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Vladik Brutal, Feed the Deep, Star Trucker and Squirrel with a Gun | Yahtzee Tries

This week's episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!

[COLUMN] Rebel Ridge is Rambo Meets Michael Clayton | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Rebel Ridge.

The obvious point of comparison for Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is First Blood, the...

Adventuring is No Yolk | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

Addicted to Warcraft for 16 Years | Design Delve

This week's episode of Design Delve is now available!

[COLUMN] Terminator Zero Injects Some Much-Needed Chaos Into the Franchise | by Darren Mooney

There is a revealing scene around the midpoint of the first episode of Terminator Zero, the new anime series based on the Terminator franchise. A service robot known as an 1NNO (Th...

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Dark Souls - Race to the Bell | Battle Masters Uncut

Hey folks!

Today we're excited to deliver to you as requested the uncut runs from the first episode of Battle Masters as a Patreon exclusive bonus perk for the $10 tier and above.

The video has already been broken up into chapters for your convenience.

Enjoy!

[AD-FREE] How Does Something Like Concord Happen? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick break down everything that led to Sony pulling the plug on Concord after only two weeks.

Black Myth: Wukong | Fully Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!

We Lost the Streaming Wars | The Backdrop

In this latest episode of The Backdrop, Darren Mooney examines how the return of Amazon's The Rings of Power coincides with the end of the streaming wars -- spoilers, we lost.

[AD-FREE] Making Failure Feel Good | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about how failure is used successfully (and unsuccessfully) in games, both narratively and mechanically.

[COLUMN]The Rings of Power Lacks Sympathy For Its Devil | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the second season of Rings of Power, particularly the opening 22 minutes.

The second season of...

[COLUMN] A Grand, Unified Theory of Tim Burton | by Darren Mooney

For a certain generation of audience members and film fans, Tim Burton is a hugely influential figure. For many people my own age, Burton was effectively “2024-09-01 18:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post

VVelcome to VVestage | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

[AD-FREE] Has Gaming Infiltrated Hollywood? (ft. Pete Blumel - Modern Warfare 1-3, Shrek) | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the Dev Heads crew is joined by Pete Blumel, a veteran producer of film and AAA games that's worked on everything from Modern Warfare to Shrek, to chat about the relationship between Hollywood and gaming.

[COLUMN] The Crow Might Be Bad, But At Least It's Sincere | by Darren Mooney

Oscar Wilde famously argued that “all bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.” Rupert Sanders�...

[AD-FREE] Deadlock, Wukong, and Star Wars Outlaws Impressions | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Jesse chat about the big new games they've been playing, including Valve's Deadlock, Star Wars Outlaws, and Black Myth Wukong.

Should A Game Never Be Boring? | Semi-Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!

Crime Scene Cleaner | Fully Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!

Crypt Custodian Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Javed Sterritt!

[AD-FREE] Making Games Harder For Ourselves | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about our favorite emergent and self-imposed challenges in gaming history.

[COLUMN] Even in The Ultimate Cut, Caligula is Too Much - But That's the Point | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Caligula: The Ultimate Cut.

Between the premiere of Those Who Are About to Die and the looming release of 2024-08-26 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

[PREMIERE at 10 AM CT on 8.26] Dark Souls - Race to Ring the Bell | Battle Masters

Tomorrow at 10 AM CT!

Join us for the Premiere of Battle Masters, the Second Wind team's new show where we test our gaming mettle in a variety of competitions to see who becomes the Battle Master. It's funny, it's competitive and no, not every episode will be about Dark Souls.

We've...

[COLUMN] Inglourious Basterds Is About the Power - and the Horror - of Cinema | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Inglourious Basterds, which was released in theaters 15 years ago in August 2009.

Like so many of Quentin Tarantino’s mo...

Run The Jewels | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

The Season 2 remaster of Adventure is Nigh is finally here! New episodes will drop weekly going forward.

Enjoy!