BreakmanX.com https://www.breakmanx.com Twenty Years of Gaming. Still Arguing About Halo. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:22:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.breakmanx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-Favicon-32x32.webp BreakmanX.com https://www.breakmanx.com 32 32 Video Game Sequels That Beat the Original | S13E28 https://www.breakmanx.com/sequels-that-beat-the-original/ https://www.breakmanx.com/sequels-that-beat-the-original/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:22:35 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17820 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/sequels-that-beat-the-original/feed/ 0 These Sequels DESTROYED the Original Game | The Game Show S13E28 nonadult Pokemon Crystal Odd Egg Watch: Casino Cashout and the Road to Whitney (Ep. 8) https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-ep-8-odd-egg/ https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-ep-8-odd-egg/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:18:01 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17816 Episode 8 opened with the strangest inventory this series has had so far. Two badges. A wall of Game Corner coins from the night I got banned and came back for revenge. And the Odd Egg, which has been in the party for two episodes and will not hatch. I checked. If you’re just finding [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-ep-8-odd-egg/feed/ 0 Casino Money, an Odd Egg, and the Road to Whitney | Pokemon Crystal Break and Jess Catch 'Em All Ep8 nonadult Pokemon Crystal Full Playthrough: Jess Taught Me My First Pokemon Game (10 Hours) https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-full-playthrough-part-1/ https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-full-playthrough-part-1/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17807 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-full-playthrough-part-1/feed/ 0 Failed Game Consoles: Phantom, Gizmondo, N-Gage & Ouya | The Game Show S13E27 https://www.breakmanx.com/failed-game-consoles-phantom-gizmondo-n-gage-ouya/ https://www.breakmanx.com/failed-game-consoles-phantom-gizmondo-n-gage-ouya/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:38:43 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17791 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/failed-game-consoles-phantom-gizmondo-n-gage-ouya/feed/ 0 The Biggest Console Flops in Gaming History (Phantom, Gizmondo, N-Gage, Ouya | The Game Show S13E27 nonadult The Goldenrod Game Corner Broke Me – Gotta Catch ‘Em All with Jess and Break — Ep. 6 https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-daycare-eggs-ep-6/ https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-daycare-eggs-ep-6/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:57:28 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17784 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-daycare-eggs-ep-6/feed/ 0 Two Eggs and a City to Explore | Ep 6 Break and Jess Catch 'Em All nonadult The Best GameCube Games of All Time: The Game Show S13E26 https://www.breakmanx.com/best-gamecube-games/ https://www.breakmanx.com/best-gamecube-games/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17767 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/best-gamecube-games/feed/ 0 The Best GameCube Games of All Time | The Game Show S13E26 nonadult Episode 5: Two Eggs in Goldenrod https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-ep-5-goldenrod-eggs/ https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-ep-5-goldenrod-eggs/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:07:18 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17758 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/pokemon-crystal-ep-5-goldenrod-eggs/feed/ 0 Pokemon Crystal Ep. 5: Beedrill, Jigglypuff, and Two Mystery Eggs in Goldenrod nonadult Darria Dennison https://www.breakmanx.com/darria-dennison/ https://www.breakmanx.com/darria-dennison/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:21:07 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17763 Darria Dennison is a filmmaker and actor based in the Topeka, Kansas area. She has worked on multiple award-winning films and projects as a cinematographer, editor, and actress. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and in Mass Media with a concentration in Film and Video from Washburn University. With skills in broadcast, in [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/darria-dennison/feed/ 0 The Biggest Failed Console Add-Ons in Gaming History | S13E25 https://www.breakmanx.com/failed-video-game-console-add-ons/ https://www.breakmanx.com/failed-video-game-console-add-ons/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:46:19 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17737 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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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/failed-video-game-console-add-ons/feed/ 0 Failed Console Add-Ons: Sega 32X, Kinect & More | BreakmanX nonadult Azalea Town & the Slowpoke Well Mystery! | Ep 5 Break and Jess Catch ‘Em All https://www.breakmanx.com/azalea-town-the-slowpoke-well-mystery-ep-5-break-and-jess-catch-em-all/ https://www.breakmanx.com/azalea-town-the-slowpoke-well-mystery-ep-5-break-and-jess-catch-em-all/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:52:23 +0000 https://www.breakmanx.com/?p=17733 Azalea Town & the Slowpoke Well Mystery! We roll into Azalea Town and things get weird fast. Slowpoke are vanishing, the well’s got a Team Rocket problem, and we’ve still got a Gym Badge to earn from Bugsy. Jess and Break work through the puzzle, catch some new Pokémon, and figure out just how much [...]

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