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Flock, Anger Foot, Arranger, Valley Peaks | Yahtzee Tries

Hey all! Yahtzee is on vacation this week with the family, so no Fully Ramblomatic. He'll be back next week for all regularly scheduled shenanigans.

in the mean time, here's the latest edited episode of Yahtzee tries, featuring his short takes on Flock, Anger Foot, Arranger, and Valley Peaks. Enjoy!

The Caped Crusader Re-Animates the Batman Mythos | The Backdrop

In this week's episode of The Backdrop, Darren goes deep on The Caped Crusader, the new Batman animated series on Prime Video.

[AD-FREE] The Gaming Magazines, Media, and Spaces That Defined Us | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Marty, Jack, and JM8 go nostalgic on the gaming magazines, media, and spaces that defined us growing up.

Nobody Wants to Die Review | Bytesized

In this latest episode of Bytesized, Jess Hoops reviews Nobody Wants to Die, developed by Critical Hit Games.

[COLUMN] House of the Dragon Has Picked Its Side | by Darren Mooney

One of the most striking things about the work of fantasy novelist G.R.R. Martin’s epic Song of Ice and Fire saga is its emphasis on subjectivity. Martin wrote the books that formed the spine of the television series Game of Thrones in the third person, but structured these novels so that each chapter was told from the point of view of a particular character. There was n...

[COLUMN] Five Years Later, Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men Run Remains a Towering Accomplishment | by Darren Mooney

July 2024 marked the fifth anniversary of House of X and Powers of X, the twin miniseries that relaunched Marvel’s X-Men line under the oversight of writer Jonathan Hickman.

Despite the fact that the X-Men represent one of the most popular brands in mainstream American comics – Chris Claremont and Jim Lee’s X-Men #1 remains<...

A Bit About How Things Work at Second Wind

Hey, Jack here.

We’ve heard from a lot of you recently, asking about how our management structure works and how big decisions are made here at Second Wind.

Here’s a rough breakdown of how some of our business-side works.

• We are a CO-OP which means that many of our full time staff are co-owners of the company but not everyone who works for Second Wind is a co-owner.

• As owners we all get a split of profits.

  • We do earn different salaries...

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[AD-FREE] Did Our Childhood Games Infect Us? (ft. Julia Minamata) | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the Dev Heads crew is joined by indie developer Julia Minamata to discuss what childhood games inspired us as kids, and how has that lead to where we are today in our careers.

[COLUMN] In The Caped Crusader, the Real Villain is Gotham | by Darren Mooney

NOTE: This piece contains spoilers for the first season of Batman: The Caped Crusader, available on Prime Video now. It’s solid, if not quite spectacular.

It is a cliché to describe the location of a story as a major character within the narrative, to suggest that New York City is the “2024-08-02 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Update on Frost and Cisco

This morning we let go of our Head of Sales, Cisco, as we had differing expectations for the job and the future direction of the company.

During the meeting where we discussed this with staff, Frost made the decision to resign, which came as a surprise to all of us, and he has made his post declaring how he felt about the situation at large.

Frost had a different direction he saw the channel going in, including content viewership goals, revenue strategy, and management. While ther...

Card Game? I've Got a World to Save! | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] More Layoffs at Bungie While CEO Buys Cars | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Nick and KC discuss the Bungie layoffs and the fixation on dead games currently holding the industry.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Fully Ramblomatic

This week's Fully Ramblomatic episode is now available!

Why Disney Needed Fox to Save the MCU | The Backdrop

This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!

[AD-FREE] How to (Not) Do an Ending | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat about what goes into a satisfying video game ending, and what causes some finales to stumble.

Video Game Marketing Devolved After 2016 | Cold Take

This week's episode of Cold Take is now available!

[COLUMN] Spaceballs is Less About Star Wars Than the World that Star Wars Made | by Darren Mooney

It was announced last month that Josh Gad was working on a sequel to Spaceballs for Amazon, which acquired the rights to Mel Brooks’ original through its purchase of MGM. There is something quite amusing in the idea of franchising Spaceballs, if only because the original film was a much more effective parody of the emerging franchise age than it ever was of Star Wars...

[COLUMN] In Eyes Wide Shut, Even Naked, People Are Unknowable | by Darren Mooney

Hey there! 1999 was arguably one of the greatest years in the history of the cinema. We’re running a series of retro articles looking at the movies of the year with 25 years of distance, coinciding with the anniversaries of their original release dates. This one is a couple of weeks out, but hopefully worth a read.

Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was sold to audience...

There's A Disease Infecting The Game Industry | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Suggests Not All Villains Need to be Super | by Darren Mooney

As far as supervillains go, Kite Man (Matt Oberg) has always been a bit of a loser.

The character has existed in DC continuity for decades as something of a punchline. Writer Tony Isabella, who describes Kite Man as his “favorite goofy Batman villain” and who reveale...

[Ad Free] Is Marvel Rivals Set to be The Next Big Hero Shooter? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Nick, KC and Jesse discuss Marvel Rivals after spending some time with it. Will it be the next big thing?

A Game for Everyone Is a Game for No One | Unpacked

A new episode of Unpacked is out from yours truly (Nick) discussing the fear of missing out that permeates games.

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] It's Weird That Twisters Is So Good | The Rewind Podcast

This week on The Rewind, Darren, Jack and Frost discuss Twisters, movie stars and Darren got an early look at Deadpool and Wolverine.

[AD-FREE] Our Favorite Game Devs and Studios | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and JM8 chat about the game developers that they would most like to meet.

When Do Player Count Numbers Matter? | Cold Take

This week's episode of Cold Take is now available!

[COLUMN] My Adventures with Superman Pitches the Man of Steel Against the Machine That is Empire | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for the second season of My Adventures with Superman. And for the fates of a lot of Jonathan Kents.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about My Adventures with Superman isn’t all the Superman lore that it choses to include. It’s what the series chooses to omit. There’s an interesting absence at th...

SCHiM Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Marty Sliva checking out SCHiM.

[COLUMN] A Deep Dive on The Boys' Most Pathetic Hero | by Darren Mooney

The Deep (Chace Crawford) isn’t necessarily the most compelling of the lead characters on The Boys.

Unlike Hughie (Jack Quaid), he isn’t functionally the lead. Unlike Starlight (Erin Moriarty), he isn’t the most sympathetic superpowered character. Unlike Homelander (Antony Starr) or William ‘Billy’ Butcher (Karl Urban), he isn’t the head of either of the show’s two rival ...

The Quiver In The River | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Jade Homunculus

The next episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!