The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, snip snip.

Our exploration through the PlayStation library takes a turn to horror with the first North American release in the Clock Tower series. We each explore our own version of the story's events, learn the secrets within the game, and do what we can to avoid the Scissorman. Tune in to hear the 200th ranking on The List!

This week on The Free Cheese, there goes summer.

We reflect on another fourth of the year passing by by diving into the biggest news stories from the quarter. We look back at PlayStation canceling...everything? And Xbox collapsing...everything? Meanwhile, Nintendo tries to revitalize the industry with Nintendo 64 remakes.

We check in with the games we each played on and off the podcast over the summer, then look ahead at what's scheduled to release that we're looking forward to playing.

This week on The Free Cheese, you are now in the Forest of Confusion.

We have accepted the invitation to darkness and embark on our adventure into Tecmo's Deception. Exploring and designing the game's castle, we set traps and chase down intruders to defy the irony of self-sought freedom.

This week on The Free Cheese, Dogs loves to wear this T-shirt.

We're trapped on Dinosaur Island and are forced to uncover its secrets when Christmas vacation is significantly interrupted. As Blue Stinger joins The List, we reflect on the Dreamcast and discuss our time with one of its launch titles.

This week on The Free Cheese, how the soup is made.

Ahead of selecting another season's worth of video games to play and rank, we talk about what goes into building out a schedule. Then, we share the games that we (probably) won't add to The List (probably).

This week on The Free Cheese, that is good tennis.

The Nintendo 64 brought us many new adventures for Mario, but only one introduced Waluigi to the world. In this episode, we explore Mario Tennis, discuss its technical approach to simulating the sport, and celebrate our tournament wins.

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With a series of successful mainline entries, all great media must spin-off into a new direction and Namco brought all of its unused ideas to life with Death By Degrees. Departing from the signature gameplay in Tekken, this game uses a new combat system and adopts ideas from a lot of other video games. Here, we figure out how well that works and where it ranks against the rest of The List.

This week on The Free Cheese, new family Christmas picture.

We're playing the one game from the makers of Gran Turismo that isn't about racing, instead seeing what a 1999 rail shooter with FMV cutscenes does that the likes of Star Fox doesn't.

This week on The Free Cheese, you spin me right round.

After years trapped on the Sega Saturn, Panzer Dragoon returns on Xbox with Orta, only to stay there ever since. We discuss the gameplay options to switch between and upgrade each dragon from, how boss fights play out, and how dynamic the world design remains through the end of the story.

This week on The Free Cheese, shake to kill.

We explore the inaugural world of Grasshopper Manufacture's No More Heroes and climb to the top of the assassin's rank. We discuss how the game compliments the Wii controls and what it brings to the greater library on the system.