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All Episodes

Windbreaker — 123 episodes

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1

How to Keep a Franchise Feeling Fresh | Windbreaker Podcast

2

Games As Comedy Engines w/ Jack Packard | Windbreaker Podcast

3

Let's All Have a Good Cry | Windbreaker Podcast

4

Is Hand-Holding Really a Gaming Sin? | Windbreaker Podcast

5

The Problem With Trilogies | Windbreaker Podcast

6

Let’s Talk About Resurrection | Windbreaker Podcast

7

The Highs, Lows, and Spoilers of Pokémon Pokopia | Windbreaker Podcast

8

Let's Fix Your Boring Fantasy World | Windbreaker Podcast

9

Resident Evil Requiem Spoilercast | Windbreaker Podcast

10

What Makes the Perfect Zone Out Game? | Windbreaker Podcast

11

We Forced Yahtzee to Watch the New Silent Hill 2 Movie | Windbreaker Podcast

12

How Will Xbox Be Remembered? | Windbreaker Podcast

13

Our Favorite Video Game Couple Is Better Than Your Favorite Video Game Couple | Windbreaker Podcast

14

The Wide, Weird, and Wild World of Mods | Windbreaker Podcast

15

How to (Not) Do Climbing in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

16

Choosing Our Favorite Games From 5, 10, 20, and 30 Years Ago | Windbreaker Podcast

17

Will VR Gaming Ever Really Break Through? | Windbreaker Podcast

18

So Why Was The Alters Yahtzee's Game of the Year? | Windbreaker Podcast

19

The Best Gaming Moments of 2025 | Windbreaker Podcast

20

How Indie Gaming Has Evolved Over the Past 25 Years (ft. Edmund McMillen) | Windbreaker Podcast

21

Yeah, I'd Eat That Video Game Food | Windbreaker Podcast

22

Games in a Genre of Their Own | Windbreaker Podcast

23

The Past, Present, and Future of Episodic Gaming | Windbreaker Podcast

24

Breaking Down the 2025 Game Awards Nominations | Windbreaker Podcast

25

What Makes a Great “Atmosphere” | Windbreaker Podcast

26

Are Tables Better Than Video Games? | Windbreaker Podcast

27

The Joys of In-Person Gaming | Windbreaker Podcast

28

5 Years Later, Does the PS5 Have an Identity? | Windbreaker Podcast

29

The Video Game Stories That Stick With Us | Windbreaker Podcast

30

Does Japan Make the Best Horror? | Windbreaker Podcast

31

Our Favorite Power-Ups | Windbreaker Podcast

32

Alright, Fine, Let's Chat About Silksong's Difficulty | Windbreaker Podcast

33

Can Games Ever Live Up to Their Hype? | Windbreaker Podcast

34

The Best, Worst, and Most Annoying "True" Endings | Windbreaker Podcast

35

Making a Video Game Developer Alignment Chart | Windbreaker Podcast

36

The Good, the Bad, and the Weird Kinds of "Yellow Paint" | Windbreaker Podcast

37

Letting Franchises Die With Dignity | Windbreaker Podcast

38

The Point in a Game That Kills the Replay | Windbreaker Podcast

39

Annoying Design Choices in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

40

The State of Nintendo in 2025 | Windbreaker Podcast

41

Let's Have a Kojima Conversation | Windbreaker Podcast

42

What Makes an Open World Actually Fun? | Windbreaker Podcast

43

Learning to Love the Backlog | Windbreaker Podcast

44

Time Is the Best (and Worst) Game Mechanic | Windbreaker Podcast

45

Are Games Better Now Than They Were in 2015? | Windbreaker Podcast

46

Catching Yahtzee Up on Summer Game Fest 2025 | Windbreaker Podcast

47

What Even Is a "Cozy" Game? | Windbreaker Podcast

48

Game Advertising That Actually Worked on You | Windbreaker Podcast

49

What Makes a Great Video Game Weapon? | Windbreaker Podcast

50

Where Have All the GTA Clones Gone? | Windbreaker Podcast

51

The Best Musical Moments in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

52

The Strange State of AA Games | Windbreaker Podcast

53

The Joy of Solving Mysteries in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

54

The Double-Edged Sword of Roguelikes and Roguelites in 2025 | Windbreaker Podcast

55

Sometimes 'Good' Is Good Enough | Windbreaker Podcast

56

Do ‘Good Graphics’ Even Matter in 2025? | Windbreaker Podcast

57

The Peaks of Every Genre | Windbreaker Podcast

58

Do 'One-Hit Wonders' Exist in Games? (ft. Jack Packard) | Windbreaker Podcast

59

The Four Mario Games We’d Save If All the Rest Had To Be Destroyed | Windbreaker Podcast

60

The Worst Kinds of Levels in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

61

Why Are Pirate Games So Damn Good? | Windbreaker Podcast

62

How to NOT Do a Video Game Merchant | Windbreaker Podcast

63

Gaming Is the Most Complicated Hobby (ft. Jack Packard) | Windbreaker Podcast

64

The Five Games We'd Take With Us on a Desert Island | Windbreaker Podcast

65

Building the Video Game Syllabus | Windbreaker Podcast

66

There’s Nothing Wrong With Cheating in Games | Windbreaker Podcast

67

At What Point Does It Become Stealing? | Windbreaker Podcast

68

Our 2025 Gaming Resolutions | Windbreaker Podcast

69

Digesting the Game Awards Results | Windbreaker Podcast

70

THIS Is How You Start Off a Game | Windbreaker Podcast

71

A Tour Through Handheld History | Windbreaker Podcast

72

In Defense of Janky Games | Windbreaker Podcast

73

Breaking Down the Game Award Nominees | Windbreaker Podcast

74

Are Games Better Than They Were A Decade Ago? | Windbreaker Podcast

75

The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Video Game Leaders | Windbreaker Podcast

76

Horror Game Deep Cuts to Play For Halloween | Windbreaker Podcast

77

The Best Video Game Music (ft. Miracle of Sound) | Windbreaker Podcast

78

The Joy of Simple Games | Windbreaker Podcast

79

Yes, the Original Silent Hill 2 is the Best Horror Game Ever, Shut Up | Windbreaker Podcast

80

Characters Who Deserve Their Own Game | Windbreaker Podcast

81

How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Franchise | Windbreaker Podcast

82

Realism is Overrated | Windbreaker Podcast

83

How to (Not) Do a 3D Platformer | Windbreaker Podcast

84

Making Failure Feel Good | Windbreaker Podcast

85

Making Games Harder For Ourselves | Windbreaker Podcast

86

The Movies That Influenced Games the Most | Windbreaker Podcast

87

An Alternate History of Video Game "What Ifs?" | Windbreaker Podcast

88

The Gaming Magazines, Media, and Spaces That Defined Us | Windbreaker Podcast

89

How to (Not) Do an Ending | Windbreaker Podcast

90

Our Favorite Game Devs and Studios | Windbreaker Podcast

91

Can't Get You Out of My Head | Windbreaker Podcast

92

Games That Actually Make Us Laugh | Windbreaker Podcast

93

Modern Media Has a Lore Problem | Windbreaker Podcast

94

How Hard is Too Hard? | Windbreaker Podcast

95

AAA's Franchise Identity Problem | Windbreaker Podcast

96

Catching Yahtzee Up on Summer Game Fest | Windbreaker Podcast

97

The Line Between a Game and an Experience | Windbreaker Podcast

98

Reminiscing About the Infamous Series | Windbreaker Podcast

99

More Games Need to Embrace the Weird | Windbreaker Podcast

100

Shhh... Let's Talk About Video Game Secrets | Windbreaker Podcast

101

What We Want from Our Video Game Villains | Windbreaker Podcast

102

The Stop Killing Games Campaign (ft. Ross Scott) | Windbreaker Podcast

103

The Art of Leveling Up | Windbreaker Podcast

104

The Worst Things About our Favorite Games | Windbreaker Podcast

105

How to Build a Better Save System | Windbreaker Podcast

106

Who Is Best Waifu? | Windbreaker Podcast

107

Attack of the Microtransactions | Windbreaker Podcast

108

Predicting the Next Big Trends in Gaming | Windbreaker Podcast

109

What Do Developers Actually "Owe" Us? | Windbreaker Podcast

110

Gaming's Unforgivable Sins | Windbreaker Podcast

111

Has The World Become Too Cynical For Superheroes? | Windbreaker Podcast

112

To Side Quest, or Not to Side Quest | Windbreaker Podcast

113

Your Video Game City Kinda Sucks | Windbreaker Podcast

114

The Sunk-Cost Fallacy of Finishing Games (ft. Nick Calandra) | Windbreaker Podcast

115

The Games and Genres We Just Don't Get (ft. Jack Packard) | Windbreaker Podcast

116

Games That Actually Deserve a Redo | Windbreaker Podcast

117

How to NOT Do A Metroidvania | Windbreaker Podcast

118

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Grind | Windbreaker Podcast

119

Let's Fix Games in 2024 | Windbreaker Podcast

120

What's the Point of The Game Awards? | Windbreaker Podcast

121

The Standout Game Mechanics of 2023 | Windbreaker Podcast

122

The State of Modern Games Coverage | Windbreaker Podcast

123

Slightly Somewhere Else (ft. Stephanie Sterling) | Windbreaker Podcast