A podcast covering MMOs, video games and a bit of pop culture thrown in, all with an Australian slant.
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Who’d have thought it – the final episode of Flash Point! We spend some time reminiscing and thanking everyone who has been involved over the more than seven years the show has been running. We even do some gaming news as well! Please note: sentimental people may enjoy the old audio intros at the end […]
We’re back post Pax Australia with lots of game talk and also an announcement about the future of the podcast! – The future of Flash Point – What we’ve been playing – Ben’s Pax Australia round-up – Red Dead Redemption 2 reviews – iPad Pro – Apple’s new game console? – Lenovo buys 2 year […]
Spring is in the air down here and it turns our thoughts to… games! – What we’ve been playing – Telltale closing down (link) – Telltale getting sued polygon article – NeoGeo and Playstation mini consoles – Playstation crossplay – X-Men Dark Phoenix trailer – The Orville S1 now on SBS Viceland article (trailer for […]
We’re drowning in games, but have a drought of time to play them. That doesn’t stop us talking about them though. – Wow: Battle for Azeroth mini-review – Red Dead Redemption 2 – Gameplay reveal (link) Gamescom – Nvidia RTX launch? – Destiny: Forsaken – anyone excited? No, me neither. (Cayde’s Last Stand trailer link) […]
We talk the gamut from Google consoles to Spider-Man, and as always have some fun. – Follow up from last episode, We Happy Few re-classified R18+ in Australia after being refused classification – Spider-man PS4 Pro Console – Uncharted fan film starring Nathan Fillion (link) – Google rumoured to be developing a streaming based console. […]
We’re thrilled to be back after E3 to talk about that and lots lots more. – E3 news roundup – Alana Pierce leaves IGN – Star Wars: Solo (non) review – Bethesda suing Warner Brothers – Trion Games acquires assets of Gazillion – Disney successful bidder on Fox – Leak: Disney boss, Iger holds conference […]
What a well briefed mob we are, covering everything from the Hugo Awards to Lucasfilm machinations. What else would you want? – What we’ve been playing – Destiny 2: Warmind thoughts – We Happy Few refused classification in Australia (link) – New info coming on Anthem (link) – Nintendo Switch Online details (link) – Is […]
From Nazis to Alan Jones, and Star Wars to The Avengers, we have it all on this podcast. There’s even some gaming talk! – What we’ve been playing – Very belated reviews: Black Panther and Thor: Ragnarok – Destiny – Did Bungie’s Community get together make things better or worse? – Belgium and The Netherlands […]
It’s an Easter-driven gabfest, with talk on everything from games to movies and the usual immature discussion in-between. Warning: contains immature discussion of genitalia. – The Captain and Tenille to get you in the mood (link) – What we’re playing – PS Plus no longer on PS3 – ESA meeting with President Trump (link) – […]
Don’t be put off by the episode title, we talk abut plenty of gaming topics! – What we’re playing – PUBG Cheater ban was 99% chinese. 44% of PUBG Player base is in China – GamePass to include all future Microsoft exclusives on day of release. – Sea of Thieves was #1 on Twitch during […]
We’re back for 2018 and full of.. go!. We cover off some games news, some hardware stuff coming out of CES and lots of usual ridiculousness as well. – What we’re playing – David’s belated Destiny 2 Osiris expansion review – Bungie announce roadmap for 2018 (link) – CES reveals HTC Vive pro and wireless […]
It’s our last episode for 2017 and we jump into everything from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, to Bungie woes, a wrap-up of the year and lots of inane banter as you’d expect. – What we’re playing – Bungie can’t stop being awful. – Game Awards. Stuff won. yay! – 2017 highlights – Spoiler-free Last […]
We welcome back David Carr AKA Casmas to talk everything from PAX Australia and Paris Games Week through to consoles and pop culture. – What we’re playing – PAX Australia roundup – Paris Games week Highlights – EA closes Visceral Games – EA buys Respawn Entertainment – EA Battlefront Loot crates follow up (link) – […]
Has it already been a month? It must have been because we spend more than an hour talking everything from butt-plugs to Voltron – what else would you want? Oh, and there’s a lot of game discussion in there as well. – What we’re playing – Destiny 2: thoughts, jibber jabber – The Last Jedi […]
We’re back a week earlier than expected, and it’s because we’re excited about Destiny 2 and plenty of other stuff as well! – Destiny 2: reviews, thoughts, jibber jabber – South Park, NOT CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA! HOORAY! – Race Based difficulty in South Park – IT lives up to the hype apparently, too scared to […]
What other podcast covers topics as broad as Minidisc Walkmans and customising your wang size as a Conan avatar? We even talk seriously about some gaming topics – what more could you want? Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – GamesCon – any predictions? No?! NEXT! – Xbox One X Scorpio Edition leak – […]
We’re back and rabidly keen to talk everything from San Diego Comic Con to the new Dr Who, with a bog-load of gaming discussion in between.Simon and David also do a bang-up job of unveiling a NEW gaming podcast. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Destiny 2 Beta – Steam Summer Sale – […]
Simon is back and we’re champing at the bit to talk E3 and a whole bunch more. Talking Points – Our on the spot E3 roundup: Anthem, Gods of War and heaps more – Destiny 2 talk – Sega Forever (link) – Ben is allocated a game in the latest gaming challenge – Shout outs […]
We jump in for an episode before Simon jets off overseas for E3 (or perhaps another much less exciting journey from a gaming viewpoint). Talking Points – What we’ve been playing (including a mini-Prey review) – Destiny 2 event (3am Fri 19th May AEST) – first gameplay demo – Bioware Montreal returns to being a […]
With special guest Pete from the Ultra.Super.Mega stable of podcasts, we cover everything from Project Scorpio to Tinder scrolling – what’s not to like? Talking Points – Gaming chairs (Ben’s one here, Pete’s one here) – Project Scorpio specifications discussion – Destiny 2 discussion – Battlefront II discussion – Nintendo Direct live stream wrap-up – […]
This week we’re nugget-fueled (well one of us is) and my doesn’t it show! Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Nintendo Switch and Zelda – Xbox Game Pass (link) – Kinda Funny/Colin M split – Mass Effect: Andromeda – are we still looking forward to it? Gamergate assholes are back! (link) – Game […]
We’re back and even on schedule. Special guest co-host is long-time listener Jay Connell and we talk the gamut of gaming and pop culture. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Switch unboxing (stolen – Ninty grumpy) – Breath of the Wild ‘Expansion Pass’ – New Bioware IP planned for release in 2018 – […]
Hot on the heels of this week’s Nintendo Switch announcement, we talk a bit about the year past and lots about the year ahead. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Dissection of the Nintendo Switch live stream – What we’re excited about for the year ahead – Microsoft kills Scalebound, Sony kills Guerrilla […]
It’s our non-festive filled end of year episode where we review the year that was, announce our games of the year and make some startling predictions for 2017. Or something like that. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Reviewing the year that was – each of us pick a game of the year […]
PAX Australia only finished a handful of hours ago, so it’s perfect timing for some semi-informed gaming discussion. We welcome as a guest Brendan from the Hungry Gamers podcast Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – PS VR thoughts – Nintendo Switch – Mass Effect Andromeda and MS2 and 3 now backwards compatible on […]
This episode is more jam-packed than a sandwich packed with jam. Or something. Talking Points – SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne Announced (link) – Destiny: Rise of Iron thoughts – Destiny 2 discussion – EB Expo thoughts: Horizon Zero Dawn, Mafia 3, For Honor, Drive Club VR, Phil Spencer is a legend, Ghost Recon […]
Just a little bit has happened since last show, so we barrel through everything from WoW: Legion to new consoles and movie reviews. Talking Points – What we’re playing – WoW Legion mini-review – Sony’s Playstation ‘evolution’ – No Man Sky’s developer falls off the planet? – Destiny Rise of Iron – Super Mario Run […]
The majority of our co-host cohort are playing more games than eating meals, so again lots to talk about. Talking Points – No Man’s Sky launches, has some challenges (link) – Wow pre=expansion demon invasion event – Xbox One S impressions – Minecraft finally hits Oculus next week (link) – Sony to announce Neo at […]
So much gaming news, so little time! Besides some post-E3 thoughts we delve into everything from Pokemon Go through to the new-fangled MMO World of Warcraft. Talking Points – What we’re playing – Warcraft movie review: sheep, scenery and (no) sex – Overwatch Gets new hero in next big patch (Ana, Healing Sniper) – NES Mini […]
It’s a pre-E3 speculation fest bolstered by dozens of leaks over the past weeks. We welcome back David Carr to join our hypothesising. Talking Points – What we’re playing – Destiny Rise of Iron – discussion of pre-E3 stream – leaks leaks and more leaks! – Watchdogs 2 – Injustice 2 – Dead Rising 4 Leaked? […]
We’re unsure whether the United Nations could cover areas as diverse as we do on this episode! Talking Points – What we’re playing – Doom mini-review (PS4) – Overwatch Beta had 9.7 million players. New world record? – Nintendo NX and Zelda pushed to 2017 – Simon buys Star Wars Battlefront – Star Wars Battlefront […]
We’re back right on schedule for a change and we cover the gamut of gaming and pop culture topics. Talking Points – What we’re playing – Overwatch stress test – 2016 Video Game Hall of Fame Finalists (link) – Next-gen console rumours – Tay the Microsoft AI bot gets a hard time on Twitter (link) […]
Ben is bake from overseas and there’s been some big game releases so there’s no shortage of talking points tonight. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Tom Clancy’s The Division – our thoughts and assorted news – PS4 VR – Xbox wants to support cross-platform multi-player (link) – Sony working on a Playstation […]
One of our crew is flouncing around North America so we have the brilliant Casmas join Simon and David this episode. Apologies for a couple of drop outs! Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Game of the year discussion: we have a winner! – The Division beta – Plumbing The Death Star podcast […]
We’re back for 2016 pumped and ready to talk everything gaming. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Fallout 4 – Game of the year discussion (post a comment here to go into the running to win Sunset Overdrive!) – Konami and VGA’s – New SWTOR Chapter – Chapter X Anarchy in Paradise – […]
It’s our last episode for the year so we spend some time covering a lot of different games, with a focus first up on Fallout 4 and Star Wars: Battlefront. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Fallout 4 roundtable (link to Fall Out 4 mod of the week on IGN) – Star Wars: […]
This episode is a special – thanks to Simon’s great work at Pax Oz we have a one hour keynote from Warren Spector titled ‘Storytime with Warren Spector’. It’s a fascinating keynote so jump in and immerse yourself in much more substance than you usually get here! – Shout outs for our Facebook page, Twitter […]
This episode we welcome a new regular co-host, Ben McJannett and we jump into some good gaming discussion and a little bit of other stuff to boot. A big thanks to David Carr for joining us again this episode. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – SWTOR: The Fallen Empire – Destiny: Taken King […]
Who needs the United Nations when you have the Flash Point Podcast? We convene a roundtable on Destiny with David Carr and Ben McJannett, plus talk a bit about a few other things as well. Then we secure world peace. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Destiny: The Taken King roundtable – Star […]
After the turbulence of Australian politics over the past couple of days we provide some much needed stability and security. Or something. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing – Destiny: The Taken King – Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture (link and here’s who Kay Cottee is) – Pokemon Go (link) – Funcom announces The […]
We devote lots of time to the announcement of WoW: Legion, Destiny: The Taken King and a nice Gamescom roundup from Simon. Talking Points – A big thanks to our sponsor, ArcheAge – What we’ve been playing – World of Warcraft: Legion overview – Destiny: The Taken King and why we still won’t be buying […]
We start our new post-100 format with a guest co-host, Ben McJannett. Talking Points – What we’ve been playing (link for Hatfall) – Shoutout for the Galactic Gamers Coalition podcast Ep 7 – Neverwinter coming to PS4? (link) – Star Wars Comic-Con show reel – Another take on the upcoming SWTOR expansion (link) – Death […]
One hundred episodes of our humble little podcast – who would have thought. We get a little retrospective in the first part of the show and then launch into our usual games coverage. A huge thanks to Kris for joining us for Episode 100 and a particular thanks to Flash Point’s original co-host Ed for […]
After a longer than usual delay we’re back with a bog-load of SWTOR news and a whole bunch more. Points of discussion: – in the lead up to Episode 100, please give us feedback on what we should do with the podcasts in the future 1. MMO News SWTOR: Galactic Straighter getting some love (link), […]
After a 3-week layoff we’re joined by guest David Carr to talk lots of SWTOR, Star Wars and plenty of other stuff as well. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: The Sixth Line (link), Update 3.2 has dropped (link), Season 5 PvP and trolls/win-trading, May 4th rewards, Anaheim Cantina flash drive contents (link) Other: […]
We’re back with another healthy dose of non-detail! Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: 3.1.2a patch, Double XP Weekend, Bounty Contract Week, Stronghold labels bind on pickup (link) ESO: Console transfers from PC (link) My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: back next episode! 2. General Gaming News – Nil 3. Pop Culture – Daredevil […]
Another wide-ranging, incisive podcast this week. Or is it? Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: New community rep Nick Avola (link), Game Update 3.2: Rise of the Emperor is on PTS (link), Outfit Designer holds some promise (link) My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Galactic Crime: The Exchange 2. General Gaming News -Elite […]
After a 3-week break due to that damn real life, we have lots to discuss. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Next Community Cantina in Anaheim, Bounty Contract Week returns March 17th, ESL speed run cancelled, black-purple colour crystal for subscribers, Patch 3.1.1 Patch Notes, new SWTOR story: The Final Trial. WoW: WoW tokens […]
Some MMOs, console gaming and a dash of Oscars talk – what else would you want! Points of discussion: – Thanks for support of the We Hate People pilot episode 1. MMO News SWTOR: Operation Victory Tournament (link), Boston Cantina cancelled (link) WoW: Patch 6.1 (link) My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: back next […]
We’re in an opinionated mood this episode as we range across a wide number of topics and provide a teaser about a new podcast project! Points of discussion: Invitation to give feedback on a proposed new podcast project (email us, tweet us, throw a comment on Facebook for us) 1. MMO News SWTOR: Simon’s experience […]
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