August 2019
August 30, 2019 Know the Game
The GamePro Video Game IQ Trivia Test (Questions 51 - 100)
Episode #12 - Defunct Games takes the second half of the official GamePro Video Game IQ Test, which was first published by GamePro magazine back in August 1992. These fifty questions look at 8- and 16-bit consoles,...
August 26, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Top Hunter - Roddy & Cathy (Neo Geo)
Episode #68 - From Spike to Boba to Jonah Hex, there have been a lot of great bounty hunters in popular fiction. But when we try to rank the top hunter, that title is already being held by Roddy and Cathy. That's r...
August 23, 2019 Know the Game
The GamePro Video Game IQ Trivia Test (Questions 1 - 50)
Episode #11 - Take part in the official GamePro Video Game IQ Test, a 100-question quiz that was originally published in the August 1992 issue of GamePro magazine. Lorne Riseley hosts the ultimate gaming quiz as Cy...
August 19, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Socket (Genesis)
Episode #67 - Chances are you've never heard of Socket, and if you have, it's for all the wrong reasons. Maligned by many as being nothing more than a Sonic the Hedgehog clone, this 1993 platformer received general...
August 16, 2019 Recapped
Defunct Games Golf Club: The Final Round
Episode #62 - Welcome to the fourth and final round of the Defunct Games Golf Club. Adam Wallace has returned to the links to slice his way through another 18 classic golf games. Experience nearly 40 years of inter...
August 12, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (Arcade & Sega CD)
Episode #66 - When it comes to post-apocalyptic hellscapes, everybody expects zombies and mutants. But in the mind of Mark Schultz, a pollution-ravaged Earth was the perfect time to reintroduce dinosaurs. That's ri...
August 05, 2019 Game Over
Story Breakdown: Bravoman (TurboGrafx-16)
Episode #65 - This week saw the release of The Boys, a gritty and satirical look at what life would be like if superheroes existed in the real world. I enjoyed it, but after eight episodes of deconstructing celebri...