The Crit Crew
People like to say that video games are art but you never hear people reviewing them like it. Why do you think that is? Well it's probably because it's unnecessary and difficult to do but you better believe that won't stop us from trying.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2020
The Crit Crew – Episode 16 – Jazzpunk
On this episode, we take all the joy out of comedy by talking about what makes comedy good. Are you ready to accept your mission?
Developer: Necrophone Games
Music Credit: Sycamore Drive by Kicks
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The Crit Crew – Episode 15 – Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
On this episode, we critique a game with a real mouthful of a title. So if you’ll please press the play button we’ll begin.
Developer: Crows Crows Crows
Music Credit: Sycamore Drive by Kicks
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The Crit Crew – Episode 14 – Telltale Games
On this episode, we tackle the interactive dramas created by Telltale Games. Is it ambitious? Yes. Do we do these games justice? I dunno, maybe?
Developer: Telltale Games
Music Credit: Sycamore Drive…
The Crit Crew – Episode 13 – Awesomenauts
On this episode, we introduce you to the inscrutable world of the MOBA genre and talk about a real Saturday morning cartoon of a gane. Listen to this one or we go AFK.
Developer: Ronimo Games
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The Crit Crew – Episode 12 – Papers, Please
On this episode, we rave about a puzzle game that follows a terrible, terrible day job. Get your stamps ready and put your morals in a dumpster as we give glory to Arstotzka.
Developer: Lucas Pope
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The Crit Crew – Episode 11 – Hotline Miami
Sorry for the delay on this episode everyone, Caleb and David were going through some post bachelor party recovery. Anyways, this episode is all about violence and why we enjoy it in our entertainmen…
The Crit Crew – Episode 10 – Dear Esther
On this episode, we try to make sense of a game that was designed to not make sense. We also take a long look at the modern Walking Simulator genre and how Dear Esther impacted it.
Developer: The Chi…
The Crit Crew – Episode 9 – the static speaks my name
On this episode, we delve the experimental side of video games. If anything, this episode proves that no matter how short a game is we will talk at length about it.
Developer: Jesse Barksdale
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The Crit Crew – Episode 8 – Undertale
On this episode, we dig deep into the morality lessons that can be taught through video games. Join us as we stupidly decide to critique a game with an incredible amount of praise.
Music Credit: Syca…
The Crit Crew – Episode 7 – Halo: Reach
On this episode, we consider if improvement in a franchise can be a worthy measure of success. In the second half of the episode we also try to determine if multiplayer games can be critiqued as art.
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The Crit Crew – Episode 6 – The Beginner’s Guide
On this episode, we talked about what it’s like to make art. I don’t want to say much more than that because Caleb really liked this game and some feelings were crushed here.
Music Credit: Sycamore D…
The Crit Crew – Episode 5 – The Stanley Parable
On this episode, we discuss the nature of choice in video games. This ends up going down a weird rabbit hole that ends with us deciding that choice is an illusion, so that’s fun.
Music Credit: Sycamo…
The Crit Crew – Episode 4 – Thomas Was Alone
On this episode, we show that you don’t need a big budget to tell a compelling story. We also reveal our deep affection for a bunch of quadrilaterals.
Music credit: Sycamore Drive – Kicks
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The Crit Crew – Episode 3 – Dark Souls Series
On this episode, we discuss the legacy of From Software and how to subtly tell a story. All of this is done while desperately trying to avoid defining art.
Music credit: Sycamore Drive – Kicks
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The Crit Crew – Episode 2 – SOMA
On this episode, we highlight the complex ideas video games can introduce and discuss the importance of a consistent tone. We also learn that it can be difficult to talk trash about a game we loved.
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The Crit Crew – Episode 1 – Emily is Away
Welcome to the first episode of The Crit Crew, a podcast where we critique video games as if they were art pieces. We promise that it’s less pretentious than it sounds. On this episode we talk about …