CRITICAL!

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CRITICAL! originally started as a podcast covering the history of pro wrestling video games. While wrestling games and wrestling is our bread and butter, we also cover our other interests such as video games expanding different genres and eras, movies, comic books and comic book related media, action figures and so much more!

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Episode 5: Legends of Wrestling Series 23.11.2022 1:49:52

It's a rage filled episode! Mongo is mad at Ultra Pro Wrestling! I'm mad at WWE 2K22! We also take a look back at the Legends of Wrestling series which doesn't help matters. Screw Simon Dean!

Episode 4: WWE Games (THQ) 15.11.2022 2:31:16

In this episode, we cover the history of WWE Games under the THQ banner. We also talk about the news of the week including WWE 2K23, AEW Fight Forever and Ultra Pro Wrestling. We close the show talking action figures!

Episode 3: Pro Wrestling X with Dave Wishnowski 07.11.2022 3:02:46

A huge episode this week. Dave Wishnowski joins us to talk about the history of Pro Wrestling X. Today's version, early incarnations, Uprising, and more. We also talk about other independent developers, that time Dave tried to license the AKI engine, we find out who tried to license the KOC engine, Legends of Wrestling when it was supposed to be an ECW game. Working with AJ Styles, Bret Hart, and...

Episode 2: WWF Games 03.11.2022 2:41:04

In episode two, we cover the complete history of World Wrestling Federation games from 1987 to 2002. We also announce our special guest for next week's episode!  Show Links Bastante Bueno Lucha Libre Pearl River Loser WWF Attitude...The Song

Episode 1: Fire Pro Wrestling 27.10.2022 2:19:19

Welcome to our first (kind of) episode! In this episode, we talk about the Fire Pro Wrestling Series. It's creator, Masato Masuda, as well as other developers in the series such as Suda51 and Shuji Yoshida. As well as our memories of playing the Fire Pro series. We also discuss upcoming wrestling games such as Ultra Pro Wrestling, Casual Pro Wrestling, & Ultra Violence Wrestling. Wrestling act...