The greatest crime in all of gaming is the fact that we haven’t had a new Banjo-Kazooie game in nearly 17 years.
Well, that’s not entirely true. Overpaid and out of touch leadership, the gross mistreatment of employees, lack of job security across the board, stagnant creativity in the AAA space, and bad-faith actors in every corner of the internet are probably worse. But coming in at a cl...
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On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty use Blue Prince as a jumping off point to discuss what makes a good video game mystery.
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This week's episode of Design Delve is now available!
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This weekend, Netflix got ready to rumble, hosting the streaming service’s first WrestleMania.
In January 2024, Netflix finalized a deal to become the home of WWE, which is reportedly worth $5bn over ten years to the sports entertainment company. Just a year later, 2025-04-21 14:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!
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This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the worst-kept secret of the Oblivion remaster, and how Bethesda as a whole looks in 2025.
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Note: This piece contains spoilers for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which opens this weekend and is a delight. It’s one of the most enjoyable cinematic experiences I have had in a long time. It’s pure popcorn cinema. So, if you want to see the movie blind, feel free to bookmark and come back to this piece later. It’s honestly great, though.
The thing about vampire...
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This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!
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This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
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This week on The Rewind, Jack, Marty, and Jesse S chat about A Minecraft Movie. Which one? You'll have to tune in to see!
2025-04-16 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the past few years, I feel like I’ve learned to embrace the warm glow of a given game’s easy mode. I’ve logged enough miles across countless games throughout my life, and at this point, I get no enjoyment out of the metaphorical badge of honor that comes from bashing my head against the wall of a frustrating level or boss or hours on end until I finally eke out a victory. I don’t look back on s...
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee is feeling under the weather, so Nick steps in to chat about roguelikes and roguelites with, JM8 and Marty.
A new essay on Blue Prince is now available from yours truly (Nick)!
2025-04-14 15:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for “Future Days”, the second season premiere of The Last of Us. And for the whole first season. So consider yourself warned. That said, having seen the whole of the second season, it’s pretty great and well worth a watch. So feel free to bookmark and come back after you’ve had a chance to see it.
The second season of Th...
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This week's episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!
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This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!
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This week on Dev Heads, JM8, Tina, and Mikee chat about the never-ending bad news of layoffs across the industry.
2025-04-12 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the excellent new puzzler Blue Prince, which is sure to be a GOTY contender when December rolls around.
2025-04-12 01:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
Here's a new series from us called Discovery Queue.
We're still going to be doing one-off essays for indie games, but we wanted something a bit more laid back, easier to record, and something we could do a bit more regularly to check out a bigger variety of games.
Like maybe even an RTS game next week?
If you're big into our essays this probably won't scratch that itch, but for those that like more of our general banter and want something you can have on i...
2025-04-11 20:07:36 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!
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A Minecraft Movie is a massive success, no matter how anyone cuts it.
In its opening weekend, it grossed $165m domestically and $313m globally. This makes it2025-04-11 14:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Jess Hoops!
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This week we'll be gushing over Blue Prince, games that make us feel dumb and plenty of new game announcements from the Triple-iii showcase happening today!
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, April 10th.
Hey folks!
For my (Nick) monthly experimental video for March, I sat down with Tonda Ros, the developer of Blue Prince for an extensive interview about his journey to becoming a game dev and the making of what is now this year's highest rated game.
This is potentially the beginning of a new podcast interview series here on Second Wind, so if you enjoy this do let us know if you want more!
Note: This is spoiler-free for the game!
2025-04-10 14:45:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Normally don't post streams here on Patreon, but we know a ton of you love when we play Dokapon so make sure to tune in for the goofs and spoofs in just under an hour!
2025-04-09 22:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-04-09 16:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a brand-new shirt up over on DFTBA for you Adventure is Nigh fans out there.
Get it here.
We'll have a bigger merch update coming soon with more items available so stay tuned for upcoming updates.
You liked the video of Yahtzee reading the Kingdom Hearts lore so much that we're back with another lore reading exclusively for Patreon backers!
This time it's on the Mortal Kombat series.
You're also owed an experimental video from last month from yours truly (Nick), and that will be out later this week as the start of a potential new podcast series featuring an interview with the developer of Blue Prince.
Thanks for all your support and enjoy!
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!
2025-04-08 15:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about the importance of "good graphics" in 2025, and whether they're enough to carry an entire game.
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