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Vladik Brutal, Feed the Deep, Star Trucker and Squirrel with a Gun | Yahtzee Tries

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

[COLUMN] Rebel Ridge is Rambo Meets Michael Clayton | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Rebel Ridge.

The obvious point of comparison for Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is First Blood, the first (and best) Rambo movie. Rebel Ridge focuses on a former marine named Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre), who arrives in the small Louisiana town of Shelby Springs to post...

Adventuring is No Yolk | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

Addicted to Warcraft for 16 Years | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] Terminator Zero Injects Some Much-Needed Chaos Into the Franchise | by Darren Mooney

There is a revealing scene around the midpoint of the first episode of Terminator Zero, the new anime series based on the Terminator franchise. A service robot known as an 1NNO (Thomas Bromhead) is walking through Tokyo, only to be attacked by a small dog named Indie. The robot scares the dog away, sending it out into the street. With the canine standing in the middle of the ro...

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Dark Souls - Race to the Bell | Battle Masters Uncut

Hey folks!

Today we're excited to deliver to you as requested the uncut runs from the first episode of Battle Masters as a Patreon exclusive bonus perk for the $10 tier and above.

The video has already been broken up into chapters for your convenience.

Enjoy!

[AD-FREE] How Does Something Like Concord Happen? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick break down everything that led to Sony pulling the plug on Concord after only two weeks.

Black Myth: Wukong | Fully Ramblomatic

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

We Lost the Streaming Wars | The Backdrop

In this latest episode of The Backdrop, Darren Mooney examines how the return of Amazon's The Rings of Power coincides with the end of the streaming wars -- spoilers, we lost.

[AD-FREE] Making Failure Feel Good | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about how failure is used successfully (and unsuccessfully) in games, both narratively and mechanically.

[COLUMN]The Rings of Power Lacks Sympathy For Its Devil | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the second season of Rings of Power, particularly the opening 22 minutes.

The second season of The Rings of Power belongs to Sauron (Charlie Vickers, Jack Lowden).

The premiere opens with an extended 22-minute sequence, originally intended to serve as the cold open to 2024-09-02 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post

[COLUMN] A Grand, Unified Theory of Tim Burton | by Darren Mooney

For a certain generation of audience members and film fans, Tim Burton is a hugely influential figure. For many people my own age, Burton was effectively “baby’s first auteur.” He was a filmmaker who was hugely instructive in understanding the role...

VVelcome to VVestage | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

[AD-FREE] Has Gaming Infiltrated Hollywood? (ft. Pete Blumel - Modern Warfare 1-3, Shrek) | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the Dev Heads crew is joined by Pete Blumel, a veteran producer of film and AAA games that's worked on everything from Modern Warfare to Shrek, to chat about the relationship between Hollywood and gaming.

[COLUMN] The Crow Might Be Bad, But At Least It's Sincere | by Darren Mooney

Oscar Wilde famously argued that “all bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.” Rupert Sanders’ remake of The Crow is definitely bad poetry. It’s an awkward and ungainly film, a reboot of a comic book property that wasn’t so much dead on arrival as it was dead on announcement...

[AD-FREE] Deadlock, Wukong, and Star Wars Outlaws Impressions | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Jesse chat about the big new games they've been playing, including Valve's Deadlock, Star Wars Outlaws, and Black Myth Wukong.

Should A Game Never Be Boring? | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

Crime Scene Cleaner | Fully Ramblomatic

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

Crypt Custodian Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Javed Sterritt!

[AD-FREE] Making Games Harder For Ourselves | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about our favorite emergent and self-imposed challenges in gaming history.

[COLUMN] Even in The Ultimate Cut, Caligula is Too Much - But That's the Point | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Caligula: The Ultimate Cut.

Between the premiere of Those Who Are About to Die and the looming release of Gladiator 2, it feels like the Roman Empire is on the collective mind this year. It even reverberates through recent genre efforts like Alien: Romulus or Kingdom of the Planet...