Latest Alexkane Podcast Episodes

Battlefront 1 and 2 (2004, 2005)

X-Wingin' It - May 27, 2019 08:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Alex Kane and Brock Wilbur revisit the one-two punch of Pandemic Studio's Battlefront games, which allowed you to embody grunts amid some of SW's biggest battles. The second game actually has some interesting canon tie-ins, but both games are beloved and this was just fun to sink dozens of hours...

Republic Commando (2005)

X-Wingin' It - May 20, 2019 08:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Alex Kane and Brock Wilbur go back to the first person shoot slash team management title Republic Commando, which told a dark Call of Duty style black ops story, using a group of good ole clone boys. It's a supremely weird game with some of the best (now canon!) trooper gentlemen out there. If y...

Knights of the Old Republic (2003)

X-Wingin' It - March 27, 2019 08:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Alex Kane and Brock Wilbur dive into 2003's Knights of the Old Republic for the Xbox. This BioWare title built a gigantic universe thousands of years before the events of the films, and pulled off a wildly complicated RPG with memorable characters. If you like this podcast, this game, or Alex Ka...

X-Wing (1993) and TIE-Fighter (1994)

X-Wingin' It - March 10, 2019 22:45 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Brock Wilbur and Alex Kane are back. This time: a division in the Force! Two games were released back to back that had were basically the same, but from wildly different perspectives. X-Wing and TIE-Fighter are both space plane dogfight games. One comes from the perspective of the good guys; the...

The Empire Strikes Back (1982)

X-Wingin' It - January 14, 2019 01:36 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Alex Kane and Brock Wilbur are back for X-Wingin' It: the show about Star Wars video games and the stories they tell. After two episodes from the mid 90s, it seemed like the right time to cover some of the fundamentals bases. Especially Hoth base. Today, Alex and Brock are discussing the Atari 2...

Dark Forces (1995)

X-Wingin' It - December 13, 2018 21:51 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Alex Kane and Brock Wilbur are back for X-Wingin' It. Today is all about Dark Forces from 1995. The LucasArts title was an attempt to make Star Wars in DOOM, after modders had already started making their own Stars Wars games in DOOM. The early first person shooter title still has a lot of bizar...

Shadows of the Empire (1996)

X-Wingin' It - October 30, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Welcome to the first X-Wingin' It! Alex Kane and Brock Wilbur talk about Shadows of the Empire from 1996. The N64 title was part of a transmedia adventure that explored the period between Empire and Return. Dash Rendar (who is absolutely not a knock-off Han Solo) goes on a mission to save a kidn...