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Adventuring is No Yolk | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

Addicted to Warcraft for 16 Years | Design Delve

This week's episode of Design Delve is now available!

[COLUMN] Terminator Zero Injects Some Much-Needed Chaos Into the Franchise | by Darren Mooney

There is a revealing scene around the midpoint of the first episode of Terminator Zero, the new anime series based on the Terminator franchise. A service robot known as an 1NNO (Thomas Bromhead) is walking through Tokyo, only to b...

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Dark Souls - Race to the Bell | Battle Masters Uncut

Hey folks!

Today we're excited to deliver to you as requested the uncut runs from the first episode of Battle Masters as a Patreon exclusive bonus perk for the $10 tier and above.

The video has already been broken up into chapters for your convenience.

Enjoy!

[AD-FREE] How Does Something Like Concord Happen? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick break down everything that led to Sony pulling the plug on Concord after only two weeks.

Black Myth: Wukong | Fully Ramblomatic

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

We Lost the Streaming Wars | The Backdrop

In this latest episode of The Backdrop, Darren Mooney examines how the return of Amazon's The Rings of Power coincides with the end of the streaming wars -- spoilers, we lost.

[AD-FREE] Making Failure Feel Good | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about how failure is used successfully (and unsuccessfully) in games, both narratively and mechanically.

[COLUMN]The Rings of Power Lacks Sympathy For Its Devil | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the second season of Rings of Power, particularly the opening 22 minutes.

The second season of The Rings of Power belongs to Sauro...

[COLUMN] A Grand, Unified Theory of Tim Burton | by Darren Mooney

For a certain generation of audience members and film fans, Tim Burton is a hugely influential figure. For many people my own age, Burton was effectively “2024-09-01 18:05:45 +0000 UTC View Post

VVelcome to VVestage | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available!

[AD-FREE] Has Gaming Infiltrated Hollywood? (ft. Pete Blumel - Modern Warfare 1-3, Shrek) | Dev Heads Podcast

This week, the Dev Heads crew is joined by Pete Blumel, a veteran producer of film and AAA games that's worked on everything from Modern Warfare to Shrek, to chat about the relationship between Hollywood and gaming.

[COLUMN] The Crow Might Be Bad, But At Least It's Sincere | by Darren Mooney

Oscar Wilde famously argued that “all bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.” Rupert Sanders’ remake of The Crow is definitely b...

[AD-FREE] Deadlock, Wukong, and Star Wars Outlaws Impressions | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Jesse chat about the big new games they've been playing, including Valve's Deadlock, Star Wars Outlaws, and Black Myth Wukong.

Should A Game Never Be Boring? | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

Crime Scene Cleaner | Fully Ramblomatic

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

Crypt Custodian Review | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available from Javed Sterritt!

[AD-FREE] Making Games Harder For Ourselves | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Marty, and JM8 chat about our favorite emergent and self-imposed challenges in gaming history.

[COLUMN] Even in The Ultimate Cut, Caligula is Too Much - But That's the Point | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Caligula: The Ultimate Cut.

Between the premiere of Those Who Are About to Die and the looming release of Gladiator 2, it feels like the Roman Empire...

[PREMIERE at 10 AM CT on 8.26] Dark Souls - Race to Ring the Bell | Battle Masters

Tomorrow at 10 AM CT!

Join us for the Premiere of Battle Masters, the Second Wind team's new show where we test our gaming mettle in a variety of competitions to see who becomes the Battle Master. It's funny, it's competitive and no, not every episode will be about Dark Souls.

We've been working on this in secret for the past few m...

[COLUMN] Inglourious Basterds Is About the Power - and the Horror - of Cinema | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Inglourious Basterds, which was released in theaters 15 years ago in August 2009.

Like so many of Quentin Tarantino’s movies, Inglourious Basterds is a film...

Run The Jewels | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Platinum Heart

The Season 2 remaster of Adventure is Nigh is finally here! New episodes will drop weekly going forward.

Enjoy!