Episode #11 - The year is 1999 and American Beauty is about to turn Kevin Spacey an Oscar winner. This was also the year when that dude from Matchbox 20 teamed up with Santana to sweep the Grammys and Ally McBeal's...

Episode #10 - 1998 was the year that gave us Oscar-winning films like Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan. And speaking of movies, this was also the year when Celine Dion's heart would go on and on and on a...

Episode #48 - Defunct Games celebrates the holiday season by looking at bad and cheesy Christmas-themed advertising from the 1980s and 90s. Enjoy a soothing Christmas carol that makes you question everything you th...

Episode #9 - 1997 was the year that gave us the King of the Oscars, Titanic. It was also the year when Jamiroquai was caught in Virtual Insanity at the Grammys and John Lithgow stunned everybody by beating Kelsey ...

Much like the name suggests, Horizon Shift '81 is a fun throwback to an era when games like Space Invaders ruled the arcades. It's also an exceptional sequel that not only improves on the original, bu...

Episode #8 - 1996 was the year that gave us Oscar winning movies like Fargo and The English Patient. It was also the year when LeAnn Rimes won big as the Best New Artist at the Grammys and ER resuscitated medical ...

Episode #40 - When I think about snuggling up and watching a good Christmas movie, I of course picture It's a Wonderful Life, Scrooged and A Christmas Story. Unfortunately, none of those movies were made into games...

Episode #61 - Superman is one of the greatest comic book superheroes of all time. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about his forays into the world of gaming. And it's not for lack of trying, as dozens of game...

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Episode #7 - 1995 was the year when NYPD Blue brought nudity to the Emmys. It was also the year when Braveheart gave Oscar voters something to cheer about and Alanis Morissette swallowed a Jagged Little Pill at th...

As a season finale, Checkmate is a solid episode of The Council. It has the unenviable task of trying to wrap up a lot of mysteries in a short amount of time and I would argue that it does a mostly sa...

Episode #6 - 1994 was the year when Pulp Fiction challenged Oscar voters and Frasier Crane starts his love affair with the Emmys. It was also the year when Green Day threw Dookie all over the Grammys. But what abo...

Episode #39 - If playing action games in the 1980s taught me anything, it's that spending billions each year on new tanks and fighter jets is pointless. If you want to win the war, then all you need to do is send i...

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Episode #5 - 1993 was the year when Philadelphia and Schindler's List moved Oscar voters. It was also the year when Seinfeld came into its own and started to dominate at the Emmys, all while Whitney Houston swept ...

Episode #4 - 1992 was the year when Murphy Brown got into a feud with the Vice President and won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. It was the same year when The Crying Game surprised the Oscars and everybody ...

Episode #38 - I think it's time to admit that the Double Dragon story makes no sense. Between friends turning on each other, ports that don't connect and sequels retconning past games, every time I try to untangle ...