Category: Videos

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AAPI in Games Media: Culture, passion, and representation matter

author image by Danreb Victorio | Events Features Videos | 0 Comments | 03 Jun 2026

This is a bit of an “inside baseball” piece on the recent panel SmashPad Executive Editor, Danreb Victorio, hosted for AAPI in Gaming. If you haven’t seen it already, check it out above!

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VIDEO – Unboxing a “Jollibee x Final Fantasy XIV” mystery box

author image by Danreb Victorio | Features Videos | 0 Comments | 20 May 2026

It’s been a little over a month since the hype that was Final Fantasy XIV FanFest, and while we definitely felt the FOMO not getting invited, I was living my best life thanks to FFXIV’s out-of-nowhere collaboration with Jollibee. Leading…

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[Steam Next Fest] Hands-On: “Akatori” still needs polish

author image by Chris Selogy | Nintendo Switch PC Previews Videos | 0 Comments | 23 Feb 2026

This feels like a demo for a game that still has a lot of work to go before it’s ready for launch, so I hope the developers get the time this demo needs to fulfill its potential.

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[SmashPad Demo Fest] SP Plays – “Titanium Court” Demo

author image by Chris Selogy | PC Previews Videos | 0 Comments | 23 Feb 2026

Out Steam Next Fest demo let’s plays continue with Titanium Court!

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[SmashPad Demo Fest] SP Plays – “Blossom: The Seed of Life”

author image by Chris Selogy | PC Previews Videos | 0 Comments | 22 Feb 2026

Chris Selogy spent some time on the demo for Blossom: The Seed of Life

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[SmashPad Demo Fest] SP Plays -“Replaced”

author image by Chris Selogy | PC Previews Videos Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 22 Feb 2026

Let’s spend the next half hour trying out this demo of Replaced.

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Patrick Sounds Off: Fight For Your Digital Rights

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Nintendo 3DS Nintendo DS Nintendo Switch Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Patrick Sounds Off PC PlayStation Portable Steam Videos Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 10 May 2025

A recent, short comment thread on my last video got me to thinking, what would it actually take to bring me around on Switch 2 game-key cards? I was surprisingly able to come up with an honest and feasible answer,…

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Patrick Sounds Off: Understanding the Spirit of Preservation

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 01 Oct 2024

It’s easy to roll your eyes when a game you don’t like gets included in a collection or gets released as a port/remaster on modern platforms. Just remember that the same thinking that put those games where they are is…

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Patrick Sounds Off: The Pro We Deserve

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 23 Sep 2024

Sony’s trying to sell a $700 PlayStation 5 this holiday season that…frankly, doesn’t do much the existing PlayStation 5 can’t. How about buying a machine that can properly and fully celebrate PlayStation’s 30-year history instead?

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Patrick Sounds Off: It’s Not A Crash, It’s A Correction

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 30 May 2024

If we’re honest, AAA has been digesting itself for quite some time, currently manifesting itself in the form of high-profile game cancellations, studio closures, and mass layoffs. However, a certain corner of the gaming audience is hyping this up as…

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Patrick Sounds Off: Cautious Optimism for Xbox Preservation

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 06 May 2024

It seemed like that was that in Fall 2021 when Microsoft shuttered their backward compatibility development with one final and substantial wave of releases. One need only look at the percentage of games on their legacy platforms to understand just…

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Patrick Sounds Off: Virtua Fighter’s SoulCalibur Problem

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 24 Mar 2024

Virtua Fighter’s main appeal has always been its unique approach to the fighting genre compared to its contemporaries. Is Sega on the verge of throwing it all away at the hands of the man who attempted bringing SoulCalibur in line…

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