Hardcore Gaming 101

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this secret ancestor to the console RPG genre. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Super Mario Odyssey. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this surprisingly cromulent JRPG based on an American cartoon. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Plans Vs Zombies. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's epoch-repressing top-down dodge-em-up arcade classic. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Plans Vs Zombies. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about dungeons, ferrets, and freakishly huge forearms. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Mega Man 11. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about the Kushan exiles of the planet Kharak after their homeworld is destroyed by the Taiidan Empire in retaliation for developing hyperspace technology. Are you with us so far? This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Mega Man 11. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Dam...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Dragon Ball card game. It's exactly as exciting as it sounds. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Sonic CD. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where a single mosquito drives a Japanese family to madness. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Sonic CD. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they play a multiplayer monster-dating game and discover they all have a crush on the same werewolf quarterback. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Klax. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that dares tell the truth about boat cannibals. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Klax. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Show host Xerxes reads your five-star review game nominations from Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that put ocarinas on the map. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that was, if nothing else, good enough for David Bowie. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Xbox FPS that finally taught console gamers how to aim. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where a really tiny space soldier fights really tiny lizard people thanks to a presumably really tiny space wizard. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank what may be the pinnacle of the Bomberman series -- with returning guest, Retronauts emeritus, Ray Barnholt! This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Pong: The Next Level. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a spooky game about kids who eat scissors -- joined by the game's PC localization programmer Sara Leen! This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Pong: The Next Level. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Saturn shooter that justifies buying a Saturn and then region-modding a Saturn. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the "slow life" adventure game that will make you long for the summer of 75. With special guest Ray Barnholt! This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank THE roguelike. Because Rogue doesn't count. We don't trade in tautologies, here. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be SNK vs. Capcom - Card Fighters Clash. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank The House In Fata Morgana. Why is this the best visual novel we've tackled so far? Listen and learn. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be SNK vs. Capcom - Card Fighters Clash. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank one of those Mega Mans in between the ones we remember and the one we're currently complaining about. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Solar Jetman. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Wii entry of Enix's long-running digital board game series that is pretty much Monopoly with cute slime monsters. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Solar Jetman. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Atari's legendary, finger-shredding coin-op, Marble Madness. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be The King of Chicago. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the amazing collaboration between Enix and the creator of Strider! It's about a bored lady who defuses grapefruit bombs or something! This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be The King of Chicago. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the run-and-gun classic that put Treasure on the map, as it were. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Neon Genesis Evangelion. Intro music by NORM . Follow xerxes and HG101 on Twitter. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then vote for a game of your own .