The Game Show – BreakmanX.com https://www.breakmanx.com Twenty Years of Gaming. Still Arguing About Halo. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:56:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.breakmanx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-Favicon-32x32.webp The Game Show – BreakmanX.com https://www.breakmanx.com 32 32 FRIENDSHIP RUINERS | The Couch Multiplayer Games That Ended Us | S13E23 https://www.breakmanx.com/friendship-ruiners-the-couch-multiplayer-games-that-ended-us-s13e23/ https://www.breakmanx.com/friendship-ruiners-the-couch-multiplayer-games-that-ended-us-s13e23/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:16:34 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17684 Some games bring people together. These are not those games. This week we’re counting down the local multiplayer classics that turned best friends into sworn enemies, one couch session at a time. From NBA Jam elbows to TMNT button-mashing betrayals, and Halo we get into why same-couch gaming bred the pettiest, most personal rivalries in [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/friendship-ruiners-the-couch-multiplayer-games-that-ended-us-s13e23/feed/ 0 FRIENDSHIP RUINERS | The Couch Multiplayer Games That Ended Us | The Game Show S13E23 nonadult Every Console Launch Lineup From the NES to the PS3 w/ Cpt. Cluster — The Game Show S13E22 https://www.breakmanx.com/padinga-the-playstation-3-campaign-and-20-years-later-cpt-cluster-s13e22/ https://www.breakmanx.com/padinga-the-playstation-3-campaign-and-20-years-later-cpt-cluster-s13e22/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:07:00 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17673 The crew walks the entire history of US console launch lineups in one sitting, starting with the 1985 NES — Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, Hogan’s Alley, Excite Bike, Kung Fu — and moving through the Sega Genesis, the Super Nintendo (Super Mario World, F-Zero, Gradius III, Final Fight), the botched surprise drop of the [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/padinga-the-playstation-3-campaign-and-20-years-later-cpt-cluster-s13e22/feed/ 0 Padinga, the PlayStation 3 Campaign, and 20+ Years Later | Cpt. Cluster – The Game Show S13E22 nonadult Fenris Wolf Retro Restored My Childhood NES (Here’s How) – The Game Show S13E21 https://www.breakmanx.com/fenris-wolf-retro-restored-my-childhood-nes-heres-how-the-game-show-s13e21/ https://www.breakmanx.com/fenris-wolf-retro-restored-my-childhood-nes-heres-how-the-game-show-s13e21/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:49:36 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17661 My childhood NES has been sitting in a box for years. This episode, Fenris Wolf Retro joins the show to talk through the full restoration, from the NESRGB V5 install to getting a console from 1988 looking and playing like new. We get into what makes these old machines worth saving, the quirks of original [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/fenris-wolf-retro-restored-my-childhood-nes-heres-how-the-game-show-s13e21/feed/ 0 The Game Show | BreakmanX.com nonadult Summer Game Fest 2026 | Our Full Reaction – The Game Show S13E21 https://www.breakmanx.com/summer-game-fest-2026-our-full-reaction-the-game-show-s13e21/ https://www.breakmanx.com/summer-game-fest-2026-our-full-reaction-the-game-show-s13e21/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:04:45 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17656 Summer Game Fest 2026 hit the Dolby Theatre and we’re breaking down everything that mattered. The Game Show Crew react to the biggest reveals, the surprises, and the stuff that left us scratching our heads. We get into Resident Evil Veronica kicking the whole thing off, the Tupac and Snoop Dogg moment in Stranger Than [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/summer-game-fest-2026-our-full-reaction-the-game-show-s13e21/feed/ 0 Summer Game Fest 2026 | Our Full Reaction – The Game Show S13E21 nonadult Nin10do Drawer: The NES Blinking Light Fix That Actually Works w/ BlueShell3D – The Game Show S13E20 https://www.breakmanx.com/nin10do-drawer-the-nes-blinking-light-fix-that-actually-works-w-blueshell3d-the-game-show-s13e20/ https://www.breakmanx.com/nin10do-drawer-the-nes-blinking-light-fix-that-actually-works-w-blueshell3d-the-game-show-s13e20/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:20:55 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17647 The NES front loader has one fatal flaw: that blinking red light. Push a cart down, watch it strobe, blow on it, try again. Alex from BlueShell3D built the fix. The Nin10-Drawer swaps the worn out 72 pin connector for a toploader style slot and an extending drawer, so carts seat clean every time and [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/nin10do-drawer-the-nes-blinking-light-fix-that-actually-works-w-blueshell3d-the-game-show-s13e20/feed/ 0 Nin10do Drawer: The NES Blinking Light Fix That Actually Works w/ BlueShell3D – The Game Show S13E20 nonadult Our All-Time Favorite Video Game Characters | The Game Show S13E19 https://www.breakmanx.com/our-all-time-favorite-video-game-characters-the-game-show-s13e19/ https://www.breakmanx.com/our-all-time-favorite-video-game-characters-the-game-show-s13e19/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 17:28:02 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17642 The Game Show crew share their all-time favorite video game characters – the ones that shaped how they think about games, design, and storytelling. The Game Show has been running since September 28, 2002, predating the word “podcast.” Season 13. Chapters: Subscribe for new episodes weekly. Community: breakmanx.com/BMXcommunity Forum has been running since 2003. #TheGameShow [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/our-all-time-favorite-video-game-characters-the-game-show-s13e19/feed/ 0 Our All-Time Favorite Video Game Characters | The Game Show S13E19 nonadult Unlockables Used to Mean Something | The Game Show S13E18 https://www.breakmanx.com/unlockables-used-to-mean-something-the-game-show-s13e18/ https://www.breakmanx.com/unlockables-used-to-mean-something-the-game-show-s13e18/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 01:50:31 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17633 Remember when you had to actually earn the costume? When the second quest meant something? When Mew was a rumor at recess and not a code on GameFAQs?Tonight we’re getting into unlockables and post-game content. The bonus modes, the secret characters, the harder difficulty that opened up after the credits. The stuff that turned a [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/unlockables-used-to-mean-something-the-game-show-s13e18/feed/ 0 Unlockables Used to Mean Something | The Game Show S13E18 nonadult Mortal Kombat 2 is in Theaters So We Talk 34 Years of MK (1992–2026) | The Game Show S13E17 https://www.breakmanx.com/mortal-kombat-2-is-in-theaters-so-we-talk-34-years-of-mk-1992-2026-the-game-show-s13e17/ https://www.breakmanx.com/mortal-kombat-2-is-in-theaters-so-we-talk-34-years-of-mk-1992-2026-the-game-show-s13e17/#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 01:24:56 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17627 Karl Urban put on the sunglasses last Friday. Mortal Kombat II just hit theaters and its the best video game movie in years, according to critics. So tonight on The Game Show, we go through 34 years of the most controversial fighting game ever made. From the 1992 arcade cabinet that made Congress mad and [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/broken-in-all-the-right-ways-our-favorite-glitches-star-fox-direct-reaction-the-game-show-s13e16/feed/ 0 Broken in All the Right Ways Our Favorite Glitches & Star Fox Direct Reaction | The Game Show S13E16 nonadult The Greatest Boss Fights of All Time | The Game Show S13E15 https://www.breakmanx.com/the-greatest-boss-fights-of-all-time-the-game-show-s13e15/ https://www.breakmanx.com/the-greatest-boss-fights-of-all-time-the-game-show-s13e15/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:57:35 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17608 Some boss fights you beat. Others beat you so hard they live in your head rent-free twenty years later. This week on The Game Show, the crew goes around the table with our all-time favorite boss fights — the ones that raised the bar, the ones that ruined our controllers, and the ones we’d fight [...]

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