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Feb 11, 2014
A Bit of a Flap
Flappy Bird has flapped away, leaving behind it much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Oct 10, 2019
A Blizzard of Controversy || CheckPoint 360
Stories on: Google Stadia, Valve, Voiced patch notes, and Blizzard
Sep 12, 2019
A Civilized Battle Royale || CheckPoint 357
Stories on: piracy, Civilization VI, Apple Arcade, and Nintendo
Aug 19, 2013
A Little Less Kinection
Microsoft announces yet more changes to the Xbox One. At the rate they're going you'll just be buying a[…]
Oct 28, 2013
A Torrent of Theft
Have you found a torrent of something that's too good to exist? Leave it alone.
Dec 05, 2011
Acts of Ville-ainy
Zynga makes moves to separate you from your money in ways that don't involve game-based micro-transactions.
Aug 20, 2012
Almost No Odd Job
GoldenEye's famous multiplayer mode was developed on the sly and nearly didn't happen.
Dec 02, 2013
Angry Birds: Cash!
Rovio's getting serious. Not about racing games, but about in-app purchases.
Apr 30, 2012
Are Fezzes Cool?
Indie-darling Fez is finally out and everyone knows they love it, but they're not sure why.
Jul 09, 2012
Assassin?s Editions
If you want any variety of bonus features with your copy of Screed 3, there's an edition for that.
Nov 07, 2011
Battlefail 3
Battlefield 3? More like Battlefail 3. Connection problems drive Graham over the edge in this week's[…]
May 28, 2012
Beyond Infinity
Ahh, the delightful nuggets of ridiculousness that come from court filing papers.
Dec 16, 2013
Brickbox One
Don't believe everything you read online. Actually, don't believe anything you read online.
Apr 15, 2014
CheckPoint 146 - Digging for E.T.
Is finding all the discarded copies of E.T. really the result we want?
Apr 22, 2014
CheckPoint 147 - A Successful Rebirth
FFXIV was rescued from people that probably shouldn't have been making it in the first place.
May 09, 2014
CheckPoint 148 - Infinity Soft
Infinity Ward and Neversoft are sort of joining forces and we don't know how to feel about it.
May 16, 2014
CheckPoint 149 - KickFail
The Outcast KickStarter fails to connect, and Towns just straight gives up. Weird week for potential games.
May 23, 2014
CheckPoint 150 - And On That Bombshell
Interceptor Games debuts a dull thud, while 2K Sports announces the ugliest shoes... in the world.
May 31, 2014
CheckPoint 151 - Into the New World
The World of Warcraft has wrapped. Don't hold your breath.
Jun 08, 2014
CheckPoint 152 - Bad Ideas
If people would just start using their brains... well, we'd be out of stuff to make fun of.
Jun 14, 2014
CheckPoint 153 - E3 2014
A summary of the EA and Microsoft pressers (the only ones that had happened at airtime).
Jun 27, 2014
CheckPoint 155 - Riotous
Stories about a League of Legends scholarship, Riot Games' hiring-and-firing program, and FF8's weird cheat[…]
Jul 02, 2014
CheckPoint 156 - The Most Micro of Transactions
Pools, babies, dungeons... we're just gonna chop your games up into little bitty pieces.
Jul 22, 2014
CheckPoint 157 - Don't Crytek
Crytek UK is falling apart, and it turns out Rebellion is a patent troll.
Jul 24, 2014
CheckPoint 158 - It Is Your Destiny
A double dose of Destiny news this week, plus info on the Space Invaders movie? which is going to be a thing.
Aug 04, 2014
CheckPoint 159 - Get Those Vampires Naked
Graham fills in for two people with stories about Titanfall, GameStop, and a game where you make vampires[…]
Aug 26, 2014
CheckPoint 160 - Trademark Trollin'
Kathleen's away another week, but Graham's got your back with all the weirdest gaming news.
Sep 04, 2014
CheckPoint 161 - Twitchazon
With a last-minute rewrite when the news came, let's look at Amazon buying Twitch. Also, "Fish Plays Street[…]
Sep 10, 2014
CheckPoint 162 - The Perviest VR
The Colonial Marines lawsuit marches on, Disgaea 5 announced, and Tekken Team shows us the weirdest tech[…]
Sep 17, 2014
CheckPoint 163 - Music for Exposure
Kathleen takes on the solo sliding show with this week's CheckPoint. Stories on Destiny, Peggle, a gold[…]
Sep 24, 2014
CheckPoint 164 - Your Destiny is Menial
The galaxy's greatest warriors are shooting into the darkness.
Oct 07, 2014
CheckPoint 165 - RetroN to the Future
When your product is already in kind of a weird grey area, maybe don't push it? Stories on Hyperkin, Oculus[…]
Oct 22, 2014
CheckPoint 166 - Call of Marketing
What happens when a Call of Duty executive goes way, WAY off script? Insane things. Also stories on[…]
Oct 23, 2014
CheckPoint 167 - Ubi's Insane Resolution Solution
They probably couldn't have stopped it, but if Ubisoft didn't want people to argue, they shouldn't have[…]
Oct 26, 2014
CheckPoint 168 - Be A Bread
The Resident Evil TV series changes hands, Bread finally gets its own game, and the Master Chief Collection[…]
Nov 01, 2014
CheckPoint 169 - SimCity Mobile Except Not
EA really doesn't want you to think less of their new mobile SimCity. Stories on a PSN update, an Xbox[…]
Dec 15, 2014
CheckPoint 170 - Dennis Dyack Returns
Stories on Denis Dyack, FF7 G-Bike, and Assassin's Creed Unity (Episode for week of November 3rd, 2014).
Dec 16, 2014
CheckPoint 171 - Final Fantasy Cocktease
Stories on Saints Row, PS4 faceplates, TF2 booty shorts, and Final Fantasy?goddamn?7.
Dec 22, 2014
CheckPoint 172 - Legal Blowout, Fellow STALKER
A new STALKER game, only it isn't, is being made by some former STALKER developers, only they aren't. Plus[…]
Dec 24, 2014
CheckPoint 173 - STALKER Returns?
Stories on Master Chief Collection, Bravely Second, Telltale vs Minecraft, Final Fantasy XV and more[…]
Dec 31, 2014
CheckPoint 174 - A Final Fantasy "F*** You!"
They're making a new Final Fantasy and it's super different. Plus, you can already overspend on Halo 5,[…]
Jan 05, 2015
CheckPoint 175 - Metal Gear Chicken
Stories on FarCry, Metal Gear Solid, the 3DRudder, iTunes in the EU, and PS Now.
Jan 15, 2015
CheckPoint 176 - News Refurbished by GameStop
Stories on GameStop's Xbox refurbishment, League of Legends, The Princess Bride mobile games, Evolve and[…]
Jan 19, 2015
CheckPoint 177 - Slay Millions of Dragons
Stories on Dragon Age: Inquisition, 3D After Burner 2, WWE Immortals, the Xbox price drop, and a special[…]
Feb 02, 2015
CheckPoint 178 - Nintendo Wants that YouTube Dollar
Stories on an Ikea sim, Nintendo & YouTube, Joystiq, Ouya & Alibaba, and Valve's Steam Workshop.
Mar 17, 2015
CheckPoint 181 - Cities Fighting Pirates
Stories on Cities: Skylines, Upsilon Circuit, Star Citizen, Elder Scrolls Online, and Paula Deen: Recipe[…]
Mar 23, 2015
CheckPoint 182 - Kojima Repeating
Stories on Konami and Hideo Kojima, Bloodborne, Google Play, Valkyrie Drive, and a naughty League of[…]
Mar 30, 2015
CheckPoint 183 - Rated N for Neglect
Stories on Rust, Oculus Rift, Dead or Alive 5, Zynga, and angry UK parents.
Apr 07, 2015
CheckPoint 184 - Bloodleaks
Stories on Bloodborne, Mario Kart 8, NBA2K14, The Button, and Amiibo supply-chain failures.