The Best of the Worst. Bargain video games pitched, played, and panned.
Episodes
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Georgio Manos is the worlds first revolving limousine driver, what is that? It's exactly what it sounds like. This week the gang checks out No Goblin's debut game, an arcade puzzle game that might just be cringey enough to be endearing.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Using the power of video games Raya Systems (later, Health Hero Network) was on a mission to teach kids about Diabetes, Cigarettes, Asthma and Diabetes again. We cover the entire library of games from this developer as we talk about efficacy of games as a learning tool and potential plot holes with asthmatic dinosaurs.
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Hatoful Boyfriend, otherwise known as the pigeon dating simulator has got us egg-cited. Let us take you under our wing as we explore this world of drama, mystery and egrets. Fortunately, there's nothing too unpheasant in the content, but will it be impeckable enough to make the grade, or just be...hawkward.
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Ubisoft has announced that their 1.5 year old Battle Royale, Hyper Scape is closing down. Have you have heard of it? Most of us hadn't! We take crack at it and talk about how this game flopped and what lessons can be learned from forgetting to put personality into a game.
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Spore, the 2008 Maxis game from famed developer Will Wright has a simple scope - ALL OF LIFE. With the largest scope of any game how could they possibly fail? The hype for this release was huge and the critic scores were pretty good, yet, in 2022 the idea that the game we got had been 'ruined' is everywhere. We played SPORE and have opinions! Chris, Frank, Tom, Carley and Hunter tackle life itself in this weeks episode!
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Are you ready to KICK SOME BRAIN? Dexter the Dinodroid has crash landed on earth and needs our help to stop floating brains from zombifying dinos and bringing them into the 1940s. Does Frank know enough dino trivia to win this 1992 CD-i game? Frank, Hunter, Carley and Chris check out this bizarre FMV adventure.
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Happy Holidays! It's GGN's inaugural Garbage Gift Night! We got each other steam gifts under $5. How did we do? Crypt of the Necrodancer, Framed, and more. Did we find some gems or some coal? We talk through 6 different short game experiences that were gifted and discuss whether we'd recommend them and if they have caused lasted trauma that Chris will be sued for in 15 years.
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
On the 20th anniversary of the GTA3 Rockstar Games has brought 'The Trilogy' into a new engine kicking and screaming, and oh my god what happened to that characters neck? This week we talk about unfinished games, the bias of nostalgia and who asked for these games to be remastered?
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
On this 53rd episode spectacular the gang unwinds while we play some Powerwash Simulator, discuss the traumas inflicted upon us over the past 52 games, and try to wash it all away with a pressurized jet stream. Master of brevity, Frank, summarizes each game we've tackled, one by one. We have crunched the data on who enjoys and hates games more, and we announce the winners of this 53-episode-periods Trashy Awards.
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
It's poker. You can't screw that up, right? Brought to you from the folks who did the episodic The Walking Dead series, Tell Tale Games... GGN takes a look at their first foray into the gaming world which was later built into the successful Night at the Inventory games. Original Characters, witty banter, dangerous backstories, in this episode the gang faces their own casino royale and put it all on the line against each other as we play Tell Tale Texas Hold 'Em for episode 52.