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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 1d

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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · 1d

Learn about how people need to pee & also need air on this educational episode! @adzuken.bsky.social brings us the Total Recall NES game & later Tanya from TTWAV joins @tronknotts.bsky.social to talk about how it can be hard to play games & maintain responsibilities. open.spotify.com/episode/2mJN...

Maximum Utcast - 06 - This Podcast is Educational

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 1d

@timmonbleau.bsky.social is here to tell us all about Absolum and its place in the hierarchy of bemups!

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Review – Absolum

Before I completely gush about Absolum for approximately 3000 words (grab the popcorn for this one), we’ve got to set the stage by talking about 2020’s Streets of Rage 4. Developed by Lizardcube, G…

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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · 5d

We also published a paywall exclusive comic book written by @adzuken.bsky.social and illustrated by @tronknotts.bsky.social about Zoey's time with the Pokemon series from the early days through today. You can get it here if you sign up on the Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/maximu...

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 6d

No, sorry. I posted it for Holmes and forgot to change the author. Fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out.

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 6d

Good news! It's a @tronknotts.bsky.social article, and he's out for blood!

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Grand Theft Auto 6 probably won’t be that important

“Is that an intentionally provocative headline?” you ask? Er, I guess. What’s more provocative to me personally, and the reason I wanted to write this, is the ugly idea that some games …

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 11d

Did you know that you can trace Spy Hunter (2001)'s lineage back to Beetle Adventure Racing? It's true, and you can stamp that on your brain using this review.

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Review – Spy Hunter (Console, 2001)

Suffer a tale of hormones. Learn of the shocking link between Spy Hunter (2001) and Beetle Adventure Racing. See a review score. It’s all here in this nail-biting look at Midway’s attem…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 14d

Two mythical game designers teamed up together at last for Hotel Barcelona. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, apparently!

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Review – Hotel Barcelona

There’s a lot to love about Suda51 and Swery. For example, No More Heroes and Deadly Premonition. So, what happens when you put them together? What happens when you form a game designer super…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 18d

It's time to explode some watermelons in our review of John Woo Presents Stranglehold. Or just Stranglehold, as its friends call it.

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Review – Stranglehold

Ever watched Hard Boiled? I haven’t. But while Stranglehold is billed as something of a sequel to that movie, I’m not sure knowledge of its plot is really necessary. Regardless, we all …

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 21d

Are aliens using standardized testing to build disinformation super-weapons? I'm not sure. Maybe Butter Side Down will tell us.

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Review – Butter Side Down

Do you love operating systems? You bet, you do! Do you enjoy using operating systems while working for a soul-sucking corporation? You bet, you do! I don’t remember what point I was trying to…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 22d

Also on Maximum Utmost, @adzuken.bsky.social has a review of Easy Delivery Co., another game this year that recognizes the majesty of the Kei Truck.

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Review – Easy Delivery Co.

I love snow. Not a huge fan of winter because it gets really dark really early, but that’s the tradeoff for snow. I love how snow hides things. Heavy snow hides the horizon. Fresh fallen snow hides…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 22d

Another in a niche of "war games that probably aren't what you expect," 2002's Seek and Destroy is an awkwardly disguised games about talking toy tanks fighting on land, air, and sea.

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Review – Seek and Destroy (PS2)

Conspiracy Entertainment’s spree of localization of the Choro-Q series is bizarre. Choro-Q is a brand of toy car. In North America, they were sold as Penny Racers, but I honestly don’t remember eve…

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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · 25d

We are now on Instagram and Tiktok, oh god. www.instagram.com/reel/DOonIJA...

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 25d

Get out the good silverware, it's time to invite some guests in! No, I'm not a Human depicts a nightmare for introverts. Check out our review!

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Review – No, I’m not a Human

People aren’t my favourite people. Every person brings unnecessary complications into my life, and I’m too empathetic to just focus on myself. So, I’m not the most social person, and neither is the…

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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · Sep 10

We learn about @tronknotts.bsky.social 's obsession with Sir Mix-a-Lot, @adzuken.bsky.social brings us the American Gladiators game on NES, and @douibyorthst.bsky.social talks with @kenjisalk.bsky.social about how Borderlands shaped his life, just in time for Borderlands 4!

Jonathan Holmes, Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · Sep 10

New Podcast! 1-900-Mix-A-Lot! Borderlands Life Changes! American Gladiators & Madiators! With me & @adzuken.bsky.social @douibyorthst.bsky.social @kenjisalk.bsky.social

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Maximum Utcast - 04 - Flat Butts, Borderlands Struts, and Malibu is Cut

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Sep 4

@adzuken.bsky.social has a review today for Normality, a perfectly normal game starring the voice work of Corey Feldman, a perfectly normal guy. This time with the link!

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Review – Normality

If Realms of the Haunting did one great thing, it’s that it led me to Normality, another first-person adventure from 1996. Only this one has less shooting and more Corey Feldman, if you want …

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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's a new episode of Currently Playing, hosted by @douibyorthst.bsky.social where he is talking about the Warriors on PS2 with guest Beith. It's the missing link game between GTA and Bully! maxutmost.com/the-warriors...

The Warriors w/ Beith – Currently Playing 14

Currently Playing is a show where Daniel talks to friends about games they’re playing at the moment. Every month a new guest is on to talk about what they like and maybe don’t like about a game the…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Aug 30

Get ready to become real acquainted with your right arm in Caput Mortum! A game that I wish involved more high-fives.

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Review – Caput Mortum

Caput Mortum is a shortform horror adventure title. In it, you descend into a tower’s basement, mingle with homunculi, and solve lots of puzzles. Also, you have one arm, and you’re goin…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Aug 28

Bet you weren't expecting to read an article about an easily overlooked N64 game's snow. Well, maybe you should, because it's pretty cool!

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Let’s take a moment to appreciate the snow in Monster Truck Madness 64

No, hear me out. Snow doesn’t get the representation it deserves in video games. Even today, most games don’t simulate it very well. But back in 1999, Monster Truck Madness had a very u…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Aug 26

If you couldn't get enough of Crazy Frog in the recent Maximum Utcast, then you can layer this fresh review on top, like a big, annoying lasagna.

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Review – Crazy Frog: Arcade Racer (PS2)

I’m sorry if I just reminded you that Crazy Frog exists. If you’re not aware, it was an explosive fad in the ’00s centred around an annoying thing with his dick out. Crazy Frog Ar…

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Jonathan Holmes, Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · Aug 26

New @ttwav.bsky.social podcast from @maxutmost.com! All the best animal-people from videogames are here! Mina, Snake, DK, you name it! GET IN THE CAGE YOU FREAK!
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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · Aug 21

New episode of @tronknotts.bsky.social talking to his son! They saw the Kirby Air Riders direct and the trailers from Gamescom, but more importantly, they saw a cat.

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Talking to My Boy About Videogames - 13 - Bubsy is the New B Word

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Aug 20

We're doing some DOS-delving today with a review of Realms of the Haunting. It's a game that is great until it isn't.

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Review – Realms of the Haunting

Time to do some DOS delving. Realms of the Haunting is an awkwardly named 1996 title by Gremlin. The best way I can explain it is: it’s awesome until it isn’t.

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Aug 19

Oh, jazz! We've got a review by @cjisbadatlife.bsky.social of Tiny Bookshop, which combines his love of books and video games. It's a great read about reading!

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Review – Tiny Bookshop

Christopher Morley was already a known quantity in the literary world when his debut novel, Parnassus on Wheels, was published in 1917. A poet, a journalist, an editor; he had an affinity for the w…

Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · Aug 16

We've got a review of Naval Ops: Warship Gunner for PS2 which, if you're judging by the name, you probably have an idea of what it's about, but it's probably way weirder than you were expecting.

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Review – Naval Ops: Warship Gunner

A few years ago, I reviewed Waves of Steel, which is an interesting little naval combat game that gets kind of weird. Totally recommend it. But when that review went up, a community member told me …

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Maximum Utcast @ttwav.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's the latest episode of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off! We're talking Star Trek in this episode that's about video games, but actually it's about addiction, but ACTUALLY, it's about sex. Check out Riker's orgasm face.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: “The Game” – The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off

This post is a part of the Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off series. We’re setting our phasers tae malky on the 2nd of two episodes where we dive into Star* media that have episodes entitled “T…