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[AD-FREE] Our 2025 Gaming Resolutions | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty kick off the new year with some gaming resolutions and predicitons.

Every Fully Ramblomatic 2023 - 2024

The monster is finally here.

If you're at the $5 tier or above you get it ad-free.

Audio version is coming soon, and if you're at the $5 tier or above you get that ad-free too.

Enjoy your naps!

[COLUMN] Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain is a New Kind of Holocaust Movie | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for A Real Pain, which is on PVOD right now and is very good. Eisenberg is great, Culkin is phenomenal.

A study published in January 2024 observed that the number of living survivors of the Holocaust had declined by half since the turn of the millennium, with most of the remaining 272,000 survivors having lived2025-01-06 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

[COLUMN] 'Joy to the World' is a Welcome Reminder of the Timeliness of Steven Moffat's Doctor Who | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for “Joy to the World”, the latest Doctor Who Christmas Special.

Steven Moffat has written a lot of Doctor Who.

He has written for seven mainstream canonical incarnations of the lead character on screen: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Peter Davison, Matt Smith, Paul McGann, Peter Capaldi, Ncuti Gatw...

[AD-FREE] Beautiful Light and Involving Fans in Dev (ft. Aherys, Game Director) | Dev Heads

This week, the Dev Heads crew are joined by Beautiful Light game director, Aherys, to chat all about the game and bringing fans into the development system.

[COLUMN] In Its Second Season, Squid Game Puts Democracy on the Ballot | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for the second season of Squid Game, now on Netflix. It’s fine. It is basically an over-extended first half of a season that has been cut in half. However, if you want to watch the season blind, feel free to bookmark the piece and come back.

In its second season, Squid Game turns its gaze towards the limits of...

The Best, Worst and Blandest of 2024 | Fully Ramblomatic

Happy New Year!

Let's kick things off the right way with Yahtzee's Best, Worst and Blandest of 2024!

Second Wind's Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2024

And to wrap up the year, here is our favorite movies and tv shows from 2024!

The Best, Worst and Blandest from Yahtzee drops tomorrow!

Second Wind's Favorite Games of 2024

It's the end of 2024 and it's time to talk about some of our team's favorite games from the year! Not the best reviewed, not the most polished, not the most groundbreaking, but just the games that we enjoyed the most from this year.

[COLUMN] Nosferatu is About an Irrational Horror Intruding Into a Rational World | by Darren Mooney - Note: This piece contains spoilers

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which is in cinemas now and well worth sinking your teeth into.

At their core, Robert Eggers’ movies have always been stories about what happens past the edge of reason. Nosferatu just finds that insanity doubling back upon itself, intruding into the urban spaces of ostensibly c...

[COLUMN] Twin Peaks: The Return Understands That You Can't Go Home Again | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains full spoilers for David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Return.

David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return remains one of the crowning artistic accomplishments of television as a medium. It is also one the great artistic statements about the modern world.

The Return was an eighteen-episode reviva...

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Kojima and The Real Metal Gear Solid - Director's Commentary

Hey folks!

Here's this month's exclusive video for Patreon subscribers which is once again from Javed Sterritt, providing director's commentary on his huge Metal Gear Solid essay that released earlier this year.

Next month you'll be getting a video from Yahtzee!

We hope you enjoy!

[COLUMN] Mufasa's Box Office Performance Proves Studios Can't Make it 2019 Again | by Darren Mooney

Last weekend, Mufasa opened to a fairly underwhelming $35m at the domestic box office. While it fared better internationally, with2024-12-27 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Get Me Out of this Stupid Void | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

[COLUMN] Astro Bot’s Free Winter Wonder DLC Is Perfect Blast of Holiday Cheer | by Marty Sliva

Note: Just a heads up, this piece contains references to some of the Bots you find in Astro’s DLC levels. If you think that their surprise reveal might bring you some joy, proceed with caution.

I had a few ideas for year-end columns to write during the holiday break. Report cards for each of the first-parties (spoilers, no one got an A this year). A spe...

Cleaning Up After Santa's Rampage | Battle Masters

This time on Battle Masters, the Second Wind crew competes to clean-up after Santa's Rampage.

[COLUMN] The Godfather, Part II Was the Original 'Screw You' Sequel | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for The Godfather, Part II. But, if you haven’t seen The Godfather, Part II, you should probably pause and watch The Godfather, Part II. Not because this piece contains spoilers, but because it’s one of the best movies ever made.

The Godfather, Part II was released 50 years ago this weekend. It remains one o...

On Your Tail and The Cabin Factory | Yahtzee Tries

The final Yahtzee Tries episode of 2024 is now available!

[COLUMN] The Capitalist Body Horror of Squid Game | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for the first season of Squid Game. And graphic descriptions of violence.

Netflix’s Squid Game is a genuine cultural phenomenon.

By any metric, the show has been a massive success for the streaming service. It reportedly2024-12-22 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

[AD-FREE] Writing for Star Wars (ft. Jarory de Jesus - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor)

This week, the Dev Heads crew are joined by Jarory de Jesus, a narrative designer on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, to chat about what it's like writing in a galaxy far, far away.

[AD-FREE] 2024 Was a _____ Year For Gaming | Firelink Podcast

 This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick close out 2024 by chatting about the highs, lows, and weirdest moments in gaming this year.

Letter from the Editor - Wrapping Up 2024

It’s the end of our first full year here at Second Wind so I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the past 12 months, our plans for 2025, and what we’ve got lined up for you over the holiday break.

We’ve had an incredible first year here at Second Wind, let me start with that. We achieved over 40 MILLION views across our videos, livestreams, and podcasts. We will have just over 5 MILLION watch hours by the end of the year, and produced over 900 pieces of content between our ...

[COLUMN] Lower Decks Is the Best Star Trek of This Generation | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains general spoilers for the series finale of Lower Decks.

Star Trek: Lower Decks concluded its final season with “The New Next Generation”, a bumper size finale that includes “2024-12-20 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Stop Expecting More from The Game Awards | Unpacked

This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Fully Ramblomatic

It's the final Fully Ramblomatic episode of the year!

The Best, Worst and Blandest will arrive on January 1st, with the 2023 - 2024 compilation of Fully Ramblomatic arriving the following Wednesday, and then we're back to Yahtzee's normal schedule!

Thanks for all your support this year and have a great holiday season from all of us at Second Wind!

And yes, there will be an audio version of the compilation on Spotify for those of you who like to use it as a sleep aid, or w...

Is Live Service UI Designed to Confuse You? | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] The Game Awards Reveals Were Rad as Hell | by Marty Sliva

The Game Awards are behind us once again, and nobody is complaining. Well, that’s not true – a lot of people are still complaining. Complaining about the fact that Astro Bot won (which it totally deserved to), or that their personal pick for game of the year didn’t come out on top. Complaining that Geoff’s show is still heavy with ads (which is true, because that’s how you kee...

[AD-FREE] Digesting the Game Awards Results | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and KC share their thoughts on last weeks Game Awards winners, losers, and reveals.