Hardcore Gaming 101

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Suda51's most cultish of cult classics with author and No Cartridge podcast host Trevor Strunk! Pre-order Trevor's book, Story Mode , now! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be KINGDOM HEARTS!  Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out w...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this plucky entry in Falcom's Xanadu non-series series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Kingdom Hearts. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List , then nominate a game of y...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this top-down crafting/survival game with a cool pop-up book aesthetic. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Disaster: Day of Crisis. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List ,...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an RPG-flavored adventure game loosely based on cult "midnight movie" TV persona Elvira. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Disaster: Day of Crisis. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the quintessential sexy urban vampire action RPG. A game so beloved that, surely, a sequel is just around the corner! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Waterworld. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already r...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Castlevania that wasn't supposed to be a Castlevania and really doesn't deserve to be. But the music! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Waterworld. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the grimdark sequel to the grimdark American McGee's Alice. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Kingdom Hearts. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List , then nominate a game...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of the lesser entries in the golden age of the vehicular combat subgenere. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Altered Beast. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List , the...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Interplay's impressive Trek adventure featuring the voices of the show's original cast. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Altered Beast. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn L...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank EA's 2008 survival horror game that's much better than the "zombies in space" premise might suggest. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Altered Beast. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the T...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about the medieval Polish monster-slayer who invented the cigarette. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Th...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the original SimGolf with special guest @itstheshadsy, curator of the Obscuritory and knower of things about Maxis. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out w...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Genesis port of Data East's pseudo-sequel to Bad Dudes. Are you a crude enough dude to beat up Santa Claus and his naked werewolf? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wild Guns. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a brilliant, brain-busting indie puzzle game that combines sokoban (box pushing) with propositional logic. These rules were made to be broken. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wild Guns. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out wh...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Street Fighter: The Movie: The Arcade Game, a valiant but undercooked attempt at turning Street Fighter into Mortal Kombat. That's a thing American kids want, right? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Everreach: Project Eden. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the late...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Compile's arcade puzzle classic. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Everreach: Project Eden. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own via fi...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the best Mario Kart ever made, at least until the blue shell that is the next Mario Kart steals its glory. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Ninja Princess. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked o...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about literally everything that happened or could have happened in the 11th century. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Ninja Princess. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big D...

Join the HG101 gang and special guest, the CRPG Addict (Chester Bolingbroke), as they discuss and rank the second Quest for Glory, the last EGA game Sierra ever made. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wario Land (Virtual Boy). Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what gam...

Join the HG101 gang and special guest Hawes Burkhardt (Blue Harvest, High Potion) as they discuss and rank the Star Wars game that finally gave us the old bossy grandma Jedi the saga so desperately needed. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wario Land (Virtual Boy). Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest a...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a feels-good, plays-hard indie platformer sensation. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wario Land (Virtual Boy). Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List , then nominate a ga...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the thirteenth game to ever crown a king among fighters. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Wario Land (Virtual Boy). Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn List , then nominate...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Cookie's Bustle, an adventure game about five-year-old girl from New Jersey who thinks she is a teddy bear. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Catfight. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the...

Join the HG101 gang as they weigh the mainsail and swab the mizzenmast, or something, in honor of the fourth numbered entry in Ubisoft's historical murder-hero series! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Catfight. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've alread...

Join the HG101 gang as they trip over themselves trying to discuss and rank the third Smash Bros. title for Wii. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the The Big Damn Li...