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Maximum Utcast – 01 – Stranded on Censorship Island
Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts. It’s the bombastic first episode of the Maximum Utcast! Starring Zoey Handley and Jonathan…
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Review – Deadly Premonition
For better or worse, Deadly Premonition had an impact in my development as a video game critic. The game is memorable for a lot of reasons, but it is, in my opinion, one of the best examples of how a game doesn't need to be good to be meaningful.
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Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge – The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off
The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off (sometimes just called Spin-Offs for brevity) is a podcast that analyzes media spun off from videogames. While the show usually focuses on film and TV adaptations, occasionally books are discussed. The show is often irreverent but never aims for a mean-spirited take. Feel free to consume the media in question or just listen to us discuss…
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Review – S.P.L.I.T.
Aw, gosh. If there was ever a game coded for me, it’s S.P.L.I.T. Hacking, typing, and horror. The only thing that could make it better is if I could boot up Chip’s Challenge on the in-game machine. It’s interesting (and unplanned) that I’d play this game so soon after my review of Typing of the Dead where I talked about…
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Review – P-47II MD
Ooo. Forbidden shoot-'em-up. F-47II MD was cancelled back in the '90s, but Retro-Bit and City Connection are making sure it sees the light of day exactly how it was intended: on Genesis.
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Is Donkey Kong Bananza Just Minecraft, But Good? – Talking to My Boy about Videogames 12
Talking to My Boy about Videogames is a podcast where Jonathan gets reactions to videogame news and trends from his young son Ryan. The conversations are often chaotic in a charming way and sometimes episodes have cameos from family pets or unseen toys. Jonathan and Ryan dig deep on Donkey Kong Bananza to uncover what’s great and what’s maybe not…
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Review – Shadow Labyrinth
I got into Shadow Labyrinth yearning to relive the age of relentlessly edgy reboots, and oh boy is that exactly what I got. Whoever decided there should be a Pac-Man game where the franchise’s mascot constantly says stuff like “I’ll take you to places filled with things that deserve to meet the end of that sword of yours” deserves a…
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Review – The Drifter
One of the philosophies that made LucasArts’ SCUMM point-and-click adventure games (Maniac Mansion, The Secret of Monkey Island) so dominant in the ‘90s was their exorcism of the adventure game tradition of death. Games like King’s Quest and even earlier text-based adventure games loved killing the player. It was a fountain of dark humour that everything from The Hitchhiker’s Guide…
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Announcing: Podcasts on Maximum Utmost
Goodbye! Or Hello! We’re announcing today the start of an exciting new chapter for Maximum Utmost. Podcasts! And we have a lot of them coming your way soon so look forward to the Maximum Utcast in the coming weeks from Zoey and Jonathan (and more new friends!) To start things off, we’re showcasing some of the primordial ooze of what…
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Swery’s next game, Hotel Barcelona, is open for business in September
Are you ready to... What the hell is this game even about? Are you ready to have a serial killer in your head? That doesn't sound like something most people would want, but if you answered "yes," Hotel Barcelona is out this September.
