Trees are decorated, delicious cookies are baked, tacky sweaters from your grandmother are worn mainly to not look like a jerk, gifts are given and multicolored lights make certain neighborhoods visible from space. But we gamers know that there’s another important part of the holiday season: using that extra time off work (or school) to get in some quality game time. We’re in a bit of a festive mood here at Snackbar, and we want to help you get into one, too! Here are some of the best levels to do it. READ MORE
Anniversary profile
Snackbar Games Podcast
Hosts: Mike Carabajal and Marco Ortega (2005-2009), Andrew Passafiume (2011-2012), Graham Russell (2011-2012), Shawn Vermette (2011-2012), Henry Skey (2012)
Games chat with a rotating cast of characters from the Snackbar crew.
For the tenth anniversary, we chat with founders Chris Rasco and Mike Carabajal about the early days and hear tales of Snackbar past. Want to know why we’re named Snackbar Games, why we have a hyphen in our URL or just how much the site has changed in ten years? This is the episode that will provide those answers. Mostly.
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think! Email podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Andrew Passafiume, Graham Russell, Shawn Vermette.
Guests: Mike Carabajal, Chris Rasco.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
This episode, we do a lot of shooting with various levels of skill, dig out from under piles of light blue cases and burn the Free Hug coupon, only to regret it later. Topics: Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Little Inferno, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Hitman Absolution and Assassin’s Creed III, plus more Wii U talk and the latest in the game news world.
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think! Email podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Chris Ingersoll, Andrew Passafiume, Graham Russell, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
We can’t wait until next week to talk about the Wii U, so we decided to record a special episode! Andrew, Shawn, Jeff and Graham discuss their early experiences with the system, including Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and more.
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think! Email podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Jeff DeSolla, Andrew Passafiume, Graham Russell, Shawn Vermette.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
Looking for an appropriate game to play on Halloween? Here are picks from the staff, some scary, others just appropriate for the holiday.
Hang on to your sanity with Eternal Darkness
Eternal Darkness is a game that has yet to be trumped in regards to its mechanics. This brilliant horror title that goes above and beyond what most horror games attempt to do. What makes it stand out is the sanity meter, which, as you may know, can produce some of the most terrifying, clever, or downright bizarre things to happen in any game like this. READ MORE
On this episode, Henry is apparently Cthulhu and Andrew made him into such a horrible monster. Oh, and games! We chat about Skylanders Giants, Dokuro, Orgarhythm, Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. We also go into kids’ games that are fun for adults anyway, like Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Viva Pinata and more. Don’t miss Shawn as he makes unprompted, vehement denials of horrible, horrible crimes!
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think! Email podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Chris Ingersoll, Andrew Passafiume, Chris Rasco, Graham Russell, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
While Graham’s away at New York Comic Con, Andrew, Shawn and the crew talk about the latest news from Capcom, Epic and Microsoft. Henry interrogates the guys about the games they’ve been playing, like Dishonored, Pokemon Black 2/White 2 and Dead or Alive 5, and Brad tells us what’s going on in NBA 2K13 and the sports game world.
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think! Email podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Jeff DeSolla, Andrew Passafiume, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette, Brad Woodling.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
The fall deluge is upon us. We’re talking about Borderlands 2, Torchlight II, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, LittleBigPlanet Vita, War of the Human Tanks, Tokyo Jungle and Hell Yeah!: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit. Plus, as always, discussion of the latest news and more referential humor than should reasonably be allowed.
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think! Email podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Jeff DeSolla, Andrew Passafiume, Graham Russell, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
The debate about whether video games are art, or can ever be art, has raged for years, and I doubt a resolution will be reached anytime soon. However, what no one can argue is that there is certainly plenty of good art in video games, regardless of what the games themselves are. Showcasing the art and the capabilities of video games in expanding the reach of art is the point of the Smithsonian’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibit, and it does a great job of it. READ MORE
There were a lot of Angry Kirbies on the Internet this week! We try to buck that trend, with nuanced and reasonable discussions of the Wii U and its “launch window” games like Rayman Legends. Listen in as we corner the market on Canadian game podcast panelists and hold our weekly therapy sessions. We also talk about Mark of the Ninja, Big Picture Mode, Jet Set Radio HD, Obsidian’s Kickstarter, Double Dragon Neon, FTL: Faster Than Light, Mutant Mudds, Inquisitor and more!
Check out the show here, check us out on iTunes or use the RSS feed in your favorite podcast aggregator. Let us know what you think, and send mail (angry or not) to podcast[at]snackbar-games.com.
Hosts: Jeff DeSolla, Chris Ingersoll, Andrew Passafiume, Graham Russell, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
