In this retrospective review, I talk about my history with the Metal Gear Solid franchise, or what I have played of it. Do I come out the other side a worshipper of Kojima-san and his giant galaxy brain? Uh, no. But, you know, I certainly experienced these titles like everyone else did! Drop by and give it a listen, you just may gain some perspective.

Well howdy fellow consumers! Seems we have a special today over at Cap-Co: an all-you-can-kill zombie plague! On this episode, I talk about my short stay in the Dead Rising universe of games, how it riffs on the media that inspired it, what the games have to say to us, and how I think they hold up today. Be ready for some thoughts, because I have plenty of them about these titles.

On this episode I give a retrospective on the remaining games in the Legend of Zelda series I have not otherwise reviewed, and my thoughts on the scope of this legendary series. It's dangerous to go alone! Take this episode with you!

On this episode I discuss the sequel to the surprise hit Baldur's Gate with Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. More Gate, More Amn, more Dungeons and Dragons isometric CRPG goodness that improved on everything from the previous game to become a true classic of gaming and inspiration to decades of RPGs afterward.

My thoughts on the classic isometric CRPG Baldur's Gate, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms for Dungeons and Dragons. Yes, I'm doing another tabletop-based game. But this one just hits different. Listen to geek lore and nerd out with me on this one, won't you?

Special guest Darren from My Guest List Pod reviews and relives his memories of the fabled Dragonlance Saga Gold Box Set (Champions of Krynn 1990, Death Knights of Krynn 1991, and The Dark Queen of Krynn 1992) in both novel form and on the IBM 386 - and just about every other personal computer it was ported to at the time! A fitting return to the worlds of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons in about as old school as you can get without dice and graph paper in front of you.

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This week special guest Sean at Review It Yourself podcast offers his thoughts and musings on Die Hard Trilogy on the PlayStation 1. Three explosive games, one dynamic host - it all adds up to one hell of a time for the digital avatar of John McClane!

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Special guest Kevin Brown of The Tom Petty Project podcast offers his thoughts on and personal memories around American Football for the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair Research. Seeing the world of the NFL through fresh eyes offers a new perspective on sports game. And much more than that besides.

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Special guest Stew of the Stew World Order podcast offers his thoughts on the game play of and personal memories around Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 for the PlayStation 2. Be careful anime you bond over, your wife just may regret it!

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This week special guest Martin Quibell from Pods Like Us offers his thoughts on Summer Games on the Commodore 64!

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My thoughts on the roguelite RPG indie hit Darkest Dungeon on PC. Eldritch and cosmic horror themed, Lovecraft-inspired, and full of grindhouse ghouls, this game will test your nerve and try to crush your spirit under a sea of dead adventurers. And I am here for all of it!

My thoughts on the Lovecraft-inspired game The Sinking City, on the PC. Ridiculous bugs and legal woes have just about sunk this game, in some form of cursed irony, but it is one of the best detective games ever made.

FPS, stealth game and survival horror game all at once, all centered around H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is not so much a scare factory as it is a disaster piece. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, we need to talk...

On this first retrospective review episode, I talk about my thoughts on the history and future of the Castlevania series, and all the games I played but never reviewed on an individual basis.

My thoughts on the very awkwardly titled Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura for PC. A game of elves and dwarves and men, with magic and steampunk revolvers, created by the Fallout 2 developers. As you will see, it is not all sherry and cigars in this Problematic Favorite, with special reference to a home brew D&D campaign of mine.

My thoughts on one of the greatest Westerns told in video games, Red Dead Redemption. Strap on your shootin' irons and get ready to wade into a messy past that says more about us in the modern day in cinematic Rockstar Games fashion. 

And here, at the end of the franchise, is where the downfall truly occurs. Dead Space 3, we need to talk...

My thoughts on Dead Space 2, sequel to one of the greatest survival horror titles of the last decade. Isaac is back and louder than ever, gorier than ever, and just more awesome than ever. But, big changes are on the horizon, if EA has anything to say about it...

My thoughts on Dead Space, one of the greatest survival horror titles of the last decade. In space no one can hear you scream, but they sure can hear you stomp alien mutants flat!

My thoughts on Dishonored on Xbox 360. A child of the stealth action genre, this is a magical steampunk adventure of mayhem and murder in the service of a dead sovereign. How many times can I say the name "Corvo" in one sitting? Come find out!

My thoughts on The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on the Xbox 360. A side story to the some of the greatest high fantasy novels ever written, and it's actually good, I promise.

My thoughts on BioShock 2 on the Xbox 360. Under the sea in the Rapture Family, it is Big Daddy, you, and me!

My thoughts on BioShock on the Xbox 360. If you want to learn more about the Gospel of Selfishness, the would you kindly listen to this episode? 

My thoughts on Dark Souls on the Xbox 360. Will this review be the "Dark Souls" of video game podcasts? HAHAHA of course not, don't be ridiculous.

It's time for Season 6, folks.

Strap in.

My thoughts on Fallout: New Vegas as played on Xbox 360. Another Problematic Favorite, but this time with a twist: what would happen if Bethesda had the original creators of the Fallout franchise work on the game instead? Let's find out!

My thoughts on Fallout 3, as played on Xbox 360. Welcome back to the post-apocalyptic world of "Bethesda magic" and problematic favorite bugs. Get your Pip-Boy and greaser haircuts ready! 

My thoughts on Alan Wake, an action-thriller but really survival horror game for Xbox 360. Welcome to another episode where I talk at length about a game that is better than most think, go on at length about creativity and overshare, but it is also a game about nightmares and dreamscapes. And a cat.

This should have been the perfect game for me: comedy, monster killing, art style, great dialogue, and heavy metal. Then I played it. Brutal Legend, we need to talk...

My thoughts on being vengeance! My thoughts on being the night! My thoughts on being Batman in Arkham Asylum!

Ummm... it is a very good superhero videogame.

My thoughts on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Oh man, this is one of my all-time favorites* but is very much a Problematic Favorite. Enjoy this trip into Viking-themed frozen fantasy!

*provided the game is modded

Oh boy, here we go, starting my foray into the Xbox 360 era with a Bethesda Softworks game. This is a mixed feelings sort of game for me, and not the best way to start off their catalogue. The Elder Scroll IV: Oblivion, we need to talk...

My one and only Dreamcast game is a Resident Evil offshoot title starring the Redfield siblings and the biggest cast of whiny jerks one could never hope to run into. This one also introduces a new segment to the podcast: the Problematic Favorite. I enjoyed it, but at what cost?

My thoughts on Hunter: the Reckoning. Once again I return to the World of Darkness RPG setting to discuss a Xbox title that was ported to the Nintendo Gamecube and which I bought out of a literal bargain bin. Does it hold up? Does it matter? Did you ever wonder what Gauntlet would play like if mall goths made it? Find out this episode!

My thoughts on Gun on the Nintendo Gamecube. Can a roster of Hollywood acting talent save this Grand Theft Auto clone from itself? Who knows? It certainly got here before Red Dead Redemption, so that's a thing. And with more controversy too.

Alright chooms, prepare to get merced as I brain rot speak my way through one of the most anticipated but disappointing titles of the 2020s, Cyberpunk 2077, with the Phantom Liberty update. What did this game turn out to be, anyway, after all the patches and updates to fix the issues came along, and what did we get in the end? Are we better for it? Settle in with a synthsirloin burrito and an energy drink because clean water is a rarity as I discuss my time and waning interest in this title.

My thoughts on the wonderful Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door on Nintendo Gamecube. This may be the one of the only Mario games I talk about, so let's-a go!

My thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker on Nintendo Gamecube. "Toon" Link or GTFO, Zelda fam!

My thoughts on another one of the greatest games of all time, Resident Evil 4, on the system where it debuted, the Nintendo Gamecube. Leon's back and as lovably dense as ever, touring rural Spain with shotgun in hand.

Welcome to Season 3, everyone!

My thoughts on another D&D licensed game from back in 1995! This is a first-person old school dungeon crawler. There are many like it, but this is one I played. Plus, the villain is a mummy, so yay fantasy diversity!

My thoughts on a PS2 title that is the middle game of a trilogy that was split over three different consoles and based on an non-D&D tabletop property. This should be fun to explain!

My thoughts on Onimusha: Warlords. I was told it was Resident Evil with swords, but that does very little to describe about how fun this samurai tale was.

My thoughts on The Suffering, a PlayStation 2 action horror title that takes places on the worst island in American history, as if being a prisoner in the penitentiary there wasn't bad enough.

A survival horror title like no other, more frightening than any Resident Evil or Silent Hill title ever could be, designed to make you the player feel genuinely awful. Manhunt, we need to talk...

My thoughts on one of the flagship games of the Rockstar stable, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Come for the irreverence, stay for the 1990s history lesson, leave with colors and a gunshot wound.

This week I review Doki Doki Literature Club like I'm in a cage mach with it.

Episodes like this are the reason I don't have and can't get sponsors.

My thoughts on Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone of PlayStation 2. For a licensed title, this hybrid beat 'em up/rpg works like it is supposed to, with star power behind it to boot.

On the way to what could have been beat 'em up Heaven we were instead taken through cut scene Hell. The Bouncer, we need to talk...

My thoughts on Red Dead Revolver on the PlayStation 2. Saddle up, cowpokes, 'cause Revolver explains why we needed Redemption not once, but twice!