Note: A Nightmare on Elm Street is 40 years old next week. All the films are streaming on Max. It seemed like a good opportunity to take a look at the beloved horror property.
Considering its lasting pop culture legacy, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is remarkably contained.
Setting aside the crossover Freddy vs. Jason ...
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This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!
2024-10-26 17:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, the Dev Heads crew are joined by Lianne Papp, an executive producer who worked on Aliens Colonial Marines, Evolve, and Back 4 Blood.
2024-10-26 00:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Jess Hoops checking out Phoenix Springs!
2024-10-25 20:55:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains full spoilers for Venom: The Last Dance, which is not especially great. If you are planning to watch it, feel free to bookmark the piece and come back to it. It’ll still be here.
Venom: The Last Dance is a superhero movie about death.
This isn’t much of a spoiler. The clue is in the title. The film’s tagline...
2024-10-25 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Marty, Nick, and KC chat the sudden closure of Netflix's big push into AAA gaming.
2024-10-25 00:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
Here's the Merch Discount code for this week's drop. Apologies for all the emails today, busy day!
1DSVFQXWR418 - Second Wind Store – Shark Robot
Thanks for your support if you decide to pick something up! We've also included a few extra tiers for the discount code this time around as a little Halloween treat.
UPDATE: T-shirts are now available!
We've got some new merch available up at Shark Robot in celebration of Halloween from El Cheshire!
Check out a brand-new design for a playmat, mug and art print over at our Shark Robot store today.
Shirt versions are also coming shortly.
Grab your now at the link: Second Wind Store – Shark Robot
This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!
2024-10-24 15:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2024-10-23 16:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Another Next Fest, another round of demos we enjoyed. Here's our 12 favorite games for you to check out!
2024-10-22 20:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Excited to share with you our Q3 report for Second Wind today as we remain committed to being transparent with you as a primarily fan-funded operation.
So, let's get the bad news out of the way first.
It's been a tough few months with recent events causing a significant dip in our Patreon, July - August is historically some of the lowest month for ad rates as we hit the summer drought, our recent merch sale with...
2024-10-22 18:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!
2024-10-22 15:04:34 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee and Marty are joined by Miracle of Sound (Gavin Dunne) to chat about the past, present, and future of video game music.
2024-10-22 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
Excited to share with you all today that Jess Hoops has joined us in a part-time capacity!
She'll be working on captions for videos, copy editing, continuing to do Bytesized episodes and of course you've already been seeing her on more streams.
Whole team is excited to have her aboard in a more official capacity now so make sure to give her a warm welcome as part of the core team!
We'll have a larger Second Wind upda...
2024-10-21 20:55:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
Sharing this one on the Patreon today ahead of time as we have special guest Miracle of Sound joining us to discuss video game music!
See you soon!
A new episode of Bytesized is now available!
2024-10-21 15:04:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for “Scene 54: The Lilac Ghost”, the third episode of The Franchise, which aired on HBO last night and is streaming on Max now. It’s worth a watch.
The Franchise is an interesting snapshot of a turbulent moment in Hollywood history.
The half-hour comedy follows the production of Tecto: Eye of the...
2024-10-21 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!
2024-10-20 15:04:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Design Delve is now available!
2024-10-18 15:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE: This article contains full spoilers for Parker Finn’s Smile 2, which is in cinemas now and is a good, fun, high-concept horror movie.
Smile 2 does what most sequels should aspire to do: it takes the core concept of the original film and escalates it in a way that manages to build on what came before while also saying something fresh about it. ...
2024-10-18 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Marty, Nick, and KC chat about how indie games also fall into the trap of trend chasing as certain genres like deckbuilders, survivor-likes, and a whole lot more are flooding the market.
2024-10-18 00:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
2024-10-16 16:01:48 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on The Rewind, Darren, Marty, and JM8 chat about the second season of Amazon's The Rings of Power, as well as their thoughts on other recent movies, TV, and anime they've watched.
2024-10-16 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!
2024-10-15 15:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 use UFO 50 as a bouncing off point to chat about the joy of simple games.
2024-10-15 00:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for the second season of The Rings of Power and all the cool stuff that the characters pick up along the way. The full season is streaming on Prime Video.
It’s interesting how much the second season of The Rings of Power feels like an extended fetch quest, a show about watching characters scramble around the S...
2024-10-14 14:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This piece contains spoilers for Gone Girl, which has been out ten years and is well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
When Gone Girl was released a decade ago, most of the discussion tended to focus on the eponymous character, Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike).
Reviews rightly praised Pike’s performance as “2024-10-13 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Topical Punch is now available!
2024-10-12 19:59:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!
2024-10-12 17:19:44 +0000 UTC View Post