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

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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!

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The Rules of a Good Plot Twist | Semi-Ramblomatic

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A new episode of Semi-Ramblomatic is now available!

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Fully Ramblomatic

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

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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. 

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

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

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[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 acro...

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

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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”, behind2024-01-22 17:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post

[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 ...

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[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 B...

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

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Mario Kart's Balance Is Pure Depravity | Design Delve

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[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...

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

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

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

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

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[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 be...

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Beyond Good and Evil | Fully Ramblomatic

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

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

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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...

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Revisiting Hades in 2024 | Cold Take

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[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 in2024-01-15 15:00:30 +0000 UTC View Post

[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 sympa...

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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 a...

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[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 Gro...

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

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

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How to Predict The Game Awards | Semi-Ramblomatic

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

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

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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.

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[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 animat...

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

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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 got blocked again...

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[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...

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