With Spelunky 2 out this week, we’re rejoined by Experience Points‘ Jorge Albor for a look at five games that started life as freeware projects before moving on to commercial success. Then it’s on to PlayStation 5 news, Paradise Killer,… Read more
Sept. 18-24: Burt Reynolds comes to TV, Kate Hudson rocks out, we meet TV’s Frank, Chris Elliot gets a life, Penelope Cruz gets on top, Steve Guttenberg becomes Lobo, Zach Snyder likes owls, Steve Buscemi is a bootlegger, Donald Glover… Read more
Everything we wanted to know about the new Xboxes – price, launch date, existence of the rumored Series S, etc. – has been revealed, but we’re a little distracted by a certain limited-edition compilation with one glaring omission. So distracted… Read more
Sept. 11-17: Sean Penn is a gangster, Clint Eastwood hunts elephants, Capt. Planet uses the power of heart, a new generation of Looney Tunes, Huey Lewis is a karaoke hustler, Cribs goes behind the scenes, Ben Affleck goes to town,… Read more
HOLY SH…EBOYGEN! It’s time for another Arcade Obscura where each of the hosts pitch their choice for underrated or underappreciated two-player beat ‘em up game. PastBlaster brings us a game from a familiar company that uses six-buttons to possess and… Read more
Sept. 4-10: Nurse Betty is not for everybody, Ryan Philippe is a kidnapper, Disney and Fox launch their afternoon animation blocks, Resident Evil has an afterlife, Joaquin Phoenix is still here, Britney and Madonna slay the VMAs, Michael Rooker and… Read more
Do you like collecting comics? Do you enjoy videogames? Do you insist that those two hobbies be about each other? Fiiine. With Marvel’s Avengers out this week, let’s grab PNB’s TL Foster for a look at five games that used… Read more
Weeks like this are enough to make anyone want to retreat into childhood nostalgia – and we’ve delivered a chance to do exactly that, as Greg Moore joins us to talk about five games that let us play as toys… Read more
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Anjelica Huston traumatizes children, Charlie and Emilio are garbage, the better Ferris Bueller TV show, Donal Logue is a stud, Stephen Dorff is a cinema terrorist, George Clooney mopes around Italy, Machete don’t text, LL Cool J… Read more
CYBORGS AIN’T LADIES!! We grab Technos Japan’s ultra-violent and over-the-top The Combatribes by the heels and take it for a spin – and have a lot of fun doing it! Join us as we rediscover this often overlooked beat ‘em… Read more
Aug. 21-27: Christian Slater hits pirate radio, Liam Neeson gets a new face, the first winner of Survivor, Jane’s Addiction goes to the market, Ferris Bueller goes to TV, Vincent D’Onofrio is from the future, two hidden horror gems, Richard… Read more
With the US Postal Service currently under siege, now seemed like a good time to grab friend of the show Leif Johnson and pay tribute to some of gaming’s greatest postal workers, who tirelessly deliver letters and packages that don’t… Read more
Aug. 14-20: Nicolas Cage teams with David Lynch, George C. Scott and Jennifer Lopez go into the minds of killers, The Boondocks are dick ridin’ Obama, a sperm-based rom com, Chris Rock needs to be on HBO Max, and debuts… Read more
Shark Week is here at last, so we invited animal expert Cody Laveau on board for a look at five terrifying sharks who – rather than trying to eat you, as is custom – want nothing more than to be… Read more
Episode 023 – Final Fight The Mad Gears must pay. We are joined by special guest co-host Chris Antista to discuss Capcom’s Final Fight! Capcom goes “huge and cool” to bring us one of the best beat ‘em… Read more
Some of your most beloved, adorable, indelible comic, movie, and video game stars have been quietly kneecapped by forgettable suits? Oh yes, never underestimate old people when it comes to making money by doing very little, because we’re digging into… Read more
Stray, the cat-centric game that made a brief splash during June’s PlayStation 5 showcase (before being upstaged by Bugsnax), inspired us to hunt for other, currently existing games that offer a four-legged cat experience, and we’ll dig into five of… Read more
Aug. 7-13: Mel Gibson and RDJ take to the air, Kiefer Sutherland has a good day to die, Julia Roberts eats and prays, it wasn’t Shaggy, Keanu Reeves hits the gridiron while Natasha Lyonne is a cheerleader, Scott Pilgrim defeats… Read more
