Just to clear things up in case you misread the title – I didn’t get sick because I watched 2000 minutes of Gundam. I was already sick, and then I proceeded to watch 2000 minutes of Gundam. Hope that makes sense.
Oh, it doesn’t? Okay. Let me explain.
So late last week I came down with a nice lil’ pneumonia that laid me on my ass for the past four days....
2025-05-06 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about their favorite moments in games where the music takes the spotlight to help create something memorable.
2025-05-06 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of Discovery Queue, Nick and Marty check out Drop Duchy, a new game that's a neat blend of Tetris, turn-based strategy, and deckbuilding.
2025-05-05 20:03:27 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Design Delve is now available!
2025-05-05 15:04:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for the fourth through sixth episodes of the second season of Andor, now streaming on Disney+. But you should be watching it anyway. It’s great.
To paraphrase George Lucas, there is a certain poetry to Andor. “It rhymes.”
Within ...
2025-05-05 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about Xbox's increased prices, the axing of both Polygon and Giant Bomb, and of course the games we've been playing.
2025-05-03 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!
2025-05-02 15:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for Thunderbolts*, which is a fairly decent superhero film after what has been a rough couple of years for the genre.
One of the most interesting aspects of Thunderbolts*, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is the film’s strong sense that the best days of the superhero genre in general and this mammoth fra...
2025-05-02 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
A new short essay on Tempest Rising is now available from Nick!
2025-05-01 21:06:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Xbox is raising its prices (by a lot) due to tariffs, Polygon has laid off its staff and been sold to Valnet, Giant Bomb seems to be on the way out too... tough week for gaming news and the people that bring it to you.
Send in your thoughts, questions, or topics you'd be interested in us discussing! We won't have time to read and discuss everything, and please keep posts topical, safe for work and not huge walls of text.
Submissions close at 6 PM CT on Thursday, May ...
This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-05-01 15:01:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
Here's this month's experimental video, this time from Jesse Galena... showing off his commentating skills in the NHL. I expect Bally Sports to be calling us any day now.
Hope you enjoy it!
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-04-30 15:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on The Rewind, Darren, Jack, and Marty discuss Sinners, Until Dawn, the first arc of Andor season 2, and more.
2025-04-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Discovery Queue is now available from KC and Jesse checking out Kiborg!
2025-04-29 15:05:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m only seven or so hours into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but I’m absolutely loving it so far. The prologue does an amazing job of introducing the setting, the characters, and the stakes of your adventure, leading to propulsion when you finally set off into the world. Said world is undeniably gorgeous, delivering a great sense of style with its magical realism. And the fantastic score has al...
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty use the massive success of Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 as a jumping off point to discuss the current state of AA games.
2025-04-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
French filmmaker and critic François Truffaut famously argued that “there’s no such thing as an anti-war film.” Truffaut contended that the depiction of the act inherently glorified it, that film imposed a moral framework on what it portrayed, whether asking the audience to empathize with...
This week's episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!
2025-04-27 16:37:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!
2025-04-26 15:09:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Dev Heads, JM8, Tina, and Mikee chat with Brendon Chung and Priscilla Snow about their new immersive sim Skin Deep.
2025-04-26 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!
2025-04-25 15:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about Switch 2 preorders, Ghost of Yotei's release date, and the two big RPGs of the week in Oblivion Remastered and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
2025-04-25 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the second season of Andor, which is now streaming on Disney+. Having seen the whole season, the series is a strong contender for the best Star Wars ever made. This piece is a bit longer than usual, and the next three pieces on the show will probably also be, but we hope you’ll indulge us.
The closi...
2025-04-25 14:01:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
It's that time again for another one of our quarterly reports. Financial breakdown is in the image above, and below we'll go into it in a bit more detail, as well as our upcoming plans for Second Wind.
Bit longer report than usual so enjoy the read!
I'm very happy to report for Q1 2025 that we've made good on pretty much all of our goals we had for the start of the year.
We reduced our costs to account for the change of Patreon in...
2025-04-24 19:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink we're discussing the Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order fiasco, the weird way Sony announced Ghost of Yotei's release date + our thoughts on the Oblivion Remaster, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and whatever else we've been up to.
Send in your thoughts, questions, or topics you'd be interested in us discussing! We won't have time to read and discuss everything, and please keep posts topical, safe for work and not huge walls of text.
Submissions close at 6 ...
Hey folks!
We're back with another episode of our currently untitled interview podcast series, this time with special guest Abubakar Salim!
Working on a third episode now, and after that is out we'll be keeping the video versions exclusive to Patreon and making the audio versions available to everyone!
Hope you enjoy!
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-04-23 16:05:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Discover Queue is now available from Nick and JM8!
2025-04-22 18:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!
2025-04-22 15:07:47 +0000 UTC View Post