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One Year Anniversary Celebration Stream This Saturday!

This Saturday (11/16) we're extremely excited to be celebrating our one-year anniversary with the Second Wind community!

The festivities will be starting at 11 AM CT with announcements, looks at upcoming works, new merch and some additional updates on new perks coming to our Patreon for 2025.

Our goal with this event is to drive new ...

How The Penguin Avoided Superhero Fatigue | The Backdrop

This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!

[AD-FREE] Are Games Better Than They Were A Decade Ago? | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about the games of 2014, and how the modern landscape compares to a decade ago.

[COLUMN] Slitterhead Makes Me Miss the PS3 Era | by Marty Sliva

Sometimes, you play a game that feels like it somehow became unglued from time and arrived from a different era entirely. This is often done purposefully in the indie space to recall a very specific moment in gaming history, as we’ve been seeing recen...

[COLUMN] The Penguin Is a Modern American Epic | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for The Penguin, which wrapped up last night. All episodes are currently streaming on Max.

The Penguin wrapped up its first season last night, closing on the imag...

[COLUMN] Simon Kinberg's Star Wars Trilogy Suggests that Disney Have Learned Nothing| by Darren Mooney

Earlier this week, it was announced that Simon Kinberg had been hired by Lucasfilm to write and produce a new trilogy of Star Wars films<...

[AD-FREE] Hunting for a Publisher (ft. Adam Engels - Black Mesa) | Dev Heads

This week, the Dev Heads crew are joined by Adam Engels, project lead at Black Mesa to talk about what it's like to hunt for a publisher.

[COLUMN] In Heretic, Nothing is Scarier Than a Conversation | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains some hefty spoilers for the plot of Heretic, which is well worth seeing as blind as possible. So feel free to bookmark and come back after you’ve seen it.

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Neva Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Jess Hoops!

Breaking Down My Dislike of Strategy Games | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Fully Ramblomatic

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

We're Just Burning Money Now | Unpacked

This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!

[AD-FREE] The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Video Game Leaders | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about the best, worst, and weirdest leaders in video games.

[COLUMN] Metroid Fusion Isn’t Fun (and That’s the Point) | by Marty Sliva

I have a weird relationship with the Metroid franchise. Super Metroid is one of my favorite games of all time, and I replay it on a near-annual basis. The atmosphere, player freedom, and intricate design are mind boggling for...

Wilmot Works It Out Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Jenna Stoeber, reviewing Wilmot Works It Out.

[COLUMN] Juror #2 Feels Like the Culmination of Clint Eastwood's Career | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2, which is playing in 50 theatres in the United States. There’s a se...