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Marvel Rivals Is Beating Overwatch Because It's Broken | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] The Brutalist is a Monument to Its Own Construction | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for The Brutalist, including a frank discussion of its closing sequence. That said, The Brutalist is worth seeing for anybody with an interest in contemporary or classic American cinema, so feel free to bookmark the piece and come back if you want to see it completely unspoiled.There ...

I Love VR, But It Also Makes Me Sad | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] PlayStation, What the Hell Are You Doing? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, KC, Nick, and Marty chat about the recent wave of live-service projects being canceled by PlayStation from studios like Bluepoint and Bend, and also share some early thoughts on the Switch 2 reveal.

Second Wind - Q4 Financial Report + Upcoming Plans

Hey folks!It's that time again for another one of our quarterly reports. Financial breakdown is in the image above, and below we'll go into it in a bit more detail, as well as our upcoming plans for Second Wind./ REPORT BREAKDOWNAs expected, we had another loss in Q4 as we continue to adjust our costs with the ...

The Hot New Indie Horror Genre | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] Severance, The Brutalist, and Remembering David Lynch | The Rewind Podcast

This week on The Rewind, Darren, Marty, and Jack dig into some non-spoiler thoughts on Severance season 2 and The Brutalist, gush over the new animated movie Flow, and remember the monumental works of David Lynch.

[Write-in Thread] Firelink Episode #51

Hey folks!This week on Firelink, we'll be talking about Sony's recent cancellations of more live-service projects, including games that were in development at Sony Bend and Bluepoint (God of War liveservice game?! Ick). We're also chatting about the Switch 2 reveal and the discussions around its lack of inn...

Kraven the Hunter, or How NOT to Make a Movie | The Backdrop

This week's episode of The Backdrop is now available!Note: You'll be getting another episode next week as well as we get back to our normal posting schedule for The Backdrop!

[COLUMN] Switch 2 Was Absolutely the Right Name For Nintendo (Don’t @ Me) | by Marty Sliva

After literal years of folks saying that the reveal of the next generation of Nintendo hardware was just around the corner (it’s me, I’m folks), the company officially unveiled the successor to the Switch, aptly called Switch 2.While we’ll have to wait a bit over two months until the big April 2nd, 2025 blowout, ...

[AD-FREE] There’s Nothing Wrong With Cheating in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty chat about their history with cheat codes, unlockable cheats, exploits, modern QoL features, and all that jazz.

[COLUMN] In Severance, the Office Is a Church | by Darren Mooney

Note: The second season of Severance launched on Apple TV+ this past week. This piece was written before I saw the premiere, so there are no spoilers for the second season here. That said, the piece includes full spoilers for the first season - including the bombshell final twist. If you haven’t seen Severance yet - ...

Beyond Citadel, The Hungry Fly, Cruel and Unless | Yahtzee Tries

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

[COLUMN] Blackhat Was the Culmination of Michael Mann's Neo-Westerns | by Darren Mooney

Note: This week marks the 10th anniversary of Blackhat, Michael Mann’s sadly underseen techno-thriller. It’s very good. This piece mentions plot points from several of Mann’s films: Thief, Heat, Miami Vice, Public Enemies, Blackhat. It doesn’t get too deep into the endings, but just keep that in mind if you are...

[AD-FREE] Answering Your Game Dev Related Questions | Dev Heads

This week, the Dev Heads crew are spending time answering your questions about game development.

[COLUMN] David Lynch Was a Truly Singular, Truly American Artist | by Darren Mooney

It was reported yesterday that filmmaker David Lynch passed away at the age of 78.There is a tendency when writing about David Lynch to focus on the director’s eccentricities:the Woody Woodpecker dolls,the bizarre Oscar campaign for Laura Dern for Inland Empire,the online weather reports, the weirdness of his films,t...

[AD-FREE] The Second Wind Video Game Fantasy Draft! | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick choose their own roster of games for Second Wind's 2025 Video Game Fantasy Draft.

The 2024 Games I Didn't Review | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[COLUMN] Hell Yeah, Save Points | by Marty Sliva

I spend a lot of time thinking about random elements of games that most normal, healthy folks probably just gloss over. Stuff like the various startup sounds of older consoles, the strange beauty of a game’s skybox, and the art of the mid-game disc swap. You know, typical weirdo stuff. And one of those things that my...

[AD-FREE] At What Point Does It Become Stealing? | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, JM8, and Marty discuss how all great artists steal, but at what point does that become a genuine problem?

[COLUMN] In Shadow of the Vampire, the Camera is a Vampire | by Darren Mooney

Note: With Nosferatu in cinemas at the moment, it felt like a good time to revisit E. Elias Merhige’s Shadow of the Vampire, which is one of my favourite movies. It is streaming on Amazon now, after being unavailable for years. This piece contains spoilers for that movie. That said, it does notcontain spoilers for th...

[COLUMN] Looking Back at the Nostalgia of 2017 | by Darren Mooney

Note: This week, I wrote a column and did a video about how Hollywood is obsessed with 2019. However, over the Christmas break, by accident, I found myself revisiting some of the films and shows of 2017: The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049, Alien: Covenant, Twin Peaks: The Return. It got me thinking about how 2017 was a s...

The Top 5 Best-Designed Games of 2024 | Design Delve

In today’s episode of Design Delve, J & Ludo discuss their favorite examples of good game design from 2024, and what we can learn from them.

[COLUMN] Skeleton Crew is Star Wars About Star Wars | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains broad spoilers for the first seven episodes of Skeleton Crew.Skeleton Crewairs its finale this week. The show is interesting, particularly as an example of pop culture nostalgia. It blends George Lucas’ science-fantasy framework with the 1980s children’s films popularized by Steven Spielbe...

Yahtzee Finally Explores His Feelings | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] Games We're Looking Forward to in 2025 | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC, and Nick kick off the new year by running through a bunch of the big games they're excited to check out in 2025.

New Merch and Partnership with DFTBA!

Our new merch store has finally launched over at DFTBA with three brand new awesome designs from Edu Ely Studio! Use code jan20at checkout to get a 20% discount on this first round of merch.We'll be bringing over designs from Shark Robot soon, and going forward we will be more consistent with merch drops. We hope y...

Batman: Arkham Shadow | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] Nosferatu, Squid Game, and What We Watched Over the Break | The Rewind Podcast

This week on The Rewind, Darren, Marty, and Jack dig into Nosferatu, some non-spoiler thoughts on Squid Game season 2, and everything else they watched over the holiday break.

[Write-in Thread] Firelink Episode #49

Hey folks!We're finally starting the write-ins for our podcasts, starting with episode 49 of Firelink this week.We'll be talking about the games we're looking forward to, our general thoughts about where the industry is headed this year, plans for Second Wind this year and of course our usual what we've...