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.
In 1992, Alone in the Dark pioneered the genre that would become known as “survival horror,” with polygonal zombies and fixed camera angles similar to those that propelled Resident Evil to massive success a few years later. With a new… Read more
Sidekicks? Tag teams? Amateur stuff. This week, Greg Moore and Dave Rudden rejoin us for a look at five games that push you to move and be aware of two characters at the same time, with no help from another… Read more
In Tears of the Kingdom, Link loses an arm but gains a shinier new one that lets him manipulate and fuse matter like a boss, enabling players to create everything from stick-and-rock hammers to functional mechs. That inspired this week’s… Read more
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out this week, and it’s one of only a few Zelda entries that could really be called sequels, continuing a story started in an earlier game. So this week, Ryan Harig… Read more
The ice planet Hoth was once one of the most ubiquitous levels in Star Wars games, and with more than 50 examples to choose from, some are bound to be kinda weird – so with Chris Baker on board to… Read more
What if you could wade into a mob of the undead and, rather than being eaten, punch their lights out with your superior brawn? Last week’s launch of Dead Island 2 got us thinking, so we re-invited Alex Faciane of… Read more
What if all our stories of gods and magic weren’t mythology, but sufficiently advanced technology? What if the world, nay, galaxy was seeded full of ancient future tech with a cool mystery to discover? Huh? What then? This week, Alex… Read more
This week sees the long-overdue return of erstwhile host Dave “Diamond Dog” Rudden to the show, to talk about five villains who rose from being secondary antagonists to the final boss in later games. Then we’ll get into the remake… Read more
“Modern gaming” has been a thing, more or less, for close to 20 years now, and in that time we’ve seen a lot of hot new features, ideas, and trends become wildly popular and then fade out of fashion —… Read more
Nintendo finally shuttered the 3DS (and Wii U) eShop this week, on the 12th anniversary of the landmark handheld’s North American release, so this week we’re paying tribute to it with a look at five of the best digital-only exclusives… Read more
Last week, the world lost an iconic and unique talent with the passing of Lance Reddick, an actor who – in addition to a number of film and TV roles – lent his voice and face to a handful of… Read more
John Cena is the cover athlete for this week’s launch of WWE 2K23, and his silly catchphrase is enough of a reason to invite Ryan Harig of Zanzeezee podcast to talk about five games that give players cool invisibility powers…. Read more
Sometimes, wrapping a trilogy leaves developers without a clear path forward – and sometimes, their follow-ups are weird outliers that are quickly forgotten once the series either fades away or finds its footing again. A certain 10-year anniversary this week… Read more
Wrestling and videogames have been closely intertwined since the early days – and this week, Jarrett Green of IGN and Welcome to the Thing joins us to talk about five non-wrestling games that nevertheless let you crush your enemies with… Read more
Now that Super Nintendo World is bringing videogame aesthetics to Universal Studios, we’re marking the occasion by inviting Emmett Watkins Jr. for a chat about five games set entirely in theme parks — specifically the kind that characters are usually… Read more
UFOs have been in the news a lot lately, and while they’re most likely of the non-extraterrestrial variety, it seemed like a good time to grab Mike Williams of Fanbyte for a chat about five games themed around UFOs and… Read more
Open-world games, at their best, can be detailed portals to places we’ve always wanted to visit, whether real or fictitious – and this week, Anthony Abatte joins us for a look at five sandbox games that offer prime opportunities for… Read more
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