Marvel Rivals Is Beating Overwatch Because It's Broken | Design Delve
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[COLUMN] The Brutalist is a Monument to Its Own Construction | by Darren Mooney
Note: This piece contains spoilers for The Brutalist, including a frank discussion of its closing sequence. That said, The Brutalist is worth seeing for anybody with an interest in contemporary or classic American cinema, so feel free to bookmark the piece and come back if you want to see it completely unspoiled.
There is a tendency, when talking about a film ...
2025-01-24 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostI Love VR, But It Also Makes Me Sad | Semi-Ramblomatic
This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-01-23 16:03:11 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] PlayStation, What the Hell Are You Doing? | Firelink Podcast
This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty chat about the recent wave of live-service projects being canceled by PlayStation from studios like Bluepoint and Bend, and also share some early thoughts on the Switch 2 reveal.
2025-01-23 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSecond Wind - Q4 Financial Report + Upcoming Plans
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.
/ REPORT BREAKDOWN
As expected, we had another loss in Q4 as we continue to adjust our costs with the drop in support on Patreon due to both the current financial environment, and the malicious videos made towards our team last year.
Things have stabilized ...
2025-01-22 22:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hot New Indie Horror Genre | Fully Ramblomatic
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-01-22 17:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] Severance, The Brutalist, and Remembering David Lynch | The Rewind Podcast
This week on The Rewind, Darren, Marty, and Jack dig into some non-spoiler thoughts on Severance season 2 and The Brutalist, gush over the new animated movie Flow, and remember the monumental works of David Lynch.
2025-01-22 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post[Write-in Thread] Firelink Episode #51
Hey folks!
This week on Firelink, we'll be talking about Sony's recent cancellations of more live-service projects, including games that were in development at Sony Bend and Bluepoint (God of War liveservice game?! Ick).
We're also chatting about the Switch 2 reveal and the discussions around its lack of innovation that people have been arguing about online.
Send in your thoughts, questions, or topics you'd be interested in us discussing! We won't have time to read and dis...
2025-01-21 19:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostKraven the Hunter, or How NOT to Make a Movie | The Backdrop
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!
Note: You'll be getting another episode next week as well as we get back to our normal posting schedule for The Backdrop!
[COLUMN] Switch 2 Was Absolutely the Right Name For Nintendo (Don’t @ Me) | by Marty Sliva
After literal years of folks saying that the reveal of the next generation of Nintendo hardware was just around the corner (it’s me, I’m folks), the company officially unveiled the successor to the Switch, aptly called Switch 2.
While we’ll have to wait a bit over two...
2025-01-21 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] There’s Nothing Wrong With Cheating in Games | Windbreaker Podcast
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about their history with cheat codes, unlockable cheats, exploits, modern QoL features, and all that jazz.
2025-01-21 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] In Severance, the Office Is a Church | by Darren Mooney
Note: The second season of Severance launched on Apple TV+ this past week. This piece was written before I saw the premiere, so there are no spoilers for the second season here. That said, the piece includes full spoilers for the first season - including the bombshell final twist. If you haven’t seen Severance yet - and you should, it’s one of the best television sho...
2025-01-20 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostBeyond Citadel, The Hungry Fly, Cruel and Unless | Yahtzee Tries
This week's episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!
2025-01-19 17:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] Blackhat Was the Culmination of Michael Mann's Neo-Westerns | by Darren Mooney
Note: This week marks the 10th anniversary of Blackhat, Michael Mann’s sadly underseen techno-thriller. It’s very good. This piece mentions plot points from several of Mann’s films: Thief, Heat, Miami Vice, Public Enemies, Blackhat. It doesn’t get too deep into the endings, but just keep that in mind if you are planning a Michael Mann binge, for whatever reason. ...
2025-01-19 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] Answering Your Game Dev Related Questions | Dev Heads
This week, the Dev Heads crew are spending time answering your questions about game development.
2025-01-18 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] David Lynch Was a Truly Singular, Truly American Artist | by Darren Mooney
It was reported yesterday that filmmaker David Lynch passed away at the age of 78.
There is a tendency when writing about David Lynch to focus on the director’s eccentricities: the Woody Woodpecker dolls,2025-01-17 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
[AD-FREE] The Second Wind Video Game Fantasy Draft! | Firelink Podcast
This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick choose their own roster of games for Second Wind's 2025 Video Game Fantasy Draft.
2025-01-16 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe 2024 Games I Didn't Review | Fully Ramblomatic
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-01-15 17:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] Hell Yeah, Save Points | by Marty Sliva
I spend a lot of time thinking about random elements of games that most normal, healthy folks probably just gloss over. Stuff like the various startup sounds of older consoles, the strange beauty of a game’s skybox, and the art of the mid-game disc swap. You know, typical weirdo...
2025-01-14 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] At What Point Does It Become Stealing? | Windbreaker Podcast
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty discuss how all great artists steal, but at what point does that become a genuine problem?
2025-01-14 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] In Shadow of the Vampire, the Camera is a Vampire | by Darren Mooney
Note: With Nosferatu in cinemas at the moment, it felt like a good time to revisit E. Elias Merhige’s Shadow of the Vampire, which is one of my favourite movies. It is streaming on Amazon now, after being unavailable for years. This piece contains spoilers for that movie. That said, it does not contain spoilers for the production...
2025-01-13 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] Looking Back at the Nostalgia of 2017 | by Darren Mooney
Note: This week, I wrote a column and did a video about how Hollywood is obsessed with 2019. However, over the Christmas break, by accident, I found myself revisiting some of the films and shows of 2017: The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049, Alien: Covenant, Twin Peaks: The Return. It got me thinking about how 2017 was a strange moment in this culture of nostalgia.
<... 2025-01-12 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Top 5 Best-Designed Games of 2024 | Design Delve
In today’s episode of Design Delve, J & Ludo discuss their favorite examples of good game design from 2024, and what we can learn from them.
2025-01-10 19:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post[COLUMN] Skeleton Crew is Star Wars About Star Wars | by Darren Mooney
Note: This piece contains broad spoilers for the first seven episodes of Skeleton Crew.
Skeleton Crew airs its finale this week. The show is interesting, particularly as an example of pop culture nostalgia. It blends George Lucas’ science-fantasy fra...
2025-01-10 16:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostYahtzee Finally Explores His Feelings | Semi-Ramblomatic
This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-01-09 17:07:57 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] Games We're Looking Forward to in 2025 | Firelink Podcast
This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick kick off the new year by running through a bunch of the big games they're excited to check out in 2025.
2025-01-09 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostNew Merch and Partnership with DFTBA!
Our new merch store has finally launched over at DFTBA with three brand new awesome designs from Edu Ely Studio!
Use code jan20 at checkout to get a 20% discount on this first round of merch.
We'll be bringing over designs from Shark Robot soon, and going forward we will be more consiste...
Batman: Arkham Shadow | Fully Ramblomatic
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2025-01-08 17:04:52 +0000 UTC View Post[AD-FREE] Nosferatu, Squid Game, and What We Watched Over the Break | The Rewind Podcast
This week on The Rewind, Darren, Marty, and Jack dig into Nosferatu, some non-spoiler thoughts on Squid Game season 2, and everything else they watched over the holiday break.
2025-01-08 01:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post[Write-in Thread] Firelink Episode #49
Hey folks!
We're finally starting the write-ins for our podcasts, starting with episode 49 of Firelink this week.
We'll be talking about the games we're looking forward to, our general thoughts about where the industry is headed this year, plans for Second Wind this year and of course our usual what 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 it topic...