Etched in the scheme of nature's own hand

Today’s Black Video Game Character: Adama (RUIN: Beast City)

Ring in the holidays with extended Metroid Prime 4 thoughts and an audio tour of the Nintendo Museum’s new art exhibit, plus Game Awards recap / reax in news! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

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With Metroid Prime 4 dropping mere hours before we recorded, we went for the next best thing: a bunch of games from the late 90s! Tune in for talk of Analogue 3D, Viewpoint 2064, 2D gaming on the PS1, and more—plus some current-century stuff like Ball x Pit and Lumines Arise. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Lumines (loo-meh-nez) Arise, new Hyrule Warriors, Game Awards noms, Metroid Prime 4 hopes and fears, new Steam hardware (x3) and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

RUIN - Beast City - A stylish boss fight game inspired by dark anime. You're an assassin trapped in a full moon nightmare. Hunt down your targets and cut off their heads. Not a roguelite, not cozy at all, and you should most certainly not pet the dog. #pitchyagame

Hear all about (deep breath) Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (exhale) and the A-Z of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, with a side of Nintendo news and Halloween in Japan. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

weird ps1 game i found

1up Show memories, Hollow Knight 2, Little Nightmares 3, Ninja Gaiden 4, FIIIIIVE GOLD-EN! RINGS!! Plus more FFT, RIP Itagaki-san, and a buncha news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Lesser appreciated Yoshiaki Kawajiri directorial motif: people running in parallel, just before getting into a fight.

-= RUIN =- > ⚔️Hunt, shoot and decapitate your assassination targets in the ruins of Beast City. > 🐍Uncover a centuries-old conspiracy to awaken a primordial god. > 🌕Inspired by FURI, the works of SUDA51 and YOSHIAKI KAWAJIRI. Coming to Steam in 2026, wishlist here: s.team/a/3223030

Clutch your digiballs and sharpen your sickles as we dive into Silent Hill f, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Digimon Story Time Stranger, Mario Galaxy 1&2, a bunch of obscure Alfa System games, the latest news, and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

-= RUIN =- > ⚔️Hunt, shoot and decapitate your assassination targets in the ruins of Beast City. > 🐍Uncover a centuries-old conspiracy to awaken a primordial god. > 🌕Inspired by FURI, the works of SUDA51 and YOSHIAKI KAWAJIRI. Coming to Steam in 2026, wishlist here: s.team/a/3223030

It’s our favorite time of year: Tokyo Game Show! A cavalcade of special guests pop through to talk about everything we saw at day 1 of the show, including Marvel Tokon, Onimusha, RE9, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Age of Imprisonment, Ghost of Yotei, Dragon Quest 1&2, and lots more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Get your canned beverage of choice and your ticket for the green car -- it's time to board the bullet train for TGS! For the ride over, we've got a Tight 60 filled with Silksong impressions and a breakdown of all the big news out of last week's mega-sized Nintendo Direct. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Turn down the Silksong BGM and turn UP the talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, the Lumines Arise demo, Exit 8 and Platform 8, and a whole buncha news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Oops, all games! The Adventures of Elliot, Rematch, Mario Paint, Lunar 2, Earthion, Shin-Chan Summer Vacation, Shinobi, Ninja Gaiden, Dyson Sphere Program (the game, not the vacuum), and news! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Roy joins to peel back Donkey Kong Bananza, go crazy on Monster Hunter Wilds DLC, and...talk about...Death Stranding 2; also Zelda movie casting, Xbox retreating from $80 games, Switch 2 sales and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Mark returns to hawk Lumines Arise and talk about ‘Jima’s latest, Death Stranding 2; also, Blue Prince bingo speed runs, all that :gestures: Xbox stuff, and obscure Famicom and PC Engine games (because JP). 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Summer is the time for love, Takarazuka, and Death Stranding 2 early access. Plus the latest Switch 2 impressions, Japan life updates, and thoughts on the DK Direct. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

One week and three and a half million units later, tune in to hear the crew's first hands-on impressions of Switch 2 and all the excitement surrounding the launch in Japan, plus the latest news out of Summer Game Fest, State of Play, the Xbox Games Showcase, and more! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Four more games I'm looking forward to w/o Steam pages or release dates (yet): • Project MTP by @eliasdaler.bsky.social • Untitled post-apocalyptic game by @supermegateam.bsky.social • Untitled fishing game by @thewatermuseum.bsky.social • Project RUIN/SAGA by @dascumaru.bsky.social

With The Second Coming upon us, Digital Foundry’s John Linneman joins us for an exhaustive chat through the tech driving Nintendo’s new hardware, including a few key lingering questions… 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Tide yourself over this dry spell before the Summer Game Fest feast with (still tasty!) leftovers of Clair Obscur and Blue Prince, plus morsels on gaming media woes and EVO Japan bits in news. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Golden Week? This year it's more of a Golden Weekend, sadly, but that hasn't stopped us from putting our vacations on pause to share impressions of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Mario Kart World, and our Switch 2 preorder experiences. Plus news! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

every now and then i get the urge to make a mecha game and then i noodle around a bit in Wings3D. yea, i dunno.

SMAAAAAAASH that C-Button and join our chat all about (what else) Switch 2. Mario Kart! Donkey Kong! The Duskbloods! Pricing! Region-locking! Jorts! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

managed to edit unity's terrain billboard grass shader for player displacement. not super visible in the clip, but it looks really cool in action.

managed to edit unity's terrain billboard grass shader for player displacement. not super visible in the clip, but it looks really cool in action.

Sure, we may have recorded before yesterday's Nintendo Direct, but that just means we had more time to talk Xenoblade Chronicles X: DE, read up on the latest Monster Hunter Wilds news, and get a 10-minute two-minute history lesson on the origins of the Metal Max franchise. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

late #screenshotsaturday

late #screenshotsaturday

Enjoy the final pod before we go Wild on the new Monster Hunter with…well, MHW review talk! Also solid chatter on some older and / or semi-obscure Japanese gems because, hey, it’s us. 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

The gang runs down PlayStation’s latest State of Play showcase, including Housemarque’s Saros, Monster Hunter Wilds, Shinobi, Sonic Racing, and (dramatic music)…Digimon? 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Hi Belgium! We hope to see you all there for a cool evening about making games ✨ #belgiangamesindustry #brotaru #indiegames #gamesbrussels

We've barely recovered from our New Year's hangovers, but we're already back and hard at work for you, dear listener, with a brand new ep, recorded live and in person in the year of our lord 202—what’s that? We're out of space? Uh...special Q&A ep—enjoy! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Ludocene is the game discovery tool we are cooking. Tinder, but it's a deck builder that matches you with games. Prototype almost ready for Kickstarter: ✅ Build a deck of favourites ✅ Accept/Reject matches ✅ Pin what to play next ✅ Review suggestion logic Something you'd share. Any suggestions?

'Tis the season for a loosey-goosey-boozy run-down of all the announcements and winners and everything from The Game Awards, including the-one-with-the-guy-who-climbs-on-the-robot-then-the-head-flies-off. Happy holidays!! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (localization CONTROVERSY!), PC Engine obscurities (the BEST game you NEVER HEARD OF!!), and checking in on Dragon Quest III HD-2D (Gabe's take will SHOCK you!!!) #smashlike #subscribe #hitthebell 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

Join us as we journey to Aliahan (DQ3 HD-2D Remake), the Soviet Union (Tetris Forever), Hokkaido (To the North), Geoff Keighley’s basement (Game Awards Nominations), and deep Kyoto for more tales from the Nintendo Museum! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...