Episodes
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Ep. 182 - Adding to the Endless - Video Poker
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
This week on the podcast we're adding another oddball: It's Video Poker. There was much internal debate as to whether or not this is a video game and yes we deemed it to be both using Video and a Game thus it is a video game. How does one rank a game where you bet money that a random sequence of cards will produce a result that yields you money? Are you ranking the format or the game or maybe both?
Find out on the podcast and view the complete rankings (linked here).
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Ep. 181 - Adding to the Endless - The Guardian Legend
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're adding not only an action-adventure game but also a shoot'em up (or shmup if you will) all in one handy-dandy package: it's The Guardian Legend. This game developed by Compile crossed two genre's in one. It's kinda like Zelda + Blaster Master + Zanac but way more generic than all of those! You play as a woman who turns into a spaceship that shoots things! It's great. Where did it end up on the Endless List of Video Games?
Find out on the podcast or check out the complete rankings (linked here).
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Ep. 180 - Adding to the Endless - Banjo-Kazooie
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're adding an iconic 3D platformer to the Endless List of games: Banjo-Kazooie! You're bear and a bird on a mission to stop Gruntilda and save Tooty. This game features a plethora of movement options and nine full worlds to explore. It also features some of the strictest standards for collectibles in any platformer! You have to get over 90% of them in order to have any chance at beating the final boss who has four phases?! Where did this go on the list of all lists?
Find out on the podcast or check out the full list (linked here!).
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Ep. 179 - ISB Goes to the Movies - Hitman
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're adding another movie from the 2000s and Timothy Olyphant's summer in Bulgaria: It's Hitman! The movie based on the franchise of the same name is about a dude named Agent 47. Agent 47 is a bald guy who's been trained from birth to be a Hitman. He gets involved in a conspiracy with the Russian government. It's a whole thing. The actual plot of this movie is confusing as fuck and involves the assassination of the Russian leader's body double(?), Desmond from Lost, the Organization(who are they?) and a subplot with a Russian prostitute that literally makes no sense. This week we're solving the mystery of where it goes on the List of Video Game Movies.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Ep. 178 - Adding to the Endless - Power Politics
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're adding the Presidential Election simulator from 1992: Power Politics! This game pitted you against computer or human foes as you a run campaign for the President of the United States. Run as a Republican like George Bush, Ronald Reagan and more or a Democrat like Paul Tsongas, Bill Clinton and Michael Dukakis. Or create your character. Then you pick where you want to campaign and plot out the activities. Then find out who won the election! We pick only the niche-est of niche games. Find out where it landed on the podcast.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Ep. 177 - Adding to the Endless - Cruis’n USA
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
After an over 100 episode break from adding racing games to the list, we're adding a fan favorite game in Cruis'n USA to the Endless List. Drive through California and California and California and California and then Arizona! and the Midwest? and Washington? Is this all of the United States of America? Or is Cruis'n USA lying to me? Where is the South? Where is New York City? Where is Texas? Where is our beloved Massachusetts!? Not here! Thanks Midway games! Where did it land on our Endless List?
Find out on the podcast or check out our complete rankings! (linked here)
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Ep. 176 - Adding to the Endless - Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
This week on the podcast, we play a game from two of Chris' perfect game categories: Wii games and hidden gems. We've combined them together for the ultimate Chris game experience as we added Sin and Punishment: Star Successor to the Endless List of games. This rail shooter is basically what if they made a Star Fox Wii game and it's pretty fucking good! Did Mike end up throwing the Wiimote across the room? (no!) Did anyone waggle suggestively? (no?) Did Mike like a Wii game? FIND OUT ON THE PODCAST.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Ep. 175 - ISB Goes to the Movies - Sonic the Hedgehog
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're adding yet another movie to the list of video game movies: It's Sonic the Hedgehog. This movie starring Ben Schwartz, James Marsden and Jim Carey brings the blue blur to life in his own live action story. And it is shockingly somehow a good movie which is fucking wild considering the trajectory of this franchise. Against all odds, they pulled off something they shouldn't have! And we're here for it. Where did it land on the list of video game movies?
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Ep. 174 - Adding to the Endless - Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're adding another Max Payne game to the Endless List. It's Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. This game came out only a few years after the first one and it shows! This feels like almost a Max Payne 1.5 but it features tighter level design, improved storytelling and overall better game design. Where did it land on the Endless List?
Find out on the podcast or check out the complete rankings (linked here).
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Ep. 173 - Adding to the Endless - Downwell
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
This week on the podcast, we're going down the deep dark well as we play and add Downwell to the Endless List of Video Games. This Devolver Digital published and Moppin developed game puts you in the gunboots a person who wants to make to the bottom of a well. It's a fun, well-designed and infinitely replayable. But where did it land on our Endless List?
Check a look on the podcast or check out the complete rankings (linked here).