Episode 427: Max Payne (GBA)

We don’t know anything about soccer, but we DO know things about Mega Man. Unfortunately, this game leans more on the soccer side of the equation. So we default back to the last time either of us played sports: in gym class. We also talk about our recent trips to festivals, both ... Show More

To prove just how dead in the water Sega was in the mid-1990s, they bet big on Bug!, a very slow 2.5D platformer that began life as a Sonic game. The Sega Saturn was a system in search of an identity, and boy howdy, Bug! did not provide it. 

Have we talked about Spider-Man more than any other superhero on this show? Maybe Batman is up there. And Gary has definitely shoehorned “Turn Off the Dark” into more episodes than is necessary. But this is the first time we’ve really camped out on the Sinister Six, one of the mo ... Show More

Poor Max. Poor sad, hyper competent timelord Max. Our man is in Brazil this time, playing the patsy and killing more people than most video game protagonists do in a lifetime. When Rockstar took over the franchise, fans feared that they would ruin this classic series. They were h ... Show More

It's bad. But not because it's short. It's bad AND it's short.Support Watch Out for Fireballs! 

Wario is one of Nintendo's secret best weapons. As "the opposite of Mario" he is an aesthetic triumph, indulging in every vice and drawing us in with his shamelessness. And for a while, he was the star of his own series of puzzle platformers on Nintendo portable systems. Wari ... Show More

I don't get it. It's just the same game over and over and over and over and over and overSupport Watch Out for Fireballs! 

This is one of the best games of all time. Wipe that smile off your face. This isn't a joke to me.Support Watch Out for Fireballs! 

Boy, I wonder if they're gonna defeat the evil.Support Watch Out for Fireballs! 

It's inarguable that God of War is an important game, but is it still fun to play? No, not really, but it has its moments. It came late in the PS2 lifecycle and took inspiration from character action games like Devil May Cry, but it added a sense of brutality that launched a ... Show More

On this episode of Chuckle Sandwich, Charlie brings in his ultimate challenge: The Wikihow Challenge - where he reads to use a random Wikihow article and we have to try to guess what in the world it's about. It's harder than you'd think. Join us. Advertising Inquiries: https://re ... Show More

Prepare for Cringes and Groans: The Bad Jokes Brigade Returns! Get ready for another side-splitting (or is it side-groaning?) episode of The Mics Are Open. This week, the gang's back with a fresh batch of terrible jokes that will have you questioning your sanity – and wonderi ... Show More

A good game bogged down by infuriating Ubisoft style decisions. This week's theme song brought to us by MegaMattSupport Watch Out for Fireballs!