Garbage Game Night

In 1987 an ambitious project was embarked upon for Hasbro utilizing a new video game platform ends up a premiere feature of congressional hearings on violence in video games. How did a game intended to run on VCRs end up being pulled from shelves? We dive into the 1992 SegaCD release NIGHT TRAP

Is there such thing as 'The Room' for video games? A game with such bizarre writing and pacing, a game that is so terrible it's good? That's exactly what Jim Sterling has said about Deadly Premonition, the game with the specific honor of being more divisive survival horror scored game. We take a deep look at the plot of this game and wish we hadn't in this spooky episode. 

The classic retro franchise Bionic Commando has been given the gritty reboot treatment! The gang GRAPPLES with the new super power of a bionic arm, tries to get a HANDLE on the web-slinging, and tries to GRASP the subtle plot twist. Were the critics wrong? or were they all RIGHT. He's got a bionic left arm, if that's not clear, but he's also got a bad attitude. We discuss how to ruin a super-hero 'what-if's, Burger King, and better 2009 games w/ Frank, Tom, Victor and Chris. 

A game series about political espionage and stealth takes a turn to the... fence construction genre? This week we do a deep dive into this Kojima-less entry into the Metal Gear series, we talk series plot, what makes a good survival game, and try out the co-op live!

This week, we embark upon a mysterious reboot of a game with 2016's 'The Ship: Remasted'. We discuss social deduction games, cruise ships and micromanagement. Did the developers gambit of including 2016 candidates pay off? Or was it a sloppy remake of one of the earliest social games on Steam? Chris, Tom, Frank, Bob and Fredo dive in.

In 2006, we take a look to the distant future of... 2016... where we find out in... 2046 that the sun will turn red giant on us and cook earth? Can we defeat the sun? What is the AX corporation up to with this vaccine? Why is our protagonist so blood thirsty? We tackle all these questions in this episode w/ Chris, Frank and Tom

The Demon Rush: Legends Corrupt is a little known video game by a small canadian company with a lot of potential. We do a table read of the first hour of gameplay, discuss the graphic choices and grapple with the metric ton of lore and angsty characters thrown our way. 

A government-sponsored game about going to the moon and repairing astroid damage to your base all while going far slower than you ever thought possible? Sign us up! We talk about government and moon games, but mostly just about this amazing text-to-speech function. Chris, Tom, Grace and Frank try to save the lunar colony in this week's episode.

No Man's Sky has had one of the more notorious launches in video game history, and yet, the developer and many members of the community, never gave up. This week, the gang blasts off into the unknown and is overwhelmed with the depth the experience offers as they discuss the game's development, gameplay and reception.

The Rock was tied to a SpyHunter movie that was never made... and yet... there is a game for it? The Rock takes SpyHunter franchise in a new direction by stepping out of the car, but there's NOWHERE TO RUN (except through half of the game). We take a look at this anomaly of a game and see if he can suplex his way out of the garbage valley.