Roboticist and educator Dr. Julie Carpenter tells us about her research with bomb disposal experts, how society might have to change as robots become more advanced and even what happens when a robot powers down in front of a small child.  Recorded late August 2014.

Julie's website

Festo seagull drone: http://youtu.be/9YGLZXEwRVc

Festo kangaroo: http://youtu.be/_4luJ0ZSqy8

Music is Open by Com Truise

Dr.Tom Stafford is a lecturer in psychology and cognitive science at the University of Sheffield.  He explains why the way you practice affects how good you get at something - and he's got 850,000 people to back him up.

Axon game:  http://axon.wellcomeapps.com/

Github: https://github.com/tomstafford/axongame

Tom's blog: http://www.tomstafford.staff.shef.ac.uk/?p=221

Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomstafford

We discuss Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Edward Snowden's revelations about the NSA and how games should portray governments in the future. Some spoilers about locations and plot devices.

We're taking submissions for the 3rd annual Insert Category awards from HatchetJob.com.   Invent an award for a game released in 2012.

Music from Incompetech.com

We discuss Bioshock Infinite & touch on topics such as racism in the early 20th century, meaningful choices in games & how we're being asked to pay for unfinished stories. 

M: Paradise is Lost A: Mauerhuhn

Far Cry 3 has been praised from the highest mountain to the darkest jungle glade.  But is the game more prey than predator?

Music: Amanita Muscaria by Jeris

We speak to Johnnie Excel, competitive eater and StarCraft 2 player, about competitive eating's culture, tactics, future and more.

Johnnie's YouTube channel

CNN article on Kobayashi arrest

S: Put Your Hands Up (Dubstep Version) A: Chandubaba

We talk about Dust: An Elysian Tail, find out what it's like to go game shopping in Yongsan (South Korea's Akihabara) and find out if Crysis is more pavement than playground.

Music is Nadeya (Club Mix) by Destinazione Altrove, used a sample from Nadeya from Mentorrecords featuring Afroganic.

For our alternative 2011 'GOTY' show, we asked listeners to make up awards and choose games to win them.  That way, games win awards that reflect how you felt about them, not how the industry decides to categorise them.  The show has one bit of swearing, but it's a heck of a doozy.

Background music: http://incompetech.com/

Outro: Candy in the Sun by Koortwah.

It's time for our third-annual awards show!

Tell us about a game you played in 2011. Create an award for it to win. This is not a GOTY show.

the two years we’ve run an awards show that is a year late and doesn't have any categories.

By doing 2011 games you've had more time to play Xmas AAA titles. We don’t have categories because we dis/like games for different reasons.

Pick a 2011 game & create an award for it. The award can be anything you want. It doesn’t have to be ‘the best’. It just has to be about your experience, good or bad, silly or serious. You can include board, web and mobile games too.

Example awards:

LA Noire: ‘Most accurate portrayal of mental illness in the police force’

I really connected and understood Cole’s outbursts. Isn’t he the everyman for the id and super ego battle within ourselves? *smokes pipe*

Comment here or email us: hatchetjobshow [AT] gmail [DOT] com

Here’s a list of 2011 releases to jog your memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_in_video_gaming#Game_releases

Have at it!

In this super-short film review, you'll hear about Brazilian films Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.

Music is Ice and Chilli by _ghost .

We discuss co-op game mechanics, segue into paid unlocks and invent (possibly) the worst game in the world.

Music is 'Cuss The Sky' by Camburn.

Universal Head produces summaries of boardgame rules.  We speak to him about how he got into gaming, how he does his summaries and what he thinks of videogames and tombstones.

Universal Head's blog & summaries

HatchetJob Earth Reborn video

Music is 'Hero' by Jemes

Matt Magnone really likes claw machines (or crane games as they're called in the UK); you know the ones, all cuddly toys and robotic arms. We spoke to him about his claw machine experiences, insight and tips and tricks. 

Tips of the claw machine.    Music is 'Give it up' by Carosone.  Show's RSS.

We speak to Staats, part of the HJ crew, about his move to South Korea; his first impressions, thoughts and insights. 

Korean Sunshine Policy. Music: We Are Free ft. Snowflake, by Zep Hurme.

You create the categories, you pick the winners.  In our second-annual game awards - aka Insert Category aka UGGA - we read out your submissions for notable games of 2010.  Can you guess which won 'Best use of a sandwich?'

Music: Recommender by Dokashiteru / Parks on Fire (California Burning mix) by DJ Rkod / Pulse (George Ellinas Mix) by George Ellinas / Vacuuux 1 by DJ Adori  / Scott Waves to April's Salty Grace (Dance Mix) by J Lang / Emergence Drum N Bass Remix (Rough Mix) by I Am The Stev / Remember the Name (Introduction) by Jay Sinkie / Christopher Willits Remix by Acumen / Under Suspicion by JB Newman

We’re taking entries for our 2010 ‘personal best’ gaming awards: you create a category, you choose a winner. 

Let's have awards which give us time to reflect on a game, not just ones which happen in December and praise AAA titles released in November. Let's have awards with personalised categories that we create, not just 'best action game' stuff that's only good for PR.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

In this short, solo, book review you'll hear about The Badge by Jack Webb.  It's a 1958 book about the Los Angeles Police Department, its people and cases.  Think of it as the real LA Noire.  Music by Kevin MacLeod.

In this short, solo, book review you'll hear about Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City. A story about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a talented architect and a ruthless serial killer.

The Devil in the White City (Wikipedia)

We imagine the different ways and materials through which videogame powers and characters' abilities can be represented.  We also have a spoiler-free discussion on what it felt like to play Portal 2 compared to Portal. 

Music is 'I Will Rise Above The World' by Zapac.

Edward Tufte

Russian gangsters and tattoos

Battle High: San Bruno, Xbox indie game

Loss aversion (I think this is the cognitive bias Danjo referred to)

Caustic

In this extremely short, solo show, you'll hear a brief review of Paul Chadwick's comic book 'Concrete: Depths'. Touching and thought provoking, Chadwick's work about a man trapped in a concrete body is worth checking out.

Paul Chadwick's website

In our discussion of Dragon Age 2, we cover subjects such as dialogue and emotional intent, whether RPGs are just job simulators and how every character in the game is constantly horny.  There is a mild, thematic, spoiler about a side quest.  We talk about the issues it raises rather than what the quest entails or how it ends.

Music is Eye Magic Mix by Lasswell

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