Genkibowl VII is not the Saints Row: The Third add-on you've been waiting for. Instead it's a painfully bad mini-game collection, half of which is recycled from last year's disc-based release. There...

Episode #182 - On Running Feuds (Ep.182) - The reactions to the Resident Evil 6 trailer were what you would normally expect; the usual mix of wishful excitement and skepticism. Across internet forums, Twitter and F...

Episode #56 - Guerilla Scrapbook (Ep. 56) - I bet you didn't know that Capcom has had a long history of making horrible spelling errors! This has been an on-going problem for the better part of thirty years. We tho...

All Zombies Must Die may sound like a senseless action game, but it turns out to be a moderately deep role-playing game. Part dual-stick shooter and part dungeon crawler, Doublesix's newest zombie ga...

Hector is the kind of likeable moron you don't see much of in gaming these days, which may be one of the reasons Badge of Carnage is so compelling. The hand-drawn graphics and spot-on voice acting do...

Forget that this is a Flash game on a website; Abobo's Big Adventure is a stunning accomplishment that has to be seen to be believed. With literally thousands of cameo appearances, tons of replay val...

Episode #185 - If it's Friday it's This Week in Defunct Games! It's yet another week of disappointment. After a two week absents, the 3DS Virtual Console roared back to life with ... Lock 'N Chase. Well, at least...

Episode #18 - Eternal Champions could have been a real contender. Sadly, Sega wasn't entirely sure how to develop an ultra-violent 2D fighting game. The result is a mediocre game that few gamers have fond memorie...

Episode #5 - WORST GAME EVER (Ep. 5) - While the internet goes dark to rally against SOPA and PIPA, Defunct Games is proud to bring you another entry in our ongoing hunt for the WORST GAME EVER! Today we look at ...

Episode #78 - The Cover Critic (Ep. 78) - The Cover Critic is back with a lot of negative comments about your favorite games! In this episode we take a look at the big releases of January 2011. We'll take a trip ...

Not only is The King of Fighters a solid 2D fighting game, but it is one of the best games in the series. With dozens of characters and a robust story mode, this SNK fighter reminds us yet again why ...

Episode #7 - Have you ever wondered how old your favorite video game character will be when they die? Defunct Games puts that question to the test. By studying the lives of gaming's biggest stars, we are able...

Even with a budget price, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is tough to recommend. The mediocre graphics and monotonous gameplay bring down an otherwise solid premise. This is only worth playin...

Episode #184 - If it's Friday it's This Week in Defunct Games! This week I would love to talk about the fun 3DS Virtual Console games being uploaded, but so far this year Nintendo has kept quiet. Thankfully we hav...

Episode #85 - Freeze Frame (Ep. 85) - Did you know that parts of Silent Hill were influenced by a certain Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy? What about the one where three of the members of Sonic Youth show up to ...

Episode #105 - Despite my constant complaints about the Virtual Console on Twitter, a lot of old school classics were released in 2011. Not only did we see some of Square's best games hit both the Virtual Console an...

Episode #17 - Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Consumer Electronics Show. To help celebrate, Cyril takes a look back at the last big video game announcement made at this prestigious show. Discover what it ...

Episode #6 - Have you ever wondered how old your favorite video game character will be when they die? Defunct Games puts that question to the test. By studying the lives of gaming's biggest stars, we are able...

While not a high water mark for pinball games, Zen Pinball 3D delivers on every one of its promises. This seven dollar 3DS game features four exciting stages, online leaderboards and an achievement s...

Episode #183 - If it's Friday it's This Week in Defunct Games! Welcome to the first episode in 2012. Unfortunately, neither of the games reviewed in this 183rd episode were released this year. Instead we're playi...

Episode #18 - 2011 wasn't a good year for the Wii's Virtual Console. With only seventeen games, it's hard to justify any excitement for Nintendo's once-strong download service. But the low number isn't going to g...

Episode #12 - Here comes another batch of SNK Minis! After playing through some of the company's biggest arcade hits, what could possibly be left to tackle? This week we take a look at P.O.W.: Prisoners of W...

Released a full year after the PC game, Bejeweled 3 makes for a solid Nintendo DS puzzler. With eight fleshed-out modes and achievement points, PopCap's newest game is easy to recommend for twenty do...

Episode #55 - Guerilla Scrapbook (Ep. 55) - Apparently Microsoft won't be happy until everybody buys a Kinect. Their latest commercial target those of us who have so far avoided the Kinect hype, the smart consumer...

Episode #5 - Defunct Games is back for a new year of off-the-wall content. We start this January with a new episode of Game Expectancy, the show that answers the age-old question: When will your favorite video ga...

Jurassic Park: The Game is Telltale Games' first major disappointment. After completely scrapping the traditional point and click gameplay, the developers have trouble figuring out what to do with on...