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.
Light-gun games have all but disappeared from relevance, but there was a time when they were everywhere — and in those days, it was possible for some real gems to be overlooked. Dan Amrich joins us for a look back… Read more
With this week’s release of Frogun and its titular talking weapon, we welcome back Tony Wilson of Framework for a chat about five of our other favorite talking implements of destruction. Then it’s on to Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Hooked on… Read more
Bringing an enemy around to your way of thinking can be a powerful thing – and in games, adding a former nemesis to your ranks can be a lot cooler than offing them. TL Foster joins us to talk about… Read more
Live A Live’s launch this week is a reminder that even if a Japanese game doesn’t come to the US for decades, that doesn’t mean it never will. With localization expert Greg Moore in the guest-host chair, we chat about… Read more
“1980s kids in peril” has been pretty thoroughly mined as a concept by now, and yet relatively few games have tried to recapture the (heavily idealized and romanticized) experience of being a kid in that strange decade — so let’s… Read more
We’re pretty big suckers for Super NES nostalgia, to the point where we decided it’d be a good idea to grab Greg Moore and talk in a non-visual medium about five games that made incredible use of the 16-bit console’s… Read more
We’re at the halfway point of another year, which means it’s time to look back and anoint our five favorite games of 2022’s first six months, with help from TL Foster! Then we’ll get into the Capcom Fighting Collection, Cuphead’s… Read more
One of humanity’s greatest regrets is that we never existed at the same time as dinosaurs, and therefore never got to fight them in a planetwide Thunderdome for control of existence. So instead, we imagine the conflict over and over… Read more
Videogames aren’t always the most welcoming medium for newcomers, and one way they can confuse is through their titles; some series are easy enough to decipher, while others are Byzantine jumbles of numbers and subtitles. With game-industry legend Chris Baker… Read more
If they were to happen in real life, the events of a lot of videogames could leave a person seriously messed up – and yet, videogame protagonists always seem to effortlessly bounce back in time for a new adventure. Every… Read more
Back in the ’80s, Rambo (along with a lot of other action and sci-fi movie franchises) had a huge influence on game developers, and there was a point when the standard uniform for serious arcade action heroes was just a… Read more
Roller Champions is out this week, so to mark the occasion, we decided it’d be as good a time as any to look at five action games starring rough-and-tumble badasses who are strapped into a pair of roller skates the… Read more
This week was sandwiched between an elaborate MultiVersus Trailer and the new Rescue Rangers movie, so naturally our thoughts gravitated toward children’s TV animation — specifically, five of our favorite games based on it — and we invited Jeremy King… Read more
With this week’s release of Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising — a side-scrolling prequel to the upcoming JRPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes — we’ve invited Anthony Abatte on for a look at five other times big games gave players a little taste… Read more
Some (mostly older) game consoles launched with generation-defining games packed into the box; others found them a little later down the line. This week, we’ll take a look at five of the best games ever to be added as a… Read more
Dune: Spice Wars hit early access on PC this week, and its based-on-the-movie-based-more-closely-on-the-book status inspired us to invite Ryan Harig of Conspiracy Therapy on for a chat about five games that directly adapted novels and short stories. Then we’ll get… Read more
With The Batman hitting streaming this week, our dormant interest in The Caped Crusader has been rekindled, and we’ve invited Dan Amrich on for a chat about five of the best (non-Arkham) Batman games. Then we’ll get into the Ghostbusters… Read more
Even the best games aren’t flawless; some even have moments that can (almost) derail the whole experience. PNB’s TL Foster joins us this week for a look at five of the most glaring examples, after which we’ll get into Chinatown… Read more