While it's not the best looking game or the biggest series on the PSP, Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure proves to be well worth your time and money. Join Patrick as he dissects what's good and bad abou...

Episode #63 - The Cover Critic (Ep. 63) - This is The Cover Critic, your guide to what's good and bad in the world of video game boxes. In this episode we look at five of the absolute worst covers ever designed. ...

Episode #48 - Oh, hello there. Did somebody say that it was the weekend? Well how about that. I guess you're expecting me to fill you in on all of the classic reviews we'll be posting between Saturday and S...

Japan's craziest superhero is back at it on the WonderSwan Color, too bad Tom can't read a word of it. But don't worry, just because the game is completely incoherent (unless you can read Japanese, o...

There are a lot of classic arcade games, but very few of them feature a marble and an insane time limit. This is Marble Madness, a game that has managed to find its way to nearly every system ever cr...

Brian thinks he has played the worst fighting game of all time, but I disagree. Say what you will, but I'm going to go to my grave saying that Mortal Kombat Advance is the single worst thing out ther...

I hate to make a stupid pun, but I feel like it's my duty: Is this the Last Hope for the Sega Dreamcast? Eight years after its release the Sega Dreamcast may finally be seeing its final game, an...

Episode #10 - DGC On Demand (Ep. 10) - After battling dinosaurs, getting turned into a Mii and dodging zombie-like creatures, Jake is finally getting a chance to be something cool: A real life superhero! This is A...

Without a doubt Abe Lincoln Must Die is the best episode of Sam & Max's first season ... and I'm not just saying that because my birthday is one of the answers to a puzzle. It's full of zany characte...

Episode #124 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 124) - On the surface it may sound funny, but I assure you that Gamecock is no laughing matter. In this 124th episode of the On Running Feuds we debate the mainstream game media...

Much has been written about Bill Gates' love for the original Fuzion Frenzy. After playing this Xbox 360 sequel I have to wonder if Mr. Microsoft himself would be as thrilled about this disappointing...

Episode #9 - DGC On Demand (Ep. 9) - Not sure how to celebrate President's Day? Defunct Games has the perfect solution for this problem. For years we've watched the videos of people beating Zelda in an hour...

There are a lot of games that allow you to play as animals, from Okami and Zelda's wolf or your owl in Eternal Champions CD, but Splash Lake may be the first to let you play as an ostrich. This was o...

There are a lot of stupid stories in puzzle games, but none are as ridiculous as Tricky Kick. It's worth reading this review just to find out what the plot is in this early generation TurboGrafx-16 g...

Episode #47 - We're almost completely done with February 2007, where does the time go? So what are you going to do on this three day weekend? I suggest you sit back and read some of the reviews Defunct ...

Look out! It's Snow Job, an adult-oriented 3DO game with crossword puzzles and chest licking. If you've been going through withdrawals because we haven't been focusing on full-motion video games the...

Episode #65 - It's been 15 months since Microsoft unleashed the Xbox 360 on the world, yet even after all this time there are still genres that are poorly represented. What is it going to take to get a good party ...

When it comes to amazing 2D shooter compilations, Konami is the king. So far they've released collections of Twin Bee, Gradius, Salamander and Parodius Portable, one of the greatest games of all time...

Episode #123 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 123) - Just when you thought the confusion over the Alien movies and Sega's upcoming Alien Syndrome resurrection had died down, IGN decided to throw some gasoline on the fire. I...

Episode #133 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Mario is Missing (Super NES) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game...

Episode #134 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Road Avengers (Sega CD) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game adve...

Episode #135 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Sumo FIGHTER (Game Boy) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game adve...

Episode #136 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Nameless GameTek F1 Game (Super NES) promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of...

Episode #34 - Commercial Break (Ep. 34) - After a several week hiatus, the Commercial Break is back with four more horrible ads that will make your mind ache. In this episode we take a look at Sumo FIGHTER for the...

Defunct Games is proud to introduce you to our newest staff writer, Brian Wortz. Brian is here to tell you all about Killing Time, one of the 3DO's best first-person shooter games. But this is more ...

Because this game is so damn good, I'm going to forgive the developers for giving it such a crummy name. But Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2 isn't perfect, the fact that it's a single player experience rubs me ...

Episode #46 - After a busy week of articles and podcasts it's nice to just sit down and dig into some great reviews of old games. Thankfully you came to the right place, because Defunct Games is proud to offer you...

Remember the days when video game companies didn't care if their games were hard to pronounce? Remember Daedalus Opus? Well, try saying the name Veigues Tactical Gladiator three times fast...

Sure you remember Duck Tales, Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers and Tail Spin, but what about Darkwing Duck? It's been a good decade since I've thought about Disney's animated TV shows, yet all of ...

Episode #7 - Radio Free Gaming (Ep. 7) - It's the first episode of Radio Free Gaming in 2007 and boy do we have a treat for you, Defunct Games is here to listen to everybody else's podcast so you don't have to! H...

Episode #64 - By now everybody agrees, Nintendo's Virtual Console rocks! But the question remains: What are you going to buy? You've played all of those Nintendo games, and you can get the Genesis stuff for ...

It may look like a kids' game, but Viva Pinata proves to be the best game developed by Rare since GoldenEye 007! There's just something endearing about the game's simple theme, adorable characters an...

Episode #62 - The Cover Critic (Ep. 62) - This is The Cover Critic, your guide to what's good and bad in the world of video game boxes. In this episode of The Cover Critic we learn why C + C Music Factory spells i...

Over the past six years we have reviewed a lot of TurboGrafx-16 games, but none of them are like It Came From the Desert. This was an early generation Full-Motion Video game, the type where you have ...

Talk about a classic, few 8-bit games have been able to withstand the test of time quite like Bubble Bobble. You may not know the story or the character names, but that doesn't mean you can't still h...

Episode #45 - It's Super Bowl Sunday and that can only mean one thing: It's time for some football. But you know what, that's not the only thing it's time for. If you've tuned into Defunct Games then you are prob...

Episode #19 - You finally got your Halo 3 beta invite, you were made a fool of on American Idol and after four hours you finally got Windows Vista installed! It sounds like you just barely survived the last month ...

Episode #19 - Defunct Games is proud to present a brand new issue of Hardcore Gamer Magazine, available now for download. This full-color issue comes with news, reviews, previews and a look at international games y...

With no adverts or media attention it's easy to miss Platypus, the PSP's lone claymation-inspired 2D shooter. But Lee isn't going to let this collection of clay fall through the cracks, he's here to ...