GlitchCube

Welcome back our little Cubies! Join us as we continue to navigate the dark spot on gaming history. This week we focus on handheld game consoles that just did not hit the mark for a multitude of reasons.  These consoles might of had some rather interesting ideas behind them, but they just could not find their audience for what ever reason. Well join us in this little conversation as we look into t...

What's this?!? New episode coming out on Thursday? That's right! We want to try something new here. Usually before each episode we like to shout out what caught our attention that week and share it with you guys, but we thought it might be better has it's own little mini episode. That way we don't take away from what we are discussing too much. So we hope you guys enjoy our mini episode here and g...

Welcome back Cubies! We continue this little mini series this week with some more "failures" straight from the dark ages of gaming. The focus is the 3DO, which on paper is a failed system but they did have some rather interesting ideas that did cause many designers to have their games showcased on the 3DO. But ultimately their model was not able to continue and it fizzled out just as quick as it a...

Welcome to the Dark Ages oof gaming! This week we begin our next mini series on the failures in gaming history. While there are many "failures" out there there are some stand outs that have a rather interesting story.  Here we discuss two creations that really did not hit their mark.  The infamous gaming console by Nintendo the Virtual Boy and Romaro's pet project, Daikatana.  While media has port...

Here we go!!! Let's explore the wonderful world of video game movies.  There are many out there and most are pretty horrible to be honest, but they do have their charm. This week we go over some of the movies from this outlandish genre. From dragon medallions to dancing gangsters there is no topic too far for video game movies!   -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be...

Welcome back and thanks for joining us once again! This week we dive into the wonderful world of game ratings and we are not talking about the scores that reviewers latch onto games as click bait, we are talking about those big ol' parental advisory tags. We go over how the ESRB was developed then touch on some games that even received that dreaded Ao (Adult Only) rating. Then finally we bring som...

Here we go again! This week we tackle the topic of digital pets! We dive into the deep history and lore of these companies to bring you a rather interesting story this week. A story filled with aliens, childhood addiction and even Scientology! Enjoy this weeks show!   -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discord to talk with us and the community dire...

Welcome back! Here we go again taking another dive into an amazing title that was once coined as the Final Fantasy killer. This week we discuss the overall story, development, design and theories as to why this game never got the sequel that many were asking for.  -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discord to talk with us and the community directly...

Welcome back all you cool cubes! This week we take a look back at some of the music from games that really stood out to us and helped boost our overall experience of the games we loved in the past. Then later in the episode we discuss some of the games that had an art style that pushed the boundaries during their time. -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to joi...

What is up everyone! This week we are celebrating all of the amazing new titles that are on the horizon. We have a wide range of games to pick from and hopefully you hear about something that excites you that you may not have heard of! -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discord to talk with us and the community directly. Also, if you want to help s...

Whats up Cubies! Welcome back to another fun filled episode! This is the start of a new mini series on gaming mechanics. Each week we will be diving deep into a specific mechanic that is crucial to gaming. -------- Lets Go! Here we go with our fourth and final installment of our mini series on game mechanics. This week its all about rock, paper, scissors! It is truly amazing how such a seemingly s...

Whats up Cubies! Welcome back to another fun filled episode! This is the start of a new mini series on gaming mechanics. Each week we will be diving deep into a specific mechanic that is crucial to gaming. -------- Here we go with the third installment of our game mechanics series. This week it is all about randomness in games. More specifically the random number generator and how it can be used t...

Whats up Cubies! Welcome back to another fun filled episode! This is the start of a new mini series on gaming mechanics. Each week we will be diving deep into a specific mechanic that is crucial to gaming. -------- This week we look into the wonderful world of leveling up! There are so many different ways in which games strengthen their players through progress.  These systems reward the players a...

Whats up Cubbies! Welcome back to another fun filled episode! This is the start of a new mini series on gaming mechanics. Each week we will be diving deep into a specific mechanic that is crucial to gaming. -------- This weeks mechanic is death! We go through the history of death in games and how much it has changed or evolved over the years.  From its early beginnings of forcing players to contin...

What is up my Cubbies! Welcome back to another week of analysis of an ever changing, ever growing medium.  The culture of of games has changed so much over the years from how it is accepted/rejected to how we consume the medium itself.  Who would of thought that something developed by some college kids in college would now be such a staple item in our lives. This was a fun one for to ponder on and...

Hey there Cubies! We come to you this week with such an amazing episode! We had the pleasure to chat with Fraya Love from the Queens Of Adventure podcast.  It is a comedy,, story telling, drag queen filled, actual play DnD podcast. We have a wonderful heart warming conversation about games and just life in general. It goes without saying that we want to say thank you so much to Fraya for taking th...

Hello Cubies! We are back at it again with another interesting topic/idea for you. This week we are looking deeper at our social structure in this day and age.  We look back at our own childhood up bringing and see how it compares to this generation and ponder on how it may effect those individuals inn the future.  We feel strongly that this is something that needs to be thought about more because...

Hello again everyone!!! We are excited to share with you our round 2 to making games! We roll the dice on this one and genre mash multiple concepts for games.  This is such a fun exercise in creativity and improv.  So please join us this week in exploring multiple unknown worlds as we explore our minds to bring some fun and exciting concepts! -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various so...

Hello again everyone! We know that adulting can be difficult, and finding the time to enjoy a new game can be even harder. So we go through some of the games that we have enjoyed that give you an amazing experience in a relatively short amount of time. We call these gems LunchBreak Games! If you feel like we missed anything let us and everyone know in our Discord. Thanks for listening! -------- Fo...

This week we look into the wonderful world of deduction and deception. We ponder about why these games are popular and even dip into our creative recesses of our brains to put together some thoughts on different ways this genre can impact the market. So pop in those headphones and enjoy the connections we make while taking a deeper look into Social Deduction Games!  -------- Follow the link bellow...

Over 20 years later Mortal Kombat returns to the silver screen with a bang! This week we just had to discuss the release of this new movie and our initial thoughts on it, as well as our memories of the original movies and games. So suit up and prepare to fight for your realm in this episode!  -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discord to talk with...

Welcome back everyone! This week we are going analog and discussing trading card games, or collective card games (however you like to call them). We share some stories of our past, one of them might be a bit more embarrassing then you expect. Can you guess which one of us has the embarrassing story? We also go over some of the history of the genre as a whole. So make sure to grab your favorite car...

This week we have something fun and special for you! We take a deeper look through the deep dark recesses of the code and talk about various gaming conspiracy theories. From mind altering games to communist take overs we discuss it all! -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discord to talk with us and the community directly. https://linktr.ee/glitchcu...

Hello Everyone! This week we take a deeper look at the silent protagonist in games.  We will go over our personal thoughts on them and talk about what we feel they bring to games and just how powerful they can be for the player. We even go into the teachings of Joseph Campbell and the Heroes Journey! Enjoy! -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discor...

This week we take a deeper look into the battle system commonly used in many Role Playing Games...The Active Time Battle. There are some that do not like this system and there are many variations of the battle system and we go into all of that.  -------- Follow the link bellow to go to our various socials and be sure to join the Discord to talk with us and the community directly. https://linktr.ee...