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Video Game Sequels That Beat the Original | S13E28

BreakmanX — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:22:35 +0000

Every gamer has an opinion on this one. On this episode of The Game Show, we’re ranking 15 sequels that beat the original — games that took what came before and made it better in every way that matters. From NES classics to modern PS5 hits, here’s our list.

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Pokemon Crystal Full Playthrough: Jess Taught Me My First Pokemon Game (10 Hours)

BreakmanX — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

There’s a ten hour video on the channel now, and I want to explain why it exists. I’ve hosted a gaming podcast since 2002, and for that entire run I carried a secret. I had never played a Pokemon game. Not Red, not Blue, not anything. Jess co-hosts our streams and grew up on Pokemon [...]

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Failed Game Consoles: Phantom, Gizmondo, N-Gage & Ouya | The Game Show S13E27

BreakmanX — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:38:43 +0000

Every console generation has its share of failed game consoles. Tonight we dug into four of the most infamous: the Phantom, a system so vaporous it never actually shipped; Gizmondo, a handheld that got buried by scandal as much as bad hardware; Nokia’s N-Gage, a phone-console hybrid that satisfied nobody; and the Ouya, a crowdfunded [...]

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The Goldenrod Game Corner Broke Me – Gotta Catch ‘Em All with Jess and Break — Ep. 6

BreakmanX — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:57:28 +0000

Two Pokemon Crystal daycare eggs. One city still left to explore. Let’s go. Picking Up: The Pokemon Crystal Daycare Eggs We left off last episode with a genuinely funny problem: two separate OddEggs, back to back, from the day care man and the day care lady inGoldenrod City. Neither of us planned for that. One [...]

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The Best GameCube Games of All Time: The Game Show S13E26

BreakmanX — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

The GameCube turns 25 this year. To celebrate, the whole crew got together to pick the best GameCube games of all time, and we agreed on almost nothing. Break makes the case for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Jess showed up with a list long enough to fill the whole episode, with Super [...]

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Episode 5: Two Eggs in Goldenrod

BreakmanX — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:07:18 +0000

We’re back to weekly, and Goldenrod City did not disappoint. The Team Logan the Wooper had his best episode yet and went from “basically helpless”to nearly getting swept by poison and surviving anyway. Kakuna finallyevolved into Beedrill mid-battle, which felt earned after how long we saton that cocoon stage. Maul is still our MVP-in-waiting for [...]

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The Biggest Failed Console Add-Ons in Gaming History | S13E25

BreakmanX — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:46:19 +0000

Every console generation has at least one add-on that promised big thingsand ended up in a bargain bin within a year. Tonight’s episode covers theworst offenders. Nintendo’s toy-robot gimmick from 1985 is on the list. Sois Microsoft finally pulling the plug on Kinect in 2017. THE CLASSICS The Sega 32X and Sega CD are the [...]

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The Greatest Video Game Villains of All Time | The Game Show S13E24

BreakmanX — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:08:00 +0000

The greatest video game villains of all time didn’t just stand between us and the ending. They deleted save files, kidnapped princesses, blew up planets, and made us put the controller down and walk away. On this episode of The Game Show, Break and the crew rank the most evil, most memorable, and most unfair [...]

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NES Restoration: Resurrecting My Christmas 1988 Console

BreakmanX — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000

This isn’t a thrift store find or an eBay rescue. It’s the exact NES I unboxed on Christmas morning 1988, the machine that started everything this site has ever been about. This is the NES restoration I owed it. The NES Restoration Plan It sat in storage since 2008. When I finally pulled it out, [...]

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FRIENDSHIP RUINERS | The Couch Multiplayer Games That Ended Us | S13E23

BreakmanX — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:16:34 +0000

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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