Hardcore Gaming 101

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the second entry in a bizarrely ambitious kids baseball series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SUPER MONACO GP!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the inspiration for a recent hit movie, we're told. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be SUPER MONACO GP!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own vi...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the SNES cinematic platformer that delivered the classic escapist fantasy of being a stupid dork who's afraid of everything. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be FREECELL!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that's about a witch, except that instead of a flying broom she has a gun and instead of doing lots of cool magic she mostly shoots people with her gun. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be FREECELL!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope....

Today's HG101 podcast covers one of the vanishingly small number of arcade foot-racing games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Hi-Fi RUSH!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own via five-s...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that is edgy and funny and worth your time, we promise. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be Hi-Fi RUSH!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a PS2 survival horror game that definitely is another one of those. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ARMELLO!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of you...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Kitty Lambada Games's weird action-RPG about a weird Texas. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be ARMELLO!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own vi...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the reason people stopped pretending to miss movie tie-in games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BATTLE CIRCUIT!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of...

Join the HG101 gang as they skip right past the number 648 for some reason, and talk about the forgotten Castlevania game that's kind of a Mega Man game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be BATTLE CIRCUIT!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on...

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE 2023 ENDS FOR REAL THIS TIME!  Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that really should have been called Virtua Fighter Jet. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be WHITE NIGHT!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game about the slow, evil Sonic who has a gun. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  WHITE NIGHT!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own via fi...

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE 2023 RISES FROM THE DEAD! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's polygonal arcade beat-em-up that was based on Die Hard and then became a Die Hard. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MANHATTAN MISSIONS!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank what Google claims is the "underrated NeoPets RPG." Impressive if true! This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MANHATTAN MISSIONS!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on t...

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE 2023 CONCLUDES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Ridge Racer of light gun games and the Xexex of late Konami shoot-em-ups. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out wh...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Housemarque's 2021 shooter-roguelike hybrid. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own vi...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first entry in Sega's long-running mecha action series. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  MINDJACK!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the wildly popular sequel to a 90s Quake mod. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  MINDJACK!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own via five-star...

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CARRIES ON WITH ZERO CALM! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank two of Atari's classic vector arcade games. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  DINO REX!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  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 a truly cursed game. Cursed, benighted, loathsome, and dreadful. A dark, dark event for the entire medium. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  DINO REX!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Bi...

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE STILL WALKS AMONG US! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Taito's 1988 combat racing game. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  VICE: PROJECT DOOM!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big D...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game that you would never play if someone didn't recommend it to you first, let's be honest. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  VICE: PROJECT DOOM!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big...

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE RETURNS AGAIN! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Cave shoot-em-up that is as beloved as it is unpronounceable. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  NOCTURNE!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranke...

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss one of those "Only on HG101" games you love. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  NOCTURNE!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List , then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on...

Late Summer & Early Autumn of Arcade returns! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the most extreme Mortal Kombat since Mortal Kombat. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be  CONTRA REBIRTH!   Donate at Patreon  to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on  Bluesky  to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big D...