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Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Review - The $80 Grift Continues

I reviewed Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. At an exceptional $80, it's got to be an exceptional game, right? Well, with those high standards in place, let's see how it far...

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Donkey Kong Bananza - Red Faction Gorilla (Review)

I reviewed Donkey Kong Bananza aka Red Faction Gorilla. It's a time trap for a girl with OCD who has to smash away every bit of earth. S'quite good, too.

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Podquisition 553: Barn Burner!

Gotta be rid of those rats.

Games we played this week include:
(0:11:35) UFO 50
(0:24:25) Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2
(0:42:10) The Torture House
(0:46:00) Mafia: The Old...

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Mafia: The Old Country - A Small World After All (Review)

I reviewed Mafia: The Old Country. Another linear game with a vestigial open world, but unlike MindsEye, this one is surprisingly quite good for all its limitations.

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State Of Sterling Lite: A Note Of Gratitude

Hello you swanky lot!

As I write this, I’m juggling a review of Mafia: The Old Country, drafting a historical document of Vampire Survivors’ Dairy Plant, and hydrating after moving a bunc...

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Podquisition 552: Creeping Crud

And we’d have gotten away with it too.

Games we played this week include:
(0:06:05) BioShock
(0:19:10) Night Freak
(0:22:45) Drag x Drive
(0:31:20) Mafia: The Old Country
(0:...

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The House Of The Dead 2 Remake - Don't Come, Don't Come (Review)

I reviewed The House of the Dead 2 Remake. They took out the legendarily bad voice acting, replaced it with regularly bad voice acting, and then gave it worse controls and fewer features than the f...

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State of Sterling: Moving And Literally Shaking

Hello, you lovely patrons!

What a few weeks it’s been! First and foremost, I’d like to apologize for not yet providing the written reviews I’d planned to do during the video break, and ...

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Podquisition 551: Offices of Legal, Legal, and Legal

A name you can trust

Games we played this week include:
(0:06:30) Evil Dead: Regeneration
(0:12:05) Powerwash Simulator 2
(0:16:30) Adventures of Elliot
(0:26:05) Heat: Pedal to t...

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Podquisition 550: The Support Act

Hi, yours truly is not on this week’s episode. Sorry about that, this week was just a lot. Currently midway through the house move, and I think by about Tuesday I’ll be settled in and back to p...

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RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business (Review)

I reviewed RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business! A standalone expansion to the enjoyable Rogue City, it's unnecessary and creatively flawed, but offers a good bit of fun with a full-length run...

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Podquisition 549: Destined to be Gorgeous

It’s simply out of our hands.

Games we played this week include:
(0:12:30) Donkey Kong Bananza
(0:33:05) Let Them Trade
(0:38:15) Robocop: Rogue City
(0:45:15) Frosthaven

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Bendy And The Dark Revival - BioShock Inkfinite (Review)

I may have taken time off videos, but I'm still reviewing for your delight! Bendy and the Dark Revival came to Switch, so I reviewed it. It's like a BioShock fangame that doesn't know what's good a...

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Podquisition 548: Our Girl Monday

We’re filling the time.

Games we played this week include:
(0:12:00) Bridge Command
(0:22:35) Tamagatchi Paradise
(0:30:40) UFO 50
(0:36:45) Patapon 1+2 Replay
(0:42:40) Don...

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How YouTube Coerced Its Way Into Rewriting Our Language

A look at how YouTube is abusing its creators with financial threats to create a chilling effect that controls the very foundation of how we speak. This video's been a long time coming.

(No...

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Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition - Chrome Console (Review)

I reviewed Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2. A solid port of a game that genuinely won my heart after all this time. Once it hooked me, it had me.

Also, sorry for the lack of Podquisition this we...

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State of Sterling: The Write Moves

Hello there patrons wot do a patronage of my work!

I hope you are all doing as well as can be expected in this horror show of a world. Despite how scary things are, especially as as a queer p...

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Walking The Path For The First Time Since 2009

Tale of Tales, a classically controversial indie developer and one of the first to spark what became the "art game" debate. I hated The Path for the longest time, but recently decided to retread it...

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Podquisition 547: Spread ‘Em

We’ve got some thinking to do.

Games we played this week include:
(0:23:25) Tamagatchi Plaza
(0:41:55) Dead Rising Remastered
(0:45:45) Death Stranding 2
(0:47:20) Chance’s L...

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Tamagotchi Plaza - Slop Shop (Review)

I reviewed Tamagotchi Plaza, a shameless minimum viable product. It's one of the worst kinds of game - one that thinks being for children is a license to offer lazy slop.

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Railroading Features And The Absurdity Of Nintendo's Virtual Game Cards

Game companies love to inconvenience players or outright dump on accessibility if there's a "cool new feature" that they desperately want to push. Let's talk about that, and then look at the absolu...

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A Video About Friendly Fire(break)

Friendly fire. Some people defend it. I bloody despise it. Let's talk about that, especially with FBC: Firebreak demonstrating some of the worst ways you can possibly implement the bloody mechanic....

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FBC: Firebreak - The Oldest Housework (Review)

I reviewed FBC: Firebreak. More chore than game, it's amazing it was actually developed by Remedy because it looks and feels like something farmed out to a cheap studio-for-hire.

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Mario Kart World - Around The World For 80 Dollars (Review)

I reviewed Mario Kart World. It's big, pretty, and plenty of fun. Shame Nintendo is so disinterested in doing anything with the game's entire central gimmick (and then there's the $80 thing).

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Podquisition 545: Animal Feet

What would you choose?

Games we played this week include:
(0:07:55) Date Everything
(0:22:20) Quantum Witch
(0:33:20) Longpuppy
(0:36:05) Otto’s Galactic Groove
(0:37:55) Ma...

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The Fascinating Wrongness Of MindsEye

Don't set unrealistic expecations by constantly saying your game's director worked on Grand Theft Auto, especially if you made a feature-poor game ripped straight from the seventh generation that's...

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MindsEye - Slack Mirror (Review)

I reviewed MindsEye. A rudimentary cover shooter lacking most of the mechanics of one. Actively hostile to the concept of an open world despite taking place in an open world. All the tropes of a se...

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Podquisition 544: Wells Within Wells

And not a drop to drink.

Games we played this week include:
(0:08:00) Mind’s Eye
(0:15:30) Switch 2
(0:18:45) Mario Kart World
(0:39:05) Ball x Pit
(0:42:40) Cyberpunk 2077<...

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Elden Ring Nightreign - Ain't No Sunshine (Review)

I reviewed Elden Ring Nightreign. A promising spin on the original with frantic fun to be had, it's a pretty good game that doesn't quite do enough to incentivize one's continued investment.

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Reviewing The Nintendo Switch 2's Utter Temerity

$80 games? $10 user guides? Wow, Nintendoatse sure turned heel! Anyway, time for HYPE!

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