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[AD-FREE] The Palworld Hubbub (ft. Kahlief Adams) | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, we're chatting about the social media craziness surrounding Palworld, and checking in with Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams as he preps for The Spawnies game awards show!

The Rules of a Good Plot Twist | Semi-Ramblomatic

A new episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] Games That Actually Deserve a Redo | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat about the merits of remaking fan-favorite video games from the past, the remakes that have hit and missed over the years, as well as titles that are primed for the remake treatment.

How Jack Was Fooled by Ropes in Baldur's Gate 3 | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time with Jack Packard!

[COLUMN] Help, I Can’t Stop Doing Side Quests in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | by Marty Sliva

I know I should be following the main path. The stakes are enormously high, lives are on the line, and the mystery of why I came to Hawaii in the first place is slowly heading towards a boil. The objective marker is pointing me across the city, and I see a cab stand just down the block – I could hop into a taxi and f...

The Boy and the Heron Feels Like Miyazaki Saying Goodbye | The Backdrop

If one believes Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron will be his last film. Of course, this would be at least his third “last film”, behind Princess Mononoke and The Wind Rises. There’s some suggestion that this retirement won’t stick either. According to Studio Ghibli executive Juniochi Nishioka, Miyazaki is ...

[COLUMN] Has Disney Given Up on Streaming? | by Darren Mooney

As has been well documented, the streaming wars are over.The victors are quite apparent. Netflix has pulled so far ahead of its competitors in the studio system that it is now able to position itself as a caretaker of Hollywood’s theatrical heritage, staging anniversary screenings of classics like Blazing Saddles, Ch...

[COLUMN] On Fargo, Freedom Has a Cost | by Darren Mooney

The fifth season of Noah Hawley’s Fargo is a meditation on two competing and often mutually exclusive American ideals: freedom and capitalism.As the title implies, Fargo often plays as a remix of the Coen Brothers’ filmography. This season, the abduction of housewife Dot (Juno Temple) from her home by two hired goo...

Yahtzee Tries... Kick Bastards, The Night is Grey, and Portal: Revolution

A new episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!

Mario Kart's Balance Is Pure Depravity | Design Delve

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

[COLUMN] The Curse is a House of Mirrors | by Darren Mooney

Note: This piece contains spoilers for The Curse.It can be hard to describe what exactly The Curse is, beyond being a Showtime series created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. Even early publicity material was somewhat vague, describing it as “a genre-bending series that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the r...

[AD-FREE] The Much-Needed Return of Physical Media | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, we're chatting about digital vs physical media.

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank and the Joy of Dumb Games | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from KC Nwosu!

[COLUMN] Everyone Should Steal From Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | by Marty Sliva

Sometimes you come across a mechanic in a game and think to yourself “every single game should steal from this.” And while we’re only a few weeks into 2024, I feel like I’ve already found this year’s mechanic that I hope becomes the norm for games going forward.Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a very good,...

Beyond Good and Evil | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] How to NOT Do A Metroidvania | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat about the past, present, and future of the metroidvania genre.

An Update on the Second Wind LIVE Channel

Starting tomorrow, and after taking feedback from Premium Discord, YouTube Community Tab and Patreon, we are going to be moving our livestreams back to the main channel and discontinuing the use of the Second Wind LIVE channel for the time-being. We will continue using Twitch as well. We have had some logistical issues...

Revisiting Hades in 2024 | Cold Take

This week's episode of Cold Take is now available!

[COLUMN] Welcome to the Era of IP TV | by Darren Mooney

True Detective: Night County was Night Country before it was True Detective.Writer and director Issa López approached HBO with a pitch for an original miniseries that would be set in the darkest regions of Alaska. HBO responded enthusiastically, but had one major request. They wanted to fold López’s concept under t...

[COLUMN] This Awards Season, Marriage is a Trap | by Darren Mooney

There is an interesting moment, late in Oppenheimer, as Kitty Oppenheimer (Emily Blunt) prepares to testify in front of the Gray Board. Her husband, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), has been accused of communist sympathies, which would derail his career and disgrace him. For most of the movie, Kitty has been pre...

Looking for Feedback on Livestreams

Looking for some feedback today! We're looking at how we want to structure livestreams on YouTube going forward. No decision has been made yet, so this is just a time for you to voice your feedback before we discuss in more detail next week. Right now, the only livestreams on the main channel are for podcasts and b...

[COLUMN] Is The Mandalorian and Grogu Truly the Way? | by Darren Mooney

Earlier this week, it was announced that Lucasfilm was working on a new Star Wars movie, under the title The Mandalorian and Grogu. As the title implies, this would be a theatrical spin-off focusing on the two lead characters from The Mandalorian. It will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy, alongside Dave Filoni and Jon F...

[AD-FREE] Do "Exclusives" Still Matter in 2024? | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, we're chatting about just what exactly a console exclusive means in 2024, and whether they still matter.

How to Predict The Game Awards | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

The Games of 2023 I Didn't Review | Fully Ramblomatic

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

[AD-FREE] The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Grind | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Yahtzee, Frost, and Marty chat about grinding in games, and what separates the good kind that keeps us coming back for more, versus the bad kind that makes us want to walk away.

[COLUMN] Netflix’s Pokemon Concierge Embraces My Favorite Side of the Franchise | by Marty Sliva

Pokemon Concierge has no business being as delightful as it is. Dropping its short first season on December 28th, Netflix’s stop-motion animated series is a collaboration between The Pokemon Company and Dwarf Animation Studios, a French creative team. It’s only four episodes long, with each one lasting only 15 minu...

Master and Commander Remains a Sea-Worthy Classic | The Backdrop

Hey folks!So Fox and Universal really do not want you to remember Master and Commander. We've spent the last few weeks remastering our Master and Commander essay that keeps getting taken down by YouTube's copyright system (seriously, even if we don't monetize it you can't view it), and guess what, it go...

[COLUMN] The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Makes the Audience Complicit in The Hunger Games | by Darren Mooney

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes asks its audience to sympathize with the devil, and in doing so grapple with their own complicity.The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes offers an origin story for President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland), the monstrous ruler of Panam in the dystopian Hunger Games f...