Episodes
Buddy & Simon (F1 Pocket, Ivory Dusk) countdown thier top 10 albums of 2022! No crossover, covering 20 albums across a diverse range of genres. Did your favourite make it? Could you discover your next favourite artist on our lists? Listen and let us know if you Take Our Tones.
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
GUESTS
Simon Blackburn - @precisepath
F1 Pocket
Ivory Dusk (Simons Band!) - @IvoryDuskBand
PLATFORMS
APPLE -...
Published 02/03/23
Buddy & Paul countdown their favourite films of 2022! They combined their individual Top 16 lists to get a Radio Watson combined Top 20 Countdown. What will make the cut? Who will reign supreme?
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD
Buddy - https://letterboxd.com/BuddyWatson/
Paul - https://letterboxd.com/pauliebird/
BeRad - https://letterboxd.com/berad33/
Costa -...
Published 01/30/23
Buddy sat down with Tom from the Happy Hour Gaming Podcast earlier in the year to discuss his Top 10 Games of All Time! This is for anyone who missed that episode. Check out Happy Hour Gaming with Tom, Ken, and Adam for great laughs and a UK and Irish take on games news and reviews. Tom also interviewed other guests and co-hosts in that sub series and it made for some interesting Top 10 lists. Links are below. Enjoy.
CHECK OUT HAPPY HOUR GAMING:
PODCAST:
APPLE -...
Published 10/05/22
Buddy & Paul review Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling. After all the drama that has surrounded it they breakdown if it was actually a good movie. Full spoiler discussion.
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD
Buddy - https://letterboxd.com/BuddyWatson/
Paul - https://letterboxd.com/pauliebird/
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY - bit.ly/RDWSpot
SIMPLEC -...
Published 10/04/22
Wii Sports is back! Buddy is joined by Paul (Player2, Dev Diary) to discuss the spiritual successor to Wii Sports, Nintendo Switch Sports. The new sports, the online, customisation, the good, the bad and the Nintendo of it all. Then they talk about the implications of the latest video game industry acquisition. Embracer Group has purchased the western developers and some IP from Square Enix. They now own over 70 plus developers across 40 plus countries. What does it all mean? If you enjoy the...
Published 05/02/22
Buddy & Paul rank, review and recap a crazy 2022 Oscars event! CODA upsetting the favourites and creating history by becoming the first Best Picture winner distributed on a streaming service (Apple TV+), Dune cleaning up with 6 Oscars from its 10 nominations, the peoples princess Kristen Stewart losing out and Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage! All that and more!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
FOLLOW US...
Published 03/29/22
Buddy & Paul rank, review and countdown the 10 films nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards! They also discuss the Rachel Zegler controversy, "film" twitters distaste for CODA, the reactions to the presenters, who the Oscars snubbed, other predictions and more!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD
Buddy - https://letterboxd.com/BuddyWatson/
Paul -...
Published 03/24/22
Buddy & Simon predict where each team will finish in the Constructors Championship and who will win the 2022 Drivers Championship. All teams and drivers ranked plus 5 other predictions each for the season. Headphones in and away we go!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
GUESTS
Simon Blackburn - @precisepath
Take My Tone
Liz Dexic
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY - bit.ly/RDWSpot
SIMPLEC -...
Published 03/15/22
Buddy & Paul review Matt Reeve's The Batman. We discuss the performances, Gotham as a character, the similarities to Fincher's Se7en and The Zodiac, the themes of fathers and everything else in this detective noir interpretation of Batman. We also read out some friends Letterboxd reviews and quiz Paul on a few movie riddles!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
FOLLOW US ON LETTERBOXD
Buddy -...
Published 02/28/22
PlayStation are buying Halo creator and Destiny developer Bungie! Buddy is joined by Paul (Player2, Dev Diary) to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of yet another big gaming acquisition. The difference of strategies between Sony & Microsoft, what it means for exclusives, PlayStations portfolio and more!
HOST
Buddy Watson
Radio Watson
GUESTS
Paul James
Player2 - http://www.player2.net.au/
Dev Diary on Apple
Dev Diary on Spotify
PLATFORMS
APPLE -...
Published 02/03/22
Xbox is buying Activision for almost $70 billion! Buddy is joined by Paul (Player2, Dev Diary) to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly. How it could change the industry and what it means for: Game Pass, Exclusivity, Retailers, PlayStation, Kotick, Other Publishers and more!
HOST
Buddy Watson
Radio Watson
GUESTS
Paul James
Player2 - http://www.player2.net.au/
Dev Diary on Apple
Dev Diary on Spotify
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY - bit.ly/RDWSpot
GOOGLE -...
Published 01/19/22
Buddy is joined by Simon from Take My Tone to review and countdown their Top 10 Albums of 2021! Includes 2021 in music overall, honourable mentions, disappointments and musical samples from all 20 albums!
GET BONUS TOP 10 CONTENT
When you’ve finished this episode, be sure to check out the ‘Take My Playlist’ special of Take My Tone where I join Simon in discussing 20 select tracks from our combined Top 10 lists! Listen at: https://bit.ly/tmt72
HOST
Buddy Watson - @Buddywatson12
Radio...
Published 01/10/22
Buddy, Paul & Tom reunite to review the latest MCU movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home. We discuss the cameos, pitch some ridiculous rewrites and fan fiction for sequels and go over the good the bad and the shocking. Full spoilers ahead!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
Tom Higgins - @tfhiggins
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY - bit.ly/RDWSpot
GOOGLE - bit.ly/RDWPlay
SIMPLEC -...
Published 12/21/21
Earlier in the year, good friend of the show Drew (The House of Mario) sat down with Buddy to discuss his video game history. His Pop owning The Game Cellar, a video game store in Mildura, the SNES being his first console and A Link To The Past being the GOAT! Growing up playing an imported Japanese Nintendo 64, loving multiplayer games like Goldeneye, finding PlayStation games, mod chips and more!
THIS DICUSSION WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE THE HOUSE OF MARIO PODCAST ON THE...
Published 11/01/21
Buddy is joined by Kieron Verbrugge (Press Start, WellPlayed) to discuss his journey in games media. They cover his new position at Press Start, how he got into games reviewing, his review process, travelling to LA, burnout, time management and more! Then they talk about Kieron's favourite game of all time, first console and even his planned story for an erotic novel!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson - https://linktr.ee/RADIOWATSON
GUESTS
Kieron Verbrugge -...
Published 10/18/21
Buddy is joined by Brendan (ATEBIT), Dylan (Explosion Network) and Ryan (The PopCulturists) to discuss why they miss attending PAX. They talk about their favourite parts of PAX, highlights across the years, how they filled the void without it, the power of events and community and what they look forward to most when it returns.
THANK YOU AUDIO-TECHNICA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO AIR ON PAX RADIO AND FOR MAKING THIS EPISODE POSSIBLE
HOST
Buddy Watson - @BuddyWatson12
Radio Watson...
Published 10/13/21
Buddy, James & Simon review CHVRCHES new album, Screen Violence. Overall review, the deep fake album trailer, a lyrical deep dive & a track by track review/summary.
HOST
Buddy Watson - @Buddywatson12
Radio Watson - @RadioWatson_
GUESTS
James Wood - @OmgMoreJames
Two Hearts - @2HeartsPod
Simon Blackburn - @precisepath
Take My Tone
Liz Dexic
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY - bit.ly/RDWSpot
GOOGLE - bit.ly/RDWPlay
SIMPLEC - bit.ly/RDWSCast
Published 09/06/21
Buddy is joined by Ash, Dylan (Explosion Network) & Ryan (The PopCulturists) to review AEW All Out 2021! Adam Cole! Bryan Danielson! Ruby Soho! CM Punk returns to wrestling and more!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @Buddywatson12
Radio Watson - @RadioWatson_
GUESTS
Ashley Hobley - @ashleyhobley
Dylan Blight - @vivaladil
Explosion Network - https://explosionnetwork.com/
Ryan Betson - @HaggardMC
The PopCulturists - @PopCulturists
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY -...
Published 09/06/21
Buddy is joined by scream queen Cat (TGIF, Hear Us Scream) to look in the mirror & say Candyman 5 times! That was too scary so they decided to review Nia DaCosta's Candyman (2021) instead. They also discuss their thoughts on the original & give both spoiler & non spoiler reviews.
00.00.00 - Intro/Cats Awesome Content!
00.15.45 - Candyman (1992) Thoughts
00.20.50 - Candyman (2021) Non Spoiler Review
00.35.00 - Candyman (2021) Spoiler Review
01.11.28 - Outro
HOST
Buddy...
Published 08/30/21
Buddy sits down with Zach Jackson from WellPlayed to discuss:
How it started
The rebrand from Do You Even Game Bro? and how that name was more than a meme
Getting on Metacritic (and funny story along with it)
PR & networking within the Australian gaming scene
Juggling Full Time work with the website
Finding writers and contributors
The Australian gaming industry and his Made In Australia features
Starting the WellPlayed DLC Podcast
Favourite article written
Quizzing Zach on his...
Published 08/09/21
Buddy, Dylan & Simon review Billie Eilish's new album, Happier Than Ever. Their first experience with Billie's music, thoughts on the previous album, first impressions, an quick overall review and a track by track review/summary.
00.00.00 - Intro
00.10.42 - First Impressions and Overall Review
00.22.25 - Track By Track Review
01.54.45 - Outro
HOST
Buddy Watson - @Buddywatson12
Radio Watson - @RadioWatson_
GUESTS
Dylan Blight - @vivaladil
Explosion Network
Simon Blackburn...
Published 08/03/21
Buddy, Tom & Paul review M. Night Shyamalan's latest time bending beach horror thriller, Old (2021). Tom wrote a nice poem describing the experience & the boys question what could have been. Full spoilers.
HOST
Buddy Watson - @Buddywatson12
Radio Watson - @RadioWatson_
Tom Higgins - @tfhiggins
Paulie B - @DayRecluse
Film By Firing Squad
PLATFORMS
APPLE - bit.ly/RDWApple
SPOTIFY - bit.ly/RDWSpot
GOOGLE - bit.ly/RDWPlay
SIMPLEC - bit.ly/RDWSCast
Published 07/25/21
Buddy is joined by Matt Tilby (ATEBIT, One Perfect Game) to discuss F1 2021. The new Braking Point story mode, two player career, next gen presentation, DualSense features and more!
HOST
Buddy Watson - @Buddywatson12
Radio Watson - @RadioWatson_
GUESTS
Matt Tilby - @itstilby
One Perfect Game - https://open.spotify.com/show/1n8vjsoO9l7nuMHAztNra4?si=8YtBOGmEQ6Cy8ZnG7OYy1A&dl_branch=1
ATEBIT - https://www.atebit.net/welcome
Hoop Dreams -...
Published 07/20/21