Episode #9 - You just spent the last 48 hours analyzing that confusing Lost diagram, stood in line to buy sushi at Wal-Mart, and was named the Sexiest Woman Alive. It sounds like you just barely survived March 20...

Episode #99 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 99) - It's the final On Running Feud before the magic number 100 and it's epic! Actually, it's about epics and what the critics have against them. Find out what GamePro and oth...

Episode #98 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 98) - Hey American Idol fans, it's time to use all of that voting practice for something good. After 98 Feuds we figured it was about time to introduce you to an interactive art...

If Namco tried any harder to suck money out of Pac-Man and Dig Dug I swear you'll be able to hear it in space! Here's Namco with YET ANOTHER collection of their classic arcade games. But only six�...

Find out now why Cyril seems to think that Super Off Road is the best racing game on the Game Gear. No really, Super Off Road. Sure, it might not compare to the likes of Burnout Legends and wipEout ...

Episode #5 - Sick of all those CD-i reviews from last week? Maybe it's time we shake things up with a few Dreamcast reviews! This weekend we're giving you reviews of Charge 'N Blast, Namco Museum, and the U...

My friends would insist that the UFC is not wresting, instead it's two guys that genuinely want to kick the crap out of each other. Nothing wrong with that; and that's why you would think that it wou...

Charge 'N Blast has all of the ingredients for a great game -- it has an alien invasion, it features robots, and there are all kinds of explosions to keep you awake. But there's something about the g...

Episode #51 - It's the PSP's birthday today and that can only mean one thing: it's time to grade the past year in a report card. Join the entire Defunct Games staff as they take a look back at the first twelve mon...

Episode #97 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 97) - Despite some great software recently, GamePro has gone out of their way to promote the PSP's negatives. Are they running an agenda or simply responding to reader mail?...

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Episode #69 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Super Hunchback (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 #70 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Arch Rivals (Genesis) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertise...

Episode #71 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Wordtris (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 advertiseme...

Episode #72 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Philips CD-i promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertis...

Episode #18 - Commercial Break (Ep. 18) - It's a brand new week with another dip in the pool of bad advertising. It's Fun-Filled Days of Bad Advertising, our 18th Commercial Break. In this episode learn why the C...

In our second day of CD-i reviews we will look at a couple of games not based on popular Nintendo characters. First on the list is Alien Gate, a 2D shooter with 25 monotonous levels. Of course, comp...

The Shaolin Road is a return to the crappy games the CD-i is known for. With bad control, crummy graphics, and nothing else worth talking about, Shaolin Road may be one of the defining reasons the sy...

And we're back to Nintendo characters. This game was never actually finished; it's a unfinished "review" of what looked like the first REAL Mario game on the system. Forget the puzzle game that was ...

Episode #4 - This weekend we were proud to introduce our first CD-i reviews, including write-ups about six different games from Chad. What can you expect from a weekend of CD-i reviews? All kinds of Nintend...

It took five years for The Legend of Zelda to show up on Defunct Games, but it's finally here ... and it sucks. Considering that the Nintendo 64DD's Zelda was never released (well, on that system) an...

Don't you dare even start singing songs by the Eagles, this is Hotel Mario and it doesn't deserve its own song. Of all the CD-i reviews Hotel Mario is about the best, even though it has strange contr...

Wait a second; we get two Zelda games in one day? And what's more, this one actually stars Zelda! Oh goodness, it's Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon! Could this game be ever worse than The Faces of ...

Episode #96 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 96) - When video game companies look up in the sky what do you think they see? Apparently it's a paper moon, because these days many of your favorite video game companies a...

Episode #95 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 95) - After 95 episodes of the On Running Feuds we are going to do something we have never done before -- resolve a feud! We're going to take a look at a couple of magazines tha...

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With its amazing production values and stunning visuals Black makes a great first impression. But dig a little deeper and you'll find that Criterion Games' newest first-person shooter is short, shall...

It's a Sega CD game that allows you to create your own music video for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. That's right, Marky Mark, the one and only Dirk Diggler! Now here's a guy that lets it all hang...

Defunct Games is proud to present our newest staff reviewer, a man that goes by the name of Thomas Charnock. His first review is for Formula 1 World Grand Prix 2, a Dreamcast game he feels is worth i...

Thomas is back with his take on the world's most popular sport, soccer. And who better to look at UEFA Dream Soccer than our man from Manchester? Find out why this game of footy just doesn't ho...

Chad returns with a look at one of those full-motion video games that the Sega CD did so well. If you loved Dragon's Lair but wished it had a ninja setting, then boy do I have a game for you! It's R...

Episode #3 - It's a weekend full of Sports and Sega CD, but not necessarily those together. It's the Weekend Update for March 11 and 12! This weekend saw Chad reviewing a game with Marky Mark and Revenge of the ...

Episode #53 - Cover Critic (Ep. 53) - The Xbox 360 isn't the only system getting all the games this month, Sony's PSP is also hitting the jackpot with more than a half dozen high profile games. What's the big occa...

Episode #6 - They Said WHAT?!? (Ep. 6) - We're going way back in time for this episode of They Said WHAT?!? We're taking you on a journey back to 1990, a time when Bush was President, we were ...

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Episode #65 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Gundam Battle Assault (PlayStation) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic ...

Episode #52 - Cover Critic (Ep. 52) - It's time to put on my jerk-colored hat, the Cover Critic is in town and ready to tell you what works and what doesn't when it comes to box art. Today we look at the second wa...

Despite being released in 1999, the Sega Dreamcast had a number of amazing 2D shooters worth talking about. Heck, they almost had too many great shooters. With all these amazing games hogging the li...

There weren't a lot of great new games on the Sega 32X. Some loved the arcade ports, other liked the sports stuff, but when it came to brand new titles the 32X was lacking. Shadow Squadron tries to ...

Episode #2 - Here we are stuck in the middle of another weekend. All this rest and relaxation is getting you down, it's time for you to do something else. But what? How about checking out the four reviews ...

Here at Defunct Games we find ourselves reviewing a lot of 2D shooters. You would think that after awhile all these games would just melt into one bad dream, but it's games like Zero Gunner 2 that ke...

Despite the success of Tempest 2000, not all early arcade games were meant to be remade. Adrian has a warning to anybody interested in playing this 3D Dreamcast update of Centipede, he hopes to stop ...

Episode #66 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Action Man (PlayStation) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advert...

Episode #67 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Nyko Christmas print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertisement wh...

Episode #68 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Worms World Party (Dreamcast) promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this clas...

Episode #17 - Commercial Break (Ep. 17) - It's a tale of sex, drugs and lies, a world of woe you won't soon forget. In our 17th episode of Commercial Break we find ourselves exposing more scandal when we go Behind...

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Episode #8 - You just got your feelings hurt by Simon Cowell and you recently had your multi-million dollar book deal yanked after the Smoking Gun outed your memoires as nothing more than lies. It sounds like you...