Game Jams #16: The Thursday Breakaway (03/14/24)

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After some technical issues, Game Jams comes to you 10 days late in “Substitute Teacher Mode”. On this episode of Game Jams we learn to honor our legends while they’re here, that AI is slowly killing the internet, and Charles is not up on his Italian sayings at all.

Molehill Mountain Episode 354 – I Forgot My First Time

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They say you never do. I guess mine must not have been that notable. 0:00 – I like Christmas displays and the White House managed to do something nifty this year 20:31 – The Sacrifice Game is a Christmas movie. No, really! 28:33 – Christmas In Connecticut is a Christmas movie. No, really! 34:32 – …

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Game Jams #4: Culturally, Historically, or Aesthetically Significant (08/07/23)

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Episode 4 of Game Jams! Charles asks the eternal question; is it Hydrocity or Hydro City? The Library of Congress inducts NES music into the National Recording Registry, and Hollywood Principle is looking for a new singer! Join the Game Jams discord!: https://discord.gg/gAuVnHzNkJ Articles: Sonic Origins and the Hydrocity Debate: https://www.fanbyte.com/games/news/sonic-origins-further-confuses-the-hydrocity-vs-hydro-city-debate Library of Congress blog …

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Nitro Game Injection #457: Horse Force

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This week, Kyle reminisces about some Arecibo Radio history, has a problem pronouncing various words including Astyanax, and otherwise just has kind of a low-key time. There’s also some video game music in there, somewhere.

Molehill Mountain Episode 147 – Nintendo Fears Perfection

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Nintendo fears perfection.  That’s my theory for why it inexplicably saddles its otherwise genius games with at least one unnecessary and objectively bad design decision. 13:03 – Nintendo restricts online play in Super Mario Maker 2 to random players 22:52 – Gaming Disorder is now a recognized illness 38:18 – Anti-loot box and microtransaction bill …

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GameFuel #198: Retrofuture (Synthwave Special)

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The year is 20XX. The world is recovering from a war against an authoritarian corporate regime, instigated by an unexplained event that has unlocked humanity’s full potential, resulting in latent genetic metahuman abilities manifesting in much of the populace. Aiding in the recovery is an organization of this new empowered generation of humanity, dedicated to …

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Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 157

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On this week’s show (episode 157) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the reaction Jimmy Kimmel received to his sketch that poked fun at people who watch Let’s Plays (16:14), sex game Kindred Spirits which will be hitting Steam completely uncensored (37:11), and educational game Playing History that was criticized for depicting slave trade …

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Touhou Tuesday 2012-08-14: C82hu Special, Part 1!

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After quite a manic weekend of collecting Comiket 82 CDs, I have returned this week with a bounty of material. Read the playlist below to find out exactly what! Also, we did play one non-comiket song by Babbe, who released his new Touhou album on bandcamp this same weekend, so I decided to play my …

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Open Circuit #85

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Happy May 2-4!  jmr brings you new music from Starrysea, Heosphoros, Prince of Darkness, ВЧ, and Shawn Phase, as well as a pair of tracks from Shizz to the Future on this Canadian holiday weekend.  Plus, we’ve got a live recording from The Cartridge Family, a newly-formed video game cover band from St. John’s, NL.