On this Super Metroid podcast, horror and sci-fi and motherhood mix with difficulty and Dread, plus playing this classic for the 1st time!
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Be kind. Rewind! Aeon Drive literally teleports you to another world, a cyberpunk, synthwave cityscape with 30 second stages.
On this Home Improvement podcast: less is more when it comes to power tools AND game design, plus favorite licensed games and sitcoms.
Quintet’s ActRaiser gets its Renaissance and we are left to pause in wonder what this means for the rest of the developer’s legacy?
The Quintet trilogy alone is a 16-bit tour de force for retro JRPG fans, but why haven’t we seen more re-releases? The answer may come down to one man.
Final Fantasy II gets the Pixel Remaster treatment with a wealth of QOL and visual upgrades. Is it enough for this black sheep of the series?
A Maniac Mansion podcast: comedy meets horror (there’s less difference than you may imagine), plus Skywalker Ranch, adventure, and tentacles.
You have likely already played a number of games like Monster Harvest, but it doesn’t stand out like you might hope it would.
On this River City Girls podcast, the history of the Kunio-kun series, the future of neo beat ’em ups, and what makes RCG stand out in style!
The SNES celebrates 30 years since its launch in North America! Here are 30 games by 30 devs/pubs that made the SNES great!
WarioWare: Get It Together! is the insane, deconstructive, elemental, frantic, comical party game your lame family nights need.
On this Secret of Evermore podcast: derivative or unique; similarities and dissimilarities with Mana; Square USA; Americana and B-movies.
Tired of games writing that’s more about pointing out what’s problematic in culture than actually critiquing the games themselves?
Time to come clean. I was wrong about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster but it took playing the game for myself. Well, half-wrong.
This Metroid Prime podcast episode is packed with comments about creativity, behind the scenes bonuses, and insider info!
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Listen to a mix of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics video game music from the opening ceremony, in case you missed the event!
MAGE CAST is back and it’s a sequel, not a remake. It’s time to talk about Final Fantasy VII Remake, its nature, universe, and future.
The Steam Deck has been freshly announced and it has quickly been compared to the Switch. But what do you think the average consumer thinks?
Nintendo has unveiled the new Switch OLED model, but are the upgrades big enough to entice established gamers and new consumers?
Footage surfaces for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters so let’s ask how these latest re-releases measure up against the visuals of the past.
Strap yourselves in and call up a couch co-op buddy cuz we’re reviewing a real blast from the past in Jackal for the NES!
Super Star Wars was widely praised in its time and has since developed a reputation for brutality, but what makes it so hard?
Final Fantasy Adventure accomplishes quite a lot with its limited resources, platform, and translation. Revisit the first Mana game with me.
The world needs a lot of things and right now it needs elemental video game critiques. The Pixels is here to deliver.
Donkey Kong Country 3 might be seen as the ugly duckling of the DKC SNES trilogy, but what’s so different about it?
Time to deck the halls and crack some nuts! Here’s TWRM’s timely list of 12 Christmas video games to enjoy this holiday season!
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. is here to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Nintendo icon, but is it worth the price and the hunt?
Knowing when things have run their course, when stories are finished, when characters have said everything they can say is a dying art.
Soundtrack Showdown is over. After 20+ weeks of nominating and voting, see which OST got the vote for the GOAT!