Garbage Game Night

The gang dives into Apple Arcade Games trying out Fox's Warped Kart Racers and Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Frank Hosts this week's two-fer episode!

In the quickly growing field of extraction shooters, The Cycle: Frontier was an exciting newcomer. Once one of the most wishlisted games on steam, just 12 months after launch it announced it's sunsetting. What happened? And can Tom and Bob make friends in the game? We check it out on this shallow dive. 

Do you want to be a filthy creature moving who fails at everything and travels from jail to jail? Lord of the Rings: Gollum might be for you. Shortly after recording this, Daedelic Entertainment announced they are no longer developing games. 

Launched in 2021 and scheduled to shut down in June of 2023, Knockout City is a frantic play 'dodgebrawler'. In this episode we check out what the game is all about, it's struggles to retain a player base and how it plans on going out with a bang. See you in the tournie!

It was 1993 and rodents with attitude were all the rage. In this episode of GGN we take a look at 3 of the brand mascot characters that never quite took hold. We reviewed 'Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt', 'Rocky Rodent' and 'Rocket Knight Adventures' in this week's episode of Garabage Game Night.

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A mere 200 days after launch the world's best (?) Melee-focused, Wrestling-themed BR is shutting down. Did it deserve it? We do a deep dive, from the rafters, on Iron Galaxy's Rumbleverse and try to unpack why it would be pulled from Epic stores after a mere 6 months. 

In 1994, at the peak of the 90s NBA-mania, EA had a simple idea: take the most popular big man in the league and put him in a street fighting game. The game was met with confusion and criticism, but maybe it was before it's time? or maybe it's just garbage! We check it out this week. 

It's our second annual Garbage Gift Night! We've picked out each other games available for under $5. Streets of Rogue, Banners of Ruin, Rounds, Egg-k-47, and 'A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium'. We talk through each of these games and whether we recommend them!

On this special episode filled with Holiday Hijinks Frank explains the entire plot to the hit 1995 film Jingle All The Way and we try out the officially licensed card game, in person, in one tiny room. Make sure to check out the YouTube version for Victor's recreation of the film in front of a greenscreen!

"IT LOOKS LIKE BIOSHOCK!" everyone said as they set their expectations far too high for a indie studio game. Compulsion Games took that as a challenge and stepped up their development, partnering with Gearbox to turn a $30 survival game into a premium title with a story driven narrative. How did it work out and why did it drop off everyone's radar? We explore this game and other dystopian worlds in this week's episode.