Hardcore Gaming 101

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the CRPG that's worth its weight in gold. Also, we're overloaded with gold so please, just take it. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Double Dragon. 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 game that taught us how to bank nails off the wall. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Double Dragon. 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 yo...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a 2001 action CRPG that glitched its way into our cold, podcast host hearts. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be NBA Jam, with special guest Reyan Ali, author of NBA Jam: The Book! 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 Japan-only, Tecmo-developed NES game about a cult classic faux-dubbed anime. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be NBA Jam, with special guest Reyan Ali, author of NBA Jam: The Book! 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 game...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where Sonic the Hedgehog is back, in pinball form. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold. 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 nomin...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about a guy who truly needs a vacation from his vacation. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold. 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...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a story about a man, his brother, his cocaine, and Gary Busey. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Sid Meier's Pirates! Gold. 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 no...

Another bonus for you: a conversation with Rebekah Saltsman, cofounder and CEO of indie publisher Finji (Overland, A Night in the Woods, Tunic) for this fifth (and truly final?) episode of Lockdown Longplay! Donate at Patreon to get HG101 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 Atlus's delightful N64 snowboarding game where you snowboard on sand. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Dead Rising. 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 this whimsical hand-drawn platformer about a super-powered dork's adventures in a post-apocalyptic high school.  This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Dead Rising. 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 ranke...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about a man, his sword, some girl, drugs, murders, herbal tea, and time travel. How do you think it will do against Strong Terry? This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Frog Fractions. 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 wha...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the very first Zelda sequel, which attempted to translate the gameplay of the original into a side-scrolling action RPG. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Frog Fractions. 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 al...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Platinum's breakout action-RPG hit of 2017. It's about blindfolded Victorian baby doll robo-assassins. So, you know, serious stuff. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Nosferatu. 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...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank what may very well be the first RTS game ever made, and it's got the terrible AI to prove it! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Nosferatu. 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 Dam...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Persona 3 then shoot themselves in the head. In a good way! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Dungeonmans. 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...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Valve's physics-bending sci-fi comedy action puzzler, Portal. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Dungeonmans. 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 Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. 9, the crowdfunded ersatz Mega Man that snatched partial failure from the jaws of modest success. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be System Shock 2. 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'...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Japan-only, cube-pushing puzzle classic. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be System Shock 2. 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...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Yacht Club's retro-perfect mega-platformer. Dig up, stupid! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be The Lost Vikings. 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 most beautifully grotesque 2D fighting game of the fake 1930s. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be The Lost Vikings. 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 nomina...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega Master System's other Castlevania clone, the spooky samurai game Kenseiden. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Nioh. 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 nomi...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Micro Machines 2, the top-down, eight-player racer that is quite literally circling the bowl. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Nioh. 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 Lis...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Rayman Legends, the game that turned Xerxes into a Rayman Rayfan Man. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Romancing SaGa 3. 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 nom...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Firaxis's triumphant 2012 reboot of a sci-fi squad tactics classic. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Romancing SaGa 3. 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 nomin...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of the weirdest RPGs in the Super Famicom library, in which you play as both the hero AND the final boss. (For even more fun, read HG101's Dark Half article !) This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show's host on  Twitter  to get the latest...