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[AD-FREE] Stop Rereleasing Games (Unless It's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3) | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty chat about the news of Tony Hawk 3+4 Remastered, Monster Hunter Wilds' massive sales numbers, and answer a bunch of Patreon questions.

Analysts Think Grand Theft Auto 6 Might Cost $100… | Unpacked

This week on Unpacked… we won’t be unpacking much as there’s not a lot of big stories to cover in detail, but we’ll be clarifying some confusion around the recent announcement of Reburn and their game La Quimera, some analysts think GTA VI is going to cost $100 at release, and a surprising publisher is being re...

[COLUMN] Daredevil: Born Again Gentrifies the Man Without Fear | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for Born Again, the first two episodes of which are streaming on Disney+, now.The premiere of Daredevil: Born Againopens with a conversation about nostalgia.As Matt Murdoch (Charlie Cox), Foggy Nelson (Eldon Henson) and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) leave their office, they pause to r...

[WRITE-IN] Firelink Episode #57

It's going to be a pretty laid-back week on Firelink this week, so we're going to spend a lot of time answering your questions and comments on tonight's episode!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 pl...

I Was Bored, So I Did a Black Mesa Ironman Run | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

Avowed | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] Who Are the Oscars Actually For? | The Rewind Podcast

This week on The Rewind, Darren, Marty, and Jesse chat about the passing of Gene Hackman and unpack this year's Academy Awards.

Announcing Lost & Found - Second Wind's Work for Hire Arm

Today we’re excited to announce Lost & Found, the new work-for-hire arm of Second Wind.From day one, we planned to do work-for-hire projects to help keep Second Wind sustainable. Thanks to your incredible support during our first year, we were able to hold off on that and just focus on our core content.Now that thing...

[COLUMN] GTFO, FOMO | by Marty Sliva

It seems like all of my friends are among the 8 million (and counting)folks who spent the weekend slaying beasts and turning their spoils into cool hats in Monster Hunter: Wilds. I know for certain that it’s hitting Second Wind hard as well. KC has already put 40+ hours into it and released a video with his thoughts,...

[AD-FREE] The Worst Kinds of Levels in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about their least-favorite kinds of levels in games, from forced stealth sections to FromSoft's beloved poison swamps.

The Exact Moment I Fell For Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Marty takes a look at the exact moment he realized that Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was a game for him.

[COLUMN] This Year, Filmmakers Want You to Notice the Camera | by Darren Mooney

As has been much-discussed, this is an age of “content.” Film and television are no longer regarded as media, but instead as formless and shapeless “content.”“As recently as fifteen years ago, the term ‘content’ was heard only when people were discussing the cinema on a serious level, and it was contraste...

Twisted Tower, FlyKnight, Blood Typers, and Wordatro | Yahtzee Tries

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

[COLUMN] Gene Hackman Set the Standard | by Darren Mooney

Gene Hackman passed away earlier this week, one of the great institutions of Hollywood cinema.Hackman emerged as part of the New Hollywood movement. His first major film role was playing Buck Barrow in Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde, the film generally cited as the starting point of that wave in American cinema in 19...

Because of the Implication | Adventure Is Nigh! - The Cat's Paw | Ep. 2

This week's episode of Adventure is Nigh is now available! Reminder that new episodes for Season 4 drop every other week.

[AD-FREE] BioShock Changed the FPS, Will Wartorn Do the Same for RTS? | Dev Heads

This week on Dev Heads, JM8, Tina, and Mikee are joined by Paul Hellquist, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Stray Kite Studios, to chat about his work on BioShock, Borderlands 2, and the upcoming Wartorn.

Monster Hunter Wilds Actually Has a Narrative Worth Paying Attention to

A new short essay is now available on Monster Hunter Wilds from KC!

The Shocking and Frustrating Shutdown of Monolith Studios | Unpacked

This week on Unpacked, we’re unfortunately talking about more layoffs yet again, taking another look at the NetEase story from last week as more details have come out, and wrapping up the week on a more positive note with a bunch of my personal recommendations out of Steam Next Fest.

[AD-FREE] We've Played Over 40 Hours of Monster Hunter Wilds, and... | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty are joined by Javed to chat about Second Wind's big new Animal Well documentary, news coming out of WB Games and The Pokemon Company, and KC's time so far with Monster Hunter Wilds.

[COLUMN] Does It Even Matter Who Runs LucasFilm After Kathleen Kennedy? | by Darren Mooney

(Editor's Note: Conflicting reportsregarding Kathleen Kennedy's retirement dropped after this story was written, but it doesn't change the points that Darren makes whatsoever.)Earlier this week, Puckreported that Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy was planning to retire this year,at the age of 71.On one hand, ...

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Wave Race 64 is the Most Underrated OST of its Time

For this month's experimental video, we have a fun video essay from Senior Editor, Jesse Schwab, taking a look back at one of the most underrated original soundtracks of its time - the music of Wave Race 64.We hope you enjoy it!

[WRITE-IN] Firelink Moving to Thursdays for a Month - EP #56

Hey folks! Just a quick update that Firelink will be on Thursday nights for the next six weeks starting tomorrow.I have an obligation on Wednesday evenings, so we're switching the Metroid streams to Wednesday nights (starting right now) and Firelink to Thursday for the time-being.//This week we're talking about...

[AVAILABLE NOW] The Making of Animal Well | Documentary

Thanks for tuning into the Premiere! You can now watch the documentary at your own leisure.//It's finally time for our first premium documentary here on Second Wind! Thank you for your patience on this one as we had a very busy year last year and it took much longer to get to editing this thing than we had planned ...

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | Fully Ramblomatic

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

With Brave New World, Marvel Turns Its Back on Its Future | The Backdrop

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

[AD-FREE] Why Are Pirate Games So Damn Good? | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about why pirate-themed games, no matter the genre, seem to resonate so strongly with them.

[COLUMN] Every Single Gaming Storefront Is Terrible | by Marty Sliva

Over the past year or so, these columns from me have generally been on the positive side of things, and that’s by design. I’ve been doing this for a long, long time, and I’m at a point in my life where I’d rather spend my work energy propping up the stuff I love than tearing down the stuff I don’t. Life’s t...

Ranking the Worst FromSoftware Swamps | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] Netflix’s Zero Day Is Haunted by the Ghost of Joe Biden | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains full spoilers for Zero Day, the six-episode miniseries that premiered on Netflix this week. It’s not great.Watching so much recent pop culture, it really does feel like the reelection of Donald Trump took a lot of people by surprise.According to insider reports, Disney heavily retooled Capta...

[COLUMN] Why Amazon's Purchase of James Bond is Bad News | by Darren Mooney

No, Mister Bezos, I expect you to buy.News came through earlier in the week that Amazon hadbought the rights to the James Bond film franchise, effectively ending the control that the Broccoli family held over the icon for decades.There is, perhaps, a small irony in the idea of the James Bondfranchise being purchased by...