This week, we try to find out if life in plastic really is fantastic as we play two games based on Barbie! We played the minigame collection BARBIE DREAMHOUSE PARTY and the weird pet-rescue simulator BARBIE AND HER SISTERS: PUPPY RESCUE, and we're joined by two of our favorite ladies, Lynsey Pennington and Kathi Ciskowski, to help us parse through the long and complicated social history of Barbie and the rare video game series marketed almost solely to girls. 

Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski 

Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: NES Remix Pack 

Augment your ears, because this week we're heading into the future for DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, Square Enix's epic reboot of the classic shooter. The series has always put an emphasis on choice, using branching paths to tell its story, but does that equate to a fun game? Plus: we have lots of opinions about N64 on Switch and the new Mario movie!

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Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: Barbie Dreamhouse Party / Barbie and Her Sisters: Puppy Rescue

Roll out and transform, because this week, it's TRANSFORMERS: Redemption? The last time we played a game featuring the iconic robots in disguise, it wound up being one of the 5 worst games on the Nintendo 64, so the series has a lot to make up for. Luckily, neither of these made us sick at all! We played TRANSFORMERS PRIME, a high-octane beat-em-up based on a TV show, and RISE OF THE DARK SPARK, a slick third-person shooter than blends mythology from the games and the movies. 

Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski 

Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by the Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: Deus Ex: Human Revolution 

Rock on! We've got a new bonus episode courtesy of our top-tier Patreon supporters! 

Elliot Jay O'Neill is back, along with first-timer Danny Rosewell, to talk about GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK, the biggest and maybe the best of the storied GUITAR HERO franchise and one of Woody's favorite games ever! We're looking back at the heyday of the 2000s, when every home had an array of chunky plastic guitar controllers and all was right with the world. 

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Logo by Corinne Kempen 

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Who's got big balls? WIPEOUT does, apparently! This week, we're playing two games based on the summer game show sensation, and we're tagging in our friend Delaney Saul to help us manage the madness! We played WIPEOUT 3, which attempts to capture the obstacle course goofiness of the show in a simple platformer, and WIPEOUT: CREATE & CRASH, which lets you customize your own courses! 

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Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com)

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Next week's episode: Transformers Prime / Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark 

Hop in your Arwing and join us as we take on Fox McCloud and company's big Wii U adventures, STAR FOX ZERO and STAR FOX GUARD! The former is STAR FOX as you remember it, with lots of aerial combat and barrel-rolling action, but upgraded with beautiful graphics and some new vehicles to cause carnage with. GUARD takes the series into untested territory with an odd tower-defense style game! 

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Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski 

Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: Wipeout 3 / Wipeout: Create and Crash 

We're covering a ton of ground this week; we're discussing nothing less than the biggest game of all time, and we've rarely been more out of our depth! MINECRAFT is a sensation unlike anything else in gaming history, but our intrepid hosts have almost no experience with the block-busting blockbuster, so we've tagged in an actual 9-year-old to help us get our bearings. Plus, we're looking at the Telltale Games adventure MINECRAFT: STORY MODE, a star-studded interactive movie set in the MINECRAFT universe! It's gonna be a fun one, y'all! 

Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski 

Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: StarFox Zero/ StarFox Guard 

We've got another bonus episode, courtesy of our of our top-tier Patreon supporters! Scott Burger joins us once again with his pick, the crisp, genre-bending indie RPG CROSSCODE! This 16-bit throwback blends action, RPG, puzzle, and platforming combat with a rich, meta story and tons of content! 

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We're playing through another trio of games based on Dreamworks Animation films, and after the disaster of TURBO, we're on our guard. This time around, we're playing the DIABLO-like brawler RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, the dragon-flying sim HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, and the furry SMASH BROS. clone KUNG FU PANDA: SHOWDOWN OF LEGENDARY LEGENDS! Do these three score higher than the racing snail? Find out now! 

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Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: Minecraft: Wii U Edition / Minecraft: Story Mode 

We're taking aim at sniper games this time around with the cult favorite SNIPER ELITE V2, the game that finally lets you shoot Adolf Hitler in the junk. We take a look at sniping as a genre, look at the surprising success of the subgenre, and question whether realistic bullet physics are fun or just cool in theory. 

Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski 

Logo by Corinne Kempen 

Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com) 

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Next week's episode: Rise of the Guardians / How to Train Your Dragon 2 / Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends