Unhinged & Unranked - Gaming, Media and Life from Gamers' Perspectives

Unhinged & Unranked - Gaming, Media and Life from Gamers' Perspectives

A compact variety podcast through the lens of gamers with topics voted on by the community. A Schrodinger's cat of intellectual discussion where it's both smart and dumb until you start listening - then it's both.

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May 31, 2025 157 mins

Aeth, SlashRank, Ross and our first guest speaker Trahir give comprehensive recommendations for an array of anime genres.

Are you ready to get cultured?

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Intro Music:

Jungle Waves (Drum & Bass Electronic Inspiring Promo) by DIMMYSAD

Outro Music:

Tell Me The Truth by Denys Brodovskyi

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Does modern Earth have a shortage of dinosaur games? How many hours have you put into Ark? This week, we're exploring dinosaurs and their roles in video games, from classics to modern games, and the genres they find themselves in.

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Intro music:

Music by Denys Kyshchuk from Pixabay.

Outro music:

Music by Kaveesha Senanayake from Pixabay.

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April 26, 2025 66 mins

We explore the topics of game engines and how they impact the games we play.

The influence of the OG Unreal, the rise of Unity, and in-house powerhouses such as Frostbite Engine and Snowdrop.

Remember when Crysis was the way to benchmark your PC? How has CryEngine's descendants fared in the field of MMOs and the engine-based-on-an-engine that powers Star Citizen?

But wait, there's more! Do you know just how many games you might know a...

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April 11, 2025 68 mins

From lootboxes to gacha, West to East, how has paid RNG evolved alongside video games?

Intro song:

Midnight Whispers by White_Records

Outro song:

'Horizons' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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Nostalgia time - we talk about browser games of the past, from RuneScape to Gemcraft, Sonny to Lemonade Stand, O Game to Fusionfall. See how Java, Flash, Shockwave and Unity gave rise to a bygone era of gaming and its own set of indie developers.

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March 25, 2025 70 mins

Discussion on the CPU and GPU arms race with consumer hardware, hierarchies, systems and how computing has changed across the ages.

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Intro Music:

Just Trying to Stay Alive by Isaak Wolf

Outro Music:

Lunacy by Isaak Wolf

Check him out for many gaming-inspired songs and custom music!

https://www.youtube.com/@IsaakWolf

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March 18, 2025 78 mins

Reminisce with us about the great (or not) game mechanics of the past. Quick-load to a time before quick-saves and explore eras from the arcades to the Live Service.

Mechanics orphaned from arena shooters, regional game mechanics, the pressures of repairing arcade buttons after Slash rages at Marvel vs. Capcom - it's all here, to fit right in your ear.

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Intro Music:

Glow by Isaak Wolf

Outro Music:

Waxing Crescent by Isaak Wo...

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March 11, 2025 57 mins

Explore perspectives on the old and current ages of MMOs. Bygone eras, modern grinds and satellite genres tell a timeline of the industry. What was the genre once, and what could it be again?

Relive the early 2,000s era of RuneScape, World of WarCraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and Anarchy Online. Remember the semi-modern MMOs you might still play such as Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV and The Elder Scrolls Online. Then, delve into the s...

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