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LEGO VOYAGERS 🤩

August 6, 2026

LEGO VOYAGERS is a pleasant co-op surprise that has no business being this heartwarming and fun to play.…

TAYLOR SWIFT’S I KNEW IT, I KNEW YOU 🤩

June 7, 2026

I am "eternally grateful" for another Antonoff/Swift gem built around some of the best movie characters of all time.…

MONUMENT VALLEY 3 🤩

January 27, 2025

MONUMENT VALLEY 3 continues the puzzle hot streak of indie game developer UsTwo Games.…

NEVA 🤩

December 3, 2024

In NEVA, I enjoyed the gameplay while falling in love with the characters and story.…

#56 House of 1000 Corpses (w Preston Fassel)

October 26, 2024

Guest host Preston Fassel (accomplished horror journalist and celebrated author) joins to discuss Rob Zombie's controversial 2003 grindhouse-inspired 1970's fever dream, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. We also discuss Preston's time working with Rue Morgue, Fangoria, and Dread Central, and his novels, which include "Our Lady of the Inferno" and "Beasts of 42nd St." It's a HELLbilly Halloween hootenanny – let's go RICK OR TREATING!…

ASTRO BOT 🤩

October 14, 2024

ASTRO BOT reminded me that video games can be magical. Everything about this game is delightful. Even when it’s punishing you with a challenging platforming level, you can’t help but smile, as it’s never the game’s fault that you died. It’s always a user error, but it’s a mistake you can learn and optimize for your next life. For this review, I could discuss the various gameplay mechanics, as people have seen in all the other reviews: the epic boss…

#55 The Haunting (w/ Allan Piper & Jennifer Leigh Houston)

October 10, 2024

RICK OR TREAT HORRORCAST is back from the dead! Refreshed, revitalized, and reformatted. In the show's grand return, insanely talented cinematic power couple Allan Piper and Jennifer Leigh Houston join to discuss their hilarious and spirited new horror/comedy, "eVil Sublet".…

PIZZA TOWER 🤩

September 18, 2024

PIZZA TOWER “towers” above the other independent video game platformers by baking what should be a standard pizza into something with new and original ingredients. Platforming games are my favorite. When the kids finally sleep, I long to play minimal story games that create a fascinating world and can be completed in a few hours. PIZZA TOWER owes its style to classic Nickelodeon cartoons like SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS. However, it should have to pay royalties to Nintendo for using Wario’s likeliness…

The Failure of June – RV8 E28

June 12, 2024

An attempt to dissect the PROFOUNDLY disappointing cinematic lunar cycle that was June 2023. A month that really exposed the disconnect between studios and audiences...and a month that may have contributed to the success of Barbenheimer…

ANIMAL WELL 🤩

May 28, 2024

ANIMAL WELL is something you play, and you immediately want to talk to someone else about and learn how they solved some of the most perplexing puzzles or even the order in which they beat the bosses.…

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