Hardcore Gaming 101

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance (and Project Firestart!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a "realistic" open-world medieval RPG. Then stick around for Project Firestart, an innovative survival horror game for the Co

Oct 13
2 h 10 min

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (and Ghost in the Shell (1997)!)

Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala as they discuss and rank the second Metal Gear Solid game, which is also the fourth Metal

Oct 6
2 h 23 min

Monster Slider (and The Cave Cop!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONCLUDES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a block puzzler in which you slide around the playfield, letting gravity takes

Sep 29
1 h 52 min

Street Fighter (and Terranigma!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Capcom fighter that somehow managed to get a sequel. Then stick around as re

Sep 22
2 h 17 min

Crossbow (and Quest for Camelot!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a light-gun shooter in which you protect your fantasy adventuring buddies from

Sep 15
1 h 37 min

Cloak & Dagger (and The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Robotron-style twin-stick shooter with an espionage flair. Then stick around

Sep 8
1 h 59 min

G-Taste Mahjong (and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang plus returning special guest Katherine, as they discuss and rank a particularly spicy mahjong game. The

Sep 1
2 h 06 min

Monster Maulers (and Fighting Force!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a Super Sentai-inspired boss-rush beat-em-up from Konami. Then stick around fo

Aug 25
1 h 47 min

Batman (2013) (and Starfighter 3000!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Raw Thrills' Batmobile-based shooter. Then stick around for Starfighter 3000,

Aug 18
1 h 56 min

CarnEvil (and Rolling Gunner!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE CONTINUES!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Midway's lightgun shooter about a carnival... that is evil. Then stick around

Aug 11
2 h 05 min

Emergency Call Ambulance (and Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid!)

LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN OF ARCADE RETURNS FOR 2026!! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Sega's post-Crazy Taxi take on ambulance driving. Then stick around for

Aug 4
1 h 51 min

Super Dodge Ball (NES) (and The Longest Journey!)

Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the Kunio-kun game that introduced many gamers to the excitement and/or terror of dodgeball. Then stick around for The Longes

Jul 28
1 h 58 min

ToeJam & Earl (and ChainStaff!)

Join the HG101 gang plus special guest Robbo, as they discuss and rank-err, revisit, the groovy duo's funky roguelike for the Genesis/Mega Drive. Then stick around for Ch

Jul 21
2 h 05 min

Quest 64 (and Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONCLUDES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the N64's infamous three-dimensional RPG. Then stick around for Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos, an

Jul 14
2 h 15 min

The Final Fantasy Legend (SaGa) (and Half-Life 2: Episode One & Two!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG REVS UP SOME CHAINSAWS! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank Square's first handheld RPG. Then stick around for Half-Life 2: Episode One and Hal

Jul 7
2 h 20 min

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (and Top Banana!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG SOARS TO THE SKIES! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Saralene, as they discuss and rank the second entry in Nihon Falcom's Trails serie

Jun 30
1 h 39 min

Virtual Hydlide (and Marble Drop!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG FRAMEDROPS ONWARD! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank an open-world RPG with an arcade-style sensibility. Then stick around as returning speci

Jun 23
2 h 08 min

Lost Dimension (and Diablo!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG CONTINUES! Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank a tactical RPG about saving the world with psychic powers. Then stick around for Diablo, a game

Jun 16
2 h 27 min

Phantasy Star IV (and Fallout: New Vegas!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG ZOOMS ON! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala, as they discuss and rank the last trace of Phantasy Star's e

Jun 9
2 h 46 min

Popful Mail (Sega CD) (and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel!)

JUNE-JULY OF JRPG HAS RETURNED! Join the HG101 gang, plus returning special guest Ghaleon Unlimited/Chris Hatala, as they discuss and rank Falcom's action-RPG that introd

Jun 2
2 h 45 min