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Back to SearchThe Villain Joins the Party
Episode 482
Bringing an enemy around to your way of thinking can be a powerful thing - and in games, adding a former nemesis to your ranks can be a lot cooler th…
3 years, 11 months ago
Late to Localization
Live A Live's launch this week is a reminder that even if a Japanese game doesn't come to the US for decades, it doesn't mean it never will. With loc…
3 years, 11 months ago
'80s Kids
Episode 480
"1980s kids in peril" has been pretty thoroughly mined as a concept by now, and yet relatively few games have tried to recapture the (heavily idealiz…
3 years, 11 months ago
Mode 7 Up Yours\
Episode 479
We're pretty big suckers for Super NES nostalgia, to the point where we decided it'd be a good idea to grab Greg Moore and talk in a non-visual mediu…
3 years, 11 months ago
2022's Best Games (So Far)
Episode 478
We're at the halfway point of another year, which means it's time to look back and anoint our five favorite games of 2022's first six months, with he…
4 years ago
Born to Fight Dinosaurs
Episode 477
One of humanity's greatest regrets is that we never existed at the same time as dinosaurs, and therefore never got to fight them in a planetwide Thun…
4 years ago
Confusingly Titled Series
Episode 476
Videogames aren't always the most welcoming medium for newcomers, and one way they can confuse is through their titles; some series are easy enough t…
4 years ago
Adventure Trauma
Episode 475
If they were to happen in real life, the events of a lot of videogames could leave a person seriously messed up - and yet, videogame protagonists alw…
4 years ago
They Cloned Rambo's Bandanna!
Episode 474
Back in the '80s, Rambo (along with a lot of other action and sci-fi movie franchises) had a huge influence on game developers, and there was a point…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hell on Skates
Episode 473
Roller Champions is out this week, so to mark the occasion, we decided it'd be as good a time as any to look at five action games starring rough-and-…
4 years, 1 month ago