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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The holiday release blitz continues, and we are having a ball – literally! With games like Ball X Pit, Pokémon Legends Z-A, and Once Upon a Katamari dominating our time, we wanted to take a look at the top games where you play as a ball. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/having-a-bal...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This week, we are taking a look at the best Pokémon spin-off games of all time, which may have gotten some of you listeners to try to catch ‘em all. After that, we talk Battlefield 6, Ball X Pit, the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/the-best-pok...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This week -- inspired by the foxes in Ghost of Yotei -- we take a look at games that let you "collect" animals. After that, we give our impressions of Ghost of Yotei and Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and offer our takes on this week's news. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/collectimals...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

In celebration of the release of Hades II 1.0, special guest DocBrooke joins us to take a look at games where the gods bestow their blessings and gifts upon your hero. Then we talk Hades II, the new Super Mario Galaxy Collection, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/gifts-from-t...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It's a big week for game releases, and we have a whopper of a show to match. We're taking a look back at game franchises where the first entry isn't necessarily a bad game on its own merits, but is probably the worst or least memorable of the bunch. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/first-is-wor...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Borderlands 4 is here, so this week, we take a look at other loot games that leave you in constant pursuit of that legendary piece of gear you've been chasing, and the dopamine hit that comes with it. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-loot-ga...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

After a long six years, Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally here. Was it worth the wait? You'll have to listen to find out. But before that, we talk about some of our other most anticipated game releases that have kept us waiting for years. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/most-anticip...

Episode art for the Vidjagame Apocalypse podcast episode 644 featuring Sora from Kingdom Hearts 4.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Following last week's release of Shinobi, we're very much still in a ninja mood around these parts, so we decided to sneak up & surprise you with a top 5 all about our favorite ninja games. Then we talk new releases, news, & more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-ninja-g...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It’s his birthday, so we let TL talk about mechs for an hour to celebrate the release of Super Robot Wars Y. Then we talk about Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Sword of the Sea, Mafia: The Old Country, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-mech-ga...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We are all familiar with the games that are generally regarded as the best movie tie-in games, but this week we offer up some of our favorite movie games that you may not have heard of, in what we're calling the top 5 next best movie games. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/next-best-mo...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

There are a lot of really cool recent trends and changes to the hobby that are just plain awesome, and the VGA crew is here to help celebrate those changes. Then we give our impressions of Mafia: The Old Country and Madden NFL 26, talk news, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/webpage/cate...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

This week's release of the prequel game Mafia: The Old Country is a good excuse for us to take a trip back in time to discuss games that did exactly that, as the VGA crew and special guest Greg Moore pick the best prequel games of all time. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-prequel...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps got us reminiscing about games where you get to team up and create your own fantastic foursome, because it doesn't take a brainiac like Reed Richards to know that some games are just better with friends. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/fantastic-fo...

Show art for episode 638 of the Vidjagame Apocalypse podcast showing a four-player controller peripheral.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The VGA crew is going bananas for Donkey Kong Bananza, and we wanted to celebrate the best Donkey Kong game in years with a top 5 retrospective taking you through the various eras of games starring Nintendo's big, lovable ape. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-donkey-...

Show art for the Vidjagame Apocalypse podcast episode 637 featuring Donkey Kong.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

The recent Donkey Kong redesign got us thinking about our favorite game character redesigns of all time. After that, we talk about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, more EA Sports College Football 26, some Nintendo news, and Uno, for some reason. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-charact...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

James Gunn's Superman flick just hit theaters, so the VGA Boyz grabbed SUPERHEROdotVG's Chris Baker and DC's own Randy Ma to hash out the best video games featuring the Man of Steel. Then we talk EA Sports College Football 26, news, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-superma...

Show art for the Vidjagame Apocalypse podcast episode 635 about the best Superman video games.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We’re paying tribute to our beloved homeland with a show about one of the most American things we can think of: GUNS! Specifically light gun games. Pastblaster of the Podouken podcast joins to discuss those glorious games of arcades past. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-light-g...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Left to their own devices, Chris and TL decide to do a bit of a looser episode as they're joined by Tony Wilson from Framework to talk about games where the heroes are inspired by heroes from previous games in the franchise, Death Stranding 2, & more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/heroes-beget...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We can't get Mario Kart World out of our heads, so we started thinking about our top kart racing items from across the genre. Guest Jarrett Green joins us to list our faves, from the most useful, to the wacky and weird, & everything in between. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/the-best-kar...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

There are still a ton of huge announcements this month, just not at E3 itself. And that is why we are calling this our BIG NOT E3 2025 EPISODE! Oh, did we mention there was also the launch of a little thing called the Nintendo Switch 2 to discuss? vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/the-big-not-...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The big Nintendo Switch 2 launch is here, and guest Emmet Watkins Jr. and the VGA Boyz are celebrating the occasion by listing off the top Nintendo system launches of all time. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/most-powerfu...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It's a short holiday week & the VGA Boyz may have taken things a bit too literally by celebrating Memorial Day week with a top 5 about... memories. Join us as we look back and remember our favorite memory sequences and flashbacks in videogames. vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/thanks-for-t...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

TL Foster joins Matt and Chris on a more permanent basis, and this all-new VGA triumvirate reboots the show with a very appropriate Top 5: Modern Reboots. Then we duke it out over the Capcom Fighting Collection 2, news, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/re-boot-to-t...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Mikel's farewell show is live, and spoilerphobes beware - this week's Top 5 focuses on five games where the heroes canonically die (with timestamps to skip ahead before we even reveal what they are). Plus Doom: The Dark Ages and a whole lot more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/heroic-death...

Five Spartan space marines stand in cool poses in the key art for Halo: Reach. Is that a spoiler? Is is a spoiler to say that characters in 2010's Halo: Reach, a game fans generally knew at the outset was about a tragic defeat, die? We really doing this over a 15-year-old game? There's a statue of limitations on these things. C'mon.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New show! This week, @tony-wilson.bsky.social joins us to talk about five games that let you control entire swarms, plus Doom: The Dark Ages, Skin Deep, Xbox price hikes, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/swarm-attack...

Olimar the spaceman, from the video game Pikmin, stands at the head of a vast horde of multicolored Pikmin creatures.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Ah yeah, that’d be from Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, aka the pack-in with the Turbografx-16/PC-Engine.

Box art of the game Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, showing a young hero type with a blazing sword raising his fist before an army of monsters

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

New show! This week, @tlfoster.bsky.social joins us for a Thunderbolts-inspired discussion of five games that let you play as whole teams of established villains, plus Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Switch and Switch 2 news, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/bad-guy-team...

Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, King Shark, and Harley Quinn look quizzically off-camera in a screenshot of a cutscene from the video game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

New show! @merrittk.com and @brucewaynebrady44.bsky.social join us to talk about five games that launched the same day they were revealed (in honor of Oblivion Remastered, of course), plus Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/shadow-drop-...

Chai and several other characters from Hi-Fi Rush leap dramatically toward the viewer in key art for the video game Hi-Fi Rush.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Aaaand we're back! This week, @drudden.bsky.social joins us to talk about five times actors from Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse killed it in games, plus more chatter around Blue Prince, the Minecraft movie, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/view-askew-a...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Aaand we're back! The launch of South of Midnight inspired @tlfoster.bsky.social to join us for a look at five other games that fall into the strange and seamy Southern Gothic genre. Plus Blue Prince, Promise Mascot Agency, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/southern-got...

The giant patchwork Catfish carries Hazel Flood on its back as a rabbit looks on in a screenshot from the video game South of Midnight.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

New show! This week, we look at five of the worst versions of classic games, plus Atomfall, InZOI, plenty of #Switch2 talk, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/terrible-ver...

Burly versions of Billy and Jimmy Lee wearing leather vests glare sullenly at the viewer in the box art from the Atari 2600 version of Double Dragon.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New show! This week, @astraww.bsky.social joins us to talk about five games where frequent outfit changes play a role in gameplay, plus Atelier Yumia, The First Berserker: Khazan, the return of Game Informer, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/clothes-make...

Yumia stands with her back to the viewer, looking over her shoulder in the key art for Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

New show! This week, @jarrettjawn.bsky.social joins us to talk about Assassin's Creed Shadows (which he reviewed for @ign.com), as well as five other games set in Japan but made in the west, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/games-set-bu...

A large woman named Yaya kicks a samurai in the back while Naoe the shinobi watches from around a corner in a screenshot from the video game Assassin's Creed Shadows.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New show! #Mar10 Day got us thinking about all the oooother attempts to create console mascots over the years - specifically the least enduring ones. Plus we'll talk about #WWE2k25, #Wanderstop, #MonsterHunterWilds, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/not-quite-ma...

Blinx the Time Sweeper, an orange cat with green eyes wearing a blue turtleneck, white heavy-duty gloves, and goggles perched on his forehead, leers at the camera on the cover of his 2002 Xbox game. He hefts a yellow vacuum cleaner and bares his teeth in a lopsided grin. His intentions appear horrific. Will you survive his manipulations of time and space? What will he do with that vacuum? Where will he put it? Dare you find out?

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

New show! @streetcleaner.bsky.social joins us this week to talk about five cool gameplay features that are or were locked behind patents, plus #MonsterHunterWilds, #TwoPointMuseum, #Everhood2, more #StreetCleaner3, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/patent-prote...

Tallion and an orc cross swords in a screenshot from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Aaaand we're back! This week, @brucewaynebrady44.bsky.social joins us to talk about five games with celebrity appearances that have, uh, aged poorly, plus #SteamNextFest, #StreetCleaner3, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/problematic-...

The cover of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker for Genesis/Mega Drive, showing a close-up of Jackson's face next to a rainbow, Jackson striking a pose in his Smooth Criminal costume, and a spaceship.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

New show! @theloniusly.bsky.social joins us to talk about 5 times studios got bumped from series they created or defined, only to later create eerily similar spiritual successors. Plus #Avowed, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/spiritual-su...

Bayonetta blows a kiss with visible floating hearts in a screenshot from her self-titled 2009 video game.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

New show! This week, @tlfoster.bsky.social joins us to talk about moments in games where all the heroes' friends and supporters swoop in to help out in their hour of need. Plus #SniperEliteResistance, #KingdomComeDeliverance2, #CapcomSpotlight and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/clap-if-you-...

Supporting characters from Elite Beat Agents clap their hands above their heads in an endgame show of support for the heroes.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

New show! This week, @jessecox.bsky.social joins us to talk about five of the angriest heroes in videogames, plus #NinjaGaidenIIBlack, Shady Part of Me, Eternal Strands, GTA VI news, the Xbox Developer Direct, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/angriest-her...

Asura screams and lines up an uppercut toward the viewer in key art from Asura's Wrath.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Aaand we're back! This week, we take a look at five of our favorite games to feature one of the most overused words in game titles - Origins - after which we'll get into #LonelyMountainsSnowRiders, the #Switch2 reveal, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/origins-oran...

Batman shocks a perp with electrical gloves in a screenshot from Batman: Arkham Origins.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Thinking we should follow about 40 more people and post 255 more times.

A screengrab of this account’s header, showing 666 followers, 29 following, and 165 posts.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

New show! @brucewaynebrady44.bsky.social joins us this week to talk about five of gaming's most famous release dates (in the US, at least), plus Dynasty Warriors Origins, Hyper Light Breaker, DICE Awards news, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/famous-dates...

Goro from the original Mortal Kombat stands with all four arms wide open at his sides

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

New show! We resurrect the dreaded debate-format Top 5 with a #CES2025 inspired discussion of the biggest and most important tech innovations that shaped gaming, plus Sony's adaptation announcements, purported #Switch2 leaks, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/gamings-bigg...

A photograph of a PDP-1 computer running SpaceWar!, with an input typewriter and two metallic controllers visible. (Photo Credit/Source: https://itsnewstoyou.me/2013/02/27/spacewar-ending-in-astoria/)

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

New year, new episode, and a new list of five upcoming games we're (currently) looking forward to the most in 2025! Plus a bunch of news! But mostly the Top 5! It's kind of a slow week! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/2025s-most-a...

The leads of Grand Theft Auto VI lean against a car in official promotional art for the game.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

New show! Let's wrap up 2024 with the second half of our Games of the Year countdown, with special guests Steve Guntli, Trone Dowd, Brendan Hesse, Kevin and Phil of Pixel Lit, Emmett Watkins, Jorge Albor, and TL Foster! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/our-top-10-g...

A collage image of Hulkenberg from Metaphor: ReFantazio, Astro Bot, and several Joker cards from Balatro.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

New show! It's time to start part 1 of our year-end countdown of our Top 10 games of 2024, with guests @tlfoster.bsky.social, @brucewaynebrady44.bsky.social, @steveguntli.bsky.social, @tony-wilson.bsky.social, and @lacquerware.bsky.social! #GOTY2024 vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/our-top-10-g...

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

New show! @tlfoster.bsky.social joins us for our annual countdown of our favorite remasters and remakes from the past 12 months, plus #MightyMorphinPowerRangers: Rita's Rewind with @danamrich.bsky.social, more #IndianaJonesandtheGreatCircle, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/2024s-best-r...

Raziel from Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver crouches in the foreground as other characters from the games stand behind him in the key art for Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Aaand we're back! With December comes the start of our year-end best lists! @tony-wilson.bsky.social joins us this week for a chat about our five favorite DLC expansions of 2024, plus #IndianaJonesAndTheGreatCircle, #AntonBlast, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/2024s-best-d...

Artwork of assorted Belmonts and other vampire hunters from the Castlevania series in a promotional image for the Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania DLC.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Aaand we're back! This week, @merrittk.com and @tlfoster.bsky.social join us to talk about 5 spinoffs of big-deal series that fizzled out after one entry, plus #TromboneChampUnflattened, Loco Motive, the Xbox Avatar app disappearing, and much more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/spinoffs-tha...

In a screenshot from the video game Pokémon Conquest, Shingen Takeda laughs alongside a Rhyperior Pokémon.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

New show! It's almost (what would've been) Bruce Lee's 84th birthday, so @brucewaynebrady44.bsky.social joins to talk about 5 games with the best Lee-alikes. Plus #STALKER2, Flight Simulator 2024, Great God Grove, #TheGameAwards nominations, and more! vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/bruce-lee-al...

Fei Long from Ultra Street Fighter IV just straight-up punches Adon in the dick like it's normal. Also there's a T-Rex in the background.

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