Rubato, Retro Rewind, Legacy of Kain: Ascendance... and Candy? | Yahtzee Tries YouTube video by Second Wind

This fortnight's Yahtzee Tries is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwQF...

Marathon, Player Counts and Industry Anxiety | Unpacked YouTube video by Second Wind

This week on Unpacked, @nickjcal.bsky.social provides his thoughts on Marathon and the hyperfocus on player counts.

While of course many are doing it for the engagement grift, there's also a lot of player anxiety around their favorite games performing well enough to stick around.

If GTA 6 Fails, Is the Games Industry Doomed? | Dev Heads Podcast YouTube video by Second Wind

New episode of Dev Heads is live! This week, the crew chats about whether Grand Theft Auto 6's success can impact the entire AAA industry one way or the other.

Watch now -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBIq...

Marathon, Player Counts and Industry Anxiety | Unpacked YouTube video by Second Wind

This week on Unpacked, @nickjcal.bsky.social provides his thoughts on Marathon and the hyperfocus on player counts.

While of course many are doing it for the engagement grift, there's also a lot of player anxiety around their favorite games performing well enough to stick around.

Dark Souls 2 Is the Gift That Keeps On Giving w/ Jack and Jess -- Part 3 YouTube video by Second Wind

In about an hour @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and I will continue poking men... and they may or may not like it.
It is for them to decide but for me... to poke.

Watch Here:

Reminder that we're still on the lookout for some sponsors for the first Second Wind Games Showcase!

We've got a big show brewing.

Email is in my bio if you're interested in supporting!

Super Meat Boy 3D | Fully Ramblomatic YouTube video by Second Wind

Sorry, we didn't plan anything fun this year for April Fool's. Didn't want to get yelled at on social media.

@yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social is back with a new episode of Fully Ramblomatic, this time reviewing Super Meat Boy 3D.

JM8 Plays Final Fantasy VII For the First Time YouTube video by Second Wind

I've never played FF7 before.. I'm recording for a future Design Delve and decided to let you lot come hang out and influence me in dangerous ways!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=llo4...

First stream live on the SW channel and then continuing on my personal twitch channel:

m.twitch.tv/designdelve/...

Checking Out Elden Ring's Seamless Co-Op Mod w/ Jack and Jenna YouTube video by Second Wind

In about an hour @thejenna.bsky.social and I are wondering in the Lands Between.... together!

Trying out the Elden Ring Seamless CO-OP mod.

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Homura Hime and The Last of Us Do That Special Thing YouTube video by Second Wind

Homura Hime does that thing that @sigmagears9.bsky.social likes.

Our latest video essay is live -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1F...

The Second Wind Games Showcase is premiering on April 23 and today we're excited to share that we've partnered up with @skillup.bsky.social, @minnmax.com and @watchexp.bsky.social to have them curate some of the games for the show!

Join the Press List here: forms.gle/tPkyVEGMGX9r...

Homura Hime and The Last of Us Do That Special Thing YouTube video by Second Wind

Homura Hime does that thing that @sigmagears9.bsky.social likes.

Our latest video essay is live -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1F...

Screamer Is an Anime-Inspired Arcade Racer | Hot Monday Energy YouTube video by Second Wind

It's Monday, and @sigmagears9.bsky.social and I are playing an arcade racing game solely to make @rexiconjesse.bsky.social jealous while he's stuck on a train.

Our merch store got a big refresh last week.

Restocks, returning items and soon... new stuff... like Fully Ramblomatic Vol 2.

Support Second Wind and get some cool swag while you're at it! store.dftba.com/collections/...

Most of the confirmation emails for games selected for the Second Wind Games Showcase have now been sent out.

Please check for it, possibly in spam, since we had to send out a lot of emails!

We had 1800+ submissions so it was VERY selective and the showcase grew in scope as well.

Press form soon

In some ways, Bi Gan’s latest film, Resurrection, feels like an organic extension of his previous film, Long Day’s Journey into Night, released almost eight years ago. Running two hours and twenty minutes, the final fifty-nine minutes of Long Day’s Journey into Night are a dream sequence. That dream is captured in 3D in a single long take. It is a choice that immediately distinguishes Bi as one of the defining formalists in contemporary cinema, a filmmaker preoccupied with not only the idea of dreams and imagination, but also with the mechanics and the artistry of filmmaking. For Bi, form and function are fully integrated into one another. Resurrection feels like an extension of that final hour into an entire film. Resurrection is not a plot-driven film, but the narrative framework suggests that it unfolds in a future where humanity has achieved immortality at an incredibly high cost, by surrendering one’s dreams. As the opening titles inform the viewer, “In a wild and brutal era, humans have discovered that the secret to eternal life is to no longer dream!” However, there are those human beings who have refused to give up their imaginings. The opening sequence follows an operative (Shu Qi) tasked with hunting down and tracking one such “deliriant” (Jackson Yee). In the film’s stunning opening sequence, the operative effectively wanders into what is a silent film, heavily influenced by German Expressionism and set against the backdrop of a 19th century opium den. Navigating the language of early cinema, the agent is able to track down her quarry, finding him feasting upon poppies as a way of maintaining his lucid fantasy world. Discovering a latch on the man’s body, the operative finds that the deliriant’s insides operate as a projector – or perhaps a camera. As an act of compassion, she loads film into her subject, allowing him one last opportunity to revisit his dreams and his imagined lives. This serves as the framework for the rest of Resurrection.

This week at @secondwindgroup.com, I wrote about Bi Gan's "Resurrection", which is now streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social.

Think of it as David Lynch's "Inception", a meditation of films as shared dreams.

READ: www.patreon.com/posts/column...

2001 Will Always Be the Best Year in Gaming History YouTube video by Second Wind

What's the greatest year in video game history, and why is it 2001?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Wu...

April will be a big month for Second Wind with our upcoming Games Showcase and other surprises!

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In his latest Patreon column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into the stunningly beautiful film Resurrection.

www.patreon.com/posts/column...

April will be a big month for Second Wind with our upcoming Games Showcase and other surprises!

Get 20% off a membership to our Patreon now for both monthly and annual subscriptions at all tiers! www.patreon.com/cw/SecondWin...

Get access to all these goofy videos and more right away.

bart simpson is standing in front of a blackboard that says ' ill not encourage others to fly ' ALT: bart simpson is standing in front of a blackboard that says ' ill not encourage others to fly '

Game devs I love ya, but if you don’t start sizing text correctly for 4K screens, or at least adding the option to scale it up in your menus… you’re gonna have to start seeing some consequences.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the panel!! See y'all at PAX East TOMORROW~~

Myself @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and @rexiconjesse.bsky.social are at PAX East all weekend. If you spot any of us, don’t hesitate to stop us cus we’d love to say hi!

Dark Souls 2: The Second Dark Souls w/ Jack and Jess -- Part 2 YouTube video by Second Wind

In about an hour @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and I continue Poking Men... in Dark Souls 2.

Watch Here:

Resident Evil Requiem’s Story Is Unforgivably Dumb | Semi-Ramblomatic YouTube video by Second Wind

So @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social had some more thoughts on Resident Evil Requiem's story...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdeN...

Back from vacation finally and I know I've gotten a lot of emails on the showcase.

Getting caught up now. We've had just under 2000(!) submissions, so we've had to be very selective on this one.

More details about the showcase coming next week.

Pokémon Pokopia | Fully Ramblomatic YouTube video by Second Wind

On this week's Fully Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social attempts to become the very best (like no one ever was) in Pokémon Pokopia.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvci...

Presented by @gamemaker.io.

"Cultural fracking" is a term that will stick with me, completely perfect for this moment in entertainment. Thanks, @secondwindgroup.com.

Maybe We Don’t Need a Firefly Revival | The Backdrop YouTube video by Second Wind

Firefly is getting an animated revival series, but what this video presupposes is... maybe it shouldn't?

The latest episode of The Backdrop from @darrenmooney.bsky.social and @janjozone.bsky.social is live.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY8X...

Is Kingdoms of the Dump Trash or Treasure? | Hot Monday Energy YouTube video by Second Wind

No kings. Just dumps.
@prettygrimgames.bsky.social @sigmagears9.bsky.social and this weirdo are playing Kingdoms of Dump on @secondwindgroup.com !
See you... right about now?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmLP...