The Free Cheese

This week on The Free Cheese, the game where HE comes home!

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, we’re adding the killer video game Halloween, based on the film of the same name, to The List. We’l…

This week in The Free Cheese, do you like thrill rides?

We reveal the true reason behind our recording of Episode 498 earlier this year and add its remake to The List. We discuss what's changed in Ca…

This week on The Free Cheese, bats don't like their picture taken.

It's 1989 and Capcom just released the first survival horror video game, paralleling the film of the same name, Sweet Home. The game…

This week on The Free Cheese, what did you learn?

We chronicle the rough timeline of educational software and share key lessons we’ve learned in video games. 

This week on The Free Cheese, pata pata pata pon. 

After a decade of successful games and growing imitations, FromSoftware took some departures with its formula while holding onto key aspects of the …

This week on The Free Cheese, we're preinstalled with every CompUSA purchase!

We're here to guide the great frog king on his journey to match the colors of three or more balls at a time. Chasing comb…

This week on The Free Cheese, summer is over.

Are you afraid of the dentist? Have you been helping the local newspaper find headlines? You might just be Shinnosuke Nohara on summer vacation. We play …

This week on The Free Cheese, trophy unlocked.

We pluck from our past and revive a few of our favorite segments from last year. First, we run through a series of This or That themed around the games …

This week on The Free Cheese, eighteen inch nails?

id Software makes another appearance on The List with its sequel to Quake. Quake II takes the series in a new direction and we discuss how the diffe…

This week on The Free Cheese, so is he still waiting?

We’re going back to high school, or going back to someone’s high school this week to find out why the children are disappearing. We learn the sec…

This week on The Free Cheese, Cryptid Kombat - Coming this Fall.

After sharing some local horror icons, we wander through the woods to find ourselves in Simogo's Year Walk. Released on multiple platf…

This week on The Free Cheese, congratulations Gunpei Yokoi!

Our second Console Ranking episode adds ten additional consoles to the list, many of which we've never held before. How do they stack up ag…

This week on The Free Cheese, here comes a new challenger.

Street Fighter 6 returns with a new entry, ready to reinvigorate longtime fans and create a new generation along the way. We talk about our …

This week on The Free Cheese, The Empire Strikes Back.

Long before you could play your favorite characters in free-to-play video games, developers created movie and television show tie-in games that …

This week on The Free Cheese, anyone who says the subway is dangerous...

We watch a comic book come to life in 2007's The Darkness and see how it holds up sixteen years later. Playing as Jackie Estac…

This week on The Free Cheese, Marc is a WeiNeR.

Following up on our episode covering Rogue earlier this year, we watch the genre evolve on the Sega Genesis with—sorry, taking a break to hula dance—To…

This week on The Free Cheese, how many eggs?

As we close out the month of June, we discuss our Game of the Year so far and share updates on what we're looking most forward to playing in the remaining…

This week on The Free Cheese, where ballers come to play.

We play basketball outside of the arena in this episode, revisiting one of the best basketball games ever made. We discuss what makes this ga…

This week on The Free Cheese, is this a boat?

Dotemu revives a classic with new characters and a new look for a new generation. We learn the art of windjamming and spend some time this week reminisci…

This week on The Free Cheese, I'd like to try increasing fun.

Will you make the next great game for the Senga Exodus? Did your last effort fail to impress the magazine reviewers? Maybe you'll do bett…