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Beat Slayer, Botany Manor, Pools, and Another Crab's Treasure | Yahtzee Tries

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

[COLUMN] Who is Unfrosted For? | by Darren Mooney

In many cases, “who is this for?” is a facile criticism.

It is often a cheap way to dismiss a particular work that doesn’t appeal to the person asking the question. The unspoken assumption hanging over the rhetorical question is that just because this piece of media doesn’t resonate with the reviewer, it is impossible to imagine it appealing to anybody else. As such, “who is this for?...

Another Crab's Treasure Review | Bytesized

KC Nwosu reviews Another Crab's Treasure, developed by Aggro Crab.

Another Crab's Treasure on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1887840/Another_Crabs_Treasure/ 

[COLUMN] ​​The Fall Guy is Perhaps Too Self-Aware an '80s Throwback | by Darren Mooney

The Fall Guy is, like so many of David Leitch’s films, a love letter to the pop culture of the 1980s.

This is obvious in the movie’s basic premise, a very loose adaptation of a television show starring Lee Majors that ran for five seasons on ABC between 1981 and 1986. The series was hardly a huge cultural marker. It peaked at 14th in the Neilsen ratings2024-05-03 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

[AD-FREE] When Developers / Publishers Lose the Trust of Their Fans | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick discuss the times that devs / publishers have lost the trust of their fans, and the road to earning it back.

Announcing 'Dev Heads', A Brand-New Podcast Coming to Second Wind

Today we're excited to announce a brand-new podcast that's coming to Second Wind called, Dev Heads!

The first episode will premiere next Friday, May 10th, LIVE on YouTube.

This is podcast will be hosted by JM8, Tina Sanchez and Mikee Tsarouhas who have experience ranging all the way from indie dev to AAA.

Tina Sanchez previously worked on the Call of Duty franchise, Apex Legends and God of War Ra...

[COLUMN] Abigail Would Be a Much Better Movie If We Hadn't Seen Its Trailer | by Darren Mooney

Note: This article discusses the premise of the movie Abigail, but nothing more than what is revealed in the trailer. Which is probably too much.

The trailer for Abigail is a minor work of art unto itself.

The teaser sets up a fairly straightforward premise. A collection of criminals have been hired by a mysterious middle-man (Giancarlo Esposito)...

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom & Phantom Fury | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] The Stop Killing Games Campaign (ft. Ross Scott) | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Jack chat with Ross Scott about games preservation and his Stop Killing Games campaign. For more info on how to get involved check out the website at https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

'Bytesized' is Now 'Bytesized Reviews' (aka 3MR 2.0)!

Hey everyone!

Today we're excited to make a change to Bytesized to reintroduce it as Bytesized Reviews. We loved doing 3MR back at The Escapist, and wanted to continue highlighting a wide range of underappreciated titles with quick and to the point reviews.

Bytesized Reviews will essentially follow the same format you knew and loved, but just under a fresh new name. We'll be using a variety of writers for these, and even be introducing some new voices soon as well!

Our ess...

Ending The Tipping Conversation Before It Begins | Cold Take

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

[COLUMN] Knuckles is a Surprisingly Splendid Sonic Sitcom | by Darren Mooney

NOTE: This piece contains light spoilers for Knuckles, but it’s a show that very much lives or dies in the execution rather than the particular twists. If you want to go in completely blind, feel free to bookmark and come back. I’ll admit: I was honestly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. The production team weren’t Echidna-ing around.

It is almost a shame wh...

[MONDAY at 12 PM CT] The Stop Killing Games Campaign (ft. Ross Scott) | Windbreaker Podcast

We've got an exciting episode of Windbreaker coming up tomorrow as we host special guest Ross Scott to discuss games preservation and his campaign to Stop Killing Games.

See you then!

[COLUMN] In Challengers, Love is a Game of Winners and Losers | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Challengers, which is great. If you want to see it unspoiled, you can bookmark the piece and come back later.

“You don’t know what tennis is,” Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) explains to Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) and Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor) on the night that they meet, after an amateur tennis tournament. The boys are convin...

Ranking the Game Design of From Software's Healing Systems | Design Delve

In this week's episode of Design Delve, J & Ludo attempt to rank all of From Software's healing systems.

[COLUMN] Dead Boy Detectives is a Frankensteined Sandman Tie-In |by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains extremely light spoilers for Netflix’s Dead Boys Detectives, discussing elements featured heavily in publicity material (and frontloaded in the show) that some viewers might like to experience unspoiled. But it’s mostly about brand synergy.

Dead Boy Detectives launched on Netflix this wee...

[AD-FREE] Games I Think Only I Played | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Frost chat about the strange games from their childhoods that it feels like nobody else ever played.

The Language of Color in Games | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

South Park: Snow Day! | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] The Art of Leveling Up | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat about what makes a good leveling system in games.

Tales of Kenzera: Zau Is NOT About Death | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is available now from KC Nwosu!

In Fallout, the Western is Remade, Again | The Backdrop

A new episode of The Backdrop is now available!

COLUMN: Hollywood's Box Office Woes Are the Long Tail of Last Year's Strikes | by Darren Mooney

It was a rough weekend at the box office. Alex Garland’s reigning champion Civil War managed to fend off challenges from two major new releases, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Abigail and Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. However, this was arguably less a vote of support for Garland’s provocative indie blockbuster than a reflection o...

Stop Killing Games | Cold Take

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

COLUMN: When Netflix Pits Audiences Against Auteurs, Everybody Loses | by Darren Mooney

This week, it was announced that Netflix had pulled the plug on Kathryn Bigelow’s Aurora.

This is just the most recent news to come out of the streaming service, signaling a significant shift in how it is approaching film production. Late last year, the company shut down the Robert Pattinson serial killer movie Average Height, Average Build when2024-04-22 14:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Buckshot Roulette, Children of the Sun, Ereban: Shadow Legacy | Yahtzee Tries

A new episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!