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This week, Vidjagame Apocalypse welcomes PNB’s TL Foster for a good, long look at 5 times pro athletes starred in videogames that were more about punching monsters than playing sports. Then it’s on to swimmer-munching shark nirvana in Maneater, excitement... Read more

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Videogame-industry veterans Mikel Reparaz and Anne Lewis rally their colleagues for weekly discussions about games, the industry, and the circus of egos and information that surrounds it all.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Going to the Dogs: In this week’s episode we talk about our favorite canine friends and the Xbox One reveal. It’s basically just four people talking about dogs for two hours. Question of the Week What do you think about the Xbox One? Short... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Jump Duck: On this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse we revisit some of our favorite anxiety-inducing music from games and talk about beloved games from our youth. Sorry this episode is a little late. We ran into a minor technical difficulty. It’s.. by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 24 – Apocalypsing the Cancel: This week, we pay our respects to five hotly anticipated games that were shut down before ever really seeing the light of day. We also chat about a little iOS oddity called Deus Ex: The Fall (and other new releases,... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 21 – The Passion of the X: This week’s Vidjagame Apocalypse starts out innocuously enough, with a look at movies based on fake games, but things get heated in the second half, when the crew debates the merits of Microsoft’s decision to roll back its digital rights... Re by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Something Something Redemption: This week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse is all about one game in a failing series that raised the franchise from perdition to stand tall once more. We talk redemption, a whooooole lot of SimCity, QotW and answer some community questions.... Read by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Sunshine Superman: This week’s episode is all about SUPERHEROES. Our Top 5 is all about superheroes. Our new releases section is all about superheroes (well, mostly). Our news is all about superheroes (okay definitely not all but we still talk about them).... Read mor by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Podcast Ho!: On this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse we find ourselves lost on the high seas of tangents. We swear this episode was supposed to be all about pirates. Question of the Week What are your thoughts on microtransactions in games?... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 47 – Playing Dress-Up: The VGA crew limps through another slow January release week the only way we know how: with lots of tangential nonsense. There’s also a Top 5 about costume changes as a major gameplay mechanic, some chat about CES 2014 and... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 29 – Concepts Evolved: For no other reason than that a listener suggested it, we spend a fat chunk of this week’s episode dissecting five games that changed radically during development, often into (or away from) something that completely defied our expectations — and,... by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Drunkpocalypse Now: We get a little silly in this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse and talk about BIOSHOCK INFINITE OMG. Episode 8 of Vidjagame Apocalypse is all about our favorite alcoholics with a very healthy helping of BioShock Infinite talk. Don’t worr by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse – Move 2: With the Oscars recently done away with, we present a special Top 5 (er, Only 5?) along with some new release talk, PS4 news and a quickie debate. Question of the Week We’re using the same question as last week... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Torture is Bad, Kids:   We talk sports, torture, teen wolves, and super secret industry rumors. All the good things in life…   DOWNLOAD by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 19 – 1 Million Enemy Crabs: This week we recorded our show before everyone left for E3, so we went light on speculation and instead counted down the most memorable moments from the expo’s past. Also, did you know there are new games coming out while... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Walk Like a Zombie: This week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse is hungry for brains. We talk about zombies, the things hurting the games industry and we delve into the forums. Question of the Week Do you think it would affect your enjoyment of a... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- The Musical Episode: Things get musical on this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse. That’s not a joke. There’s a LOT of singing in this one and we’re not even drunk. Well, not all the way drunk. Maybe a little drunk. We also play... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- It Was Tuesday: In this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse we talk about memorable appearances in shitty videogame movies and make speculations about the next Xbox. Yes, we realize the reveal has already happened but when we recorded this, it hadn’t. Ques by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Suicide is Painless: In this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse we start up a suicide prevention hotline. JUST KIDDING. We talk about making people kill themselves in videogames. Good times. We also talk about Remember Me and your reactions to the Xbone. Question... by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- It’s Only VG Wasteland: On this week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse we talk about our favorite barren, mutant-infested wastelands. There’s also a little more singing. Apparently we didn’t get enough last week. Question of the Week What’s one moment in by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 50 – Master Thief: Between last week’s Sly Cooper movie reveal and the incoming release of Thief, February is shaping up to be a very burgle-y month. So let’s kick it off with a celebration of our favorite master thieves, then get giddy about... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 23 — Hog Wild: Ride to Hell: Retribution is already being hailed by critics as the worst game of 2013, which has been enough to get most outlets to forget about it. Most outlets, however, are not run by masochists for whom the phrase... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 30 – I’ll Wear You Like Pants: Not a whole lot’s happening during the gap between Gamescom and PAX, and yet we somehow found a way to fill more than 100 minutes with chatter about great actors who slummed it in games, next-gen console release dates, and... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 26 – Annoy All Monsters: Giant city-crushin’ monsters are in right now, so why not devote a show to their greatest appearances in video games (and give kaiju expert Brett Elston a chance to wax nostalgic at the same time)? There’s also some talk of... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 45 – Our Top 10 Games of 2013: This year isn’t quite finished, but Vidjagame Apocalypse is until January 7, so here’s an extra-long, extra-late countdown of the VGA regulars’ 10 favorite games of 2013! After that, we touch on the meager crop of year-end new releases a by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 40 – Over the Hill: This week is Call of Duty week, with CoD: Ghosts hitting store shelves ahead of its next-gen launches, but let’s ignore that for the first half of the show. Instead, we’ll talk about our favorite heroes over 40, then chat... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy – Vidjagame Apocalypse 459: Horizon: Forbidden West is out! To celebrate, we’ve invited Anthony Abatte to help us take a look at five games set in post-apocalyptic futures where swords, sorcery, and monsters reign supreme. Then we’ll talk about King of Fighters XV, Infer by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Grow Up and Get Old – Vidjagame Apocalypse 458: Sifu is out this week, and its grow-old-instead-of-dying mechanic inspired us to pull together a top 5 about other games where your character grows up and gets old, with special guest Mike Williams of Fanbyte. Then it’s on to Dying... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Trapped In Another World – Vidjagame Apocalypse 457: Pokémon Legends: Arceus has us thinking about isekai stories – where a hero is unexpectedly dropped into another world or time period, and struggles to get back – so with PNB’s TL Foster on board, let’s talk about five of... Read m by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Heroic Trios – Vidjagame Apocalypse 455: Rainbow Six Extraction is out this week, pitting three players against the mutant Archaeans – and we had so much fun playing it as a trio that we decided to talk about five of our favorite videogame trios (as a... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Better Fitness Through Gaming – Vidjagame Apocalypse 454: January is the time for new-year’s resolutions — and what resolution is more popular, more strenuous, and more quickly abandoned than the one to get in shape? This week, we grab PNB’s Robert Beach for a look at five games... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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2022’s Most Anticipated Games – Vidjagame Apocalypse 453: Another new year begins, as we shake off the holiday cobwebs and get back up to speed with a look ahead at five games we’re especially excited to get our hands on in the next 12 months. Will all of... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Our Top 10 Games of 2021 (Part 2) – Vidjagame Apocalypse 452: Our two-part countdown of 2021’s best games concludes this week with our five favorite games of the year, with help from special guests Micah Seff; Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski of Wii Universe; Kat Bailey of IGN and Axe of... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Our Top 10 Games of 2021 (Part 1) – Vidjagame Apocalypse 451: It’s time once again to look back on another great year for games and pick our favorites, and this year we’re breaking from tradition: Instead of one gargantuan show to mark the end of the year, we’re splitting our top... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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2021’s Best DLC – Vidjagame Apocalypse 450: 2021 is drawing to a close(!), and all things considered it’s been a pretty great year for videogames. Before we begin our annual GOTY countdown next week, let’s invite Tony Wilson of Framework for a look at five of our... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Snowball Fight! – Vidjagame Apocalypse 449: December is here and the snow is upon (some of) us, so this week, we’re taking a look at games that let us step back from the action, take a deep breath, and nail someone real good with a snowball.... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Fake-Out Endings – Vidjagame Apocalypse 448: When is the end not the end? When a hinky-looking credits sequence is interrupted to let you know the game’s not over yet. This week, PNB‘s TL Foster rejoins us to talk about five times games faked us out with... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Bite-Sized Cooking Action – Vidjagame Apocalypse 447: Happy Black Friday, everybody! With Thanksgiving on our minds this week, we dedicated this week’s Top 5 to cooking minigames in bigger, non-cooking-themed games, after which we’ll wonder at the possibilities of WB’s MultiVersus, delve in by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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It’s Evil’s Turn – VGA 446: With this week’s release of the Vaas: Insanity DLC for Far Cry 6, we welcome first-time guest Doug Trein of Basileus Games for a look at five other sequels and expansions that let us embody one of a game’s villains,... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Unreliable Narrators – Vidjagame Apocalypse 445: An “unreliable narrator” can mean that a character is withholding information or deceiving you, or it can, in a very literal sense, mean a narrator who just doesn’t have their shit together. Leif Johnson joins us for a look at... Read mo by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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First-Person Kickers – Vidjagame Apocalypse 444: Delivering a good, solid kick in a game feels great, especially when it sends your enemies flying helplessly into spikes or off cliffs. This week, the regular VGA crew pays tribute to five of the greatest, meatiest kick attacks ever... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Mission: Halloween – Vidjagame Apocalypse 443: Halloween is almost here, so Anthony Abatte joins us for a look at five times games set aside a chunk of their (non-seasonal) storylines to celebrate Halloween with themed levels or missions! Then we’ll wrap up our final show of... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Horror Hounds – Vidjagame Apocalypse 442: Ready to face what lurks in the shadows? No? What if you had… a dog? Greg Moore rejoins us this week for a look at five horror games that pit you and a canine partner against unspeakable terrors, after which... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Space Madness – Vidjagame Apocalypse 441: Metroid Dread has launched the franchise in a suspenseful new direction, and given us an excuse to spend this week talking about some of our favorite horror games set in space, with special guest Alex Faciane of Chilluminati and Super... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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