June 2012
June 26, 2012 On Running Feuds
Is Dan Howdle Against Game Preservation?
Episode #186 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 186) - Did you know that there are people who are actually against game preservation? And not just anybody, but somebody who is the editor for a major video game magazine. ...
June 25, 2012 Recapped
Wrath of the Ninja Week
Episode #34 - Psst. There's a ninja behind you! Of course you didn't hear him sneak in, because he's a ninja. He's a silent killer, and you're his next victim. SO TURN AROUND! Oh, phew, there wasn't actually a...
June 22, 2012 This Week in Defunct Games
This Week in Defunct Games - June 22, 2012
Episode #198 - If it's Friday, it's This Week in Defunct Games! Up first we're looking at Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES), the rough and tough sequel to one of the most influential beat-em-ups of all time. If ...
June 20, 2012 Cyril Reads
Cyril Reads Metal Gear (Ch. 13)
Episode #46 - After infiltrating Outer Heaven, saving the captured Snake Men, escaping incarceration and surviving the moving bridge, Solid Snake has finally discovered the truth. He wasn't supposed to have this k...
June 19, 2012 Bonus Levels
This Half-Year in Defunct Games: 2012 Report Card!
Episode #109 - 2012 hasn't been kind to everybody. For whatever reason, this year has been especially mean to the old school video game download services. I'm talking about the Virtual Consoles and PSone Classics. S...
June 17, 2012 Recapped
The Week of Too Much Pinball
Episode #33 - This weekend I'm putting in a fair amount of time playing Zen Studio's upcoming Pinball FX2 expansion pack, Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles. As a result, I've been bitten with the pinball bug, wh...
June 15, 2012 This Week in Defunct Games
This Week in Defunct Games - June 15, 2012
Episode #197 - If it's Friday, it's This Week in Defunct Games. This week Nintendo brings us two more action games, both for their home consoles. Up first it's Mega Man X2 (Super NES) on the Wii Virtual Console. ...
June 14, 2012 Guerilla Scrapbook
Lifetime Remakes Your Favorite Games
Episode #58 - There is nothing worse than a Lifetime original movie. Between demonizing men and stereotyping women, these low-budget movies end up helping nobody. Recently Lifetime opened up their archives for th...
June 13, 2012 They Said WHAT?!?
The Man Who Dared Question Metal Gear
Episode #44 - Solid Snake junkies the world over have every reason to be excited, and not just because we're half way through Cyril Reads Metal Gear. As it turns out, Konami chose this week to launch Metal Gear So...
June 12, 2012 DGC On Demand
The Happy Console Gamer Gets to the Point
Episode #23 - DGC On Demand (Ep. 23) - Last week fans of the Alien franchise took to their local movie theaters to make Prometheus the number one movie in the country. It was such a big hit that even video game cri...
June 11, 2012 Defunct Games Vs.
Defunct Games vs. E3 2012 Game Revivals
Episode #15 - Defunct Games Vs. (Ep. 15) - Between the 15 minute long demonstration of Wonderbooks and Microsoft unveiling SmartGlass, there wasn't a whole lot at E3 2012 that caught my eye. Just as I was about to...
June 10, 2012 Recapped
A Week Full of Four Letter Words
Episode #32 - Last week we hid in terror as aliens attacked from all sides. Thankfully that won't be the case when we look at A Week Full of Four Letter Words! These are five of the most diverse games you'll ever...
June 08, 2012 This Week in Defunct Games
This Week in Defunct Games - June 8, 2012
Episode #196 - If it's Friday, then it's This Week in Defunct Games! It's a week full of swordplay! Up first we look at The Last Blade, one of SNK's very best fighting games. If that's not enough, we're also digg...
June 07, 2012 Freeze Frame
A Fake Alien Game for a Fake Alien Movie
Episode #88 - The celebrate the launch of Prometheus, Defunct Games is taking a look at fake Alien games that used real Alien imagery. It turns out that a lot of games have "borrowed" the H.R. Giger's alien design...
June 06, 2012 Guerilla Scrapbook
Capcom Packs E3 Press Kit with On-Disc DLC
Episode #57 - Guerilla Scrapbook (Ep. 57) - On-disc DLC, online passes and DRM? What the hell is going on with this year's E3 press kits? Defunct Games investigates the growing trend of major game compa...
June 05, 2012 A Brief History of Gaming
The Good Old Days of Press Packets
Episode #24 - With E3 officially starting today, we thought it would be fun to look back and some of the best press packets from E3 and the Consumer Electronics Show over the years. From Sega's rock-infused box to...
June 05, 2012 On Running Feuds
Hey Sony, What Happened to the PS Vita?
Episode #185 - Despite featuring exciting first-looks to some of their biggest titles, there was something missing from Sony's E3 2012 press conference. Instead of propping up the PS Vita, Sony opted to spend most ...
June 04, 2012 Fight the Future
Fighting the E3 2012 Mysteries
Episode #8 - Will Nintendo announce launch games for the Wii Up? Will Sony be able to convince gamers to buy a PS Vita? Will Halo 4 work without Bungie? I have so many E3-related questions to ask...
June 04, 2012 Bonus Levels
Fifty Shades of E3 2012
Episode #108 - It's that time of the year again; time to drop everything and make a trek to southern California for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). This is something of an off-year, with no system an...
June 03, 2012 Recapped
A Week of Non-ALIEN Games
Episode #31 - We're back with another themed week! For the next five days we will be looking at five different ALIEN-themed video games. But don't get too excited, Ripley, because none of these games have anythin...
June 01, 2012 This Week in Defunct Games
This Week in Defunct Games - June 1, 2012
Episode #195 - If it's Friday, it's This Week in Defunct Games! This week we have two titans of 2D gaming squaring off. In the Wii corner it's Metal Slug 3, SNK's action-packed Neo Geo game. But don't get too exc...