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Hinge Problems

Chris Pinner, Rudie Overtonwww.hingeproblems.com
An hour-long discussion of war movies by 4 avowed leftists. A custom review system with every movie. War is bad, and yet movies show it, interesting. Previously: An obscure video games podcast.
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Episodes

HP073 Saving Private Ryan

Rudie and Chris enlisted their friends Shrug and Tigress to discuss the war movie, Saving Private Ryan. A new step for Hinge Problems, but still the same show if it had segments, two more hosts, and was about war movies.

Feb 20, 20211 hr 30 min

HP072 Paprium and Sakuna

After a 13 minute intro we discuss the release of Paprium, the PC Engine Mini, Game Gear Micro, GG Aleste Collection and Sakuna of Rice and Ruin. Rudie Recommends: Bad Operation - Bad Operation Chris Recommends: A Lush and Seething Hell by John Horner Jacobs

Feb 09, 20211 hr 23 min

HP070 Konami's Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid

We discuss A Short Hike, Square-Enix's Yuji Naka's Hat Game, Cuphead, Metal Gear Solid 1, and recommend Maria Dahvana Headley's Beowulf translation ,the Dangan Ronpa series and www.skaagainstracism.com

Sep 25, 20201 hr 29 min

HP069 A Shocking Opinion of The Last of Us Part 2

Rudie returns as a CoDDaD, we examine our place in video game criticism, talk about Spiderman and the Amico and praise Arrest of a Stone Buddha. No Spoilers are present regarding TLoUP2. We recommend: A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe and the film The Bridge At Remagen.

Aug 18, 20201 hr 28 min

HP068 Unlimited Possibility Space (with Doolittle)

With Rudie out for a positive family event, Chris welcomes Doolittle to talk about the weird world of Destiny. And a little bit about Sonic Forces. Sorry for Chris's slighty weird voice on this one; we promise he's not in the Witness Protection Program.

Jul 28, 20202 hr 6 min

HP067 Shenmue 3 and Ringo Ishikawa

We discuss how Covid is affecting Japan and the world and in lesser news the video games Shenmue 3 and The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa.

May 30, 20202 hr 7 min

HP066 Shenmue 2

Rudie tells you not to play the Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC and then they discuss the flawed work of Shenmue 2 for almost two hours.

May 09, 20201 hr 50 min

HP065 Genesis Mini Hack Saga

Features: Genesis Mini, Dinosaurs for Hire, Bad Apple, Fists of the North Star Lost Paradise, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Judgement, Judge Eyes, Control, Star Wars Fallen Order, and Japanese Steak Restaurants Get Chibitech's album at chibitech.bandcamp.com

Mar 27, 20201 hr 36 min

HP064 A Solid Short One

We start 2020 with a quick roundup of Timespinner, Search Action Games, Psikyo's Switch Collections including a full remake of Zero Gunner 2!

Mar 02, 202026 min

HP063 Every SaGa's Fans SaGa Experience

Two polar tired men discuss DooM 2016, ESP Ra De, Ketsui, M2, Gimmick, EXE Arcadia, Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and SaGa Scarlet Graces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyZR-oX6yI https://twitter.com/PateraQuetzaI/status/1201904489302642688?s=20

Jan 20, 20201 hr 13 min

HP062 Talking Around Death Stranding

We discuss the concept of spoilers, Detention, games as services, and extended talk about Death Stranding with absolutely No Spoilers! Sorry about Rudie's audio.

Dec 08, 20191 hr 33 min

HP061 Shenmue Chapter 1 Live

Live from a game room in Branson, we got together with @automatictiger of The Book of Megadrive Podcast to talk about Shenmue 1. We all consider it a masterpiece of the artform that is video games.

Nov 22, 20191 hr 44 min

HP060 Japanese Tax Law 101

We discuss German Switch Releases, Japanese Tax Revision, Natsuge Arcade Closing, and the video games State of Mind, Devil Engine, Shenmue 1, Silent Hill 2, Juno First, and Landstalker.

Oct 19, 20191 hr 19 min

HP059 This Is Shooters Isn't it

Breaking Hard Off news, returning to Metal Gear Solid 4, and Shikhondo, Vasara, Guwange, Ketsui, Battle Garrega, Game Tengoku, and of course Zero Ranger.

Aug 23, 20191 hr 40 min

HP058 Twin Sticks and Old Wrists

Ruiner, 428 Shibuya Scramble, Travis Strikes Again, Robotics;Notes, Steins;gate, and A Hat In Time get the Hinge Problems (R) Treatment (TM). https://twitter.com/TokyoRude/status/1154640440651464704?s=20

Aug 03, 20191 hr 25 min

HP057 Halloween IN JULY

We give Nine Out Of Tens to Devotion, Symphony of the Night, Bloodstained, Barkley 2, Hiveswap, Murdered Soul Suspect, and review the Playstation Classic Again! Is Game Art???

Jul 25, 20191 hr 17 min

HP056 Asgard Syringe

Paprium Reemerges, Gunlord X's release, The Missing creeps us out, Judge Eyes made Rudie close his eyes, The death of Akiba, GP32 and all The Her Knights All For Princess talk you could want.

Jun 24, 20191 hr 45 min

HP055 The Sandler And McDonalds Hour

After 8 minutes of bullshit about Adam Sandler movies we talk Nintendo being trash, The oversized Capcom Arcade Stick, Yakuza successor Judge Eyes, More Megadrive Mini and Sekiro. We also keep bringing up Mcdonalds.

Apr 30, 20191 hr 20 min

HP054 Gonna Help Grandma Gonna Help You

More Game Stores are Closing, luckily Retro Collections are keeping us happy. Hands on Impressions with the Megadrive Mini at Sega FES 2019. Talk about Kinect Disneyland, Star Wars, Child of Eden, Sakura Taisen, Shinobi, Sega Ages, and Time and Eternity.

Apr 22, 20191 hr 37 min

HP053 Why Excuse Me Video Game Nerds

A Disease of Deja Vu , Scared Tears True, Apex Legends, Why we must destroy Symphony of the Night, New Retro Games, and Japan's response to Sekiro Shadows Die Twice.

Mar 29, 20191 hr 21 min

HP052 One Human Length 3D Model

Pokemon Go is still terrorism, The Atlanta Stripper Database, Lawson bans Pornography and the Video Games Ace Combat 7, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Xbox Emulation. And The Messenger, of course.

Mar 01, 20191 hr 18 min

HP051 The Playstation Classic is Bad???

Closing Out 2018 we finish up the search for Touhou, Siren Hammers, Sega Genesis Classics Collection, Phantasy Star, Crows, Ketsui Talk Shows, Riglord Saga, SNK Classics Collection and the Playstation Classic.

Feb 15, 20191 hr 25 min

HP050 Oxbox Live In Bumpass

Live from Bumpass! For our 50th Episode we discuss the Original Microsoft Xbox. Including Advent Rising, Gun Valkyre, Breakdown, Phantom Dust, Halo, Metal Wolf Chaos, Blinx, Sneak King, Xynadine. Special Guests: ArOne, Mikey, nocode, anothersphere, Tulpa, AutomaticTiger checkout the other Bumpass podcasts at selectbutton.net snes.zone patron.com/norangersallowed

Dec 11, 20181 hr 34 min

HP049 A Fresh French Baquette

Live from Rudie's Apartment in Japan. We talk original Xbox Transportation methods, airsoft, Persona 4, Persona 5, Zero Ranger, Shooter Methodology, House of the Dead EX, House of the Dead Crimson Dawn, Natsuge, Kawasaki Warehouse, Viper Phase One, Three

Dec 11, 20181 hr 30 min

HP048 Zero Ranger

We discuss the new PC STG, Zero Ranger. We love it in a way we haven't loved video games in a long time. Please play it! We break up discussions in gradual levels of spoilers separated by a klaxon.

Oct 22, 20181 hr 9 min

HP047 All The Beautiful Little Things

Psyvariar Delta, Tokyo Game Show, Famitsu Sales Numbers, SCUD The Disposable Assassin, Umihara Kawase, Haptic Feedback VR, Ketsui, M2, Ninja Warriors Again, Catherine Fullbody

Oct 19, 20181 hr 21 min

HP046 Everything Closing

It seems like Video Games Stores are dead in Japan, catching up with the rest of the world. Also Octopath Traveller, Marathon Infinity, Destiny, Halo, Snowboarding Games, Siren, Live A Live

Aug 21, 20181 hr 38 min

HP045 A Good Rubix Cube

We apologize to Vic Ireland. We talk Working Designs, Goemon PS2, Shenmue I and II, Darius, Mario Odyssey, and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

Aug 13, 201850 min
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