Last week, Amazon released Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
The eight-episode streaming series, starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as married secret agents John and Joan Smith, updates the 2005 movie of the same name, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, which just coincidentally shared a basic premise and core themes with the 1996 CBS series of the same name,2024-02-09 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Marty, KC and Nick discuss the recent rumors around Xbox, what Xbox has been saying about their strategy all along and discuss a bunch of demos we've been checking out from Steam Next Fest.
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This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic, sponsor-free, for all you lovely people!
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This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!
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Just to peer behind the curtain a little bit, earlier in the week my editor and colleague Marty Sliva noted “a distinct lack of Night Swim pitches” in my column proposals. So, this one is for you, Marty. For those who don’t want to take the dip, there’ll be another column to make up for this one. Beware of spoilers, as we’re jumping in at the deep end here.
Night Swim 2024-02-08 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available!
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On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Marty, Frost, and Nick discuss the sunk-cost fallacy of finishing games... even if you're not enjoying them.
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Hey folks!
Now that we're officially paying salaries for our full-timers, we wanted to give you the January revenue report which also includes our first salary payment that went out on February 1st to give you a true cost of expenses for the business now going forward.
January expenses are higher than normal because we booked travel and studio for Adventure is Nigh - Season 4...
A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from Elise Avery checking out Kingsvein!
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A new episode of The Backdrop is now available!
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Just over two weeks ago, it was announced that Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson would reprise their roles as Karen Page and Foggy Nelson on Daredevil: Born Again. Last week, the two were photographed2024-02-05 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!
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Early in True Detective, Detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin “Rust” Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) are summoned to a crime scene. Teenager Dora Lange (Amanda Rose Batz) has been murdered. Her body has been staged as part of an elaborate ritual. She wears a crown of wooden antlers. She has been positioned as if praying. Her body is marked with a spiral pattern. There are woode...
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Hey folks!
A new episode of Design Delve is now available!
PS: Apologies for the delay on posting this, been working with payroll software all morning and this slipped my mind!
Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle is a bloated and indulgent mess of a movie. It’s also very dumb. However, it is at least dumb in an interesting way. If nothing else, it confirms Vaughn as a fascinating filmmaker in the landscape of modern franchise cinema. To put it simply, Matthew Vaughn is an IP troll.
Hollywood has spent over a decade in “2024-02-02 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Firelink, Nick, KC and Marty react to Playstation's latest State of Play announcements, including Death Stranding 2, Rise of the Ronin, Silent Hill 2 Remake and more!
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Hey folks!
So we're still figuring out what a "preview" looks like on Second Wind, but this our first attempt and we wanted to make it something a bit more than a recap of what was played by providing some interesting details about the game and its background. A bit of an essay / preview mashup, if you want to call it that.
Let us know what you think to help us shape these kinds of previews going forward!
2024-02-01 19:20:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
The first episode of our next video series, Good Blood, from Javed Sterritt, is now available!
We hope you love it, and new episodes will drop every other Thursday!
On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Jack joins Yahtzee and Frost to discuss the wildly popular games and genres that they just can't wrap their heads around. From idle farming sims to cookie clicker, exactly what is it about these things that keeps players hooked?
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When a new video game remake comes along, chances are it’s just going to reinforce an opinion I already have. The Resident Evil 4, Shadow of the Colossus, and Link’s Awakening remakes all reminded me of why I loved the original games which they were built upon. In the case of something like 2021’s Nier Replicant or even this year’s Another Code: Recollection 2024-01-30 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from freelancer Michael Cripe exploring the simplicity of Lethal Company!
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Here's the latest episode of Cold Take, but without a sponsor!
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A new episode of Cold Take is now available!
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25 years ago last week, The Blair Witch Project premiered at Sundance. It is interesting to consider the film’s legacy.
There is a tendency to think of The Blair Witch Project as the first “found footage” horror film. This isn’t entirely accurate. There are plenty of antecedents, with the movie owing a sizable debt to Cannibal Holocaust. Indeed, even when the ...
2024-01-29 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks!
I'm very excited and proud to say that salaries begin this week, on February 1st, for our full-time members. This is a huge milestone for us, and one that I can't believe we're able to say we're doing in just three months. It doesn't feel real yet.
The entire team and I want to thank you for the support you've given us, allowing us to all continue doing the work we love unimpeded by corporate media companies that just wanted to bleed us dry for all we were worth.
Masters of the Air premiered on Apple TV+ this Friday. It is the third miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks looking at American involvement in the Second World War, following Band of Brothers and The Pacific. These are all impressive shows, from both a narrative and technical standpoint. However, while Band of Brothers is rightly celebrated as one ...
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Whoa, this is new. For the first time in over 7 years I'm the one that edited a video.
This is a pilot for a new video essay series that yours truly is planning on working on, talking about the intersection of business and games, including videos like this where we provide much-needed context on big online conversations that become the center of attention.
Feel free to give me some name suggestions and I hope you enjoy it!
- Nick
A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from Will Cruz checking out Lil' Guardsman!
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The very first episode of Chronicle, our follow-up to The Stuff of Legends, is now available!
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This week saw the announcement of the Oscar nominations. It was a good day for Netflix. The streamer picked up 18 nominations, more than any other studio. It marked a slight increase from last year, when the studio2024-01-26 15:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post