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Review – Super Star Force
On the surface, it looks just like any other autoscrolling shmup. Surprise! Underneath is a hybrid game that swaps between shooter and action adventure. Plus, you travel through time to change the future. What more could you want?
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Talking to My Boy About Videogames – 19 – Something is Rotten in the State of Roblox
On this mildly belated episode of Talking to My Boy about Videogames, Jonathan and Ryan discuss the virtues of keeping your cool while trying to snap pictures of Pokemon. From there, they dig into the subtleties of Italian Brainrot and what it means for kids to like it. A scattershot approach is taken in the back third of the episode…
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Splinter Cell: Deathwatch – The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off
This post is a part of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off series. Kept you waiting, huh? On this positively thicc episode of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off, we dissecting the cells of Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, Netflix’s new show that continues the harrowing adventures of Sam Fisher as he sneaks through clandestine shadowy organizations along with aid from the team back at the…
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Review – Rampart (Famicom)
Rampart has a formula that can only be stretched so far. Or can it? When Konami took a crack at it on Famicom, they took it to a pretty unusual place. It's time to see Rampart like you maybe never have before!
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Maximum Utcast – 14 – In The Land of the Babes, the Riot Grrrls Are Queens
We’re keeping warm this winter by talking about videogames so pour a cup of cocoa and hear a bunch of thoughts on strategies for staying alive! Zoey also gives us another Duke Nukem Report, this time about “Land of the Babes,” the blocky Duke Nukem game for PS1 from the far flung future year of 2000! Sarah Carapace comes back…
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You can now back Abide, the next game from Judero and Mashina developer, on Kickstarter
In a stark departure from the good feels of Mashina, Talha and Jack Co have announced that their next game is a handcrafter horror game about the horrors lurking within the walls of a rehabilitation retreat. You can back it on Kickstarter today.
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Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (with Guest Laura Kate Dale) – Spin-Offs Classic
Did you know there was a Super Mario Bros. movie before the one everyone knows about? No, not that one! Yeah, this one, available as a dubiously legal fan dub with 4k upscaling! Nearly seven years before the infamous flop from the Max Headroom creators caused Nintendo to swear off film adaptations for 30 years, they graced Japanese audiences with…
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Review – Future Racer 2000
Future Racer 2000 has been updated quite a bit since I first did a write-up of it in 2023. So, I figure that now's a good time to revisit it and see if it still has the magic.
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Book Cudgel – Worlds of Power: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Welcome back to the Book Cudgel, where we talk about novels based on video games. This time, it's Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, a terrible game that is terrible. Will it make for a good novel? Depends on your standards.
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Currently Playing – 19 – Mario Kart World with Kelsey Powers
This month’s Currently Playing sees Daniel joined in his home studio by Kelsey Powers, a film and TV producer who has worked on Fear the Walking Dead as well as several projects for her production company Cosmic Frozen Pizza like 2024’s award winning short film Picture Car. Daniel and Kelsey talk quite a bit about Mario Kart World and how…
