Videogame-industry veterans Mikel Reparaz and Chris Antista rally their colleagues for weekly discussions about games, the industry, and the circus of egos and information that surrounds it all.
Last week, the games industry defied licensing issues and rivalries to bring back GoldenEye 007 – and its banger pause-menu music, which inspired us to grab TL Foster for a quick Top 5 about our favorite pieces of music that… Read more
January is traditionally the dumping ground for movies that studios don’t expect to do well, so before it’s over, let’s grab Chris Baker for a look at five movies that got game adaptations in spite of being obscure, deeply weird,… Read more
There’s a lot of overlap between the videogame and animation industries, but it’s always a big deal when a big name in 2D cel animation decides to apply their talents to something interactive. This week, we’ll look at five standout… Read more
The Sega CD (or Mega-CD) turned 32(!) last month, and it remains the home not just of questionable FMV games and music-video makers, but of some of the best and weirdest versions of 16-bit games that were popular on other… Read more
As a new year dawns, it’s time to look ahead to the next 12 months (with help from Anthony “BruceWayneBrady” Abatte) and the five games we’re most excited for. Will any surprise you? Probably not! But they’ll be fun to… Read more
The clock’s running out on 2022, so let’s cap it off with part 2 of our GOTY show, with our Top 5 Games of 2022 and a roster of guests including Brendan Hesse of The Crawl, Kat Bailey of IGN… Read more
As another year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the past 12 months and pick our top 10 games of the year, with help from special guests including Alex Faciane, Kat Bailey, TL Foster, Chris Baker,… Read more
2022 is almost over, but wait! There’s still DLC to talk about! So let’s grab Brendan Hesse for a look at five of our favorite pieces of DLC to launch this year, after which we’ll get into the Game Awards,… Read more
This year has seen some excellent revivals of old games on new hardware, so let’s kick off awards season a little early and take a look at our five favorite remasters and remakes of 2022, after which we’ll get into… Read more
Against all odds, we’ve somehow made it to 500 episodes, so we’re celebrating by inviting a Secret Mystery Guest and digging into the five videogame franchises we’ve talked about the most over the past 499 episodes. Then we’ll break format… Read more
Some games based on movies try to faithfully adapt the events of the film; others invent new scenes to pad out their runtime. And a select few throw the script in the garbage and invent their own version of events,… Read more
With this week marking the 10-year anniversary of the Wii U’s release, TL Foster joins us for a look at five of the coolest games that still haven’t made the jump to Switch. Then we’ll dig into Pentiment, Tactics Ogre:… Read more
This week, we take a look at five of the most sophisticated, fantastically expensive gaming devices ever released – you know, the ones the really rich kid at your school had – with font of knowledge Dan Amrich, who also… Read more
The arrival of Resident Evil Village’s Winters’ Expansion DLC – which adds a new story starring Ethan’s daughter Rose – inspired us to dig into five sequels where the hero’s kid steps into the spotlight as the new protagonist. Then… Read more
It’s our last show of spooky season, so TL Foster joins us for a look at five games that gave players the chance to be slasher villains, stalking and slaying hapless campers, partygoers, and other movie-inspired machete-fodder. Then we’ll get… Read more
Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed is out this week and it’s great, so we’re leaning fully into it (and technically staying on-theme for Spooptober) by inviting Dan Amrich for a chat about the best and most memorable Ghostbusters games of the past… Read more
It’s the second week of Spooptober, so Tony Wilson of Framework joins us for a look at five games where holding your breath can make you invisible to ghosts and monsters – for as long as you can keep it… Read more
It’s the first week of October, which means the start of four weeks of unbridled terror (OK not really) as we focus on horror games! This week, Anthony Abatte joins us to talk about five games that went for underwater… Read more