WinBack: Covert Operations

Duck and cover! This week, we're talking about one of the most influential games you've never heard of, WINBACK: COVERT OPERATIONS! This scrappy little METAL GEAR-a-like actually invented what we think of as modern cover-based shooters; there effectively is no GEARS OF WAR or UNCHARTED without WINBACK. The game is innovative, but is it any fun to play? Plus: we discuss the dating status of Jean-Luc Cougar, tell the tale of the mysterious villain known as Gunt, and speculate once again just what is in all those damn crates.  Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski  Logo by Steve Guntli/ Updated logo by Barry Shaw  Theme song: "Truck" by The Octopus Project (theoctopusproject.com)  ultra64podcast.com  Twitter: @ultra64podcast Email: [email protected]  Instagram: @ultra64podcast  Patreon: patreon.com/ultra64pod  Next week's episode: Mystical Ninja starring Goemon / Goemon's Great Adventure