Category: Videos

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Patrick Sounds Off: Never Forget What They Took From Us

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 25 Feb 2024

COVID-19 really diminished E3’s presence, and therefore its perceived value, in the years before the ESA finally pulled the plug. That shouldn’t distract you from the fact that it was one of the few truly unifying events on gaming’s calendar…

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Patrick Sounds Off: Much More Than an Ad Campaign

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 28 Jan 2024

The Game Awards seldom do much for me, but I’ll certainly make an exception for the 2023 edition. Sega really showed out this year, but just as they implied in the Power Surge trailer, there’s a lot more to come….

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Patrick Sounds Off: Year of the Repro?

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 22 Jan 2024

There’s a truly detestable demographic out there of people trying to commodify retro games, greatly complicating things for people getting into the retro gaming market with the intention of actually playing what they buy. Thankfully, there’s a healthy reproduction scene…

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Patrick Sounds Off: The Evolving Legacy of PC Engine

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 09 Jan 2024

I’ve spent a lot of time on my channel lately talking about the PC Engine, largely because there’s been so much to talk about. Now it’s time to give my honest take on the system, its library, and ultimately what…

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Patrick Sounds Off: The Tipping Point

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 25 Dec 2023

I’ve just about had it with ninth-gen’s underdelivering, and the constant black eyes being taken by the highly-touted digital side of the marketplace is exacerbating the problem to the point that I’m nearly ready to give up on it.. How…

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Dredge: The Pale Reach – SmashPad Plays

author image by Chris Selogy | Videos | 0 Comments | 08 Dec 2023

Editor’s Note: A code for the DLC was provided by Team17, but the game was purchased by the player. This is the DLC for Dredge that adds a new icy landmass to the world for you to explore its mysteries…

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Patrick Sounds Off: What I Really Think of Nintendo Switch

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 16 Jun 2023

I’ve recently realized that I haven’t really gone very deeply into what has made the Switch my main console these days, which I figure makes it a perfect entry in my growing “What I Really Think Of…” series.

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Viewfinder Demo – SmashPad’s Summer Game Fest

author image by Chris Selogy | PC PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Videos | 0 Comments | 15 Jun 2023

We check out some of the demos released on Steam and consoles during and after Summer Game Fest. This is Viewfinder for PS5, PS4, and PC with the video focusing on the PS5 version.

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Patrick Sounds Off: How FFVII Remake and Rebirth Won Me Over

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 13 Jun 2023

It’s pretty well established at this point that Final Fantasy VII Remake isn’t actually an attempt to replace the badly-aged 1997 release with a fresh coat of paint, but is rather a very ambitious spinoff that starts out in a…

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Patrick Sounds Off: Gameplay is King. No Exceptions.

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 05 Jun 2023

A certain omission from my upcoming Top Ten JRPGs list invites a deeper conversation about battle system design philosophy, so I’ll break the ice.

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Patrick Sounds Off: It Got Yoshi-P, Too…

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 05 May 2023

Just like Hajime Tabata’s “Final Fantasy Disease” comments, it’s hard to take Naoki Yoshida’s statements about the JRPG genre label entirely in good faith, given the circumstances…

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Patrick Sounds Off: What I Really Think of Sega Dreamcast

author image by Patrick Mifflin | Patrick Sounds Off Videos | 0 Comments | 01 May 2023

There’s no question the Dreamcast was a great system, but does the whole postmortem deification of it strike anyone else as a bit creepy?

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