The School of Everything Else Archive

Cosplay

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

We talk to the amazing Sarah Quillian about the nature and practice of cosplaying. 

Have I Got Games for You

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

A video game news quiz show modeled on the BBC classic. 

Final Fight

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

We talk to one of the developers of Final Fight: Double Impact about how his team brought the classic arcade game into the modern age whilst making the most of a retro presentation. 

How to Start a Podcast [Part 2]

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

The second part of our guide to starting your own podcast. 

How to Start a Podcast [Part 1]

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

It's been many years since we put this guide together, but it may still have some useful tips. My current microphone of choice is the Blue Yeti, just to keep things up to date. 

Charity Gamerscore Marathon

[Digital Cowboyus 2010]

This was a 24 hour stretch where Tony and I had to get as high a gamerscore as possible, sponsored by our community to help Medecins Sans Frontieres. 

Darksiders and Originality

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

A look at how sometimes originality isn't important to the construction of a video game as long as the rest is solid. 

Room 101 [Community Edition]

[School of Movies 2010]

Things about video games that drive us nuts. This is the place to get rid of them, and our community has come up with some great choices. 

Why Don't They Remake Final Fantasy VII?

[School of Movies 2010]

I'll believe they have finally remade Final Fantasy VII when I finish the remake. Until that time this is a show about that very premise circa 2010.

A Question of Morality

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

Daniel Floyd is back, and we're talking about the nature of good and evil, as represented in video games. It is of course, far more complex than we usually get to see applied from our actions to the gameplay. 

Fight Club

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

An early prototype for the film show that would eventually become Digital Gonzo. This is what we thought of Tyler Durdan in 2010. We think differently now. 

Trials HD / Shadow Complex

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

This wasn't a numbered show, we were trialing a spin-off, that bore quite a bit of similarity to what would eventually be Digital Gonzo and Cane and Rinse.

Dominik Diamond

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

In one of our proudest moments we got to speak with the former presenter of GamesMaster. 

The Nintendo Wii

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

The first time we ever chatted with James Batchelor, and it was all about Nintendo's insanely popular waggle console. 

The Word "Gamer"

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with James Portnow of Extra Credits about the term "Gamer" and why it developed negative connotations. Now, many years later it's only gotten worse. 

Uncharted 2

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Tony and I discuss one of the best games of 2009, and still my favourite of the series. 

Red vs. Blue

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We chat with Burnie Burns and Geoff Ramsey of Rooster Teeth about how they put together the first six seasons of The Blood Gulch Chronicles. 

Gaming With Kids

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with the Gamers With Jobs about how they introduced gaming to their kids. 

Preserving Games

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with Tim Wilsie about the nature of keeping all-too-finite video games alive and archived for the ages.

Story and Narrative

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We talk with Daniel Floyd some of the most important aspects of gaming for us. 

Jonathan Coulton

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Not a numbered episode, but this is Alex and Edie Sellers of GameHounds talking with JoCo himself at PAX 2009. 

Live at PAX 2009

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

This was when we had the joyful privelege of attending PAX in Seattle 2009.

Independence

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

A series of accounts from various podcasters regarding why they do what they do. 

Video Game Movies Suck!

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We brought in Some Other Castle to talk video gaming movies. 

Room 101 [Podcasters]

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We get various podcasters on the show and ask them about their gaming pet hates. 

Women in Video Games

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Leigh Alexander talks about how women have been positioned in games in the past. 

Can Games Be Art?

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We ask Daniel Floyd a question that has drawn ire from so many that would rather it never was. 

Sex in Video Games

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

Not long after the Mass Effect scandal wherupon tasteful side boob was labeled Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas we talked with Daniel Floyd about this massively important aspect of human (and indeed any mamalian) interaction, and why it only takes up a tiny percentage of activities relative to the mainstay of killing. 

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand / Watchmen / Killzone 2

[Digital Cowboys 2010]

Find out whether Fitty gets his bejeweled skull back from all those people that stole it from him. Plus our first impressions on the Watchmen movie. 

Eastern vs. Western RPGs

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

We discuss the fundamental differences in approach to role playing games between west and east.

The Decline of Print Journalism

[Digital Cowboys 2009]

As Electronic Gaming Monthly died, we were there to look at what changed in the landscape of video gaming journalism.

Our 10 Favourite Movies

[Digital Cowboys 2008]

Paul, Tony and I collate ten of our all time favourite movies together in some semblance of order. 

Meet the Spartans / Son of Rambow

[Digital Cowboys 2008]

Paul's scorching review of the execrable Meet the Spartans, followed by Alex talking Son of Rambow. 

Movies to Show Your Kids

[Digital Cowboys 2008]

Tony, Paul and I discuss what movies might be good for kids. And this was at a time when not one of us actually had a child. 

Digital Cowboys Greatest Hits #2

[Digital Cowboys 2008]

A collection of clips from the second year of our show. 

Digital Cowboys Greatest Hits #1

[Digital Cowboys 2007]

A collection of clips from the first year of our show.

Little Man / 30 Days of Night / Sicko

[Digital Cowboys 2007]

A truly awful comedy that won't make you laugh. A scary as hell vampire film that will make you feel cold. And a look at socialised healthcare that may make you sick to hear about, considering how both Britain and America have progressed medically in the years since. 

Room 101

[Digital Cowboys 2007]

Little things about video games that annoy us, here is where we get to potentially get rid of them. 

Guitar Hero II / Sunshine

[Digital Cowboys 2007]

The first show we ever recorded. Introducing Tony Atkins, Paul SHotton and Alex Shaw in a brand new podcast for 2007 originally entitled "Media Frenzy".

Joinee Radio

[Joinee Radio 2007]

This was my first ever podcast hosting session on March 22nd 2007. The original host, Matt Fowler started me off on that road and gave me advice which I still call upon to this day, so you have him to thank.