Hardcore Gaming 101

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an incredibly exciting Wii launch title. Then stick around for Scooter's Magic Castle, an edutainment game featuring several minigames strewn through a magic castle! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SIR ADDALOT'S MATH ADVENTURE   — a gallant knight's quest to chase off dragons using his arcane knowledge of mathematics!   Donate at Patreo...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that lets you literally possess Lego people so you can live out their lives. Then stick around for A Nightmare on Elm Street (DOS), a decidedly non-vulgar take on the classic horror franchise! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DESTRUCTION DERBY   — an early car destruction game for the Playstation!   Donate at Patreon  to get thi...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that introduced the world to the Blue Bomber. Then stick around for Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?, a cookbook in DS software form! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ACTRAISER 2   — the simulation-less follow-up to Quintet's simulation/action hybrid!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Fo...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a formative 16-bit survival horror game. Then stick around as special guest Phil Salvador joins for Myst Online: Uru Live /  Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, an ambitious experiment in a mysterious adventure series! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be THE EXIT 8 & PLATFORM 8   — a duology of PT-inspired subway horror games!   Donate at Patreon  to ge...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the survival roguelike for cat lovers everywhere. Then stick around for Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal", an adventure game that really milks its premise dry! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ARRANGER: A ROLE-PUZZLING ADVENTURE   — an adventure where you don't move through the world - the world moves around you!   Donate at Patreon  to get this b...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Eidetic's apology for Bubsy 3D. Then stick around for Mat Mania, a wrestling game by the devs that would go on to make Double Dragon! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CARMAGEDDON   — the "racing" game that's really more of a "run over pedestrians and kill them" game!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Fol...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONCLUDES WITH TWO 1970s GAMES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the space alien shooter that kicked off an entire industry. Then stick around for Dog Patch, a competitive volleyball-esque game with shotguns! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be COOK, SERVE, DELICIOUS! 3?!   — the third entry in the surprisingly lore-heavy post-apocalyptic...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that paved the way for Shinobi to exist. Then stick around for Pokémon Puzzle League, the puzzler that continued Tetris Attack's proud tradition of obscuring its roots as a Panel de Pon game! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be CYBER TROOPERS VIRTUAL-ON FORCE   — the 1v1 mech fighter th...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Atari's 3D fighter that strove to corner the competitive... N64 fighting game scene... of 1997. Then stick around for Fashion Police Squad, the most glamorous FPS you can imagine! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be VENGEFUL GUARDIAN: MOONRIDER   — a loving spiritual successor to Shinobi III and...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Taito's spy action thriller that will literally crush you with excitement. Then stick around for Bonanza Bros., Sega's multiplayer co-op heist game! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BARADUKE   — Namco's sci-fi action game, that introduced us all to the most terrifying version of Pac-Man imagi...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Konami's first horizontal shooter, plus its more challenging follow-up. Then stick around for Anteater, a game about an anteater who is incredibly vulnerable for some reason to... ants?! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PU-LI-RU-LA   — Taito's surreal arcade beat-em-up... yes, it's the game w...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Atari's magnum opus of vector-based gaming. Then stick around for Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters, an isometric Gauntlet-like with a '50s sci-fi theme! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PRISMATIC SOLID   — a geometry-destroying vertical shooter!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bo...

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE IS HERE ONCE AGAIN!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first entry in Sega's beloved horror-themed light gun shooter series. Then stick around for Britney's Dance Beat, a Britney Spears rhythm game with a remarkably comprehensive tracklist! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be HYPNOSPACE OUTLAW   — an alternate history late '90s interne...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a spiritual successor to the beloved Marble Blast series. Then stick around for You Have to Burn the Rope, an incredibly scathing critique of the video game medium! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be GUNPEY DS   — the DS iteration of a cowboy-themed Wonderswan puzzle game!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more!...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the RoboCop game that is more than worth buying for a dollar. Then stick around for Anthology of the Killer, a comedy-horror with a genuine sense of heart! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SONIC & ALL-STARS RACING TRANSFORMED   — a crossover kart racer that is also a crossover plane racer, and a crossover boat racer!   Donate at Patreon...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Contra that pulls off being (relatively) serious and gritty. Then stick around for Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, a hip-hop fighting game made from the remnants of a cancelled ultraviolent title! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be STIMULATION CLICKER   — a game that revels in overwhelming the player!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus con...

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONCLUDES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a well-regarded Final Fantasy VII spinoff. Then stick around for Stranglehold, a video game that attempts to be a sequel to a popular John Woo film! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be QUESTER/METRO QUESTER   — a post-apocalyptic dungeon-crawler set in a world created by Kazushi Hagiwara!   Donate at Patreon  t...

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG ENDURES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Saturn's premiere mecha strategy/cute girl romancing experience. Then stick around for Melty Blood: Type Lumina - a fighting game based off the visual novel series that introduced Neco-Arc to the world! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be JACKAL (NES)   — the definitive conversion of Konami's jeep-and-gun sho...

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CARRIES ON!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Level 5's early Playstation 2 hit. Then stick around for Bubsy 3D - it's not like you have any other choice, is it? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS   — a game that revolves all around the lurid pursuit of spying on people!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, muc...

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG PROCEEDS!! Join the HG101 gang and returning special guest Sara Leen/Saralene as they discuss and rank Konami's RPG with more playable characters than a Fire Emblem game. Then stick around for 140 - a colorfully artistic, grooving platformer! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be PLANET PUNCH   — a flash game that dares to ask "You know how annoying the sun is in Mario...

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG BEGINS!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Nippon Ichi's RPG bursting with charming musical numbers. Then stick around for maimai, Sega's rhythm touch screen arcade hit that they swear is not a washing machine! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be MOONRING   — Fluttermind's neon-infused love letter to classic roguelikes!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bon...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a River City Ransom-inspired beat-em-up based on a popular Canadian comic series. Then stick around for The Darkness, a first-person shooter with more lightbulb shooting than Metal Gear Solid 2! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be VIRTUOSO   — a third-person shooter for the 3DO featuring a bodaciously rocking interpretation of virtual reali...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Freehold Games' traditional yet ambitious roguelike. Then stick around for BurgerTime, an arcade game all about health code violations! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be MURDER DOG IV: TRIAL OF THE MURDER DOG — a game that is exactly as murder-filled as its title would suggest!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the other Konami series that wanted to go on an adventure. Then stick around for Rollerdrome, an extreme sports/dystopic bullet-time third-person shooter hybrid! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be RODEA THE SKY SOLDIER — the Yuji Naka-produced Wii game that was released just in time for the Wii U's demise!   Donate at Patreon  to get this...

Join the HG101 gang, and returning special guest Sara Leen/Saralene , as they discuss and rank the Castlevania game that blazes along at a bewildering speed. Then stick around for Dee Dee Planet - the eternally-delayed follow-up to ChuChu Rocket! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SABAN'S POWER RANGERS ZEO: FULL TILT BATTLE PINBALL — the game that allegedly puts the battle in battle...