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S3E15 The Operative: No One Lives Forever Review | 11 Senses, Cate Archer, Not Parody
A group of men that worked in the world of educational software used to get together and play Doom multiplayer one day wondered if they could make their own games. So, they called themselves Monolith…
S3E14 Alpha Protocol Review | Natural Dialogue, Invisible Thumping, Shooting Skill Trees
Despite being made up of people with many years of experience, Obsidian Entertainment – arguably one of the more beloved developers making games today – were still very much in their early years…
S3E13 Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves Review | A Growing Gang, Empty Hubs, Disconnected Story
For a record-breaking fourth time – a second time this year alone – we are looking at a game from the back catalogue of Sucker Punch Productions. And this series is special to this podcast, because…
S3E12 Amnesia: The Dark Descent Review | Managing Sanity, Touching Objects, Unnerving Sound
We’re revisiting a developer on this episode that had an idea with with the Penumbra series that would revolutionise the horror genre. But not until they refined it and popularised said idea with the…
S3E11 Ghost of Tsushima Review | Accessible Sekiro, The Feeling, Chasing Foxes
We’re back after our summer holidays and kicking off the second half of season 3 by looking at a particular Washington-based developer that we’ve looked at many times before, Sucker Punch…
S3E10 Deus Ex Review | Active Augmentations, Stealth Exploration, A Reactive World
In the late 90s, John Romero convinced Warren Spector to join his studio in order to make the game of his dreams. This game was something Spector had been thinking about since 1993. It had a couple…
S3E9 Batman Begins Review | Arkham Prototype, Scaring Goons, Acrobatic Gremlin
In 2005, filmmaker Christopher Nolan was about to become mainstream with the first movie in his superhero trilogy. Meanwhile, a group of developers in Derby were working on a video game tie-in for…
S3E8 Haunting Ground Review | Dog Bonding, Dark Themes, Dodging Pursuers
Imagine a game so successful that during the making of it, you actually end up coming up with three games. That’s what Capcom did when they were prototyping Resident Evil 4. They got that, they got…
S3E7 Invisible, Inc. Review | Risk vs Reward, Incognita, The Slow Chase
After the launch of Don’t Starve, Canadian developer Klei Entertainment was on solid ground in every way. They’d put their hand to many genres and had been successful in pretty much all of them.…
S3E6 Metal Gear Acid Review | Card Battles, Withholding Info, Talking Dolls
What do you do when you have a brand new handheld console coming out? You turn to a series that is synonymous with your home console. We’re going back to late 2004 (or early 2005… or late 2005,…
S3E5 Thief II: The Metal Age Review | Stealth Strepsil, Sound Vibes, Robot Rising
We’re going back into the shadows and listening out for footsteps on tiled floors, as we revisit a series that all of us enjoyed back in season 1. We’re going back 25 years to 2000 to look at a…
S3E4 Destroy All Humans Review | Holobobbing Around, Demolishing the 1950s, Speaking Human
Who knew that a Jack Nicholson-sounding extra-terrestrial in a Grand Theft Auto-like would become a cult classic? We’re going back 20 years to 2005 to look at a third-person action-adventure game…
S3E3 Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins Review | Grapple Hook Tweaks, Ninja Soap Opera, Movement Disagreement
We’re living by honour and killing by stealth… again. For only the second time ever (although it will be happening a lot more throughout this season), we are returning to a series. We’re going back…
S3E2 Shadow of Rome Review | Gladiatorial Combat, Corridor Questioning, Roman Whodunnit
On this episode of Stealth Boom Boom, we take a look at a lead character’s striking resemblance to a West Bromwich Albion fan and Guardian columnist (see: the bust on this episode’s cover art). We…
S3E1 Dying Light Review | Parkour Freedom, Zombie Chase, Superficial Sound
What do you do after you’ve had one successful first-person zombie game that is owned by a publisher? You don’t develop the proper sequel in that series and you instead make your own version of that…
S2E21 Game of the Year 2024: The 2nd Annual Boomies!
Around this time of the year, other video games podcasts will be doing their game of the year pods and talking about games like Astro Bot, Tekken 8, Helldivers 2, Dragon's Dogma 2, Silent Hill 2,…
S2E20 Rogue Warrior Review | Sweary Mickey Rourke, Ludicrous Takedown, Okay Action
Richard Marcinko was a U.S. Navy Seal, a Vietnam War veteran and an author. And in the mid-00s, Bethesda and Zombie Studios were going to make a video game based on him. And then that changed to…
S2E19 Mini Ninjas Review | Conspicuous Shinobi, Empty Areas, Windy Pants
After years of making bloody, adult, violent video games, the Danish video games developer we’re talking about today decided to make something that they could play with their kids. We’re going back…
S2E18 Alien: Isolation Review | A Chaotic Xenomorph, Being Terrified, Sevastopol Sound
In 1979, the screenplay of Dan O’Bannon was turned into a movie directed by a fledgling English filmmaker named Ridley Scott, and starring a young actress called Sigourney Weaver. It did alright.…
S2E17 Untitled Goose Game Review | Annoying Villagers, Vague Jobs, Mostly Honking
How many Slack conversations have you had that have been life-changing? If you answered anything other than “zero”, you are a liar. OR you are a member of the team that made the game we’re talking…
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