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Kim Justice Looks At Jurassic Park Trespasser—An Influential Failure

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When you think of influential video games, names like Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Doom, Grand Theft Auto come to mind. You know, the hits. But what about a game that failed upon its original release yet came to influence an awful lot? Such is the history of Trespasser, a 1998 PC game and pseudo sequel to The Lost World Jurassic Park film. Watch this documentary from Kim Justice … [Read more...] about Kim Justice Looks At Jurassic Park Trespasser—An Influential Failure

ETA Prime Explores Budget Quality PC Gear You May Have Missed

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I do own a gaming PC, but I still think of myself as a noob in that world. I am much more likely to buy a preconfigured system than build something myself. I am never the person who is going to buy the highest-spec thing. A YouTube channel like ETA Prime takes PC gaming hardware and makes it a lot more accessible to someone like me. A great example is the video below, where he … [Read more...] about ETA Prime Explores Budget Quality PC Gear You May Have Missed

Get Hyped For Resident Evil 8 With Residence Of Evil

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Get stuck into Resident Evil lore as you prepare yourself for Friday's release of Resident Evil Village with the YouTube channel Resident of Evil. Series lore, voice actor interviews, demo gameplay—there's loads to dig into here. The channel has been doing a lot in the run-up to the release of Village, including the video below—an explainer into Mother Miranda and the 4 … [Read more...] about Get Hyped For Resident Evil 8 With Residence Of Evil

Hop Back Into Portal 2 With Games My Mom Found

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Games My Mom Found is a game club type podcast, but in between episodes will also cover movies, comics, TV, and other geekery. In this latest episode they talk about Portal 2, Valve's 2011 sequel to Portal. There's much love in this episode for JK Simmons' portrayal of Cave Johnson, Stephen Merchant's Wheatley, and the fantastic twists this game takes. It's a great conversation … [Read more...] about Hop Back Into Portal 2 With Games My Mom Found

Watch A City Planner Play Cities Skylines

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Most of us think of video games as a break from work, an escape to situations and things we wouldn't be able to do in real life. Yet there are many games that simulate real-world jobs of all sorts. So what's it like when you ARE a city planner and you PLAY city builders in your spare time too? How does that person approach things? What happens if/when they...make a mistake? … [Read more...] about Watch A City Planner Play Cities Skylines

Gamers Weekend Tackles Dark Souls Remastered Challenges From His Community

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YouTuber GamersWeekend has been doing Dark Souls Remastered challenges for a year with more recent ones coming from his community. The most recent of these is an Archery-only run, presented in the video below. It's an abridged version of the run while Gamers Weekend narrates everything that happened with much of the footage sped up. But if you have played Dark Souls and want to … [Read more...] about Gamers Weekend Tackles Dark Souls Remastered Challenges From His Community

Get More From Apex Legends With The Third Party, An Apex Legends Podcast

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With Apex Legend's Season 8 currently underway and the Nintendo Switch version just launched this week you might be looking for a companion podcast to help you get more out of the game. The Third Party is a twice-weekly Apex Legends podcast that covers a wide range of topics, from talking about game updates, current meta, interviews with players and voice actors and more. Hosts … [Read more...] about Get More From Apex Legends With The Third Party, An Apex Legends Podcast

Best Indie Games Highlights 10 More Metroidvania Games Coming In 2021

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With the sheer number of indie games that are released on Steam each week and coming soon it can be difficult to keep up. ClemmyGames' Best Indie Games YouTube channel will help you stay up to date, highlighting at least the most promising of the crop. Videos on the channel cover new indie titles of the month/week, genre roundups, and best-ofs lists. The Metroidvania list … [Read more...] about Best Indie Games Highlights 10 More Metroidvania Games Coming In 2021

GDC Podcast Interviews Supergiant’s Greg Kasavin About His Journalism Roots And Hades’ Narrative Design

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Supergiant's Hades is one of 2020's big breakout hits, and months after its 1.0 release on PC and Switch plenty of folks are still playing and talking about it. For a window into how the game took shape in Early Access and how Supergiant came to make a rogue like game with narrative continuity, check out this month's edition of the Game Developers Conference podcast. … [Read more...] about GDC Podcast Interviews Supergiant’s Greg Kasavin About His Journalism Roots And Hades’ Narrative Design

Thanks For Playing Digs Into Cyberpunk 2077

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Thanks For Playing is a bi-weekly game club discussion podcast with occasional episodes dedicated to other topics such as accessibility and esports. In their newest episode, hosts Matt and Lucas take on Cyberpunk 2077. The episode begins by equating the game's release in a buggy, unfinished state to that of Atari's infamous E.T. An extreme comparison perhaps, but a reminder … [Read more...] about Thanks For Playing Digs Into Cyberpunk 2077

The 6 Best Sea Of Thieves Podcasts And Youtube Channels

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Ahoy, pirates! Whether you're a seasoned pirate or just getting your sea legs in Rare's sandbox pirate adventure, there's a wealth of pirate knowledge just waiting for you. As Sea of Thieves gears up for the launch of its first "season" worth of progression this Thursday, why not get these five six podcasts and YouTube channels queued up so you'll be ready to … [Read more...] about The 6 Best Sea Of Thieves Podcasts And Youtube Channels

Match Point Focuses Their Reticles On The Hitman World Of Assassination Trilogy

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Match Point is a new game club podcast series from two former hosts of the Super Deluxe Games Cast. They've dedicated their first batch of episodes—a mini-series entitled Barcode Scanners—to IO Interactive's World of Assassination Trilogy, which began with 2016's Hitman. The first two episodes of the podcast are available now and dedicated to the first two titles, breaking down … [Read more...] about Match Point Focuses Their Reticles On The Hitman World Of Assassination Trilogy

Can You Escape From The Real Hades? Hey Lesson Finds Out

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The conceit behind podcast Hey, Lesson! is fantastic. Host Brendan Caldwell brings two experts on to each show; one, an expert on the game side of things to talk about the episode's game du jour. The second is an expert or academic on a topic inspired by that game. Take for example their episode on Supergiant's awesome roguelite action game Hades. Chris Bratt talks about the … [Read more...] about Can You Escape From The Real Hades? Hey Lesson Finds Out

Crawl Out From The Fallout Games With Too Much Future

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Too Much Future is a playthrough series, an historical overview, and game/narrative review podcast dedicated to the games in the Fallout franchise. The show began in 2019 with video episodes on the original Fallout, then Fallout 2. The show recently hopped to 2008's Fallout 3 and is near the end of its series of videos on that game. The video below is the beginning of the … [Read more...] about Crawl Out From The Fallout Games With Too Much Future