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Defunct Games

@defunctgames.com

Creator of Defunct Games website and YouTube channel. Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro contributor. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Good Game Reviews.

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Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · 6d ago

I wrote this episode of Super Mario Sunshine Review Crew back in May of 2025. It was a little dusty, but I'm excited to FINALLY be able to post the episode more than a year later. What took so long, Nintendo??

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · 7d ago

Confusingly, two games with (almost) the same title came out this month. Farlands from JanduSoft hit PS5 on the 16th, while Far Lands from Axyos Games hit consoles yesterday. I'm sure that was an SEO nightmare for both publishers.

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last wk.

What happened to @retromags.com's sorting? No matter what filter I use, it's impossible to get a section to start with issue 1 and then go in chronilogical order until the final issue. The best I can do is get it to list the issues backwards, which is causing a new set of problems.

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · 2w ago

Lifted is a pretty good 2.5D platformer. It's basically Rayman + Tomb Raider with a heavy dose of Back to the Future (including a rather obnoxious impression of Michael J. Fox). I like the platforming, but the hero spends the whole game complaining about time traveling. That's annoying.

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Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · 2w ago

@suskie.bsky.social I showed that robot video you posted (where it fell backwards and started twitching) to my father, and it has probably been 20 years since I've seen him laugh that hard. He rewatched it a bunch of times, howling with laughter every single time.

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · 2w ago

Watched Jeopardy with my folks tonight and one of the categories was "Avengers," so I said, "the next category is going to be 'Assemble.'" The next category was, in fact, "Assemble." Both of my parents looked at me like I was psychic. I could have told them how I knew, but it's more fun this way.

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · 4w ago

There has never been a video game generation where fans didn't insist that "the next great games crash" was imminent. Predicting doom and gloom has always been around (and will likely never go away).

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last mo.

Look, I get that Danny Masterson has committed far worse crimes in his life, but he should probably get an additional life sentence for the amount of times he uses "phat" or "phatter" to describe things.

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Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last mo.

If you've ever watched a movie reaction video on YouTube, then you'll know why Netflix wants writers to reiterate what's going on every 15 minutes. Movies are, apparently, extremely confusing to a lot of viewers.

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last mo.

More than 30 years after it debuted in arcades, Biomechanical Toy is FINALLY coming to home consoles later this month. The publisher likens it to Metal Slug, but it feels more like a genuinely good (non-science fiction) Cyber Lip mixed with Ghouls 'N Ghosts. I dig it.

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Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last mo.

If you watched any episode of The Apprentice, you can easily see how the Great American State Fair came about. People who have no experience running a fair were likely given 24 hours (& no support) to half-ass everything good enough to impress a panel of judges mostly made up by people named Trump.

Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last mo.

I reviewed this game (City Game Studio) five years ago, and since then it has been the only game on my What's New section because it seemingly updated fifteen times a day. It makes this part of Steam completely useless. Even when I limit the notifications, they still get through.

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Defunct Games@defunctgames.com · last mo.

Playing through Rose & Locket for review, and I'm absolutely blown away by how inventive it is. It grabs you right from the start and never lets go. It's something truly special.

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