Actual flying in space is pretty flippin' complicated, it turns out, so in our space sim episode we talk about which games draw the line between fun and outright simulation.  We also talk about people who have a dangerous interest in EVE Online, the influence of Star Wars in pretty much every space dogfighting game, Wing Commander, and why no game has really given you the feeling of commanding on the bridge in Star Trek.  

Slightly overdue selectbutton.net podcast returns in a hilarious special episode where Sonic has a misunderstanding at the office, Ryo gets in trouble with the principle, and Uncle Sega bets it ALL ON BLUE.  Tune in for nearly three hours of tears on the 13 birthday of the Dreamcast!

Before we got accustomed to pressing a button to duck behind things in dang near everything, jumping was the most common verb in gaming. We explore it in depth this episode.

Did adventure games go into a coma with the downward slide of Sierra and Lucasarts, or did they never really go away?  

Find the hidden pixel in this podcast to find out!

Our DOS gaming podcast.  We talk about discovery through local BBS, shareware, figuring out X-COM sans manual, wardialing and the infleunce of ZZT on the custom content editors that come packaged with PC games to this day. 

The assembled gang talks about speedrunning community, this years Awesome Games Done Quick, and get to the bottom of why anyone would want to speedrun an RPG.

A wonderful (and tardy) SB tradition.  Learn about Ubisoft's pro-life agenda, shrug's date-life agenda, copyright law, and enjoy hour and a half segment about infants in gaming.

Forum members Renfrew, Schwere Viper and Glitch swap stories about their arcade experiences over the years.