Sky Pirate Radio

The Sky Pirates gather around the campfire to share stories of terrible mobile games and inadequate mechs, before discussing the B-movie love-letter delight that is Deadly Tower of Monsters. Then, our scurvy boys share utterances of a video game conspiracy so mysterious, so maddening, that you may burst into flames upon hearing of it. This is not for the faint of heart. This is Sky Pirate Radio. #LetItSlide Music used in this episode: Motohiro Kawashima – Fuze (Streets of Rage 3) Toshio Kai – Game Over (Altered Beast) Masahiro Ikariko – Turtle Swing (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist)

Jace Van Kaathoven has disappeared. In his absence a mist of uncertainty hangs over the studio. A struggle for power breaks out, old friends unite, old rivalries reignite, and we discuss Firewatch! The Witness! Defiance, for some reason! We talk about it! The boys also chat a bit about the price expectations of indie and mobile games in the current market and discuss Max’s game of the week “Hand of Fate”, before Kevyn blows the world away with his prediction on the werewolf VR future that is to come. Music used in this episode: Fletcher Beasley – Shi’ar Empire (X-Men) Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare, Yoshiaki Kubotera – Level 1 (Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer)

The boys convene once again to share their takes on only the most topical cultural phenomena, including the best of bad video game movies and literally stealing from babies. They then move on to discuss the game of the week, 80 Days, and finish off with a particularly haphazard round of Pitch That Game. Music used in this episode: Tomo Yamashita and Akihiko Mori – Countryside (Acrobat Mission) Haruhiko Kuroiwa – G-Bowman Circuit (Accele Brid) Artdink – Happy New Year! (AIII SV: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version) Artdink – Horse Racing ~ Place Your Bets! (AIII SV: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version)

With a hot new podcast name in tow, the boys share some special moments as they discuss Joey’s days as a newspaper journalist, work out the logistics of becoming a sweatpants ghost, and try to overcome their biggest challenge yet: an argument about Picross that ignites an entire family dispute. Music used in this episode: Tommy Tallarico – Rave Dance Tune (Cool Spot) Norio Hanzawa – Runner-AD2025 (Alien Soldier) Tommy Tallarico – Scary (The Jungle Book) John Baker – Rocket Rap (ToeJam & Earl: Panic On Funkotron)

On this fine addition of the ‘cast, our beloved pirates convene to cast away their new year blues by theorising the return of WW2-themed games, singing the praises of North vs. South for the NES, getting eaten by uncles, and the nature of cat-petting before psychoanalysing Max and his unnerving ant obsession. Ants.

CHILLA DILLA! In this very special feature-length episode of Podcastaways, the Sky Pirates gather en masse to present to you their games of the year! Join Joe’l, Jace,Kevyn and Max as they count down the HOTTEST games and the NOTTEST trends of 2015 before they look forward with predictions for the year to come.

This week, our menagerie of boys talk the newest Harrison Ford hit, the virtues of the Star Wars Holiday Special, getting a trophy based on your sexual performance, and accidentally becoming a baby sitter for unknown nightmare children. They then discuss their game of the week “Valiant Hearts: The Great War”, before competing  in a raucous round of Pitch That Game in order to design the ultimate human mutating/hunting game to ever grace the strategy tycoon genre.

This installment of Podcastaways is all about going places: Joey goes to space, Kevyn goes to the beach, Max goes to the wrist-doctor and Jace goes giant. Our devoted pirates also discuss the game of the week “Dr. Langeskov” and the implication of the first-person form in narrative games, and play a round of Pitch That Game which quickly devolves into discussions about R .L. Stine and Jeff Goldblum.

In our inaugural episode, Max regards the striking narrative differences between Star Wars: Battlefront and Madden, Kevyn relays the woes of Nintendo’s digital claw machine, and Jace gets shingles. Includes discussion of our first weekly game assignment “Crowtel” by Sink and an in-depth discussion of the crew’s favourite Vin Diesel film “The Pacifier”.