Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Cavia-developed, cult-classic hack-and-slash RPG for the PS2 that, eventually, gave us Nier: Automata.
2020-12-31 16:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cleopatra-fortune/
A falling-block puzzle game, with an Egyptian theme and characteristically catchy Zuntata soundtrack.
2020-12-29 16:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dog-of-bay-japanese-video-game-obscurity/
An early PS2 rhythm game starring an array of anthropomorphic dogs.
2020-12-28 21:12:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games. (The numbering is out of order to get this out for the holidays!)
2020-12-28 17:55:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2020-12-28 17:51:28 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/gekirindan/
After the closure of Toaplan, its staff scarred to the wind to different companies. This was a one-shot developed in conjunction with Taito, though it's hardly either company's best effort.
2020-12-27 06:25:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Insomniac's Spider-Man to end all Spider-Men.
2020-12-27 06:22:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Konami's SNES shoot-em-up masterpiece.
2020-12-27 06:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/paradise-killer/
An indie murder mystery with a vaporwave aesthetic, and one of the best indie games of the year.
2020-12-23 06:10:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the CRPG that's worth its weight in gold. Also, we're overloaded with gold so please, just take it.
2020-12-23 06:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2020-12-22 16:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/advent-rising/
A sci-fi action game from the mid-2005s, which was planned as an epic trilogy...and never quite got there.
2020-12-22 16:42:35 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/zero-the-kamikaze-squirrel/
A spinoff of the Aero the Acrobat games, featuring a (questionably designed) Japanese squirrel.
2020-12-20 20:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/aero-the-acrobat-2/
Aero the Acrobat returns in a game that's better in some ways and worse in others.
2020-12-18 05:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game that taught us how to bank nails off the wall.
2020-12-18 05:31:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a 2001 action CRPG that glitched its way into our cold, podcast host hearts.
2020-12-16 20:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/aero-the-acrobat/
Aero the Acro-Bat, Sunsoft's attempt at a 16-bit mascot platformer.
2020-12-14 22:58:23 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/13-sentinels-aegis-rim/
Vanillaware's ambitious sci-fi epic that collapses under its narrative weight.
2020-12-12 21:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/patreon-postcards-recent-books-and-plans-for-2021/
An update for the Patreon postcards we'll be producing this month, a recap of the books we've put out this year, and news for upcoming projects in 2021!
2020-12-12 18:31:12 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/superepic/
An indie Metroidvania that's also a satire of the current mobile game landscape.
2020-12-11 15:35:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Japan-only, Tecmo-developed NES game about a cult classic faux-dubbed anime.
2020-12-11 15:27:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the game where Sonic the Hedgehog is back, in pinball form.
2020-12-11 15:26:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2020-12-11 15:23:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they add another Patreon-only bonus game to their ever growing list of Top Games.
2020-12-10 19:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/phantom-dust/
An usual title that originated as an Xbox exclusive, something like Magic the Gathering (the collectible card game) meets Virtual On (the one-on-one arena combat game).
2020-12-07 04:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a game about a guy who truly needs a vacation from his vacation.
2020-12-07 04:15:27 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/amid-evil/
This retro-style FPS is a send-up of 90s fantasy games, the likes of Heretic and Hexen.
2020-12-06 06:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a story about a man, his brother, his cocaine, and Gary Busey.
2020-12-06 06:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostAnother bonus for you: a conversation with Rebekah Saltsman, cofounder and CEO of indie publisher Finji (Overland, A Night in the Woods, Tunic) for this fifth (and truly final?) episode of Lockdown Longplay!
2020-12-06 06:00:41 +0000 UTC View Post
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/powerslave-pc/
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/powerslave-console/
An Egyptian-themed FPS using the Build engine. The console version is wildly different, so it's covered as a different game.