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Disco Elysium is Lying to You | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] Legion Remains the Best X-Men Show, and an Evolution for Live Action Superheroes | by Darren Mooney

NOTE: This piece contains spoilers through the end of the second season of Legion.

With the first season of X-Men ’97 wrapped up, it seems like as good an opportunity as any to take a look back at Legion. Produced by showrunner Noah Hawley for FX, adapting the cult X-Men character created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienk...

[AD-FREE] PlayStation's Weird PR Fiasco | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, Nick, and KC discuss the weird PR mishap that Sony just caused with star director, Neil Druckmann, from Naughty Dog.

Second Wind's Six-Month Channel Update!

Hey folks!

If you can't make the stream today, don't worry, we've got all the exciting updates for Second Wind right here!

Enjoy.

Nick Calandra
Editor-in-Chief

[COLUMN] Sugar is a Show About Learning Humanity at the Movies | by Darren Mooney

NOTE: This piece contains big spoilers for Sugar. Like, HUGE spoilers. So, if you want to see it sight-unseen, do so now.

Look, there’s a big spoiler warning right above this, but it’s really worth stressing this in the body of the text. If you haven’t seen Sugar, this ar...

Second Wind Six-Month Anniversary + Fundraiser Stream!

Tomorrow's the day!

We'll see you at 10 AM CT for a bunch of exciting announcements with our fun kick-off video and then get right into the games with Fall Guys!

Eric will be in the chat throwing game codes out all day, and at the end of the day we'll be raffling off a PS5 / Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch.

Stream is up for you to set a reminder and we can't wait to see you there!

Oh, and as a little announcement beforehand...

We'll be adding a new perk to ...

V-Rising | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[COLUMN] 25 Years Ago, Go Tapped Into the Listlessness at the End of History | 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 little late.

There’s an understandable urge to celebrate and valorize the biggest movies of 1999. It can, after all...

[AD-FREE] Reminiscing About the Infamous Series | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty discuss the 15th anniversary of Sucker Punch's Infamous, and chat about games/franchises they'd like to see make a comeback.

Six Month Celebration Stream THIS Thursday!

Hey folks!

The official schedule for our six-month celebration stream is now available!

We'll be playing Fall Guys, Gang Beasts and Golf with Your Friends with the community, so if you'd like to take part, make sure to have those downloaded and ready to go.

We'll be kicking everything off with a fun update video with a bunch of announcements, teasers and more!

Can't wait to hang out with everyone and have a great time!

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Twelve - The Finale (aka, the Cannes-clusion) | by Darren Mooney

As Cannes has continued on, I’ve found my public and private messages filled with one recurring question, “How long is Cannes, exactly?”

The answer is twelve days, which is a long time for a festival as intensive as this one. There is a sense of exhaustion as the festival enters its final day. There are no new premieres today, just screenings of films from earlier in the fe...

The Future of Gaming According to PlayStation | Cold Take

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

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Eleven - Rendezvous avec George Lucas | by Darren Mooney

The second Friday technically marks the end of the Cannes Film Festival. Sure, there are screenings and events on the Saturday – including the catch-up screenings, the closing ceremony and the awards – but the last new films to premiere at Cannes premiere on the Friday. As a result, there is something of a buzz around the day.

As these diary entries have discussed, part of th...

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Ten - The Festival Wind Down | by Darren Mooney

One of the benefits of the last days of a film festival is that the crowds are generally smaller, which means less time queuing and cramming. With fewer big films showing, it also affords an opportunity to take in the various strands of the festival.

Cannes isn’t just about the future of cinema, a place for big movies to stake their claim on the year ahead. It is also a celebration of the med...

[AD-FREE] What It Takes To Solo Develop a Game (ft. Yahtzee Croshaw) | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the crew is joined by Yahtzee Croshaw to chat about his new game Starstruck Vagabond, and the trials and tribulations of solo game development.

Is the Promise of Xbox Game Pass Over? | Unpacked

A new episode of Unpacked is now available!

We'll have another episode this Thursday as well to get back on our normal schedule of a new episode every other Thursday.

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Nine - Twists, Animated Excellence, and Some Great Closing Credits | by Darren Mooney

It really does feel like the Cannes Film Festival is coming to an end. The screenings are appreciably less busy. The films themselves feel a little more niche. There’s no more getting up at 7am in the morning in the hope of frantically securing a ticket for a film four days away. Everybody feels a little more relaxed than they did last week. More broadly, there’s a lot more time to meet with peop...

RKGK / Rakugaki Review | Bytesized

Late night Bytesized from KC Nwosu checking out RKGK / Rakugaki!

Starstruck Vagabond from Yahtzee Croshaw is Out Now!

Purchase on Steam today: Save 20% on Starstruck Vagabond on Steam (steampowered.com)

The latest game from Yahtzee Croshaw, Starstruck Vagabond, is now available on Steam with a 20% launch week discount!

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Paper Trail Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Will Cruz covering Paper Trail!

Screw Nuance, Give Me A Memorable Villain | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Eight - Entering the Final Stretch | by Darren Mooney

As the festival enters its final stretch, there is a consensus forming around this year’s competition. It has, by most accounts, been a fairly decent festival. Indeed, if one looks at the critics’ jury up until the weekend, most of the scores are bunched in the 2-2.5/4-star range. That’s an impress...

Another Crab's Treasure | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] More Games Need to Embrace the Weird | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty discuss the history of weird in games.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the Story of Empires in Decline | The Backdrop

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

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Seven - VR Festival, New Cronenberg, and the Trump Biopic | by Darren Mooney

As the festival enters its second week, Cannes slows down a little bit. There’s less pressure in this second half. Most of the biggest premieres have wrapped up, and some of the press and industry guests have started to funnel home. As such, there’s a bit less pressure to see everything as urgently, and a bit more time to explore the experience of the festival.

I began the day with a journe...

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Nick Calandra, checking out Hellblade II.

How I Vote with My Wallet | Cold Take

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

[COLUMN] Darren’s Cannes Diary, Day Six - Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga | by Darren Mooney

With the first week of the festival wrapping up, and the half-way point here, Cannes is finishing up its big-ticket items. Today and tomorrow bring new films from Kevin Costner and David Cronenberg, along with the starry Donald-Trump-biopic The Apprentice.

One of the most hotly-sought tickets of the second-half of the festival was for the premiere of Costner’s Horizon: An...