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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 5h

I did not care for #TronAres.

A lot of nothing happening very loud and very quickly, unfolding in a human world that somehow feels more like a digital wasteland than the Grid. A frustrating waste of a pretty great premise.

Pretty good score, though.

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 10h

This week on Fully Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social reviewed Silent Hill F.

We still don't know what the "F" stands for.

Silent Hill F | Fully Ramblomatic

One Battle After Another Is All Kinds of Revolutionary | The Rewind Podcast

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Jack Packard @jackpackard.bsky.social · 1d

In about an hour, @janjozone.bsky.social is joining Marty and I on The ReWind.

We'll be talking about Nintendo's very bizarre animated short and "One Battle After Another" which is very good... unsurprisingly very good... but like VERY GOOD.

Watch/Listen Here:

How Peacemaker (and Superman) Are About the Internet | The Backdrop

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 1d

With #Peacemaker wrapping this week, it's a good time to look at what makes James Gunn such a distinctive superhero filmmaker.

How Gunn puts himself in his work, how "Superman" & "Peacemaker" are about the internet, and what Gunn gets about superheroes as a genre.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DieY...

Co-op Party Chaos in King of Meat | Hot Monday Energy

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 1d

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is one of the most creative 3D platformers ever made, and you shouldn't sleep on its Switch 2 remaster.

Marty's latest column is live to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

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Jesse Galena🦖(any/all)🔜 PAX UNplugged! @rexiconjesse.bsky.social · 2d

NO KINGS
JUST MEATS
It's time for King of Meat with @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and @sigmagears9.bsky.social on @secondwindgroup.com
's Twitch and YouTube!
(in a few moments as we sort totally normal technical issues)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bA7...

Strange Antiquities Review | Bytesized

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 2d

Strange Antiquities, from developer @badvikinggames.bsky.social, is an excellent follow-up to Strange Horticulture and a quietly charming puzzle game in its own right.

Check out @prettygrimgames.bsky.social's latest Bytesized here -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfB...

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 2d

I hated "House of Guinness." I hated it. Hated it. Hated. Hate. Hate. Hated it. So much.

Less a television show than a concussion. All of the pain of "Guinness", none of the pleasure.

I talked about how much I hated it for @secondwindgroup.com.

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Around midway through the first season of House of Guinness, the new Netflix stream show from Steven Knight that offers a “fiction inspired by true stories” about the famous Irish brewing dynasty, young stout heir Edward Guinness (Louis Partridge) decides to impart a lesson on politics to his lover and young Fenian rebel Ellen Cochrane (Niamh McCormack). Naturally, he offers this lecture on political theory through a strained metaphor involving two bottles of the black stuff.

“There is a particular technique when it comes to pouring Guinness,” Edward explains, with the care that one expects from a modern “buy-o-pic.” The key, Edward says, is not to pour the bottle all at once. The glass should settle for a moment. “I call it the Guinness minute,” he offers. He elaborates, “These two half-poured glasses of Guinness represent the state of Ireland.” Edward sees his nation as a country “in need of time to reflect”, where progress is to be made “slowly, carefully, evenly.”

This moment reveals a lot about House of Guinness. On the surface, the show owes a lot to Knight’s other period series, Peaky Blinders. This is evident from its opening moments, which find the family’s resident ruffian, Sean Rafferty (James Norton), strolling through the brewery lit by flames as he amasses a mob to accompany the hearse carrying the deceased Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness. “Each of you grab a means of persuasion,” he orders. “Remove all obstacles with a firm hand.”

This influence makes sense. Peaky Blinders was a massive success on Netflix, to the point that the streaming service is co-producing the upcoming movie. House of Guinness has very clearly been brewed as Netflix’s own homegrown answer to Peaky Blinders, a sordid and sexy period soap opera with enough violence and sex to hold the attention of a younger audience alienated from more traditional period fare like Downton Abbey. It’s a crude calculation, but a pragmatic one.

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KC Nwosu @sigmagears9.bsky.social · 3d

Super Smash Sunday starts now! let's get to it.
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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 4d

We had a very busy week on Second Wind.

Catch up with all the video essays, streams and podcasts before you head out on this fine Saturday evening.

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 6d

This week Second Wind is brought to you by Once Upon a Galaxy, the collectible card battler of cosmic proportions, available now on Steam.

Check it out for free here: galaxy.fun/d/300

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 5d

EA has made a deal this week to be acquired for $55 billion by PIF (Saudi Arabia's public investment fund), Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners and private equity firm, Silver Lake.

Nothing about this sounds good.

EA Just Made a Deal with the Devil | Unpacked

EA Just Made a Deal with the Devil | Unpacked

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 5d

EA has made a deal this week to be acquired for $55 billion by PIF (Saudi Arabia's public investment fund), Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners and private equity firm, Silver Lake.

Nothing about this sounds good.

Ghost of Yotei Launch Day Stream w/ Jack and Jess

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 5d

In his latest column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down Marvel Zombies, and why the series feels like it's haunted by the MCU's undead continuity.

Live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 6d

This week Second Wind is brought to you by Once Upon a Galaxy, the collectible card battler of cosmic proportions, available now on Steam.

Check it out for free here: galaxy.fun/d/300

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 6d

Reminder that we're currently signing sponsors for @secondwindgroup.com for October - December.

Our audience loves horror games, so if you've got one you wanna get some extra promotion for get in touch!

Also a good time to run promos for games that slipped under the radar!

Contact info in my bio!

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Jack Packard @jackpackard.bsky.social · 6d

In about an hour, @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and I will be Ghosting all over Yotei!!!

Wacth Here:

I Love Silksong, and I Also Hate Silksong | Semi-Ramblomatic

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 6d

It's a love / hate relationship for @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social and Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Here's this week's episode of Semi-Ramblomatic!

Borderlands 4 | Fully Ramblomatic

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 6d

Man, I love our community.

Over 500+ responses for the audience survey I put out today to help Second Wind prep for 2026 and people have left tons of positive and useful feedback.

Paragraphs of it even.

Such a great feeling to have an audience that genuinely cares about what we make.

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 7d

It's time for another very special @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social review of a Borderlands game!

This week's episode of Fully Ramblomatic is now available.

[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Ranking the Best Blue Prince Rooms for Jackie Chan to Fight In | Second Wind

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 7d

In case you didn't have enough reasons to join the Patreon already... here's our latest Patreon exclusive video for our $5 and up subscribers.

We rank the best @blueprincegame.bsky.social rooms for Jackie Chan to fight in.

It's as goofy as you think it is.

Get more from Second Wind on Patreon

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 8d

2025 year has been a particularly great year for games, which means one thing -- GOTY is going to be a bloodbath.

Marty's latest column is live now to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

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Second Wind @secondwindgroup.com · 8d

Free speech comes at a price these days in the media world.

A special extra episode of The Backdrop from @darrenmooney.bsky.social is now available.

Kimmel and the New Era of Corporate Capitulation | The Backdrop

I Can Stop Playing CloverPit Whenever I Want...

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 8d

I'm ok.

I'm Ok...

I swear, I'm OK.