Episode #157 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 157) - Defunct Games is angry! We're angry at all of those newscasters that feel that it's their duty to make games look bad. We're especially angry when those people have to m...

Episode #94 - If it's Thursday then that can only mean one thing, it's time for another episode of This Week in Defunct Games! This week we offer takes on two solid Virtual Console games, including a classic shoot...

Episode #22 - They Said WHAT?!? (Ep. 22) - 14 years ago Tom Kalinske was at the top of his game, heading up Sega and turning his company from underdog to the world champs. But that wasn't enough for Tom,...

With a lengthy story, memorable characters, detailed graphics and a fast moving story, Chrono Trigger stands out as one of the best role-playing games of all time. And for the time being, this slight...

Episode #9 - A Brief History of Gaming (Ep. 9) - It's the end of an era. Just a few days ago the editors at EGM announced that their twenty year old magazine would be shut down, disappointing millions of gamers. ...

Episode #173 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Summer Games (PC) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic game advertise...

Episode #174 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Zeddas: Servant of Sheol (PC) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic gam...

Episode #175 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Project Overkill (PlayStation) print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of this classic ga...

Episode #176 - Cyril Lachel tries to find something good to say about the Next Generation: Win a Virtual Boy promotion print ad. Trust me, it's bad. It's a horrible, awful, very bad ad. See what you think of t...

Episode #44 - Commercial Break (Ep. 44) - Everybody's favorite show returns after a five month hiatus. That's right, it's Commercial Break, the show where we rip apart some of our industry's worst video game adver...

Episode #156 - On Running Feuds (Ep. 156) - There's something wrong with Sega's upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 compilation. It's called Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and it has some of the best 16-bit games of all...

This original Star Ocean never came out in the U.S., and judging by this PSP remake I'm starting to understand why. With a weak story, repetitive gameplay and a little too much backtracking, it's eas...

Episode #3 - Worst Game Ever (Ep. 3) - Ladies and gentlemen, we have yet another entry in our ongoing search to find the Worst Game Ever! In this episode we give the East Coast a chance to submit a really bad vid...

Episode #2 - Ten years ago Activision had the crazy idea that the world needed a skateboarding game. It's a good thing they took that chance, because here we are a decade later and the Tony Hawk franchise is one ...

Episode #93 - It's time once again for This Week in Defunct Games, the show where we look at all of the best (and worst) retro releases for that week. This week we're taking a look at one of the best NES games of ...

Episode #21 - They Said WHAT?!? (Ep. 21) - It's time for yet another episode of They Said WHAT?!?, the show that debunks rumors and misinformation. This time around we're taking a look at GameP...

Legendary is something of a marvel. While I've played a lot of terrible first-person shooters, I never realized that there would be one that missed the mark so completely. With its terrible graphics...

Episode #79 - The Freeze Frame (Ep. 79) - Recently I had the unfortunate luck of watching a bunch of modern day music videos. I'm talking about Miley Cyrus, The Veronicas and Jesse McCarthy. While watching these ...

Episode #6 - Fight the Future (Ep. 6) - Now that 2008 is behind us, what does that mean for the video game industry? Are more companies going to be forced to downsize or even go out of business thanks to the ...

Episode #92 - It's time once again for This Week in Defunct Games, the show where we review all of this week's retro releases. It may be a small week, but don't confuse quantity for quality. This week we take a l...

Episode #88 - In case you haven't noticed, 2008 is over and done with. We've been to a post apocalyptic Washington, D.C. and survived the Extreme Conditions of Lost Planet ... again. We've done just about everyth...

In almost every way Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades is exactly like the original. It still hurts your hand, has tinny audio and doesn't feel quite right. On the other hand, it does have a better list o...

Episode #5 - Comic Book Mods (Ep. 5) - After a short hiatus, Comic Book Mods is back for more! In this episode we take one of the worst advertisements and do it proper justice. We take a scoop of Johnny Turbo, a...

Slider isn't the world's most innovative puzzle game, but it does offer 99 levels of fun and excitement. The graphics aren't bad and the gameplay is fast, it's certainly better than most of the simil...

Primal Rage was terrible in the arcades and equally bad on the home consoles. So when they decided to port it to the Game Gear one year later they suddenly made the game good, right? HELL NO! ...

Episode #94 - It's the first weekend of 2009, and that can only mean that it's time for a Primal Rage review. The truth is, I wanted to start this year off with some good games, but instead I opted to review a cou...

Episode #78 - The Freeze Frame (Ep. 78) - When you're tasked with making box art for one of the big triple-A games in the holiday season, it's a good idea to make sure your box stands out. Unfortunately three game...

Episode #91 - Just in case you didn't already know, today is the first day of 2009, so let's celebrate by uploading this year's first This Week in Defunct Games episode. That's right, it's the show where we review...