Looking back at the great games of 2001. Street Fighter and cheap CPU fighting tactics. Silent hill 1&2 VS 3. The convoluted explanation of the convoluted leveling system of the Japanese version of The Adventure of Link. Was Smash Bros. Melee the moment Nintendo realized they could make bank on the nostalgia for their history?

The art of booking your entire December and January with drinking sessions. The Final Fantasy 7 remake and missing the point of the original work. Pogs, Mortal Kombat, and Tomonobu Itagaki.

Thoughts on beating Castlevania for the first time. Peter goes camping near Sadako's well. Does Sylvester Stallone regret Rambo 3? FromSoft and Sierra's philosophy of teaching the player through repeated death. Sailors and comicbooks.Terrifier. Wreck-it Ralph, and OF COURSE Star Wars.

Megami Tensei fathered Pokémon, Digimon goes through a hardcore rebranding, Harry Potter and the Map of Innuendoes, the magic of the third entry in franchises - you'll be surprised about the franchises we managed to miss mentioning... and no, it's not Star Wars.

Languages, dissuation from video game-playing, catching on fire from drinking soda, the horse from Legend makes a cameo in Blade Runner, Star Wars day and the constant winking at the camera.

The first published episode, where the boys discuss the pros and cons of spring in Japan, the lack of a Zelda Maker, and other news - John Carpenter gets a star on the Walk of Fame!