Episode #3 - 29 Power-Ups of Christmas (Day 3) - In the long history of video game power-ups, few are as pointless as the Cloak of Darkness. In fact, it could be argued that this Wizards & Warriors' power-up actua...

Episode #2 - 29 Power-Ups of Christmas (Day 2) - We're two days into the 29 Questionable Power-Ups of Christmas and already we're talking about something called a "Power-Up Orb." While not the most creatively titl...

Episode #1 - 29 Power-Ups of Christmas (Day 1) - Today we are proud to introduce the 29 Power-Ups of Christmas, our month-long celebration of curious items, weapons and other doo-dads. We begin our journey with a ...

Episode #28 - Nintendo Power Uncovered #28 - After months of waiting, we've finally made it to Nintendo Power's famous Super Mario World cover. I'm not sure what it is, but people seem to love this dolphin-enhanced...

Episode #49 - First the PlayStation 4 sells 1 million units. Then the Xbox One sells 1 million units. Everybody sells 1 million units, which means we're tied, right? That's exactly the message you'll get from ...

Episode #27 - Nintendo Power Uncovered #27 - Mega Man is back ... or is he? After starring in some of my favorite Nintendo Power covers, the Blue Bomber is nowhere to be seen in his first Game Boy game. See if...

Episode #9 - The next generation is here! But even though we know what the PlayStation 4 can (and can't) do, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. To help predict the future, we've interviewed three exper...

Episode #26 - Nintendo Power #26 - Now that we've gotten the taste of Battletoads out of our mouth, we can finally move on to issue number 26. This week we're taking a look at the July 1991 issue of Nintendo Power,...

Episode #42 - WTF (Ep. 2) - With magical mushrooms, floating coins and a fire-breathing dragon that kidnaps royalty, you have to admit that Super Mario Bros. doesn't make much sense. Oh sure, it's one of the best g...

Episode #61 - Fact: The original Street Fighter ending is terrible. It's one page of boring text and no payoff. Thankfully, Defunct Games exists! Watch us swoop in and fix this terrible ending. You won't believe yo...

Episode #25 - Nintendo Power Uncovered #25 - Critics loved Battletoads when it was released back in 1991, but you would never know based on this crummy cover. Not only does this cover lack an interesting bad guy or...

Episode #48 - Could it be that one of this year's most enjoyable titles is nothing more than game of luck? That's what one critic asserts about OMG HD Zombies, Laughing Jackal's newest PS Vita release. We put ...

Episode #44 - Fact: Defunct Games has been around for 12 years, 7 months and 3 days. And at no point in that time have we reviewed a Super NES game. On sure, we occasionally looked at Nintendo's 16-bitter on the Vi...

Episode #123 - Fact: Defunct Games has been around for 12 years, 7 months and 3 days. And at no point in that time have we reviewed a Super NES game. On sure, we occasionally looked at Nintendo's 16-bitter on the Vi...