28 Plays Later

Stuff my turkey to the brim, we’ve a lot to be thankful for! Paul’s thankful for how many games he’s played this past week, while Kris is thankful for the ability to live vicariously through Paul. Plus — Pokemon cruelty, and just giving up on Half Life 3!

Big episode! Kris and Paul try to shrug off the post-election blues*, then discuss the myriad games Paul’s been playing — including a round of Payday 2 with The Stanley Parable‘s William Pugh. And from PAX Australia, we interview Arkane Studios’ Art Director for Dishonored 2, Sebastien Mitton! A fascinating look at beautiful and …

We return to PAX Aus for another round of 28 Plays Later LIVE, featuring a new animated short, a listener question lightning round, Paul’s dad on the line, and a special performance by Tripod! Thanks to all for coming — you made for an excellent show!  

Next week is PAX Australia, and we’ll be bringing you our live show — but for now, Paul and Kris catch up on everything that’s happened in the last week! Here’s where you can find Kris and Paul at the show, and the panel experiences therein!

We talk about a lot in this episode, but there’s maybe nothing more tantalizing than Rockstar’s teaser for Red Dead Redemption 2! Plus, Battlefield 1, listener questions, and Mary Poppins’ sex life (FINALLY).

It’s wayyy too many games for Paul this week, as he shares his enjoyment of We Happy Few, Quantum Break, Mafia 3, and more. Plus, Kris revisits the zombie parkour of Dying Light on Steam, and nearly gets lured into Overwatch‘s seasonal horror theme!

We’re back, with a rambling mess of an hour featuring an interview (?) with William Pugh of Crows Crows Crows and designer of The Stanley Parable. Definitely one of our favorite guests! Plus, how William started working with Rick and Morty’s Justin Roiland, Mr. Robot meets Watch Dogs, and experience the …

It’s a powerful episode as Paul and Kris explore being dominated by WoW, Wario and Waluigi’s genitalia, and drunkenly talk to our friend Austin Wintory at PAX West 2016! Don’t desert this episode — ah, dammit, that’s a reference to something in the podcast. You wouldn’t get it yet. That was …

28 Plays Later, live from the Wyvern Theatre at PAX West 2016! Paul and Kris talk about PAX, Kris’s Gears of War 4 experience, answer audience questions, and receive a little help from Elias Toufexis, the voice of Deus Ex‘s Adam Jensen. It’s a magical hour of video game silliness!!

PAX West is upon us! Come see us in Bandland, Level 6!

In this episode of 28 Plays Later, we discuss 28 PLAYS LATER: THE ALBUM! Yep, we have a comedy album, that you can buy online, OR you can get your hands on a physical signed copy at PAX West! We also talk about the perils of being tired boys, the …

A very special NSFW episode of 28 Plays Later! Paul and Kris discuss sex and romance and their evolving place in games. What games have portrayed sex in the best light? Can sex be a gaming mechanic? Why are the early days of video games full of awful representations of …

A quickie from Paul’s vacation on Bali — Kris and Paul prepare for No Man’s Sky, and for next week’s episode 69, where we’ll be discussing how love and sex are portrayed in video games. Hot, sexual sex! Do you have any examples of games that did sex and romance right? …

This episode we look at Double Fine’s and Adult Swim Game’s Headlander, the beautiful underwater Abzû, and absorb more of your listener questions! Plus: Kris’ beard length as an indicator of overall poor health. (And the horror game Kris was trying to remember: Scorn. Seriously, it’s… unpleasant.)

You asked us questions on our Facebook page, and we answer in this big episode! We get ready for No Man’s Sky, a throng of P.T. clones (like Visage), the release of Starbound, and Paul gets tasked by Mikey Neumann to describe NES titles he’s never played based on their title …

A broad, whimsical conversation gets a little serious as Paul and Kris talk about the new game Inside (from the studio that brought us the lovely LIMBO), and the 2009 Ghostbusters video game — which brings us to the audience reaction to the new movie, and what makes genuine conversation so difficult. It’s a …

Pokémon Go: is it tearing the world apart, or heralding a new era of peace? Paul and Kris describe their very different experiences playing the game, plus a foray into black-market Pokémon meat, which Pokémon is most likely to rise up against humanity, and we announce the winner of the Australian PS4 Uncharted …

Paul has Legomania for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and we discuss your ideas for other franchises that deserve the Lego treatment (and give away a prize!). Plus, a letter from Paul’s dad, low-poly breast geometry and Clarence’s angel-wing scam.

Encouraged by a recent event, Paul helps Kris find a game his dad can play, but there are a number of caveats — which leads to talking about how games and what we think of as gameplay has changed. Plus we dissect listeners’ ideas for 28 Plays merch, and a swordfight with Nigel Farage. GIVEAWAY: On …

Paul moved house and had emergency dental surgery, but still had the will to check in with our listeners in this short episode. We talk about E3 and what we’ve been following before Paul lapses into tooth aphasia. We’ll bring you our takes on E3 reveals next week!