Legion Gaming Podcast

We'll be taking an extended break from new episodes and we wanted our last to be a special one. Capcom has been one of the best publishers/developers for almost four decades and they've created some of the most iconic and timeless games. This week, Deucy and I share our favorites and countdown our Top 10 Capcom Games. I cover a little bit of Capcom's history and formation before we get to our hono...

Vito, @8bitbarrister, joins me this week in his long requested episode to revisit the movies and games of Indiana Jones! Indy's first adventure in gaming was way back in 1982 with Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600 and we're uncovering the history and chronicling some of his greatest, and in some cases, worst journeys. An archaeological aural tour wouldn't be complete if we didn't talk abou...

Come get some! This week we're hailing to the king and uncovering the history and impact of 1996's Duke Nukem 3D. Duke originally started with a couple of side-scrolling platform shooters and once Apogee saw DOOM in 1993, they realized it was time to bring him into the world of 3D. From there, they renamed themselves 3D Realms and eventually released one of the earliest examples of an immersive fi...

For episode 85 we're taking you all the way back to 1985 and uncovering the story of the launch of the NES! As one of the greatest and most influential systems of all time, Nintendo's first home console revitalized an industry that almost entirely collapsed on itself in the early 80s. This week, we're chronicling everything that led up to the launch of the NES including Atari's rise to console dom...

This week, Vito (@8BitBarrister on Instagram) joins me in revisiting the original Die Hard trilogy of movies and chronicling many of the games that have been adapted from the franchise. Die Hard is among the most iconic action movies ever made and spawned a surprising amount of games beginning with the NES in 1992, a pair of iconic 32-bit releases with Die Hard Arcade and Die Hard Trilogy, and up...

In 1996, Square and Nintendo decided to collaborate and create one of the Super Nintendo's last great games. Super Mario RPG masterfully weaved the action-platforming Mario was known for with Square's incredible JRPG gameplay. The result was one of the more interactive RPGs that broken the static conventions of the genre and introduced a battle system that had much broader appeal than anything Squ...

This week we've invited our friends Mike and Randy to count down our Top Five Favorite 16-bit Games EVER! Narrowing down five of the best games and five honorable mentions wasn't easy from an era that defined timeless classics. Sega and Nintendo's fierce console war saw both systems release some of the most influential games of all time. Their lasting impact has inspired countless modern games and...

Resident Evil: Requiem has just released and today we're revisiting one of the best games ever made to celebrate the ninth installment of one of our favorite series. Resident Evil 4 was a major turning point for RE and made a huge impact across gaming when it released on the Gamecube in 2005.  We're chronicling the six years it took to develop and the four different versions that existed before RE...

The GameBoy Advance is turning 25 later this year and we wanted to revisit Nintendo's iconic portable gaming successor to talk about its biggest games and hidden gems. The original GameBoy had one of the longest lifespans of any console and helped Nintendo dominate portable gaming for multiple generations. The GBA finally released 12 years after its predecessor and was an instant hit thanks to its...

This week's episode is a listener request! DilutedThought on Instagram sent a message and shared his Top 10 First-Person Shooters EVER and asked that we do an entire episode talking about Our Top 10 First Person-Shooters. FPS games have been among the most-played and top-selling genres over the last 30 years and this list was insanely difficult with such a broad topic. We, of course, have a length...

It might be shocking to hear, but Sonic the Hedgehog was released 35 years ago this year! The iconic blue blur's debut did the impossible when it pushed Sega to unbelievable heights and toppled Nintendo as the console market leader in the early 90's. I'll take you through where Sega and Nintendo were  between the Genesis' 1989 launch and Sonic's Summer 1991 release. We're covering the development...

Deucy and I are going back to the future this week when we revisit gaming in 1995! Sega and Nintendo are locked in a heated console war as the 8-bit NES fades away and both 32-bit consoles, the Saturn and Playstation, are on the horizon. We thought we'd take a retrospective look at some of the big games that released in 1995 and a deeper examination of the generational transition to 3D gaming. Fig...

Terminator 2D: No Fate released recently and it's really incredible. I wanted to give my impressions and I invited Vito, the 8BitBarrister, to join me as we talk through many of the 8 and 16-bit Terminator games that came out in the 90's. We quickly revisit the first two iconic movies and have a loose discussion on some of the games that were released on the NES, SNES, Genesis and Sega CD. No Fate...

It's already that time of the year again! We've invited our good friend Vito to talk about our favorites games that we played in 2025. We thought 2023 was a significant year for releases and it seemed as though there was a great new game coming out almost every week this year. Absolum, Hades II, Ghost of Yotei, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Donkey Kong Bananza, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 were among...

This week we're taking on the wild world of sports and counting down our Top 10 Sports Games ever! We've each put together a list of our favorites and revisit what made each game so good. Our lists are pretty varied since I don't watch sports but it makes this episode perfect for the non-sports or sports-loving gamer. Let us know what your favorites are at LegionGamingPod@gmail.com or find us in I...

This week's episode is a chronology of our favorite console launch games. You only get one chance to make a first impression and a launch lineup can sometimes make or break a system's chances at success. The initial offering of games have the heavy task of appealing to a wider audience in an attempt to be THE reason you're picking up an expensive new console.  Deucy and I put together some of our...

We covered the original Resident Evil and its remake last year and we're continuing tradition this week with Resident Evil 2! The highly anticipated sequel finally released in January 1998 after numerous delays that included restarting the project from scratch. Resident Evil 2 would kick off what is widely regarded as one of the greatest years in gaming that included Metal Gear Solid, The Legend o...

We're continuing our month of horror this week with Devil May Cry! What was supposed to have been Resident Evil 4 ended up evolving into one of Capcom's best-selling franchises that spawned four sequels and a divisive reboot. We're revisiting the iconic 2001 original and its controversial, but definitely over-criticized, 2013 reboot and talk everything that led to the creation of Dante and the got...

October is already here and we're kicking off our month of horror with the 2008 classic Dead Space! Just short of it's 18th anniversary on October 13th,  Deucy and I dissect the survival horror classic that proudly replicated its Alien and Event Horizon influences to create an unforgettable sci-fi horror experience that's best described as "Resident Evil in space." We also cover the amazing 2023 D...

Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's celebrating 30 years of the big, black bat? This week, we once again invited our friend Vito to talk about the 30th anniversary of Batman Forever and all of the tie-in games. This our Bat-mania of that was larger than Batman '89.  The movie was released in June 1995 and we revisit its history and everything that led to Warner Bros. giving directing duties to J...

Our 'Reboots, Remakes, and Remasters' episode gave us the itch to revisit the Crash Bandicoot series this week. Crash was heavily influenced by games like Donkey Kong Country and Naughty Dog's gorgeous, vibrant, and expressive platformer gave the Playstation the mascot it was missing. Deucy and I cover the core four games (including  the excellent Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time) and CTR: Crash...

This is a huge week for game releases, especially for two in particular: Gears of War: Reloaded and the long awaited remake Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater! With that, we wanted to talk about some of our favorite reboots, remakes, and remasters and what all of them actually mean. We cover some of the earlier 8-bit and 64-bit era remasters/remakes and revisit how the Resident Evil Remake would...

We've slowly been going through the Metroid series and today we have another episode revisiting the 2002 classics in Metroid: Fusion and Metroid: Prime. Both games were leased on the same day in 2002 which probably made it the greatest day ever if you're a Metroid fan. We cover the history and development of both games (including how pissed people were back then about Prime being a first person ga...

This week is all about high octane carnage as we dive into the entire Twisted Metal series! This series was really special for my brother and I so we invited him to revisit each of the games and how a simple idea of cars and rockets became of the most influential car combat games ever. Twisted Metal: Season 2 has just released so this episode is the perfect catch-up for everything you might've mis...

We've made it to Episode 64 and there's no better way to celebrate than sharing our Top 10 Nintendo 64 Games! The iconic successor to the SNES may not have been nearly as successful as the PS1, but that didn't stop it from becoming the king of multiplayer gaming and genre defining classics like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This was a really exciting episode for us to record since we got t...