Paul James

Go check out Episode 400 of Patched!

The Top 10 Best Super Nintendo Games – Patched #400 | Player2.net.au Thanks for joining us for 400 episodes! Here's one of our longest yet, where Paul, Matto and the returning Damo discuss the Top 10 greatest Super Nintendo games of all time!

There may be some controversial things in Aussie games media going on today... but in better news, our weekly gaming pod, #Patched has just hit episode 400 today! Go check it out where @mattophil.bsky.social, Damo, and I discuss our Top 10 SNES games of all time!
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Today I spent 90+ minutes playing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

Looking forward to sharing hands-on preview impressions with you later this week!

Thanks to Nintendo Australia for the invite!

Ten Games To Get To Know Me – Patched #399 | Player2.net.au The world has been all-in on the "Ten Games To Get To Know Me" trend, and our hosts got in on the act to discuss their picks in an all-new Patched

In a new entry of #Patched, join @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @mattophil.bsky.social as the pair embrace the 10 Games To Get To Know Me trend and each discuss their Top 10s!

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Two of the best indie titles that I've ever played, released just months apart. Can't wait to see what comes next

If there were any two studios in the world I'd be most looking to hear an update from, it's Ember Lab and Acid Nerve.
For both teams, it has been 4+ years since their last release, barring ports, etc.

Would absolutely love to see what's next at one of your shows @geoffkeighley.bsky.social!

Was amazing to check out both games. Shoutout to @jonohimself.bsky.social for the invite to check out #TheIndigoInitiative, and the #Enfant dev team for giving me some hands-on time!

To everyone who has been waiting for a return of the show full time, I sadly don’t have an ETA, but this chat with Rob was the reminder I needed to keep finding a way to get the time.

In the meantime

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#DevDiary returns!

In the first episode in wayyyyy too long, I'm joined by @suckerpunchprod.bsky.social’s own Campaign Director @itsrobdavis.bsky.social! We've been chatting for years about making this happen, so shoutout to PlayStation for helping to facilitate this chat. Go get it on pod feeds!

So glad to be going back to where it all began!

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment – PAX AUS 2025 Hands On Preview | Player2.net.au Thanks to Nintendo, Paul has gone hands-on with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and slices his way through the game in this new preview.

#HyruleWarriorsAgeOfImprisonment is nearly upon us, and after going hands-on at #PAXAUS, @pauljamesgames.bsky.social shares his thoughts. www.player2.net.au/2025/10/hyru...

The Player 2 PixelCast 171 | Player2.net.au The Player 2 PixelCast 171 It has been and gone, the epic weekend of games, pop culture, tabletops and... well, beer. That's right, PAX AUS has once again passed us for another year. Fret not, dear li...

The latest Pixelcast is here, and it is straight from the PAX floor... well, not quite, but from an apartment just over the river at least.

Join @hewso.bsky.social, @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @jesszam.bsky.social as they dissect the madness that was PAX 2025

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Is Next Gen In 2027 Too Early – Patched #397 | Player2.net.au Word around the street is that a new generation of consoles is on track for 2027. Paul and Matto share their thoughts.

In #Patched, @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @mattophil.bsky.social discuss the talk of next-gen consoles launching in 2027. Is it way too soon?

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Kirby Air Riders – PAX AUS 2025 Hands On Preview | Player2.net.au Thanks to Nintendo, Paul has gone hands-on with Kirby Air Riders, and he shares his very overstimulated thoughts in this new preview.

At #PAXAUS, @pauljamesgames.bsky.social had the opportunity to go hands-on with the upcoming #KirbyAirRiders!

Get his thoughts in this preview of the experience

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A – PAX AUS 2025 Hands On Preview | Player2.net.au Pokémon Legends is almost upon us, and Paul checked out a build of the game, sharing his thoughts about what he played!

So the team has spent all weekend scouring @paxaus.bsky.social for the goods and our coverage starts now!

@pauljamesgames.bsky.social made a beeline for the Nintendo booth and sunk his teeth into Pokemon Legends Z-A

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showed their amazing support for @player2au.bsky.social, and just made it an awesome 3 days.

Many of you I won’t now see for another 12 months, and I very much look forward to doing it all again in 2026.

Another year, another #PAXAUS complete. Thanks to all of those amazing friends in the worlds of game dev, games media, and games PR who said hi over the weekend, joined in for the antics of Co-Op drinks on Friday night, stopped for lunch, showed off their games (1/2)

Yooka-Re-Playee Review – A Rare Upgrade | Player2.net.au Yooka-Re-Playee Review - A Rare Upgrade The year was 2017, and a group of ex-Rare developers decided the world needed an N64 revival. That revival was in the form of Yooka-Laylee, a game that played o...

Yooka-Laylee is back and it is better than ever.

Find out the how and why as @hewso.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social both dive in to Yooka-Re-Playee

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Thanks to everyone who turned up last night! Another great turnout and another excellent time!

Looking forward to Co-Op Drinks 2026 already!

Xbox Is Killing Gamepass – Patched #395 | Player2.net.au Xbox seems desperate to do all that they can to kill their brand. Paul and Matto are shellshocked and discuss everything in this new episode of Patched!

As the optics surrounding the Xbox brand worsen, has their latest move completely destroyed the good-will towards Game Pass?

@mattophil.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social discuss it all in this week's Patched!

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Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review – The Best Get Better | Player2.net.au Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 return, giving players the definitive version of two Wii classics. Paul reviews the remastered, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2.

They're two of the greatest platformers ever made, remastered for modern consoles. Join @pauljamesgames.bsky.social in his review of Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for Switch and Switch 2

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Ghost Of Yotei, Borderlands 4 Impressions – Patched #394 | Player2.net.au In Patched this week, join Paul and Matto as the pair debrief on all that they've played this month, including, Like A Dragon: Ishin, Borderlands 4, Ghost Of Yotei, Gears Of War Reloaded, Sword Of The...

In this week's #Patched, join @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @mattophil.bsky.social as the pair wax about the games they've played this month, including Borderlands 4, Ghost Of Yotei, and much more!
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Player 2 Vs State Of Play September 2025 | Player2.net.au Paul and Matt sat through PlayStation's latest State Of Play to share their thoughts on all that the mega console publisher had to show off.

With @playstation.com hosting a new #StateOfPlay, we got P2 editors, @hewso.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social together to discuss the fallout

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Ghost Of Yotei Review – Brilliance In Bloodshed | Player2.net.au Paul has been riding his way through the stunning plains of Ezo in Ghost Of Yotei. Has Sucker Punch managed to deliver another masterful release, or does it fall short? His review answers it all.

@pauljamesgames.bsky.social has been riding his way through the stunning plains of Ezo in #GhostOfYotei. Has Sucker Punch managed to deliver another masterful release, or does it fall short? His review answers it all.

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Hands-On Preview | Player2.net.au Alayna travelled to Nintendo Australia to check out Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and mere weeks from the game's launch, shares her preview impressions

@wordsbyalayna.bsky.social went to Nintendo and got hands-on time with #PokemonLegendsZA. Join her for this thorough preview of the experience so far!

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State Of Play September 2025 Predictions – Patched #393 | Player2.net.au State Of Play is allegedly coming this week so join Paul and Matto as the pair attempt to predict what will be revealed!

New #Patched time! With a new #StateOfPlay likely to drop imminently, @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @mattophil.bsky.social got in their prediction bag... to inevitably come to some highly incorrect conclusions

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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Review – Tactics Reborn | Player2.net.au Paul returns to a 1997/98 classic in Final Fantasy Tactics to see Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles can still deliver. His review:

We also had @pauljamesgames.bsky.social diving back into some TRPG action with #FinalFantasyTacticsTheIvaliceChronicles for his latest review

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Indie Watch – Sword of the Sea & Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker | Player2.net.au

Indie Watch this week sees @pauljamesgames.bsky.social in charge, and under his watch, he takes a look at Sword of the Sea and the free DLC for Sea of Stars, Throes of the Watchmaker.

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September Nintendo Direct Review – Patched #392 | Player2.net.au Join Paul and Matto as the pair break down every reveal from the recent September edition of Nintendo Direct, which includes Super Mario Galaxy, Yoshi, Metroid Prime 4, Fire Emblem, and much more!

Nintendo hosted a huge #NintendoDirect this week, and this week's #Patched breaks it all down. Join @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @mattophil.bsky.social as they go through all the details
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