TAPTAG 022 — SPAAAAACE edition
Space. Where no-one can hear you scream. The final frontier. Well, sort of. Games have been taking our inevitable space domination for granted for years now, and the two games reviewed this week are no...
View ArticleTAPTAG 023 — Divine Difficulty edition
This week on the podcast, we’re flying solo! We’re reviewing just the one game this time, but what a game it is. Divinity: Original Sin is the latest in the Divinity series by Larian Studios, makers of...
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TAPTA…S? Ep#001 — Batteries and Bacteriophages
Something different this week! While we work on our Updated Games episode (where we go back and see how all the early-access we’ve reviewed and played are travelling along), we’ve got something a bit...
View ArticleTAPTAG 024 — The End edition
This week we’re looking at the most heart-breaking parts of playing video games: finishing them. What happens when a game ends? How are great endings constructed, and how do they make us feel? It’s a...
View ArticleTAPTAG 025 — Frights With Friends edition
This episode, we’re talking through the possibilities of co-operative horror games. Can you really be scared while holding digital hands with another? Are we too reliant on jump-scares and gunning down...
View ArticlePAX Australia 2014: “Videogames…FOR SCIENCE!” Panel
This is our PAXAus 2014 presentation: ‘Videogames…FOR SCIENCE!’ As noted in the intro, we didn’t quite nail the equalisation of our audio, so it can be difficult to hear the presenter over the sound of...
View ArticleTAPTAG 026 — Alpha Addicts and Beta Blues edition
This episode we’re taking on a listener topic (thanks Pete!) and talking about the increasing amount of early access, beta playtesting, kickstarting, day one DLC, and bugs that have come with the rise...
View ArticleTAPTAS 002 — Cosmic Cell Phones and Bubbles in Beer
It’s a bonus edition of Tim and Phill Talk About Science! This time we’re playing the excellent tower defense game ‘Defense Grid 2’ while trying to explain how you can use your mobile phone to detect...
View ArticleTAPTAG 027 — Best of 2014 edition
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! When we sit back, relax, and give you our best games of 2014, as well as a general review of the year as it was in gaming. Enjoy! Video: Tim’s Best of 2014:...
View ArticleTAPTAG 028 — Companion Chaos edition
Experiences are way more fun when you have someone around to share them with, right? What about when that person is a bunch of bits? This week on the podcast we’re talking about companions in video...
View ArticleTAPTAG 029 — Commercial Communities edition
In the wild and woolly world of yearly franchises, Steam communities, and early-access kickstarters, communities of gamers have become more important than ever to ensure that games make a splash. In...
View ArticleTAPTAG 030 — Q&A Melee edition
Thanks to everyone who provided questions for us for this one! We’ve wracked our brains and come up with what we think are a good set of answers to all sorts of listener questions. Hear us talk about...
View ArticleTAPTAG 030.5 — Q&Addendum!
We promised we’d expand on Aaaaandy’s question, so here we are! In this bonus episode we talk about our own slow journey through the game development landscape. How it changes how we think about games,...
View ArticleTAPTAG 031 — Mobile Musings edition
It’s no secret that mobile games are pretty hot right now. Whether it’s the latest massively multiplayer, Liam Neeson-backed pay-to-win, or a casual clicker to play at the bus stop, mobile games are...
View ArticleTAPTAG 032 — Trail of Buggering Off edition
*tap tap tap* Is this thing on? We’re back! And heading back to our roots, too. This week we’re reviewing an actual, bona fide game. But not just any game, a game that has captured our imaginations and...
View ArticleTAPTAG 033 — HYPE!!!1 edition
Are you ready? Ready for the most intense gaming experience of your life? Ready to immerse yourself into the best graphics, the most skill-based PvP, the most intuitive and addictive gameplay mechanics...
View ArticleTAPTAG 034 — Unpaid Power Bill edition
Why is that games set in dungeons have to be ill-lit? Does no-one pay their utilities any more? Delve deep with us as we return to review-land once more and go searching for ancient evils, treasures,...
View ArticleTAPTAG 035 — 2 + 2 = Board Spaceship edition
While we here at TAPTAG know that you can learn a whole bunch from video games, sometimes educators take that idea a little bit too far in the wrong direction. In other words, why do edutainment games...
View ArticleTAPTAG 036 — Hearth to Hearth edition
There’s nothing quite like coming home. After our trip to PAX AUS 2015, the thought of our homes got us pondering the many virtual spaces we’ve made our own in games. What does it take to make a...
View ArticleTAPTAG 037 — Best of 2015 edition
We’re back from the break and ready to go for 2016! But before we do, it’s time to look back on the year that was 2015 and decide what kept us most entertained throughout. We go through the highs, a...
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