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Chris and Rudie search for meaning in video games as only two white straight males can. Find out why Pokemon Go is terrorism, Love Plus is the greatest game of all time, and how ZeroRanger taught us again that Totally Awesome Video Games.

Chris Pinner, Rudie Overton


    • Aug 18, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 16m AVG DURATION
    • 104 EPISODES


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    HP101 The Last of the Mohicans

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 71:55


    Can you shoot flintlocks akimbo? Can love bloom on the colonial battlefield? Just how much product can you possibly find on the frontier? We aren't going to even ask if Wes Studi owns because the answer is obvious. All this and more as we discuss Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans.

    HP100 Hot Shots Part Deux

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 87:00


    Do you get dual pistols as you enter Hong Kong? How does evil happen? What even are numbers? When are screaming eagles appropriate? For our 100th episode we review Hot Shots Part Deux.

    HP99 Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 58:07


    What do you do with a drunken Gable? What qualifies as a submarine movie? Were you born on the 7th? We review Run Silent, Run Deep.   The next movie is The Last of the Mohicans (1993).

    Moonstruck (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 60:55


    Do you believe in curses? What about traditions? Can love bloom in the bakery? Do you need to call your mother? For a belated April Fool's we sincerely get messy with a review of Moonstruck.

    HP097 The Young Lions (1958)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 71:14


    In just 3 hours you can watch 2 different war movies with the greatest actors of the time. What is the Brando theory of sitting? When is approptiate to forget your own character? How many vinowned.mp3 can we fit into one episode? We review The Young Lions. The Next Movie is Run Silent Run Deep a submarine movie, finally.

    HP096 Top Gun Maverick (2022)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 68:43


    Bonus Cast: The hosts go up against fifth generation fighters, how The Navy sees it, Tom Cruise's ego, and pulled papers.

    HP95 Master and Commander On The Far Side Of The World (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 74:12


    How do you deal with a sicko for a tall ship? Would you discover evolution given the chance? Can you stop telling us you read the book? We all beat to quarters reviewing this warmovis. The next movie is The Young Lions (1958).

    HP94 From Here To Eternity (1953)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 76:48


    When is a hostess club just a hostess club? Have you been skydiving? What are your plans on December 7th, 1941? Just asking. Our gaydar shatters from off the chart readings as we review From Here To Eternity. The Next Movie is Master And Commander: On The Far Side of The World.

    HP93 Three Kings (1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 86:59


    When is a movie to pollyannaish? What do you do with a Gommer Pile? Whats the tensile strength of your podcast? As we review Three Kings. The next movie is From Here To Eternity.

    Man of Conquest (1939)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 91:22


    Our first time just reciting the plot.  Stay for all the real Texas History!  What happens when you just invent a guy?  How do you prove you are military genius?  Do you know who the greatest American is?    It's not Sam Houston, the focus of this biopic.   If you want to watch this one, look it up on bing!   The next movie is Three Kings (1999).

    HP91.1 How Much For Croc

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 5:54


    Between episodes enjoy this conversation about platformers and stuff Square Enix owned.  6 minutes is the exact right length to talk about video games.

    HP91 Redtails (2012)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 71:30


    After our brief dalliance with a failed videogame console, Warmovis returns to WWII, and the heroic exploits of the first African American combat flight squadron in: Redtails. As produced by George Lucas. We learn all about: The Sexiest Plane, How love can cross the boundaries of language via folded paper, The Dangers of Hard Spirits and MAURICE! The Next Movie is Man of Conquest (1939)

    90 36 Great Games for the Sega 32x

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 98:44


    We don't do video game podcasts anymore. To prove we don't we played and ranked every game for the 32X. Do you love Hornk? What's the back of your box say? Is the grass actually greener on the other console? Our next warmovis is still Redtails (2012). special thanks for Ramona ( @lonelyfrontier ) and Closed for sitting through most of these games with us.

    89 Fires On The Plain (1959)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 69:48


    In our least jokes by volume episode yet we discuss what it's like to be in a Charnel House, ratioms, islambs, and how the Japanese have Haiku. This warmovis is a downer. It won't all be fun ones when you have a warmovie podcast. The next movie is Redtails (2012).

    88.1 The Kratos Tangent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 6:34


    While Rudie toils on editing Fires on The Plain, please enjoy this much lighter fare. How do you craft a child? When is it safe? Look out for Video Game spoilers because we don't do video game podcasts anymore.

    88 Shakespeare In Love (1998)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 70:49


    April Fools! We take a break from warmovis to romanmovis. Can you opt out of the creative process? What is the Laughing Boner and Robbing Oscar? Can 1990s Hollywood be shown in Elizabeathen England? We review Shakespeare in Love.

    The Wild Geese (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 74:52


    We discuss how real a war movie can get when you accidentally hire actual mercernaries and James Bond for The Wild Geese (1978). The Next Film is Fires On The Plain (1959).

    86 Sink The Bismarck! (1960)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 66:58


    Crumpets, Remembering Sons, Birthday cards from World Leaders and more as we look at 1960's Sink The Bismarck! The Next Movie is Wild Geese (1978).

    85 Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt December Sky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 71:32


    Underwear captains, warcrimes, walks on the beach, warcrimes, and fighting in 3 dimensions come up as we review Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt December Sky. We don't even bring up jazz once! The next film is Sink The Bismarck! (1960).  It is not a submarine film.

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    Wing And A Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 35:30


    Happy Holidays! We grouped watched a movie and enjoyed it so much we recorded it right then and there. With conspicuous gallantry, dumpers, and kissing pictures will we ever find the navy? find out as we review Wing and a Prayer (1944).

    The Bridge At Remagen (1969)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 82:46


    The Bridge At Remagen scheduled at date with the Allies and the Nazis on the same night. Will she able to balance the industrial-grade explosives, nazi revisionsim, and still make it in time to be battle-field promoted? It's a meat and potatos war movie as we review The Bridge At Remagen (1969). The next film is Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016).

    Macarthur (1977)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 79:19


    MacArthur was in charge of Pacific Operations in World War 2. This warmovis presents him as the greatest man to ever live. This cast thinks this movie and him deserve one 5 stars. We all got issues with our dads. The next movie is The Bridge at Remagen (1969).

    The Battle of Algiers (1966)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 79:43


    At Hinge Problems HQ we tug at our collars as we release a review of The Battle of Algiers on the tail of recent world events. The Next Film is MacArthur (1977).

    HP80 Alexander Nevsky (1938)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 75:07


    Defend Mother Russia as we review the 1938 propaganda Soviet film Alexander Nevsky.  Alexander is a (not) saint who repels the devilish Catholic Germans in the eve of the Nazi Germans invading Russia in World War 2. The Next Film is The Battle of Algiers (1966)

    HP079 Hot Shots! (1991)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 85:33


    We try not to sit on in any dogs as Tigress tries to not hurt anyone's feelings as we review the barely-Top Gun based comedy film, Hot Shots! The Next Film is Alexander Nevsky (1938).

    The Dogs of War (1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 79:19


    Can a man escape a lifetime of aimless war-fighting? Can pleated slacks look better? Punctuality is important as we review The Dogs of War (1980). The Next Film is Hot Shots (1991)  

    HP077 Balan Wonderworld-land

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 80:17


    A back to the basics video games Hinge Problems in which we review the packaging for Paprium and how Balan Wonderworld changed us forever.

    HP076 Penguin's Memory (1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 80:36


    You can come home from war, but can you ever come back? Hinge Problems discusses the story of a Penguin with PTSD.   The Next Film is Dogs of War (1980) available on HBOMax

    HP75 Battle of Jangsari

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 75:27


    On the eve of the Battle of Incheon, America and South Korea sent 700 student soldiers to Jangsari beach as cannon fodder. They survived. The next film is Penguin's Memory (1985).  Available on Youtube

    HP74 The Thin Red Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 84:42


    Terrence Malick's epic war film. Oh look the light through trees, waving fields of grass, where was evil born? Is that the podcast Hinge Problems where they review warmovis?

    73 Saving Private Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 89:51


    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.

    72 Paprium and Sakuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 82:43


    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

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    71 Final Fantasy 7 Remake + 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 100:43


    The Retroid Pocket, What's Destinyin' and a two part critical roundtable about Final Fantasy 7 Remake

    70.5 What's Destinyin October 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 3:12


    Enjoy this excerpt to find out the most boring facts about Destiny

    70 Konami's Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 88:35


    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

    69 A Shocking Opinion of The Last of Us Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 87:30


    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.

    68 Unlimited Possibility Space (with Doolittle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 125:59


    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.

    67 Shenmue 3 and Ringo Ishikawa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 127:10


    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.

    66 Shenmue 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 110:29


    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.

    65 Genesis Mini Hack Saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 96:08


    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

    64 A Solid Short One

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 25:41


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

    63 Every SaGa's Fans SaGa Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 73:20


    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

    62 Talking Around Death Stranding

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 92:58


    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.

    61 Shenmue Chapter 1 Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 103:39


    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.

    60 Japanese Tax Law 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2019 78:30


    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.

    59 This is Shooters Isn't it

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2019 99:54


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

    58 Twin Sticks and Old Wrists

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 84:44


    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

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    57 Halloween IN JULY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 77:07


    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???

    56 Asgard Syringe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 105:22


    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.

    55 The Sandler And McDonalds Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 79:43


    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.

    54 Gonna Help Grandma Gonna Help You

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 97:14


    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.

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