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Some Other Podcast, Episode 40: Midget Zombie Clowns

We hope everyone has had/is having a perfectly wonderful holiday season!  We know we are; after all, thanks to this week’s special guests, Dan and Joe, we finally get to gorge ourselves upon the long-awaited Fudgie the Whale!  What better way to celebrate the coming of the new year than with chocolate crunchies and talk about (what [...]

Some Other Podcast, Episode 30: High Five!

It’s our thirtieth episode, and you know what that means: cake! We’re completely on a sugar high from all the frosting we inhaled beforehand, so you’re going to have to excuse the tangents. You know, like you usually do. In between tangents, we do find time to talk about demos (for good [...]

Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 36: Stupid Moon

Brace yourself, because it’s a landmark week.  I completed not one, but TWO games!  Of course, I acquired more than that in return, and it’s possible that I put off writing this column until I was done one of them so that I would have more progress to report, but… shhh.  It’s the thought that [...]

Some Other Podcast, Episode 29: Drinking For Two

We know how much you missed us, so to make it all better, we’ve included large doses of extra awesome this week.  After a very special announcement, we continue on to chat about assorted TGS news, Elaine’s need for yet more plastic peripherals, and more Japanese games than you can shake a wang at…

Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 35: The Curious Effects of Magic Mushrooms

Sometimes a game has great writing, and sometimes it has great gameplay.  Either of these by itself can be a little tricky to find, but a game that has both is a genuine treasure.  I’ve always found that the Mario and Luigi series is quite reliable for falling into that last category, which is why [...]

Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 34: How I Roll

Yeah, I know I used pretty much the same title for a recent podcast.  It fits, okay?
So, as you might surmise, I have been hitting the Katamari pretty hard.  Really, why wouldn’t I?  It’s bright and shiny, the music is as infectiously adorable as ever, and the King of All Cosmos retains his creepy awesomeness.  [...]