Category Archives: Off-Site Works

Indiepocalypse #21: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

( Full Title: “When Alex the Kidd Was a Very Young Lad, in Enchanted Castle He Went to the Bad.” ) Here we go again with our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse, with a travel guide for the scenic Enchanted Castle! …

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Indiepocalypse #20: Because I’m Bad, I’m Bad — Really, Really Bad (at Street Brawling)

We’re back again with our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse, with a walk down Bad Street Brawler on NES! It’s a game which we’ve covered before here on the Bad Game Hall of Fame, but certainly still a title that I …

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Indiepocalypse #19: Oh My Gods. And Also: Generals

We’re back again with our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse, with a glimpse at the historical first-person shooting of Gods and Generals! While the format doesn’t necessarily entail my covering the full breadth of the game’s many, many follies; it does give …

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Indiepocalypse #18: Captain Novolin IV: The Quest for Peace

Our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse returns, with a new angle on an old classic of the Bad Game Hall of Fame: Captain Novolin! Now, rather than attempting to rehash that existing article in any sort of substantive way, the …

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SSFF: N-Gage – Ambitious Ports | Punching Weight

Told y’all there’d be “more SSFF N-Gage content in the very near future!” In this follow-up to our video covering the whole history of the N-Gage, this episode seeks to cover a handful of the handheld’s most notable games, and to …

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SSFF: N-Gage – Cell Phone Gaming’s First Big Flop | Past-Mortem

My second research and writing contribution to Stop Skeletons From Fighting – an episode on the life and times of the Nokia N-Gage – is out now on YouTube! Contributing to the script on this one was a ton of …

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Indiepocalypse #16: The Curious Case of the Quiet Man

My monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse continues; with a piece on the potential creative design concepts that can be explored through “deliberate inaccessibility,” and how 2018’s The Quiet Man squanders / walks back its most novel idea. Where Square Enix …

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Indiepocalypse #15: Cassidy’s Bad Game Corner

Howdy folks! I’m excited to let y’all know that I’m gonna be turning in a new monthly feature for the indie games bundle / zine ‘Indiepocalypse!’ My contributions will generally be centered around the merits and innovations of historically “bad” …

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SSFF: Surprise 3D in GBA Games | Punching Weight

SURPRISE! Here’s the first episode I helped write for one of my favorite YouTube channels (and inaugural “Cool Cats” inductees), Stop Skeletons From Fighting! I’ve been sitting on this secret for a hot minute now – something like the past …

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