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[COLUMN] Mr. & Mrs. Smith Makes an Argument for Adapting Mediocre IP | by Darren Mooney

Last week, Amazon released Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

The eight-episode streaming series, sta...

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[AD-FREE] The "Calm" Before the Xbox Storm | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Marty, KC and Nick discuss the recent rumors around Xbox, what Xbox has been saying about their strategy all along and discuss a bunch of demos we've been checking out from S...

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[Sponsor-Free] An Explanation of "Post-Punk" Games | Semi-Ramblomatic

This week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic, sponsor-free, for all you lovely people!

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An Explanation of "Post-Punk" Games | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

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[COLUMN] A Deep Dive on Night Swim | by Darren Mooney

Just to peer behind the curtain a little bit, earlier in the week my editor and colleague Marty Sli...

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Graven | Fully Ramblomatic

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

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[AD-FREE] The Sunk-Cost Fallacy of Finishing Games (ft. Nick Calandra) | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Marty, Frost, and Nick discuss the sunk-cost fallacy of finishing games... even if you're not enjoying them.

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January 2024 Revenue Report


Hey folks!

Now that we're officially paying salaries for our full-timers, we wanted t...

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Kingsvein Has You Fighting Over Your Friends' Corpses | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from Elise Avery checking out Kingsvein! 

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Marvel's Editing Is the Cruelest Cut of All | The Backdrop

A new episode of The Backdrop is now available!

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[COLUMN] Marvel Was Once Embarrassed by Netflix and Fox; Now It's Nostalgic For Them | by Darren Mooney

Just over two weeks ago, it was announced that Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson would reprise their ro...

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Just What the Heck Is Palworld? | Yahtzee Tries

A new episode of Yahtzee Tries is now available!

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[COLUMN] True Detective's Lovecraftian Horror Was Always Its Broken World | by Darren Mooney

Early in True Detective, Detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin “Rust” Cohle (...

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Was Dark Souls' Blighttown a Mistake? | Design Delve

Hey folks!

A new episode of Design Delve is now available!

PS: Apologies for the delay on posting this, been working with payroll software all morning and this slipped my mind!
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[COLUMN] Argylle Works Best as Piece of IP Performance Art | by Darren Mooney

Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle is a bloated and indulgent mess of a movie. It’s also very dumb. ...

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[AD-FREE] PlayStation State of Play with Second Wind | Firelink Podcast

This week on Firelink, Nick, KC and Marty react to Playstation's latest State of Play announcements, including Death Stranding 2, Rise of the Ronin, Silent Hill 2 Remake and more!

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I'm Here for Tales of Kenzera: Zau's Afrofuturist Revolution | Bytesized Preview

Hey folks! 


So we're still figuring out what a "preview" looks like on Second Wind, but this our first attempt and we wanted to make it something a bit more than a recap of wh...

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[PREMIERE] Joining the Outer Wilds Club | Good Blood

Hey folks!

The first episode of our next video series, Good Blood, from Javed Sterritt, is now available!

We hope you love it, and new episodes will drop every other Thursday!

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[AD-FREE] The Games and Genres We Just Don't Get (ft. Jack Packard) | Windbreaker Podcast

On this week’s episode of Windbreaker, Jack joins Yahtzee and Frost to discuss the wildly popular games and genres that they just can't wrap their heads around. From idle farming sims to cookie c...

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[COLUMN] Persona 3 Reload Made Me Finally Love Persona 3 | by Marty Sliva

When a new video game remake comes along, chances are it’s just going to reinforce an opinion I alrea...

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Lethal Company's Horror is in Its Simplicity | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from freelancer Michael Cripe exploring the simplicity of Lethal Company!

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[SPONSOR-FREE] Thoughts After Spending 60 Hours in Palworld | Cold Take

Here's the latest episode of Cold Take, but without a sponsor! 

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Thoughts After Spending 60 Hours in Palworld | Cold Take

A new episode of Cold Take is now available!

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[COLUMN] 25 Years After The Blair Witch Project, We're All Lost in the Woods | by Darren Mooney

25 years ago last week, The Blair Witch Project premiered at Sundance. It is interesting to co...

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Salaries Begin This Week + FAQ

Hey folks!

I'm very excited and proud to say that salaries begin this week, on February 1st, for our full-time members. This is a huge milestone for us, and one that I can't believe we're ab...

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[COLUMN] Band of Brothers Is a War Story, The Pacific Is an Anti-War Epic | by Darren Mooney

Masters of the Air premiered on Apple TV+ this Friday. It is the third miniseries produced by ...

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Unpacking the Drama Behind Palworld

Whoa, this is new. For the first time in over 7 years I'm the one that edited a video.

This is a pilot for a new video essay series that yours truly is planning on working on, talking about ...

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Lil' Guardsman Is a Papers, Please Vibe Shift | Bytesized

A new episode of Bytesized is now available, this time from Will Cruz checking out Lil' Guardsman! 

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[PREMIERE] 13 Times People Leaked Military Documents on War Thunder | Chronicle

The very first episode of Chronicle, our follow-up to The Stuff of Legends, is now available! 

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[COLUMN] This Year's Nominations Suggest Netflix Changed the Oscars - Just Not How They Expected | by Darren Mooney

This week saw the announcement of the Oscar nominations. It was a good day for Netflix. The streamer pi...

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