Rock Band Blitz works as not only an extension of the Harmonix brand, but also as a stand-alone action game full of cool power-ups and competitive leaderboards. Plus, it's a set of mostly great songs...

Episode #25 - In this episode of A Brief History of Gaming, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at six of the most memorable video game stress balls. Will Sega finally come out on top? Does the si...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD may accomplish all of its goals, but there is still a lot to be desired. The graphics are outdated, the gameplay is missing a key component, there aren't enough levels and t...

Episode #201 - If it's Friday it's This Week in Defunct Games! It's a slow week on the Virtual Console. After several weeks of multiple releases, we're back to the drips we're used to getting. This time around it...

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone suggested that Hudson Hawk makes you "want to throw things, yell at the actors, beg them to stop." But as horrendous as the movie is, at least it's interesting. Nothin...

Considering its age, The Holy Bible is packed full of epic moments that would translate well to the video game screen. Wars are fought, there is smiting, a dude walked on water and just about everybo...

When I agreed to take part in Review A Bad Game Day, I knew exactly what bad game to tackle. There are many horrible titles out there, but only one of them is the worst of all time. Today's truly te...

Terrible, ill-conceived, unnecessary, ambitious and a train wreck. These are words I would use to describe Race Drivin', one of the worst 16-bit sequels of all time. Tengen tries its hardest to make...

Total Recall is everything wrong with movie-based games. It has no interest whatsoever about the main character's plight, instead opting for a non-stop action game with little to no substance. To ma...

Episode #6 - Last week we passed a milestone and hit our 200th episode. But even after digging deep into our ratings, we discovered that a lot of people still had questions. Whatever happened to the co-host?...

Episode #39 - On Wednesday, Defunct Games is taking part in Review A Bad Game Day, the first new holiday I can get behind. To show my support, all week long we're going to be reviewing some of the worst games ever...

Episode #187 - With the Wii on its final legs and This Week hitting its 200th episode, we thought it would be fun to look back and see how each system stacks up. To do this we counted the review scores, added up the...

Episode #200 - This week marks our 200th episode of This Week in Defunct Games! For five years we've been reviewing the best and worst games for the Virtual Console, PSone Classics Store, Neo Geo Station and more. ...