Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart!

In the very tenth episode of Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart, the game is as petite as it is pleasurable, and it fits right in your pocket! You know, metaphorically, the Switch is kind of bulky. Your regular hosts dig into a gorgeous game that's fallen a little by the wayside over the past year's netplay festivities, but measures up with the best of them! If your faith was shaken by effusive praise f...

In the very tenth episode of Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart, the game is as petite as it is pleasurable, and it fits right in your pocket! You know, metaphorically, the Switch is kind of bulky. Your regular hosts dig into a gorgeous game that's fallen a little by the wayside over the past year's netplay festivities, but measures up with the best of them! If your faith was shaken by effusive praise f...

In the very ninth episode of Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart, we're headed to the movies for a select-audiences-only sneak peek at Hollywood's premiere showstopper: Skullgirls! Join us in a world of wonder as we bask in the best-looking fighting game of the last 20 years, and wax off about the astonishing depth packed into its dainty install size. Laugh as Amr talks about how weird this game's combos...

After decades of ironclad rule by the Nintendo corporation, the genre of "Platform Fighter" has new voices, new faces and new visions. Come with us and explore life without ledges, where the laws of physics are just a suggestion - come and try Rivals of Aether and Slap City! Whether you want an ultra-slick, gorgeously animated game that reimagines the competitive platform brawler to be as accessib...

For our very seventh episode, we're headed to the stage of history with Soul Calibur 6! Bandamco and Project Soul have worked hard to bring us yet another installment in their 3D sword-'em-up, and we're pretty happy with the results! Netcode or no netcode, we had a pretty awesome time with this game. Come with us, and bask in the simple pleasure of running in eight directions, and waving big sword...

For our very sixth episode, it's like the 90s never ended as we hook up the subwoofer and turn the bass boost to 300% for Killer Instinct 2013! Double Helix and Iron Galaxy's Killer Instinct dares to imagine a world where combos are neutral, there's no such thing as 'too loud', some characters are actually three characters, and people play fighting games on the Xbox One. This game might not be fre...

Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart! 03: The Zero-Irony MSPaint Game

With our fourth episode we enter the realms of bullet hell and return with a fighter circling ever smaller circles of niche, Senko no Ronde 2! From the crew that helped bring you Ikaruga and Gradius V, comes an arena fighter that blends bullet hell shooters and mech anime. Join us as we dance between missiles, dig into the absurd pilot backstories, and fight each other off by turning into space st...

For our very third episode, we get our fingers on the pulse of the contemporary anime fighter to decide once and for all whether Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] is a new disease or part of the cure. Come with us on this journey, hear tell of the behind-the-bike-sheds of videogames. Come and live in a world where the normals are long, the specials are longer, and the supers hit all four corners o...

The Hot-Blooded Hearts return for our second episode with an update from the Evolution World Championships and the powerful shojo energy of Sailor Moon S! Join us as we round up the human drama of the fighting game world, and bring in our perfect counterpoint to the shonen tempers of Street Fighter! We talk about the infamously broken mechanics of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shu...

Join us in our opening bout, where Curly and Amr talk about the game that got them into fighting games, Street Fighter V! We talk about the powerful shonen energy of the series, the absurd histories of the characters and why it was this series that drew us in. We also answer your burning questions! Why are fighting games so damn hard? How can we make them better? When will Virtua Fighter come back...