The Best of the Worst. Bargain video games pitched, played, and panned.
Episodes
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
The gang explores the furry world of Fur-Fun, the remnants of an abandoned Kickstarter project. Was there a pearl of an idea among this game, did the spiritual successor title of Banjo-Kazooie go to the wrong title? We explore platforming and cough up a few furballs as we dive in.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
As a 30th episode extravaganza, the gang does a table read as we play through the KFC advergame ILYCS:AFLGDS . Will we be able to woo the legendary Kentuckian? Will we graduate culinary school? We put on our best voices to explore this bizarre offbeat advertisement for chicken and mashed potatoes.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Frank hosts a double header of kart racing games starting with the wii port Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing followed by Renzo's Racers. What makes a good group game and what happens if you ignore what makes Mario Kart good?
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Reskin X-COM2 in the Narcos universe, it'll be white gold they said. We discuss how slightly tweaking game mechanics can ruin a game as well dopplegames and the most iconic families in video games.
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
A western samurai tomato, mad scientist cucumbers, horrible textures... We get surreal with one of the strangest low-budget games on Steam. From the mind of one Ukranian, Tomato Way is perhaps the most surreal games on Steam, and we try to make sense of it.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Only the 3rd game to be rated AO for violent content and banned from twitch: The garbage gang checks out Hatred - a game often referred to as a mass murder simulator. We discuss how games earn their ESRB rating and the ethics of creating something that pushes the player toward ultraviolence.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
You are a commando. You have a knife. Humvee's are magnetically attracted to you. Can you survive? The garbage gang hunts down one of the lowest rated and lowest quality games of all time: Alpha Zylon.
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
The Garbage Gang faces off against Lovecraftian horrors in this 2015 co-op survival game as well as technical issues. We talk Lovecraft, lovecraft-inspired games and more technical issues! Special guest Grace steps in to experience the unimaginable mind-rending terror of Cthulu and we talk our scariest game experiences.
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
A Russian game developer making a Devil May Cry hack n' slash with tomb raider inspirations and no pants, a recipe for success? This week we check out X-Blades, a 2009 game with a lot of metal music but even more cheeks.
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
It's Dark Souls but you're a secret agent guinea pig. The gang checks out the film tie-in to the 2009 classic, G-Force. After a quick refresher on the plot from Frank, the panel tackles their toughest mission yet, fighting waffle-irons.