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[COLUMN] Banjo’s 17-Year Absence Is a Crime | by Marty Sliva

The greatest crime in all of gaming is the fact that we haven’t had a new Banjo-Kazooie game in nearly 17 years.Well, that’s not entirely true. Overpaid and out of touch leadership, the gross mistreatment of employees, lack of job security across the board, stagnant creativity in the AAA space, and bad-faith actors...

[AD-FREE] The Joy of Solving Mysteries in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty use Blue Prince as a jumping off point to discuss what makes a good video game mystery.

Why Having Too Much Content Can Ruin a Good Game | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] Netflix's WrestleMania May Represent the Future of Streaming | by Darren Mooney

This weekend, Netflix got ready to rumble, hosting the streaming service’s first WrestleMania.In January 2024, Netflix finalized a deal to become the home of WWE, which is reportedly worth $5bn over ten years to the sports entertainment company. Just a year later, in January 2025, Netflix began streaming the company�...

Dreadmoor Sure Reminds Me A Lot of The Day Before | Unpacked

This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!

[AD-FREE] Oblivion Remaster and the State of Bethesda in 2025 | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the worst-kept secret of the Oblivion remaster, and how Bethesda as a whole looks in 2025.

[COLUMN] Sinners is Tale of Creativity, Commerce and Ownership | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which opens this weekend and is a delight. It’s one of the most enjoyable cinematic experiences I have had in a long time. It’s pure popcorn cinema. So, if you want to see the movie blind, feel free to bookmark and come back to this piece later. It’...

Split Fiction’s Writing Is Bad, So Let’s Fix It | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

Blue Prince | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] A Minecraft Movie Has Saved Cinema | The Rewind Podcast

This week on The Rewind, Jack, Marty, and Jesse S chat about A Minecraft Movie. Which one? You'll have to tune in to see!

[COLUMN] In Defense of Easy Mode | by Marty Sliva

Over the past few years, I feel like I’ve learned to embrace the warm glow of a given game’s easy mode. I’ve logged enough miles across countless games throughout my life, and at this point, I get no enjoyment out of the metaphorical badge of honor that comes from bashing my head against the wall of a frustrating...

[AD-FREE] The Double-Edged Sword of Roguelikes and Roguelites in 2025 | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee is feeling under the weather, so Nick steps in to chat about roguelikes and roguelites with, JM8 and Marty.

Blue Prince Is a Masterfully Designed Puzzle Game

A new essay on Blue Prince is now available from yours truly (Nick)!

[COLUMN] In the Second Season of The Last of Us, Nothing Remains Buried | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for “Future Days”, the second season premiere of The Last of Us. And for the whole first season. So consider yourself warned. That said, having seen the whole of the second season, it’s pretty great and well worth a watch. So feel free to bookmark and come back after you’ve ha...

R.E.P.O., That's Not My Neighbor, and Peripeteia | Yahtzee Tries

This week's episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!

A Flora House Advocate | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Cat's Paw | Ep. 5

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

[AD-FREE] Why Are Game Devs Layoffs Still Happening? | Dev Heads

This week on Dev Heads, JM8, Tina, and Mikee chat about the never-ending bad news of layoffs across the industry.

[AD-FREE] We've Got Ourselves a GOTY Contender in Blue Prince | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Nick, KC, and Marty chat about the excellent new puzzler Blue Prince, which is sure to be a GOTY contender when December rolls around.

[NEW SERIES] Haste’s Momentum-Based Running Is Nothing Like Sonic the Hedgehog | Discovery Queue

Hey folks!Here's a new series from us called Discovery Queue. We're still going to be doing one-off essays for indie games, but we wanted something a bit more laid back, easier to record, and something we could do a bit more regularly to check out a bigger variety of games. Like maybe even an RTS game next week...

Will Marathon Be the Answer to PlayStation’s Live-Service Woes? | Unpacked

This week's episode of Unpacked is now available!

[COLUMN] What Hollywood Should Learn from A Minecraft Movie | by Darren Mooney

A Minecraft Movie is a massive success, no matter how anyone cuts it.In its opening weekend, it grossed $165m domestically and $313m globally. This makes it the biggest opening weekend since Deadpool & Wolverine and the biggest opening weekend of a video game adaptation ever. It seems likely that A Minecraft Movie will...

Koira Is a Sweet, Simple Tale of Friendship | Bytesized Review

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

[WRITE-IN] Firelink Episode #62

This week we'll be gushing over Blue Prince, games that make us feel dumb and plenty of new game announcements from the Triple-iii showcase happening today!Send in your thoughts, questions, or topics you'd be interested in us discussing! We won't have time to read and discuss everything, and please keep pos...

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Tonda Ros on Making a Puzzle Masterpiece with Blue Prince | Interview

Hey folks!For my (Nick) monthly experimental video for March, I sat down with Tonda Ros, the developer of Blue Prince for an extensive interview about his journey to becoming a game dev and the making of what is now this year's highest rated game. This is potentially the beginning of a new podcast interview series ...

More Dokapon Kingdom Tonight at 6 PM CT!

Normally don't post streams here on Patreon, but we know a ton of you love when we play Dokapon so make sure to tune in for the goofs and spoofs in just under an hour!

Atomfall | Fully Ramblomatic

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

New Merch Available on DFTBA!

We've got a brand-new shirt up over on DFTBA for you Adventure is Nigh fans out there.Get it here.We'll have a bigger merch update coming soon with more items available so stay tuned for upcoming updates.

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Yahtzee Reads the Lore of Mortal Kombat

You liked the video of Yahtzee reading the Kingdom Hearts lore so much that we're back with another lore reading exclusively for Patreon backers! This time it's on the Mortal Kombat series.You're also owed an experimental video from last month from yours truly (Nick), and that will be out later this week as...

AI Can't Make Art, Only Rip It Off | The Backdrop

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

[AD-FREE] Sometimes 'Good' Is Good Enough | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about the importance of "good graphics" in 2025, and whether they're enough to carry an entire game.