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Welcome to Interview Reenactment, where we recreate some of the greatest video game interviews of all time. Today's episode reenacts a surprisingly confrontational interview between Nintendo chairman Howard Lincoln and Next Generation magazine. This interview takes place in the mid-1990s, when Nintendo's luck was beginning to run out. In a defensive position, Howard Lincoln explains their strategy to once again become the biggest player in the video game industry. Does Nintendo have a clue? Find out when you listen to this brand new episode of Interview Reenactment.

Are you out there? Do you exist? If you are hearing my voice right now (or seeing this text), you should reach out to me at @DefunctGames on Twitter or loser@defunctgames.com by email. I have big plans for 2015 and want to see if people are still subscribed to this podcast feed.

Welcome to Interview Reenactment Theater, where we recreate some of the greatest video game interviews of all time. Today's episode reenacts Next Generation magazine's 1995 interview with Sam Tramiel, who was the head of Atari during the days of the Jaguar. This is the first of two combative interviews, which eventually leads Sam to threaten a lawsuit against Sony. This episode is not to be missed.

Welcome to Interview Reenactment Theater, where we recreate some of the greatest video game interviews of all time. Today's episode reenacts Next Generation magazine's 1995 interview with Tom Zito, best known for his time developing full-motion video games. In this interview he explains why FMV is the future and how he couldn't care less about Link's plight in The Legend of Zelda.

Welcome to Interview Reenactment, where we recreate some of the greatest video game interviews of all time. Today's episode reenacts Next Generation magazine's interview with Sega's chief, Tom Kalinske. Tom is best known for his aggressive marketing tactics, which included calling out the competition and creating the iconic Sega scream. In this interview he suggests the 32X will outsell the PlayStation and that Nintendo isn't a threat.

On today's episode I give a few quick thoughts on the Dark Souls II beta. I also take a moment to voice my opinion about Escape from Tomorrow, update everybody on social networking changes and tease Armored Core: Verdict Day. All this happens on the debut episode of DGC Notes!

After infiltrating Outer Heaven, saving the captured Snake Men, escaping incarceration and surviving the moving bridge, Solid Snake has finally discovered the truth. He wasn't supposed to have this kind of success; Justin Halley was nothing more than the diversion. Will this sudden revelation change our hero's resolve to find and destroy the Metal Gear? Find out now as we dig into another exciting chapter of Cyril Reads Metal Gear!

Snake is more than half way through his mission. So far he's battled a pack of wild dogs, survived a spiked death room, rescued the survivors and located the head of the kidnapped Snake Men. Not bad for a one-man suicide mission! But now it's his toughest battle yet, a moving bridge. Find out why this poses such a threat when you listen to another exciting chapter of Cyril Reads Metal Gear!

Solid Snake has been captured! Thankfully he's found a way out of jail, but he's on a mission to collect his gear, find the doctor and defeat Metal Gear. This week he goes head-to-head against two baddies, The Shotgunner and a set of heat panels. Will Solid Snake survive long enough to save the day? Find out now when you listen to chapters 10 and 11 of Cyril Reads Metal Gear!

After spending seven chapters collecting guns, missile launchers, grenades, mines and ammo, Solid Snake is about to go all First Blood on these terrorists. Or is he? It turns out that the author has a different story to tell. What will happen when Justin Halley has an emotional reunion with one of the top Snake Men? Find out now when you listen to this super-sized episode of Cyril Reads Metal Gear!

Solid Snake is back for another episode of Cyril Reads Metal Gear! This week Solid Snake does battle with a large spiked death trap and computer puzzle. How will he avoid getting squashed? Will this be the episode where he fulfills his mission to die? Find out now when we dig into chapter 7 on Cyril Reads Metal Gear!

Solid Snake is back for another episode of Cyril Reads Metal Gear! This week Solid Snake has finally made it inside Outer Heaven. Is it time to shoot the place up? No, not exactly, but a lot of exciting things happen in the next twenty minutes. For one thing, we find out that Justin isn't the only Snake Man alive. But for how long? Find out when you listen to Cyril Reads Metal Gear chapters 5 and 6!

Solid Snake is back for another episode of Cyril Reads Metal Gear! In this episode Justin Halley fights off a pack of wild dogs, annoys a family of monkeys and gets inspired by his inner-cat. It's an episode you won't want to miss, if only for the silliness. So grab a cold beverage and get ready for Cyril Reads Metal Gear chapters 3 and 4!

After a three year hiatus, Cyril Reads Worlds of Power is back with a vengeance! Sick of ninjas, bionic men and masters of blasting? Then it's time to sneak into Cyril Reads Metal Gear. Join Solid Snake as he takes down large metal robots and the men who want to control the world with them. This episode looks at chapters 1 and 2 out of 18!

After a few weeks off, Defunct Games has located a man brave enough to tackle The Leaderboard. In this game show we read old game reviews and you tell me the title. It sounds simple, but there are always people looking to outdo your high score. Does our newest contestant have what it takes? Find out now when you listen to another gripping episode of The Leaderboard!

It's time once again for THE LEADERBOARD, the Defunct Games podcast/game show. You read that correctly, it's both a game show AND a podcast! In this episode we welcome part-time wrestler Kevin Knight to the show.

Defunct Games is proud to present THE LEADERBOARD, our brand new weekly podcast/game show. That's right, it's both a podcast AND a game show! In this pilot episode we have Jerry Terrifying go for high score.

Cyril is back with a brand new episode of everybody's favorite book-on-tape podcast. That's right, it's time for Cyril Reads Blaster Master, a sarcastic take on one of the worst video game books ever written. Will this be the end of Jason and Alex? Will these two nobodies save the world from certain doom? And where the hell has Eve been?

It's the moment we've all been waiting for, the fight between Jason and his pet frog. Oh, that may not sound very exciting, but I guarantee that this is one episode of Cyril Reads Blaster Master you won't want to miss! After tonight we only have three more weeks, so make sure and keep up with our most exciting podcast yet!

It's time once again for Cyril Reads Blaster Master, the only podcast daring enough to read some of the worst in video game books. This week we continue our quest to beat Blaster Master, two chapters at a time. Who is this brand new character? Where is Jason's frog? Why was the Plutonium Boss rhyming a few chapters ago?

With only a handful of episodes left, Cyril Reads Blaster Master is getting intense. Well, it's going to get intense. Right now it's getting melodramatic. But I'm sure it's just a phase. What this episode lacks in amazing special effects and over-the-top action, it makes up with heart.

It's time once again for Cyril Reads Blaster Master, the show that isn't afraid to read you one of the worst video game books of all time. In this episode we learn more about the missing Fred, what it takes to destroy the space car and how many bosses our heroes will have to fight through in order to save the North East.

Meet Jason, your normal frog lover that accidentally got himself duped into saving the world with some alien chick. All caught up? Good, because it's time for another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Blaster Master.

After a week off, we're back with the long awaited fourth episode of the Cyril Reads Blaster Master podcast. In this episode Jason finally gets out of that damn space car. But what happens next will shake you to your core.

After five chapters, it's officially time to get some answers. In this very special episode of Cyril Reads Blaster Master we learn why Eve is here on earth and who all of these bad guys are.

It's Wednesday and that can only mean one thing, it's time once again for another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Blaster Master. In this exciting episode Jason meets the mysterious gun-toting warrior, fights a couple of evil robots and ... gets caught up in lava?

You've battled giant squids in Bionic Commando and have been shot by a thirteen year old girl in Ninja Gaiden. You've saved your dad and Super Joe. So now that you've done all this, what else is there left to do?

Can you believe it? We're already to the season finale of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando, the show that isn't afraid to read you all 21 chapters of this terrible, terrible book.

It's the penultimate episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando, the one podcast that is not afraid to read one of the worst books of all time.

We're down to the final three episodes of Bionic Commando! How can that be? It felt like just the other day we started our weekly book-on-tape podcast.

It's time once again for another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando! This week's super sized episode features not one, but two full chapters.

It's time once again for another episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando. We're two months into this book and we've battled an octopus, giant man-eating plant and so much more. What else is there?

It's time yet again for another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando, the only show on the internet not afraid to read this awful book one chapter at a time.

It's time once again for another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando, the only show brave enough to read the Bionic Commando book from twenty years ago.

When we last left our hero he was battling an octopus. No really, that's actually how the last episode ended. Find out if he is able to hold his breath long enough to kill that eight legged freak!

We're more than a month into Cyril Reads Bionic Commando and the stuff is hitting the fan! In this episode we take to the sky, go underwater and battle an unexpected boss.

It's the only show brave enough to read you each and every chapter of the 1991 book, Bionic Commando.

It's time once again for another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando, the only show daring enough to, well, read Bionic Commando.

We're back with yet another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Bionic Commando, the only show brave enough to read you the entire 1991 video game novel.

After a small hiatus, Defunct Games is proud to announce another exciting season of Cyril Reads!

After 13 weeks, we've finally made it to the final three chapters of Ninja Gaiden.

After three months you've made it to the penultimate episode of Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden. In this episode Ryu Hayabusa kicks the snot out of a gigantic slime monster.

With only three more episodes to go before the exciting season finale, this Ninja Gaiden book is suddenly on fire.

After today we only have three more episodes, can you stand the excitement? In this very special episode we finally get some real answers about the fate of Ryu's father.

With only five episodes to go all of our Ninja Gaiden related questions are starting to be answered. Will our 13 year old hero be able to avoid getting zapped by Bloody Malth's lightning attack?

We're two months into Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden, America's favorite book-on-tape podcast. In this episode Ryu comes face to face with not one, but two ugly bosses.

Even on weeks when we take a vacation, Defunct Games can't ignore our weekly audio book! That's right, it's episode 7 of Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden, the only website currently giving A.L. Singer any attention.

Another Wednesday brings another episode of Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden, the number one video game book-on-tape internet radio show.

It may be a new month, but that's not going to stop us from giving you another exciting episode of Cyril Reads Ninja Gaiden.