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Blades of Time

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/blades-of-time/A stealth sequel (remake?) of X-Blades, this time given quite a bit more polish.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 263: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the first Fire Emblem, AKA the game that launched a thousand Smash Bros. characters.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 262: Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Vita beat-em-up that should have been called Teenage Buxom Ninja Schoolgirls. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Urban Yeti. Get READY to YETI!

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 261: Final Fantasy XI

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Final Fantasy that tested the limits of your 56k modem.

X-Blades

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/x-blades/A Russian anime-themed action game which wasn't very good! But did get a follow-up that was slightly better and we'll also be covering very shortly.

Omega Boost

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/omega-boost/A dizzying display of mecha action in this rail shooter from the Gran Turismo folks.

Mirai Ninja

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mirai-ninja/A ninja-themed arcade game from Namco, and a tie-in with a cheesy live action movie.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 260: Daikatana (GBC)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the version of Daikatana that doesn't suck it down. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Disney Plug-N-Play TV Game.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 259: The Sims 4

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the life simulation game that holds the current record for ruined human lives. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Cambria Sword: Life of Wonder.

The Binding of Isaac

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/binding-of-isaac-the/Much like Super Meat Bot led the way for the masocore graze, The Binding of Isaac spawned another subgenre with the shooter-rogue-like.

Super Burnout

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/super-burnout/A fairly decent Jaguar motorcycle racing game (unrelated to the later Criterion racer) and a good demonstration of its 3D sprite capabilities.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 258: Pandora's Tower

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Wii game where your waifu has you locked up in chains. And they're the kind that you can waggle. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Cambria Sword: Life of Wonder.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 257: Resident Evil 6

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Capcom's attempt to please everyone but Resident Evil fans. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Secret Quest.

198X

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/198x/A multi-genre homage to the era that's not four whole decades old.

HG101 Mailbag, No. 4

Show host Xerxes reads your five-star review game nominations from Apple Podcasts and Stitcher

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 76: Secret Quest

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.

Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/command-and-conquer-tiberian-sun/We've been covering the Command and Conquer series wildly out of order, but nevertheless, here's what's technically Command and Conquer II, the darker and edgier sequel to the world famous RTS.

Wrestling with Pixels Full Preview PDF now available!

It's been a very (very, very) long road, but Wrestling with Pixels is finally almost complete! Here's a near-finished preview, at 238 pages in length:https://www.dropbox.com/s/0hf2h37k8w0uv2b/Wrestling%20with%20Pixels%20-%2012-27-19.pdf?dl=0What needs to be done? It's going through another round of copy edits to pick out any errors, a few lesser quality box shots need to be swapped, th...

Hihou Densetsu: Chris no Bouken

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/hihou-densetsu-chris-no-bouken/A thoroughly mediocre PC Engine side-scroller with an anime Indiana Jones theme.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 75: Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Bonus Get 74: Baldur's Gate

Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 256: The Lurking Horror

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank this late Infocom classic about the lovecraftian nightmares that stalk the quads of MIT. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Secret Quest.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 255: Second Life

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the finest and most influential 3D chatspace game ever to be created by a single lab. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Super Mario Bros. 2.

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 254: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the long-awaited sequel to Pac-Man, in which our hero refuses to help his neighbor move her couch. This weekend's Patreon bonus game will be Super Mario Bros. 2.

Shamus

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/shamus/One of the highlights from Synapse Software, publishers of some of the best games on the Atari 8-bit platform, which is basically Berzerk but with a persistent maze you can map and explore. There's also a somewhat unusual sequel.