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[AD-FREE] Is Pokemon Stagnating? | Dev Heads

This week on Dev Heads, JM8, Tina, and Mikee dig deep into the current state of the Pokemon franchise.

A Simple Beginner’s Guide to the Soulslike Genre | Unpacked

This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!

[AD-FREE] What a Weird Week for the Pokémon Company | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty chat about this week's big news, including the passing of Tomonobu Itagaki, a major departure at Rare, more drama from the MindsEye studio, and the very strange week that The Pokemon Company has been having.

[COLUMN] Canine Horror Good Boy Taps Into a Very Human Fear | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Good Boy, the new horror film from Ben Leonberg, in theatres now. It’s a pretty fun twist on the classic horror movie, with a really neat high concept. It’s worth checking out, if you’re at all interested, so if you are going to wait for it to stream on Shudder, feel free to bookmark and come back.

It’s very easy to appreciate Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy on a purely technical or craft-based level. 2025-10-17 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post

[WRITE-IN] What a Weird Week for the Pokémon Company | Firelink Podcast

The new Pokémon is out, the next Pokémon is being talked about... there's a lot going on in the Pokémon world right now.

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, October 16th.

Optional Content Isn't Really Optional | Semi-Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Yahtzee Attempts to Read the Lore of Darksiders

The next lore read with Yahtzee is finally here... and this time he's trying to understand Darksiders.

I should also note, he attacks my grammar a lot, but we compile these from multiple sources (linked... you will understand) and try to make it as coherent as possible. We're not rewriting the lore for him to read, so I will take zero responsibility for causing Yahtzee additional angst while trying to understand the complex lore of this series.

In fact, it's enjoyable.

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Hades II | Fully Ramblomatic

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

The Beauty and Brutality of Ghost of Yōtei

Ghost of Yotei's open world lets you stop and smell the roses, and more open worlds should let you do that.

[AD-FREE] 5 Years Later, Does the PS5 Have an Identity? | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about the current state of the PS5 -- its library, its future, and whether its lacking an identity that previous PlayStations had.

Should Difficulty Options Even Exist? | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] Peacemaker Asks if Its Hero is Beyond Salvation | by Darren Mooney

The second season of Peacemaker grapples with a weighty question — is true forgiveness ever possible?

Christopher Smith (John Cena) has done terrible things. As a boy (Quinn Bennet), Chris beat his brother Keith (Liam Hughes) to death at the direction of their father, Auggie (Robert Patrick). Although Chris was only a boy, he carries this guilt and shame with him for the rest of his life. It is part of what motivates him to become the superhero known as Peacemaker. He vowed t...

CloverPit, Hotel Barcelona, Carimara, and House of Necrosis | Yahtzee Tries

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

Yooka-Replaylee Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from KC Nwosu.

Xbox Is Killing All the Appeal of Game Pass | Unpacked

This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!

[AD-FREE] We've Been Hit with Another Sudden Deluge of Good Games | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty chat about some news bits from the week, as well as what they've been playing, including Ghost of Yotei, Yooka-Replaylee, Absolum, and Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles.

[COLUMN] The Eerie Emptiness of TRON: Ares | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains a full discussion of the plot of TRON: Ares. There aren’t too many spoilers in here, although several key character and story beats are discussed. If you want a quick review: it’s very bad. It’s a movie where nothing happens, very loudly and very insistently. 

There is a strange emptiness to TRON: Ares.

This isn’t a metaphorical observation. It is not a critique of the movie’s storytelling choices...

[WRITE-IN] We've Been Hit with Another Sudden Deluge of Good Games | Firelink Podcast

The last few weeks have been absolutely stacked with good video games... with even more on the way. We've got a lot of different games to talk about tonight, plus some additional news updates on studio layoffs and closures.

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, ...