Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about game length. How long is too long? How short is too short? And do you find that it … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Is Longer Than Expected
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite tutorial stages and sequences in games. While you’re here, don’t miss the latest Game News Roundup! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Teaches and Learns
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite and least favorite stealth mechanics in games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Sneaky
Chris and Hamilton discuss the development, gameplay, stages, and bosses of Mega Man 11 (2018). Spoilers: we loved it. No need to listen to the episode to join in the discussion, though! Let’s talk about your favorite (and least favorite) parts … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E12 – Mega Man 11
Happy Thursday y’all – what games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite Fall/Autumn games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Falls
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss times when we were embarrassed to play a game in front of friends or family. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Changes the Channel
Hello, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please share games that give you comfort when you’re having a hard time. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Seeks Peace
Hamilton and Chris discuss Inti Creates’ Mega Man ZX, including its origins as a potential Mega Man Zero 5 and its awkward (yet admirable) efforts to infuse the Mega Man formula with Metroidvania mechanics. Along the way, we uncover surprising … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E11 – Mega Man ZX
Happy Halloween, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, tell us about the most scared you’ve gotten while playing a game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Celebrates Halloween
Happy Thursday, folks! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss claustrophobic spaces in games! Which ones do you like or dislike? Do you find any tension between the medium’s … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Claustrophobic
Happy Monday everybody! It’s about 2pm EST and I didn’t see a weekly games thread, so I’m starting one here – if the official one goes up, please migrate there and disregard this. What games are you playing and what … Continue reading Emergency Weekly Games Thread is Gaming
Happy Thursday, y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about games that we quit because they started feeling like too much work. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Found That the Juice Wasn’t Worth The Squeeze
Happy Thursday y’all! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s discuss our favorite spooky settings in games (they don’t have to be horror games)! Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Takes Place Somewhere Spooky
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering low fantasy games, i.e. “a subgenre of fantasy fiction in which magical events intrude on an otherwise-normal world.” (Wikipedia’s definition) … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #72: Low Fantasy
Happy Thursday everybody! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Topic-Free
Chris and Hamilton are joined by special guest Patrick of the Boss Rush Network to discuss Inti Creates’ first entry in the Mega Man series: Mega Man Zero (2002). Be sure to support Patrick’s work by visiting https://bossrush.net/, following him on Twitter using the … Continue reading Franchise Festival S4E10 – Mega Man Zero
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering adaptation games, i.e. games that adapt a story originally told in another medium. What are your Top 5? What works … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #71: Adaptation
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite video game snakes. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Eats Its Own Tail
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering cyberpunk games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #70: Cyberpunk
Happy Thursday, y’all!! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, please tell us about your favorite downfall of a villain in a video game. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 Feels Schadenfreude
Hey everybody, it’s Friday once again! That means it’s time to discuss a video game genre – today we’re covering satirical games. What are your Top 5? What works for you in this genre and what doesn’t? If you don’t … Continue reading Genre-Savvy #69: Satire
