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Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup From the former team of The Escapist. Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
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I wrote a bit for @SecondWindGroup about #28YearsLater, one of my favourite movies of the year. LINK: www.patreon.com/posts/column...

I wrote at @secondwindgroup.com about how "Predator: Killer of Killers" understands the fundamental truth, that the Predators are most interesting when they're the galaxy's most disgraced dentists. www.patreon.com/posts/column...

We're currently signing sponsors for July - August on Second Wind! Need help promoting a recently released or upcoming game, product, service, etc then get in touch. Here's our latest work for @straykitestudios.bsky.social on Wartorn!

28 Years Later is a fantastic film that imagines a very British apocalypse. @darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into the sequel in his latest column on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

For all the times we've said we'd get back to doing Game Night... today we've got a Game Brunch for ya! Join @nickjcal.bsky.social, @designdelve.bsky.social, @sigmagears9.bsky.social and @rexiconjesse.bsky.social for some REMATCH in about 10 minutes!

Bytesized is finally back with a new episode from @rexiconjesse.bsky.social checking out Date Everything!

This week on Unpacked, @nickjcal.bsky.social is looking at how developers seem to quickly be swinging back to smaller, more focused premium multiplayer experiences after years of chasing the live-service trend. Presented by Wartorn. @straykitestudios.bsky.social

Killer of Killers understands that the Predators are the galaxy's disgraced dentists. @darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into the Yautja's lack of any real honor in his latest Patreon column -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...

Jeez. I should space stuff out. This is like the 3rd thing I'm posting today that I did/am actively doing. BUT STEAM NEXTFEST came again! And 4 of us at @secondwindgroup.com have more demos to share that we're excited about! Demos you can go play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Ei...

The week isn't even over yet and our team has been putting out all kinds of great stuff this week. The Dark Souls video is one of our monthly exclusive experimental videos for our Patrons!

Very happy to have my #DateEverything review out. A real mix of feels packed into 4 minutes. Absolute respect to the writers and voice actors in this game.

Bytesized is finally back with a new episode from @rexiconjesse.bsky.social checking out Date Everything!

The week isn't even over yet and our team has been putting out all kinds of great stuff this week. The Dark Souls video is one of our monthly exclusive experimental videos for our Patrons!

Impressed - and surprisingly moved - by #28YearsLater, a melancholy meditation on a lonely island adrift in its own memories, facing an inescapable and terminal decline. Appropriately enough, it makes an unexpectedly fitting companion to Boyle’s “T2 Trainspotting.”

Every month over at @secondwindgroup.com one of us gets to make whatever video we want… no questions asked. So I asked: How Many Buckets are in Dark Souls 2? And walked the whole game looking for buckets. It’s a Patreon Exclusive video and something I’m stupidly proud of.

Once again into the unpredictable madness of Dokapon Kingdom Connect with @prettygrimgames.bsky.social @sigmagears9.bsky.social and Marty Sliva on @secondwindgroup.com 's YT and Twitch. I'm in last. Will I finally get my demon arc? See you in 5 min: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3BP...

Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war. Wartorn is out now in Steam Early Access! store.steampowered.com/app/1296660/... #sponsored @straykitestudios.bsky.social

This week on Fully Ramblomatic, @yahtzeecroshaw.bsky.social reviewed The Alters from @11bitstudios.bsky.social. Don't skip this Jan.

The latest episode of “The Backdrop” is up at @secondwindgroup.com, edited by @janjozone.bsky.social. This week, we take a look at the “John Wick” franchise, and how it’s been part of a larger push to recognise stunt work as an artform. WATCH: youtu.be/4U8yLRfgbjk?...

In 20 minutes, @nickjcal.bsky.social, @thejenna.bsky.social and @designdelve.bsky.social will be checking out the newly released FBC: Firebreak from Remedy! Come hangout for some weird coop action.

We jumped, dove, and landed for this one!

Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war. Wartorn is out now in Steam Early Access! store.steampowered.com/app/1296660/... #sponsored @straykitestudios.bsky.social

This incredible internet show I'm a part of got nominated for an award! Go and vote and also watch Adventure is Nigh it's great!

In about an hour Marty, @darrenmooney.bsky.social, and I are back talking movies and crap! Mostly Predictors Killer of Killers But I will have a minor rant about how "Deep Cover"(2025) misses the mark about life lessons improv can teach and it's community... NO, IMPROV IS NOT A CULT!!! Watch Here:

This week's episode of The Backdrop from @darrenmooney.bsky.social is now available! We're taking a look at how the John Wick series is a celebration of stunt work.

It being Father's Day and me being a Father... I can (without guilt) self-promote and remind everyone to vote for a Villainous Father LaTavia Ticklepuss over at the CRIT Awards. Also, clearly I did not understand that I was supposed to submit a headshot. GO VOTE HERE: www.critawards.org

Hey TTRPG folks! Adventure Is Nigh is up for "Best Villain in an Actual Play." It's extra funny that Latavia's glorious cartoon image is placed with 4 human people. If you want to vote & show some love for this show we love, VOTE! I'm still so stoked we're now a CRIT-nominated show! critawards.org

After spending 40 or so hours with his new Nintendo Switch 2, Marty walked away thinking that the new hardware feels like a (minor) miracle. Check out his latest column over on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/column...

🌶️📆🔋!! @prettygrimgames.bsky.social and @sigmagears9.bsky.social are suffering or laughing through PEAK-a co-op climbing game- tonight. Or maybe both? We'll find out together See you at @secondwindgroup.com Twitch and YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Zx...

I forgot Saturday was a day. LOOK WHAT CAME OUT!

I wrote at @secondwindgroup.com about "Clown in a Cornfield", a charming little horror movie that asks if the classic slasher movie has anything to offer modern teenagers beyond self-aware eighties nostalgia. Its answer is, "Yes." www.patreon.com/posts/column...

ICYMI: @nickjcal.bsky.social highlighted five more games that should probably be on your radar over the weekend!

PLEASE, AAA companies. Take notes and experiment like this, ya dinguses.

I really WISH there were more experimental spinoff games like Nightreign. There was also a cool Armored Core spinoff ages ago - Formula Front - where you did everything EXCEPT piloting the mech. You designed it and customized the AI, then had to just watch your creations try to win tourneys.

Elden Ring Nightrein shouldn't exist, but it does and we're very glad it does! This week's episode of Design Delve from @designdelve.bsky.social is now available! Presented by @gamemaker.io.

Clown in a Cornfield proves that being fun and clever can be enough for a modern slasher film. @darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into what it means to be "post-metamodern" in his latest column on Patreon. patreon.com/posts/clown-...

New Episode of Adventure is Nigh! is here!!! Our heroes chase some ooze right towards the front line. The Florafolk, the FaunaFolk, and some goop are going to fight it out! Watch Here:

We're highlighting five more games to check out on this week's episode of Wishlist (name pending, we dunno). We've got sentient backpacks, monstrous monster trucks and a mission to save Rome. Games tagged in reply to follow on Bluesky!

For @secondwindgroup.com, I wrote about the weird genre fusion of “The Rehearsal.” In which Nathan Fielder found a way to bring prestige television’s trademark “difficult men” and ambiguous antiheroes to reality television. READ: www.patreon.com/posts/column...

Really appreciate this indie game coverage from @secondwindgroup.com! It's the perfect length video to discover your new favorite game while eating dinner ❤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PyJ...

I'm having a ton of fun writing these episodes. Picked a really fun variety of games to check out this week!

We're highlighting five more games to check out on this week's episode of Wishlist (name pending, we dunno). We've got sentient backpacks, monstrous monster trucks and a mission to save Rome. Games tagged in reply to follow on Bluesky!

New episode of Dev Heads is going live in 20 minutes. This week, the crew is chatting about the modern state of the FPS genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vpU...

With so many things going on in the world right now, it can be hard to jump online and talk about video games. But, I think it's important to remind ourselves video games mean a lot of things to a lot of different people and not take for granted the joy they bring us.

When there's a lot of bad things going on in the world, video games can still bring us together. This week's episode of Unpacked from @nickjcal.bsky.social is available now.

With The Rehearsal's second season, Nathan Fielder has become reality television's first true anti-hero. @darrenmooney.bsky.social digs into it in his latest column on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...