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Blades of Time

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A stealth sequel (remake?) of X-Blades, this time given quite a bit more polish.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 263: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first Fire Emblem, AKA the game that launched a thousand Smash Bros. characters. 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 262: Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Vita beat-em-up that should have been called Teenage Buxom Ninja Schoolgirls. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Urban Yeti. ...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 261: Final Fantasy XI

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Final Fantasy that tested the limits of your 56k modem. 

X-Blades

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A Russian anime-themed action game which wasn't very good! But did get a follow-up that was slightly better and we'...

Omega Boost

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A dizzying display of mecha action in this rail shooter from the Gran Turismo folks.

Mirai Ninja

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A ninja-themed arcade game from Namco, and a tie-in with a cheesy live action movie.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 260: Daikatana (GBC)

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the version of Daikatana that doesn't suck it down. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Disney Plug-N-Play TV Game.  2020-01-10 15:20:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 259: The Sims 4

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the life simulation game that holds the current record for ruined human lives. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Cambria S...

The Binding of Isaac

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Much like Super Meat Bot led the way for the masocore graze, The Binding of Isaac spawned a...

Super Burnout

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A fairly decent Jaguar motorcycle racing game (unrelated to the later Criterion racer) and a good demonst...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 258: Pandora's Tower

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Wii game where your waifu has you locked up in chains. And they're the kind that you can waggle. This weekend's Patreon bonus ...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 257: Resident Evil 6

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Capcom's attempt to please everyone but Resident Evil fans. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Secret Quest. 

198X

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A multi-genre homage to the era that's not four whole decades old.

HG101 Mailbag, No. 4

Show host Xerxes reads your five-star review game nominations from Apple Podcasts and Stitcher 

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 76: Secret Quest

 Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.   

Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun

 http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/command-and-conquer-tiberian-sun/ 

We've been covering the Command and Conquer series wild...

Wrestling with Pixels Full Preview PDF now available!

It's been a very (very, very) long road, but Wrestling with Pixels is finally almost complete! Here's a near-finished preview, at 238 pages in length:

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Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken

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A thoroughly mediocre PC Engine side-scroller with an anime Indiana Jon...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 75: Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.   

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 74: Baldur's Gate

 Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.  

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 256: The Lurking Horror

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this late Infocom classic about the lovecraftian nightmares that stalk the quads of MIT. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 255: Second Life

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the finest and most influential 3D chatspace game ever to be created by a single lab. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Su...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 254: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the long-awaited sequel to Pac-Man, in which our hero refuses to help his neighbor move her couch. This weekend's Patreon bonus ga...

Shamus

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One of the highlights from Synapse Software, publishers of some of the best games on the Atari 8-bit platform, which is...

500 Word Indies: Paratropic

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 The PS1 look has started becoming popular for indie horror games, and playing through Paratopic gi...

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

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More FMV dragon slaying in this laserdisc follow-up.

Lightning Swords

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A surprisingly forgotten side-scroller from Irem.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 253: Mega Man Battle Network

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the GBA Mega Man spinoff that did everything it could to warn us about the internet and we just didn't listen. This weekend's Patreon ...

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 252: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

 Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sir-Tech's landmark 1981 Apple II dungeon-crawler. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Baldur's Gate.