This week, we said goodbye to a legend – Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman – and as has become habit when celebrities we like pass away, we’re paying tribute with a look at five of his videogame roles. Then we’ll... Read more
Digital Eclipse‘s legendary Chris Kohler joins us this week to talk about his upcoming The Making of Karateka interactive documentary, which delves into Jordan Mechner’s groundbreaking classic of cinematic videogame storytelling like never before. It’s also got a really annoying... Read more
Barbie and Oppenheimer turned movie counter-programming into a cultural event, so let’s seize on that by inviting Ryan Harig of Zanzeezee Podcast for a look at five dates when two huge and/or weirdly dissonant videogames debuted at the same time.... Read more
Nintendo has generally done a great job of making classic Mario games widely available; no matter the system, you’ll be able to play Super Mario Bros. and its sequels in some form. But not all Mario games get that kind... Read more
A new Indiana Jones movie has hit theaters, and that’s all the excuse we need to grab Framework‘s Tony Wilson and devote a show to five of Dr. Jones’ best starring roles in videogames. Then we’ll talk about Six Days... Read more
The midpoint of the year means it’s time to decide what our five favorite games of the past six months are, and this week we’re joined by Jesse Cox of Chilluminati (among other projects) to help us count ’em down.... Read more
The OUYA turned 10 this week, having fallen well short of its mission to reset the games industry as we knew it – so this week, we’ll take a look at what went wrong, along with what happened to four... Read more
Summer Game Fest and a broad assortment of other showcases happened over the past week, unveiling hours of new trailers, gameplay footage, and announcements – so we’re breaking format this week to focus on the news, pulling highlights from the... Read more
Street Fighter 6 is out, and we’re celebrating by inviting Emmett Watkins Jr. for a chat about five of the franchise’s most off-kilter weirdos that we hope make a comeback in the very near future. Then we’ll delve into Diablo... Read more
In 1992, Alone in the Dark pioneered the genre that would become known as “survival horror,” with polygonal zombies and fixed camera angles similar to those that propelled Resident Evil to massive success a few years later. With a new... Read more
Sidekicks? Tag teams? Amateur stuff. This week, Greg Moore and Dave Rudden rejoin us for a look at five games that push you to move and be aware of two characters at the same time, with no help from another... Read more
In Tears of the Kingdom, Link loses an arm but gains a shinier new one that lets him manipulate and fuse matter like a boss, enabling players to create everything from stick-and-rock hammers to functional mechs. That inspired this week’s... Read more
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is out this week, and it’s one of only a few Zelda entries that could really be called sequels, continuing a story started in an earlier game. So this week, Ryan Harig... Read more
The ice planet Hoth was once one of the most ubiquitous levels in Star Wars games, and with more than 50 examples to choose from, some are bound to be kinda weird – so with Chris Baker on board to... Read more
What if you could wade into a mob of the undead and, rather than being eaten, punch their lights out with your superior brawn? Last week’s launch of Dead Island 2 got us thinking, so we re-invited Alex Faciane of... Read more
What if all our stories of gods and magic weren’t mythology, but sufficiently advanced technology? What if the world, nay, galaxy was seeded full of ancient future tech with a cool mystery to discover? Huh? What then? This week, Alex... Read more
This week sees the long-overdue return of erstwhile host Dave “Diamond Dog” Rudden to the show, to talk about five villains who rose from being secondary antagonists to the final boss in later games. Then we’ll get into the remake... Read more
“Modern gaming” has been a thing, more or less, for close to 20 years now, and in that time we’ve seen a lot of hot new features, ideas, and trends become wildly popular and then fade out of fashion —... Read more
Nintendo finally shuttered the 3DS (and Wii U) eShop this week, on the 12th anniversary of the landmark handheld’s North American release, so this week we’re paying tribute to it with a look at five of the best digital-only exclusives... Read more
Last week, the world lost an iconic and unique talent with the passing of Lance Reddick, an actor who – in addition to a number of film and TV roles – lent his voice and face to a handful of... Read more