AI, cloud computing and human resources. Skip to about 9m15s for the start of Sleeping Dogs.
Rumble in the Dungeon rules PDF
Music is Crazy Drunk (feat. FORENSIC/4nsic) Spaztits Mix by Phi-ode
Far Cry 3 has been praised from the highest mountain to the darkest jungle glade. But is the game more prey than predator?
Music: Amanita Muscaria by Jeris
We speak to Johnnie Excel, competitive eater and StarCraft 2 player, about competitive eating's culture, tactics, future and more.
Johnnie's YouTube channel
CNN article on Kobayashi arrest
S: Put Your Hands Up (Dubstep Version) A: Chandubaba
We talk about Dust: An Elysian Tail, find out what it's like to go game shopping in Yongsan (South Korea's Akihabara) and find out if Crysis is more pavement than playground.
Music is Nadeya (Club Mix) by Destinazione Altrove, used a sample from Nadeya from Mentorrecords featuring Afroganic.
For our alternative 2011 'GOTY' show, we asked listeners to make up awards and choose games to win them. That way, games win awards that reflect how you felt about them, not how the industry decides to categorise them. The show has one bit of swearing, but it's a heck of a doozy.
Background music: http://incompetech.com/
Outro: Candy in the Sun by Koortwah.
It's time for our third-annual awards show!
Tell us about a game you played in 2011. Create an award for it to win. This is not a GOTY show.
the two years we’ve run an awards show that is a year late and doesn't have any categories.
By doing 2011 games you've had more time to play Xmas AAA titles. We don’t have categories because we dis/like games for different reasons.
Pick a 2011 game & create an award for it. The award can be anything you want. It doesn’t have to be ‘the best’. It just has to be about your experience, good or bad, silly or serious. You can include board, web and mobile games too.
Example awards:
LA Noire: ‘Most accurate portrayal of mental illness in the police force’
I really connected and understood Cole’s outbursts. Isn’t he the everyman for the id and super ego battle within ourselves? *smokes pipe*
Comment here or email us: hatchetjobshow [AT] gmail [DOT] com
Here’s a list of 2011 releases to jog your memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_in_video_gaming#Game_releases
Have at it!
In this super-short film review, you'll hear about Brazilian films Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.
Music is Ice and Chilli by _ghost .
We discuss co-op game mechanics, segue into paid unlocks and invent (possibly) the worst game in the world.
Is Predator 2 a cultural artifact? Are the Saints really needed in Saints Row 3? Is X-Com still good? Does nostalgia drive game purchases? What's it like gaming on a projector?
[Post-show, a transgender listener sent the following links]
Universal Head produces summaries of boardgame rules. We speak to him about how he got into gaming, how he does his summaries and what he thinks of videogames and tombstones.
Universal Head's blog & summaries
HatchetJob Earth Reborn video
Matt Magnone really likes claw machines (or crane games as they're called in the UK); you know the ones, all cuddly toys and robotic arms. We spoke to him about his claw machine experiences, insight and tips and tricks.
Tips of the claw machine. Music is 'Give it up' by Carosone. Show's RSS.
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