Meet the Admin. Team

What are you playing at the moment? Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. This is the most Nintendoey game that Nintendo probably wouldn't approve of that I've ever played. Bags of charm, tight script, great voice acting, and sneaking around, pilfering from the enemy is just pure fun. This game makes me glad to own a Vita.

Also: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. I don't know whether to thank Jay or punch him for persuading me to download this game. It's eaten up an embarrassing amount of my spare time over the last week-and-a-bit.

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict? Satoru Iwata rubbing currency into his nipples, because that's probably what he's doing now that the New 3DS is out worldwide.

Monster Hunter 4, eh?  What kind of monster would you hunt? The gambling monster that has enslaved your mother. I call him Gamblor.

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Panic that it wouldn't be nearly enough time to repent a lifetime of sin.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? Samba De Amigo. As long as whoever got the franchise didn't fuck it up as badly as SEGA did on Wii.

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? The Rotating Podcast, when I actually remember.

What are you playing at the moment?  Shantae and the Pirate's Curse.  Bags of fun, in both senses of the words.

A shiny New 3DS!  What would your custom faceplate depict?  A dragon on a thunderstrewn mountaintop that's on fire, straight out of a metal album cover - being dominated by a Clefairy.

Monster Hunter 4, eh?  What kind of monster would you hunt?  Capitalism.  I'd lure it into a sense of security, by working for it for fifty years - and then BAM!  I'd retire.  Wait...

72 hours remain.  What do you do with them?  As a Balladeer, I have any number of instruments to play the Song of Time with.  Maybe a ukulele.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty.  Which of their franchises would you save?  Gunstar Heroes.  Possibly Monkey Ball, if they can go back to what made 2 good.

We've got a new podcast out!  But what other podcasts do you listen to?  TRP (natch), The Jimquisition, Welcome to Night Vale, and a cricket one.

What are you playing at the moment? Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, like m'learned colleague. A fun Metroid-like game. Also Pokémon Shuffle, or Pokémon Link: Battle! Light, as it could be called...

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict? Pi to as many decimal places as would fit and still be legible.

Monster Hunter 4, eh?  What kind of monster would you hunt? The great spectre of apathy that inhabits my students.

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Cry.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? Not a massive SEGA man - I'm 5'6" - but Sonic, natch, along with All-Stars Racing and NiGHTS. Also the rights to Ristar... there's probably something big I'm missing.

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? The Rotating Platform... and that be it! I should try Chat Very Good, really.

What are you playing at the moment? Shadowrun Returns, which is making me want to live in a cyberpunk dystopia. Oh, and Ratchet and Clank 2, a contender for "best sequel" in terms of how much it's improved from the original.

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict?



Monster Hunter 4, eh? What kind of monster would you hunt? My dissertation. It'd probably kill me though. It's an angry beast.

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Eat and sleep.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? Streets of Rage!

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? TRP, a plethora of wrestling podcasts, and the Rooster Teeth podcast.

What are you playing at the moment? Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (Gamecube), for the umpteenth attempt to finish it. This game needs a remake and another entry into the series.

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict? Not really bothered about custom plates, but A Nightmare Before Christmas design would be nice.

Monster Hunter 4, eh? What kind of monster would you hunt? Mega rich people, because, let's face it, they hunted people to get all that money and they deserve to have their sins returned upon them.

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Spend all of them in bed with the woman I have loved for the past 38 years, going out wrapped in each other's arms.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? I had to look this up, as outside the obvious, I have no idea. On completion of aid investigation, it isn't Sonic as I don't care about him very much, so I would go with Valkyria Chronicles, as I do love my SRPG. I would love that series on the Wii U and if not, Nintendo should grow Advance Wars with a look not unlike this series.

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? None, I just don't enjoy them.

What are you playing at the moment? DOA5: LR which I will be doing a review / feature on soon for Gintendo.co.uk and The Order 1866 which is so far so good

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict?


Monster Hunter 4, eh?  What kind of monster would you hunt? Does my boss count

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Go Nut's

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? How long have you got as Shenmue is the one I would want to be saved for HD & a 3rd but not something that really couldn't continue after that, so to keep SEGA's legacy going I would keep Sonic a bit to obvious but keeps there legacy of SEGA around and Sonic under a good team could do wonders.

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? TRP, Game Scoop, Podcast Beyond, GT Time and should get around to more Kinda Funny's stuff, I've also tried IGN's NVC which is just boring which is a shame as it's Nintendo but there all dull on it and also tried Podcast Unlocked which there Xbox themed cast, fanboy's much that I stopped as they put down anything that isn't M$ like calling the Cube controller as fisher price controller

What are you playing at the moment? Nothing but Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate since it came out & it's just the best MH ever!

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict? Monster Hunter.

Monster Hunter 4, eh? What kind of monster would you hunt? Monster Hunter.

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Monster Hunter.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? Monster Hun............I can only think of Shenmue here.

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? I have a bad habit of starting podcasts but never listening to them consistently, the only ones I've done that with are Rotating platform & the Teamwork Monster Hunter podcast. (latter has video of them playing so holds my interest more)

I also catch various wrestling ones as and when they interest me.

What are you playing at the moment? Dark Souls. I'm going to finish it this time as well. Just you wait and see.

When the stress gets a bit much though, I'm playing bits and bobs of Monster Hunter 4 and, because I've got quite a few irl friends playing it now, I'm back into Animal Crossing in a big way.

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict? My and Peaches wedding photos, natch.

Monster Hunter 4, eh?  What kind of monster would you hunt? The most dangerous game of all: man. Sticking my knife into the soft flesh, feeling the warm claret soak me, watching the lights go out behind the eyes at the end of a long hunt through the woods... sorry, what was the question?

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? Probably have a cup of tea and a wank.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? I'm just now realising I don't care at all about any Sega franchise. I guess Yakuza?

We got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? Oooh, boy. I listen to a lot of podcasts! I like Matt Lees' Daft Souls because it has the smartest gaming chat. I like the Bitsocket podcast because it has the funniest gaming nonsense. Obviously The Rotating Platform, then I've recently been getting into Chat Very Good as well. That does the thing where it is just a couple of blokes talking but it makes you feel like you're with mates so it's very enjoyable. The masters of that format though are Midnight Resistance, and Andi from that does a wrestling one as well, called The P.O.D Squad. Cane and Rinse I listen to after I finish a game they've covered and finally there are If I Were You and Regular Features, which are both just comedy.

Yes, I'm aware that is a ridiculous number of podcasts but I don't like doing things like exercise, chores, travelling or working on trolleys without some sort of audio accompaniment.

What are you playing at the moment?
Saints Row 4 has taken the mantle from MH as my single player game of choice and naturally as much MH4U as possible the rest of the time.

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict?
A 3DS that is actually comfortable to hold

Monster Hunter 4, eh?  What kind of monster would you hunt?  
All of the Pokemon, it has been discussed amongst out multiplayer crew and that's a crossover that needs to happen.

72 hours  remain. What do you do with them?  
Does everyone know this, or just me? If I'm the only guy in the know probably just eat lots of pizza/cake and play lots of games.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save?
Yakuza obviously. Can't wait for 5.  

We got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to?
TRP, Chat Very Good, Midnight Resistance, Dark Souls, Pod Your Own Adventure and I've just started the Recycle Bin

What are you playing at the moment? Still trying to finish Dark Souls II. Still trying to finish DKCRTF. Still trying to finish Captain Toad. There is no time.

A shiny New 3DS! What would your custom faceplate depict? Plain white. Or plain anthracite.

Monster Hunter 4, eh? What kind of monster would you hunt? David Cage's imagination monster.

72 hours remain. What do you do with them? I'd spent the first 62 hours as normal, and then spend the last 10 trying to decide what to do.

Uh-oh, SEGA's in huge financial difficulty. Which of their franchises would you save? Having recently pondered this (potential site article) Monkey Ball; then an attempt to revive Ecco the Dolphin. I think everything else I'd jettison.

We've got a new podcast out! But what other podcasts do you listen to? Obvs TRP; also RadioRadar, LaserTime and Vidjagame Apocalypse.

What are you playing at the moment (again)?
Batman on the NES. Like to keep up with the pulse of modern gaming, me.

There's some sort of fooling day in April. Who's your favourite comedian?
David Cameron. What? Oh.

"Nintendo NX"? Rubbish. What would you name the next Nintendo console?
Virtual Boy 2.

Nintendo's going mobile! What should their first mobile game be, in an ideal world?
Sonic the Hedgehog: Mario Edition.

Mario's had enough parties, thankyouverymuch. Which Nintendo character should get their own party next?
The kid from Balloon Fight .

Terry Pratchett included a character called Jeremy Clockson in Thief Of Time. What's the worst pun you've ever experienced?
This is quite possibly the most brilliantly terrible pun I've ever encountered: https://twitter.com/wyp100/status/509988504563351552

What are you playing at the moment (again)?  Still Shantae, occasionally, but I've rediscovered the joys of booting Pac-Man's head (and thus his body) in in Smash U.  Hope the Mewtwo/Miiverse DLC arrives soon...

There's some sort of fooling day in April. Who's your favourite comedian?  Beemoh.

"Nintendo NX"? Rubbish. What would you name the next Nintendo console?  The Nintendo Gamedodecahedron.  

Nintendo's going mobile! What should their first mobile game be, in an ideal world?  Revive Hotel Dusk, since I believe they still own the IP, and show pretenders like Device 6 how to really use the platform's features.

Mario's had enough parties, thankyouverymuch. Which Nintendo character should get their own party next?  Tingle.  Green leotard/red thong dress code is obligatory.

Terry Pratchett included a character called Jeremy Clockson in Thief Of Time. What's the worst pun you've ever experienced?  I've told it several times.  It's fifteen minutes long and ends on an anticlimax.  Not for the Internet's eyes - you need the entire tedious build-up to be told over several minutes to really ram the point home.

What are you playing at the moment (again)?
Inazuma Inazuma Inazuma Pokémon Shuffle Inazuma Inazuma (Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich!).

There's some sort of fooling day in April. Who's your favourite comedian?
As of his last show, Dara O Briain. It was really, really funny from start to finish and didn't rely on audience interaction too heavily. Ed Byrne is a close second.

"Nintendo NX"? Rubbish. What would you name the next Nintendo console?
The New Game Boy.

Nintendo's going mobile! What should their first mobile game be, in an ideal world?
The best thing they could do for me would be a puzzle game: let's bring back a Pokémon Puzzle League-type game.

Mario's had enough parties, thankyouverymuch. Which Nintendo character should get their own party next?
The Animal Crossing franchise should be in on this, mereckons.

Terry Pratchett included a character called Jeremy Clockson in Thief Of Time. What's the worst pun you've ever experienced?
Politician: I'm going to take a strong line on shark fishing trips.

What are you playing at the moment (again)?
Ico. I'm so close to being done with the PS3. Also, a fair bit of Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter, as ever.

There's some sort of fooling day in April. Who's your favourite comedian?
Stuart Lee. I love the man!

"Nintendo NX"? Rubbish. What would you name the next Nintendo console?
Nintendo ShagTube.

Nintendo's going mobile! What should their first mobile game be, in an ideal world?
A pokemon game like the old digimon digivices. You have a small squad of 'Mon you can train and battle but you have to feed and take care of them as well, tamagotchi style. They could even make it that to get the nest pokemon without paying, you need the 3ds

Mario's had enough parties, thankyouverymuch. Which Nintendo character should get their own party next?
Pokémon, innit. Like the old stadium minigames.

Terry Pratchett included a character called Jeremy Clockson in Thief Of Time. What's the worst pun you've ever experienced?
Saul Goodman, but only because it took me so long to even notice. I normally love puns.

What are you playing at the moment (again)?
Well just finished Final Fantasy Type-OHD which I could tell you about in last game I finished but how the forum is at the moment that's a no.

There's some sort of fooling day in April. Who's your favourite comedian?
I don't really have one, going to say peter kay as seen the most of him.

"Nintendo NX"? Rubbish. What would you name the next Nintendo console?
Nintendo Yugo

Nintendo's going mobile! What should their first mobile game be, in an ideal world?
Some sort of puzzle game, I don't know Puzzle & Dragons Pokemon Edition

Mario's had enough parties, thankyouverymuch. Which Nintendo character should get their own party next?
Lot's as in a Captain Rainbow type deal with a lot of forgotten characters in a game show type party game where battling it out in silly mini games to get a new game or something.  

Terry Pratchett included a character called Jeremy Clockson in Thief Of Time. What's the worst pun you've ever experienced?
That one, as I can't think of any bad ones of the top my head.