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Final Fantasy VII Spoilercast Episode 4 (Chapter 9)
April 26, 2024 00:25 - 58.4 MBWe tackle only one chapter in this episode, but boy is it a DOOZY. We travel to Gongaga, encounter too many bosses, and Tifa finds herself in the belly of the whale. Not like metaphorically like in the Hero's Journey, like a big damn whale monster. This chapter is weird. A huge thank you to Jackson (@headfallsoff) for helping us with a chapter breakdown for this series, and giving us clear stopping points!
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 3 (Chapters 6-8)
April 18, 2024 23:16 - 102 MBOur podcasters finally arrive in chapter 6. Jen and Six call for some time off for some fun in the sun. Kyrie disapproves, but is outvoted. A lot of minigames later, a boss fight happens. Chapter 7 happens. Our podcasters arrive in chapter 8. Jen and Six call for some time fun in the Gold Saucer. Kyrie disapproves, but is outvoted. A lot of minigames later, a bo- A huge thank you to Jackson (@headfallsoff) for helping us with a chapter breakdown for this series, and giving us clear stopping...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 2 (Chapters 3-5)
April 11, 2024 17:14 - 78.8 MBAfter defeating a giant snake, the gang finds themselves deep in some mines, spilling out into the Junon area. We face off with some Turks, explore the world, and get into one big confusing parade. This game is certainly making... choices. A huge thank you to Jackson (@headfallsoff) for helping us with a chapter breakdown for this series, and giving us clear stopping points!
The Goku Number 2
April 05, 2024 18:59 - 76.6 MBSix and Kyrie are back to settle it. One number was never enough, so we have come back to scour the Dragonball Xenoverse 2 cast to try and stump the mighty dragon Shenron. Things get a little silly. Recorded in honor of Akira Toriyama's 69th birthday.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 1 (Chapters 1-2)
April 05, 2024 04:09 - 99.4 MBOne of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cast a long shadow over the release schedule. Not only that, but our coverage plans, too: with press getting early copies, dropping reviews day-and-date with the launch, what merit was there to us crunching and rushing to release a podcast about it a week later (and making ourselves miserable in the process)? But we definitely wanted to cover it! So what was the solution? Well, you're looking at it: a seven-...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Spoilercast – Episode 1 (Chapters 1-3)
April 05, 2024 04:09 - 99.4 MBOne of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cast a long shadow over the release schedule. Not only that, but our coverage plans, too: with press getting early copies, dropping reviews day-and-date with the launch, what merit was there to us crunching and rushing to release a podcast about it a week later (and making ourselves miserable in the process)? But we definitely wanted to cover it! So what was the solution? Well, you're looking at it: a seven-...
Oops More Anime – Gundam SEED Freedom Spoilercast
April 02, 2024 21:02 - 40.8 MBSix took some time to go to the movies! Attending the LA Premiere, Six was able to see the US release of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom! Kyrie and Six hash it out about what is, all told, a pretty strange and fascinating movie. We talk about cool robots, bad wars, and the experience of attending the premiere. This was supported by our patrons over on the Scanline Media Patreon! Be sure to check that out to support our work!
Refresh Rate 3/21/24
March 22, 2024 06:28 - 64.7 MBTake a breath, y'all! Dragon's Dogma 2 released a few hours ago, so we're good! No more big video game releases for 2024, we can all go home! And hey, while you're at home, chillin, why don't you listen to what we've been up to? Kyrie has been digging Vanillaware's latest, the strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord. Jen has answered the siren call of prestige TV with Shogun. Six has been nostalgizing with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot after the loss of Akira Toriyama. And though nobody here has touched Skul...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Game Podcast
February 29, 2024 02:00 - 52.9 MBIt all comes down to this: Best Game. Game of the Year. Call it what you like. We play a lot of games, and every year we make ourselves pick an overall winner. And people keep telling me 2023 was an incredible year for games, so surely this is gonna be a really hard list to cut down! The Nominees Are: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo Street Fighter 6 Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Pizza Tower Lunacid Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Wildfr...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Anime or Manga Podcast
February 27, 2024 01:59 - 29 MBWhen Scanline Media started, we wanted to focus on games. But over the years, from doing weekly anime podcasts and where our general interests as a site went, anime and manga became so much of our coverage. Here are the anime and manga that stood out to us as some of the best of the year. The Nominees Are: Gunbuster Tenchi Universe Trigun Record of Lodoss War Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (manga) Teppu Vinland Saga Oshi no Ko Space Adventure Cobra Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Pluto Hikaru no Go...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Vocal Song Podcast
February 25, 2024 01:48 - 63.1 MBIn our longest category, we decided to let 2023 sing it's heart out. These tracks, be them anime OP or standalone songs, struck a chord with us. The Nominees Are: Iron Lotus (Library of Ruina) Anger's Remorse (Alan Wake II) Yoton Yo (Alan Wake II) Dark Ocean Summoning (Alan Wake II) This Road (Alan Wake II) Herald of Darkness (Alan Wake II) Togenkyo Alien (Gintama) Mukanjyo (Vinland Saga) Paradox (Vinland Saga) Idol (Oshi no Ko) Mephisto (Oshi no Ko) You Won't See Me Coming (Gankutsuou) Ac...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Instrumental Song Podcast
February 20, 2024 01:31 - 38.6 MBInstrumental tracks have often gotten the short end of the stick in our Gimmick Awards, and it's high time we changed that. These tracks backed some unforgettable moments or created an unmistakable atmosphere in 2023, and the following stood out to us. The Nominees Are: H.T. (Trigun) It's Pizza Time! (Pizza Tower) Theme of Kai (Gravity Circuit) Mystery Labyrinth (Master Detective Archives: Rain Code) The Storyteller (Paranormasight) Stand Your Ground (Final Fantasy XV) Hammerhead Theme (Fi...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Fighting Game Toolkit Podcast
February 17, 2024 04:39 - 43.7 MBEvery year, we fight over fighting games. We're enthusiastic about the genre (that's an understatement) and it's a delight to see the new ideas and spins on characters that surface as new games and DLC release. Sometimes, it's the little things that make all the difference: a few tweaks to a classic character to reinvent them. Sometimes it's an entirely new concept. Let's talk about the candidates for Best Fighting Game Toolkit this year. The Nominees Are: Suisei Hoshimachi (Idol Showdown) ...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best New Character Podcast
February 16, 2024 04:10 - 66.3 MBMost fictional writing runs on characters, and it is to these characters that fandoms attach themselves. It's these personalities, and often their visual designs as well, that people find so magnetic. Well, we're not looking for the most magnetic person here: some of these folks are not exactly easy to stan! That's fine. We're here for broken people. We just wanna pick the character we find the most compelling. The Nominees Are: Xiao (Library of Ruina) Luke (Street Fighter 6) Halara Nightma...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Action Game Toolkit Podcast
February 13, 2024 01:40 - 42.7 MBI am open to other perspectives, but a lot of the love of games to me is down to how it feels to hit a button. When the jump feels bad, the game is bad. When the jump feels good, the game is good. That's oversimplifying, intentionally. But so many games ARE just a collection of button presses, and how good they feel to hit. Platformers, action games, shooters, MOBAs, all of these are represented on our nominees. Whose buttons feel the best to hit? Let's decide that. The Nominees Are: Peppin...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Moment Podcast
February 09, 2024 22:27 - 60.6 MBWhile we have catagories for entire games and shows, it's important to hightlight the moments too. Sometimes the entire work isn't a winner, but that's what can make a moment more remarkable. These moments from games, shows, and real life stood out in 2023. The Nominees Are: "We Sing" (Alan Wake II) The volume slider/"Always remember me" (Paranormasight) Battle an Unruly Princess (Void Stranger) Drive Rush Countering (Street Fighter 6) AngryBird Winning EVO (Street Fighter 6) Drunk History...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Best Surprise Podcast
February 05, 2024 23:09 - 31.5 MBI don't mean to shock anyone, but I, Six, am a bit of a jaded exhausted 30-something. Depending on who you are, you might consider that a redundant descriptor. Regardless, a lot of my experience these days is seeing a game or anime release, and knowing pretty quickly whether or not I will care. And, frankly, usually being right! Not that this is an achievement, a lot of us feel this way. The media landscape is just more predictable than it once was. This makes surprises all the more meaning...
Gimmick Awards 2023 – Community Effort Podcast
February 03, 2024 06:46 - 46 MB2023 was... listen. We're here to celebrate. To have fun. But it wasn't a great year, all in all. There was a lot of dark shit. And when talking about it, even in a fun "year end podcast" situation, it's easy to get grim and depressed about everything. It's not that that's wrong. It's worth dwelling on the world's ills. But the Gimmick Awards aren't about that, and we didn't want to have a bunch of downer awards. We don't do Worst Game for a reason. So as part of an effort to change the vi...
The Granblue Number (Part 2)
January 13, 2024 01:41 - 60.9 MBOk. So we know what characters we're looking for from the gacha. We know what characters we can't get from the gacha. And we know about some truly spectacular dresses, though that's not particularly helpful. There's nothing left but to roll the gacha. Again. And again. And again. ...Hey Kyrie did we want to set like a MAX, or- This is the latest in the "Numbers" podcast series, where we use math to joke about fighting games.
The Granblue Number (Part 1)
January 12, 2024 08:52 - 77.7 MBGranblue Fantasy hits its tenth anniversary this year. For the mega-popular gacha game, what better celebration than a bunch of other products to hook in those who aren't into the gacha? This has inspired Granblue the Animation, the action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink, and yes, Granblue Fantasy Versus, and its sequel Rising. As you might expect, these games shine a spotlight on some of the most popular characters in the game, selling you on their appeal. But, speaking of selling... what if ...
Oops More Anime – Scott Pilgrim Spoilercast
November 28, 2023 08:15 - 54.4 MBScott Pilgrim, huh? I dunno what anyone sees in this guy. Regardless this new Netflix anime follows a new story in the Scott Pilgrim series, commenting on the series impact on culture, reflections on the characters, and a lot of video game and anime references. We bring on Jackie of Ultimate Despair Reprise to gush about this new anime. Spoilers ahead, we watched the whole series for this episode! Editor's Note: This was supposed to be a request episode (which we will still do!) but some li...
Refresh Rate 11/21/23
November 21, 2023 23:31 - 65.4 MBAs the holiday season ramps up, we here at Scanline are prepared for a yearly ritual: playing all the games that we feel like we should have an opinion on before we record the Gimmick Awards, our yearly Game of the Year (and more than game) awards. That makes this the last stop of us just chatting normal games before we dizzy ourselves with our obligations as critics. To that end, Jen has been mourning the loss of a rival in F1 2023, Six has been modding Metal Gears on Steam Deck, and Kyrie ...
Game Of The Generation – 5th Gen
November 12, 2023 02:31 - 62.8 MBThe Nintendo 64, PlayStation 1, and Saturn were a pivotal moments for video games. 3D video games had arrived in full force, and the industry has never turned back. But Jennifer, Kyrie, and Six turned back the clock to dive into nearly 50 games that defined the generation, and we decided to sort the best of the best.
The Winning Number
October 20, 2023 04:57 - 61 MBFighting game tournaments are great, and a LOT of work to run. Shoutouts to the tournament organizers, the streamers, the casters, and more that make these tournaments run. But think about this for a moment: if a King of Fighters XV tournament is hard to run, how difficult is it in-universe to get these lunatics with magic powers and demonic possession and GUN ARMS to not only play nice to run a fighting tournament, but also to actually make it a good experience to watch? Seed it for good ma...
Starfield Roundtable
September 12, 2023 22:05 - 36.1 MBAround here, Bethesda's games are pretty divisive. We can all agree they're deeply flawed games, but to what extent their unique charms prevail against those weaknesses varies person to person. Jen still holds some affection for Skyrim, Six can't stand it, and neither have anything but disdain for Fallout 4. So what's the vibe with Starfield, their latest and most ambitious work? It's... charming. Though neither Jen nor Six has spent a ton of time yet- both around a dozen hours at time of re...
Refresh Rate 8/3/23
August 04, 2023 07:30 - 42.6 MBLife moves pretty fast. Despite that, we all found times for a few games that we weren't playing for other podcasts this month, and time enough to sit down to talk about them. This year has seen Jen finally coming to appreciate baseball, and by extension baseball video games in MLB The Show 23. Kyrie has fallen for familiar comforts under friendly names by plugging her friends into Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth. And Six has been playing Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker and frowning at it... ...
Oops More Anime – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Finale
July 18, 2023 21:21 - 19.2 MBThey really did get our trust back only to throw it away, huh? After a messy first cours, G-Witch came back strong with the first three episodes of cours 2, and our early check-in was quite positive. It continued strong for a while, but of course, the same production troubles were bubbling beneath the surface, and that strong start began to collapse under the weight of all its problems. Now we come to you to talk about a show that just... didn't do it.
Refresh Rate – Not-E3 2023 Roundup
June 21, 2023 08:06 - 75.6 MBIt's Not E3! Barring some stupid revival, it will never be E3 again! And yet game companies are still rushing to show us the Reason for the Season. Summer Games Fest, Future Games Show, PC Gaming Show, Wholesome Direct, Ubisoft Forward, Xbox Games Showcase, PlayStation Showcase, the list goes on... and on... and what does it all mean? Jen, Kyrie and Six sat down to talk about the announcements, the trailers, and the temperature of the industry in the middle of 2023.
Refresh Rate – Talk of the Kingdom
May 19, 2023 21:57 - 33.3 MBSPOILER WARNING for early- to mid-game of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Six years have passed since the release of Breath of the Wild. Six years, then, since our podcast about Breath of the Wild, which was the first time we had Kyrie on a pod. And hey, also, my name is Six! Dang, this is starting to feel pretty important. I guess we should podcast about Tears of the Kingdom, the sequel to Breath of the Wild, huh? It's a game jam-packed with stuff, bordering on Assassin's Creed ...
Oops More Anime – Kaguya-sama: The First Kiss That Never Ends
May 10, 2023 06:41 - 33.3 MBI have never much liked theaters, even from a young age. So it takes a lot to get me to go see a movie in theater. Adding extra hurdles like it being a limited release, during a pandemic, only makes it less likely. But when it finally hit home streaming, I, Allen, and Harri were eager to check out the Kaguya-sama: Love Is War movie, The First Kiss That Never Ends. Well, I think Harri was mostly eager to talk about it, since it's all stuff he's already read in the anime. But we appreciate him...
Oops More Anime – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Cour 2 Check-in
May 03, 2023 03:59 - 29.8 MBAt the end of the last cour, Allen and I (Six) talked about whether we wanted to come back and cover the second cour episode by episode, like we did the first. Our conclusion was "probably not, but who knows?" Now that we're decently into it, we're here to say... no. Definitely not. But, we felt the need to make that official, and we might as well discuss the first three eps while we're here, right? Because they're definitely interesting.
Refresh Rate 4/26/23
April 27, 2023 01:37 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBYou know with all the podcasts we put out, it's amazing we find time to do much else. But luckily we find time to relax occasionally. Six took some time with Resident Evil 4 Remake while on travel, finding the experience a little lacking. Meanwhile Jennifer paddled her raft to the middle of a spooky lake, finding herself charmed by the world Dredge thrust her into. Lastly, Kyrie continues her revisit through Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters and finds lots to love despite a messy release...
The Belt Number
April 05, 2023 05:50 - 56.6 MBBelts, as you know, are the most important meal of the day. You get up every morning, and say, "I love my pants, but I just wish I had control over how tight they were!" This is because you are naive, innocent of the world. Guilty Gear is here to tell you, belts for pants? Sure, I guess. But what about belts for gloves. For sleeves! For tightening around the base of your arm to make your bicep look bigger? Daisuke Ishiwatari has a belt affinity, and it spread through all of his designs. And ...
Racing Line Season 5 Episode 1 – Will Buxton PsyOp
April 01, 2023 21:26 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBIt's a new season of Racing Line, and the gang is back at it with our look at the latest season of Drive to Survive! Allen, Rose, and Danny hash it out- trying their best to keep it together through Max Verstappen's Discord rants, Guenther's vacation in North Carolina, and the future of F1. You can find Allen at Chatz: A Television Podcast with great coverage of television, Rose at the The Safe Room at the Abnormal Mapping Network, and Danny over on Skrimmage, his sports Mastodon server! A...
Refresh Rate 3/10/23
March 11, 2023 06:51 - 62.4 MBYou'd think after everything, we'd be free of games by now. But no- games returned, despite everything. Jen takes point with Metroid Prime Remastered, which finally got her to spend more time with the certified all-timer. Then Six explains their befuddlement at the strange tone and choices of Like a Dragon Ishin!, where historical fiction meets... weird ideas of treating people. Finally, Kyrie's wrist has been steadily improving, and she's been celebrating by playing a classic with Six- Ulti...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Game of the Year Podcast
February 24, 2023 20:10 - 54.8 MBIt all comes down to this. No more left, it's time we declared Scanline Media's Game of the Year! The Nominees Are: Drainus Elden Ring Gran Turismo 7 Immortality Kirby and the Forgotten Lands Live A Live Pentiment Pokèmon Legends: Arceus Potionomics Signalis Splatoon 3 Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin The Quarry Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Touhou Mystia's Izakaya Witch on the Holy Night Here's our write-up for the winners! Our intro and outro music for the G...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Best Creature Podcast
February 24, 2023 19:10 - 31 MBCritters. Monsters. Creatures. Little guys. Whatever you call them, games employ wonderful artists to imagine what sort of beings might reside in their worlds. This one's for all the friends out there. Join Jen, Kyrie, Six, and guest Allen as we find out the Best Creature of 2022. The Nominees Are: Kleavor (Pokemon Legends: Arceus) Hisuian Typhlosion (Pokemon Legends: Arceus) Hisuian Zoroark (Pokemon Legends: Arceus) Huisian Goodra (Pokemon Legends: Arceus) Hisuian Decidueye (Pokemon Legend...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Best Moment Podcast
February 22, 2023 22:19 - 54.4 MBThere's always the moments, right? The ones you tell your friends about, the ones you clip, the ones you tweet about. The ones you tweet AROUND because they're too cool to spoil. Every year generates a lot of them, and 2022 was no exception. It's nice to sit around and celebrate things. But in any meeting of minds, there must be a loser. The Nominees Are: Quelling Noble Pokémon (Pokèmon Legends: Arceus) The Walk Into Exile (Pokémon Legends: Arceus) Nailing a combo recipe from the Combo Make...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Best Game Character Podcast
February 20, 2023 20:25 - 43.5 MBYou've heard the Best Anime Character (or you should have, go listen!), and so you probably guessed from that name that there's a Best Game Character. Well guess what- you're right. And we're gonna decide who wins it right now. The Nominees Are: Iron Fist Alexander (Elden Ring) Livingway (Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker) Shez/Arval (Fire Emblem Three Hopes) Bridget (Guilty Gear Strive) Testament (Guilty Gear Strive) Roomerang Host (Jackbox Party Pack 9) Sundown Kid (Live A Live) Andreas (Penti...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Game of a Decade Ago Podcast
February 18, 2023 03:47 - 39.4 MBTime brings wisdom and perspective. Or, that's the theory anyway. My Game of the Year for 2012 was Tokyo Jungle. At the time, I was writing for a site called Press X or Die. Jen wrote for that site too, and while the articles part of that site died years ago, its forums at least are still kicking. (She didn't write a GotY for 2012, though her 2011 was Dead Space 2). And you know, it was only months later that Jen and I were like "we're leaving to make something for ourselves." That's how Sca...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Anime of the Year Podcast
February 15, 2023 20:00 - 21.1 MBWe still think of ourselves as game critics first and foremost here. That's weird, isn't it? We cover anime every week without fail. We've got more than 300 episodes of anime coverage! And yet, the passion that started this site still defines us, if only two ourselves. It has been a gradual process of accepting that we're anime critics, too. And that's important to who we are. Let's talk about the best anime we saw this year. The Nominees Are: Bubblegum Crisis Cyberpunk Edgerunners Darksta...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Iris In Audio Award Podcast
February 13, 2023 20:59 - 13.8 MBOne of the big projects of 2022 was giving Iris In Audio more love and attention. This has been Kyrie's push to be sure- she's writing up the Winners post for this category, too! For me (Six), it honestly still doesn't come as naturally. Film has never been an important thing to me. I have some movies I like, as does anyone, but I never invested time or effort in the medium. Coming to it later in life, I feel a bit gun-shy. It isn't easy to learn the language of film crit in real time on a p...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Anime Song of the Year Podcast
February 11, 2023 06:09 - 24.6 MBAnime has tunes too, you know! I don't know why I'm saying this accusatorily- I'm sure YOU knew that. It's us who had to change the category this year because we realized all the things we were leaving out of That's My Jam. And a jam these are indeed. Let's talk anime music. The Nominees Are: BAD CANDY (Girls Frontline) Chikichiki Banban (Ya Boy Kongming!) Kibun Jōjō ↑↑ (Ya Boy Kongming!) Daten (Call of the Night) Fukkatsu no Ideon (Space Runaway Ideon) I Really Wanna Stay At Your House (Cy...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – That’s My Jam Podcast
February 09, 2023 03:17 - 47.5 MBThe rhythm is going to get you. It's only a matter of time. We had some serious bops in 2022, but which is the boppiest? Jen, Kyrie and I (Six) are here to tell you what makes music good. Boy, I hardly feel qualified to do this. The Nominees Are: Mirror of the World (Baiken's Theme) - Guilty Gear Strive Like A Weed, Naturally, As A Matter Of Course (Testament's Theme) - Guilty Gear Strive The Town Inside Me (Brisket's Theme) - GGST Anarchy Rainbow (Splatfest Main Theme) - Splatoon 3 Till De...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Best Anime Character Podcast
February 06, 2023 19:30 - 30.8 MBWe watch a lot of anime, every year. At the time of this writing, we've covered 280 anime so far in Oops All Anime's history. Naturally we've also watched a lot of anime on our own time. Add all that together, and we have some THOUGHTS. We also have a huge database to compare new anime characters against. But, y'know? Sometimes a good tsundere just works. Let's decide the Best Anime Character of 2022. The Nominees Are: Anya Forger (Spy x Family) Cucuruz Doan (Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doa...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Biggest Disappointment Recount
February 06, 2023 09:00 - 3.75 MBStop the presses- we got one wrong. This is unprecedented, but we have to change a category's winner. We wouldn't go back because we played more and felt differently, or because we rolled the arguments around in our heads and decided we made the wrong call. No, we're going back because a friend pointed out that in the Biggest Disappointment category, we were arguing based on incorrect information. And that doesn't feel quite fair. So here we are. Our intro and outro music for the Gimmick Aw...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Best Movelist Podcast
February 04, 2023 05:00 - 32.1 MBOne of our traditions over here at the Gimmick Awards is this category, in its various incarnations. The name might confuse, but it's a straightforward idea: in any variety of action game, moves and tools are given to specific characters. Which character has the most interesting and fun overall toolset? When this category started, our focus was purely on fighting games, but over the years we've broadened it to character action games, shooters, MOBAs, and more. And with so many of these being...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Biggest Disappointment Podcast
February 02, 2023 01:00 - 58.3 MBGames are really hard to make. Simply getting one out the door is always an achievement, something to be proud of. And these awards started as a celebration purely of games, though they've elevated to being one of more types of media. But we can't be all smiles. Sometimes choices are made with games that are just... disappointing, you know? We get our hopes up, and seeing them be destroyed stings. And so despite everything, we need to talk about the Biggest Disappointment of 2022. The Nomin...
Gimmick Awards 2022 – Best Surprise Podcast
January 30, 2023 22:40 - 30.9 MBWelcome to the start of Scanline Media's game of the year celebration, our Gimmick Awards 2022! Over the course of four weeks, we'll be publishing thirteen categories, each its own podcast and paired write-up on the site for winners. We're opening the year on a staple- Best Surprise! At the ripe old age of 33, I am harder to surprise than I used to be, but the delight of the unexpected still hits you sometimes. Please enjoy Jen, Kyrie, and Six (that's me) debating and deciding the Best Surp...
Oops More Anime – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Ep. 12
January 15, 2023 02:03 - 38.5 MBAnd that's a season (nee cours)! After 12 episodes, The Witch from Mercury is going on break until the next season, and so are we... if we come back at all? Join Allen and Six as we talk about the season as it's been, and how 12 turns a lot of that on its head, for good or for ill. Though, I don't need to be too coy- as you will discover quickly, we're mostly of the opinion "for ill."