Batman: Arkham Origins Is Secretly the Second Best Arkham Game | Attack the Backlog

I thought I played Batman: Arkham Origins when it originally came out. I was wrong. When I booted up the game on my Xbox 360, all I had was a 5% completed save file from 11 years ago to the day, so what I thought was going to be another Second Run was actually an Attack the Backlog. I don't know if it's because it was all new to me or if it's just a better game (or maybe a little of both), but I had a significantly better time with Arkham Origins than I did with Arkham City. Arkham Origins takes what Arkham City did and simplifies and focuses it, delivering an overall more satisfying experience for someone like me who isn't a Batman super fan. It may not reach the heights of Arkham Asylum, but it's a worthy addition to the Arkham saga and should be treated on an equal footing with the Rocksteady-developed Arkham games.

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Lost Records: Bloom Now, Rage Later | The Pixelated Sausage Show

This week's episode doesn't waste any time and gets straight to what I've been playing with Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Cabernet, Ultros, Momodora: Moonlit Farewell, and Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

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Batman: Arkham City Is More Arkham, Not Better Arkham | Second Runs

I always preferred Batman: Arkham Asylum to Batman: Arkham City, but the gap this time was much larger and I have to assume it's at least partially due to the time gap between playthroughs being so small this time around; I just think playing these games back to back does Arkham City no favors. That said, and regardless of how time affected my feelings, I still think Arkham City is a worse game in almost every way, going for quantity over quality (except when it comes to the main storyline, which is actually shorter than Arkham Asylum's). It is by no means bad, man, but unlike its older brother, it's no "greatest game of all time" contender.

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Warner Bros. Was the Real Nemesis All Along | The Pixelated Sausage Show

This week's episode starts off with the sad but all too common Warner Bros. news about the cancellation of their Wonder Woman game and the closing of three studios--including Monolith Productions--before getting to what I've been playing with Snezhinka, Recall: Empty Wishes, Mostroscopy, and Liberté. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

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Batman: Arkham Asylum Is Still One of the Greatest Games of All Time | Second Runs

It's been a while since I've replayed a game, since I put out an episode of Second Runs, but when I decided it was finally time to play Batman: Arkham Knight, I knew what needed to be done first: replay every Arkham game that came before (and play the ones I never played for the first time). That brings us here, with me revisiting Batman: Arkham Asylum for not the second time, but the third time--which I only learned after booting up the remastered version and seeing a 72% completion save in front of me. Long story short: Arkham Asylum is not only a great Batman game, but one of the greatest games of all time, and if you want the long story long, check out this episode and enjoy.

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Call of Duty x TMNT Is Going to Cost Me a Fortune | The Pixelated Sausage Show

This week's episode starts off with a bunch of news--including TMNT coming to Call of Duty and Nintendo ending their My Nintendo Gold Points rewards program-- before getting to what I've been playing with Let's Cook Together 2, Moons of Darsalon, Please Be Happy, Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice, and Turbo Overkill. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

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Hood: Outlaws & Legends Is Like Most Robin Hood Movies: Destined to be Forgotten | The Last Call

Welcome, everyone, to a brand new show: The Last Call. (I technically called it Attack the Backlog because I recorded this episode before coming up with the new name, but every episode forward will be correctly branded). What is The Last Call? It's really quite simple: The Last Call is a show all about games that have received their final papers, their death sentence, the final nail in the coffin, however you want to phrase it, and are not long for this world; this can be due to being delisted, having their servers shut down, or any other finality in between. This inaugural episode is all about Hood: Outlaws & Legends, a PvPvE heist game that feels more like a mode in a full game than a full game on its own. The real question, though, is will Hood: Outlaws & Legends be remembered for everything it did, or forgotten for everything it didn't.

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The Biggest Surprises from PlayStation's February State of Play | The Pixelated Sausage Show

This week's episode starts off with what stood out to me (and what didn't) from PlayStation's February State of Play, before getting to what I've been playing with Luck be a Landlord, Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, A Rite From the Stars: Remaster Edition, Super Jagger Bomb 2: Go East, and Mechanita. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Just Keeps Going and Going and Going | Part 02 | Attack the Backlog

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was good...until it wasn't. That's not entirely true. It never got bad, per se, it just went on and on for way too long, wearing out its welcome multiple times over. The real kicker, though--the thing that made me go from liking Survivor to (kind of) hating it--is the story--one specific aspect in particular. I won't spoil anything in this text description, but the same can't be said about this episode, so if you don't want to be spoiled, avoid this until you've played the game yourself. All I'll say is, when one character turned out to be bad, I wasn't surprised; however, when something else happened, you better believe I was surprised (and not in a good way).

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Big Helmet Heroes Is My First Favorite Game of 2025 | The Pixelated Sausage Show

This week's episode starts off with some recent not great BioWare news, along with some general EA chatter (and even more Animezingly Baka thoughts), before getting to what I've been playing with Sniper Elite: Resistance, Big Helmet Heroes, ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist, and Techno Banter. Anyway and as always, thank you for watching or listening, I hope you enjoy this here episode, and I hope you have a wonderful wonderful rest of your day. (And if you haven't already, or are a listener and not a watcher, please like, subscribe, hit the bell, and all that jazz; it may not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping support the show and site in general. I would appreciate it greatly.)

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