Episode #112 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 112) - With the recent release of Super Monkey Ball Adventure we have focused our attention on something as simple as a word. Can the word "Adventure" really be the difference b...

Episode #25 - Hey true believers, we're not here right now! That's right, we're off covering the Penny Arcade Expo, what the kids like to call PAX. But that doesn't mean we won't still be updating, expect a coupl...

All the good old days of 8-Bit role-playing games. Titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon's Quest bring back such good memories. What's that? Oh, yeah, and then there's King's Quest, and 8-bitte...

For as many Mario Kart clones as there are in this world this is one of the few we have reviewed on Defunct Games. In fact, it may be the only Mario Kart clone reviewed. Does that make Street Racer ...

Episode #63 - The Freeze Frame (Ep. 63) - Every year the government needs a new reason to hate the video game industry. Last year it was because of cannibalism or all things. We hope that 2006 will be just as rid...

Episode #57 - It's a month full of exhibits and conventions and Defunct Games is there to cover it. Lee Miller brings us his full report of Otakon straight from Baltimore, Maryland. He endured three days of scorc...

Episode #111 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 111) - If you're the type of gamer who likes to look for reasons not to buy a Sony PSP then chances are you've already thought about the mountain of PS2 ports. But now you have ...

It's time to grab your trusty weapon and head out to slay a certain vampire named Dracula. No, I'm not looking at you Simon Belmont. This isn't some Castlevania game, it's Vampire: Master of Darknes...

With a name like Metal Head it has to be good, right? Nope, according to Tom this 32X game has enough flaws to keep it off of the recommendation list for a long time go come. Even if you're int...

Episode #24 - Is it the weekend already? What an exciting week we've had, full of World Trade Center memories, our first movie and five pages of video game compilations. So how do we improve on that? W...

What fun is it to gamble with fake money? Apparently it's not much fun at all because Caesar's Palace sucks. At least that's what Winston thinks of it! Here's a game full of Vegas games but fl...

It would be easy to make jokes about what that "secret" of Monkey Island is. But I'm not going to do that, I'm not here to tell you some stupid jokes about this point and click adventure game. Nope,...

Episode #56 - There are two things I have learned in my time writing about video games. 1. People love reading lists, regardless of how pointless the list is. 2. People love getting games that will keep them busy...

Episode #1 - DGC On Demand (Ep. 1) - For months now we've been giving you audio podcasts. We're doing our best to not only bring you the best articles you will ever read, but a few extra multimedia projects you w...

There's enough over-the-top action in Super Dragon Ball Z to make this an easy game to recommend for fans of the series, unfortunately fans of modern 3D fighting games may want to look elsewhere for t...

Episode #40 - Guerilla Scrapbook (Ep. 40) - After a successful weekend at the top of the charts, World Trade Center has proven to be a bankable commodity. Maybe that is the reason that nobody seems surprised by th...

Another Soccer game? Goodness, you would have thought that these would have been a better fit when the World Cup was on. But then again, maybe you're the type of sports fan who can't live witho...

Considering how many me-too shooters there were back in the 1980s and 1990s you would think that Defunct Games would have a lot more of those reviews, but we're constantly posting reviews of platforme...

Who says Kingdom Hearts is the best Disney can do? If you subscribe to the theory that there are no good games starring Disney characters then I'm here to knock some sense into you. What about ...

One of the best racing games on the original PlayStation has been ported to the Sega Saturn. So how does Tom think it stacks up against classics like Sega Rally and Manx TT? Does the kick-ass s...

Episode #23 - It's a miracle we made it out of that week alive! It was a week full of radio disasters, gaming exhibitions and bad advertising! But now you can relax with another weekend of game reviews. On Satur...

Episode #5 - Radio Free Gaming (Ep. 5) - In this late night episode of Radio Free Gaming we listen to Cyril answer letters pulled from other magazines. Unfortunately for him the entire night has been one disaster...

Episode #27 - Commercial Break (Ep. 27) - The Commercial Break returns after a three week break with another batch of terrible advertising. This week we uncover another stupid Wolfenstein 3D advertisement, read di...

Episode #105 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Wolfenstein 3D (S-NES) 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 #106 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS1) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic ga...

Episode #107 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Parker Bros. 1-900 Number print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game adver...

Episode #108 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Street Fighter: The Movie Collector Cards promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think ...

Episode #55 - Defunct Games will do whatever it takes to bring you an exclusive story ... just as long as it's close to our offices and doesn't require a lot of hard work. This weekend Cyril and Patrick drove up t...

Considering how close these full-motion video games were to Hollywood and the film industry you would think that they would have cooler names. Titles like Night Trap and Wirehead just aren't strong e...

Considering how many Star Wars games there are out there I'm surprised we've gone this long without bringing up Luke, Yoda and that pesky force thing they keep talking about. Here is Tom's review of ...

Episode #22 - Another week has come and gone looks like it's time for you to put your feet up and relax. But wait, before you get too comfortable make sure and read all four of this weekend's reviews! On Saturday...

This Spider-Man game on the 32x is one of the rarest games on Sega's failed accessory. It's a game that goes for hundreds of dollars online. But your wallet isn't the only thing this game is going t...

After the amazing Shinobi III for the Genesis Sega decided to go back to the drawing board and give us, well, let's just say it's not the sequel we had all be hoping for. Shinobi X (also known as Shi...

Episode #110 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 110) - At Defunct Games we love to get letters from the people we skewer in our articles, it makes it all worth while. But occasionally when we go back and look at what was said...

Episode #13 - It's the top of the month and that can only mean one thing, it's time to recap the best, worst and strangest stories that came out of July 2006! That means we get to relive stories about The Matrix, ...

Episode #14 - 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...