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Just what in tarnation is a 'Damnation'? Why, it's when steampunk meets the American Civil War, with a little bit of parkour for good measure. Come see how a Unreal Tournament 2004 mod turned to catastrophe under purview of Codemasters.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
5:25 - Charkie's Stream Snack
10:50 - A Brief History of 'Damnation'
1:20:23 - Title Screen / Opening Cutscene
1:26:42 - PROLOGUE: Front Lines
2:03:47 - RESCUE: Search
2:25:45 - RESCUE: An Old Friend
3:12:52 - Initial Thoughts
3:23:53 - Closing
LINKS:
- IGN’s announcement of the first-ever “Make Something Unreal” contest in June 1999: ign.com/articles/1999/06/09/are-you-for-real
- BeyondUnreal’s “Damnation: Hell Breaks Loose - Postmortem,” published September 2005: beyondunreal.com/articles/damnation-hell-breaks-loose-postmortem
- Jacob Minkoff’s (@bbcoby) YouTube upload of a “pitch trailer” for ‘Damnation’: youtube.com/watch?v=Twty7xESZ14
- GameSpot’s reporting on the official announcement of ‘Damnation’ by way of Codemasters in March 2008: gamespot.com/articles/codemasters-firing-up-damnation/1100-6187267
- SPOnG.com interview with Jacob Minkoff conducted January 2009: spong.com/feature/10109859/Interview-Jacob-Minkoff-Lead-Designer-Damnation
- Searching For Other Players’ (@searchingforotherplayers) YouTube upload of a compilation of ‘Damnation’s behind-the-scenes featurettes: youtube.com/watch?v=y0i0iiKj25I
- Gamesxtreme.com’s 69%-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by “WolF”: gamesxtreme.com/article/3585/damnation-review
- Destructoid’s 5.0-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by James Stephanie Sterling: destructoid.com/review-damnation
- IGN’s 2.5-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by Greg Miller: ign.com/articles/2009/06/15/damnation-review
- Geoff Rowland’s Twitter post indicating layoffs at Blue Omega on June 23rd, 2009: https://x.com/gothaggis/status/2297834866
- Shacknews’ coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and related lawsuit records: shacknews.com/article/59355/damnation-team-laid-off-lawsuit
- Ars Technica coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and summary of surrounding legal matters: arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/07/damnation-development-team-laid-off
- GameDeveloper (formerly GamaSutra) coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and legal woes: gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/-i-damnation-i-developer-lays-off-majority-of-team-
- Blue Omega Mobile YouTube channel featuring footage of ‘Attack of the Dust Bunnies’: @BlueOmegaMobile
- VentureBeat’s post-mortem interview with Jacob Minkoff on ‘Damnation,’ published January 2013: web.archive.org/web/20160412023040/http://venturebeat.com/community/2013/01/15/second-glance-investigating-the-creation-and-failure-of-damnation-with-lead-designer-jacob-minkoff
- Polygon article covering the establishment of That’s No Moon in July 2021: polygon.com/22597795/thats-no-moon-studio-announcement-single-player-games
- That’s No Moon official announcement of their debut title ‘Crossfire’ on June 5th 2026: thatsnomoon.com/news/announcing-crossfire
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-07-16
#badgame #althistory #steampunk #unrealengine #retrogaming #gaming #bghof
Just what in tarnation is a 'Damnation'? Why, it's when steampunk meets the American Civil War, with a little bit of parkour for good measure. Come see how a Unreal Tournament 2004 mod turned to catastrophe under purview of Codemasters.
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- Johnny (He / Him): https://bsky.app/profile/johnnybaghead.bsky.social
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
5:25 - Charkie's Stream Snack
10:50 - A Brief History of 'Damnation'
1:20:23 - Title Screen / Opening Cutscene
1:26:42 - PROLOGUE: Front Lines
2:03:47 - RESCUE: Search
2:25:45 - RESCUE: An Old Friend
3:12:52 - Initial Thoughts
3:23:53 - Closing
LINKS:
- IGN’s announcement of the first-ever “Make Something Unreal” contest in June 1999: ign.com/articles/1999/06/09/are-you-for-real
- BeyondUnreal’s “Damnation: Hell Breaks Loose - Postmortem,” published September 2005: beyondunreal.com/articles/damnation-hell-breaks-loose-postmortem
- Jacob Minkoff’s (@bbcoby) YouTube upload of a “pitch trailer” for ‘Damnation’: youtube.com/watch?v=Twty7xESZ14
- GameSpot’s reporting on the official announcement of ‘Damnation’ by way of Codemasters in March 2008: gamespot.com/articles/codemasters-firing-up-damnation/1100-6187267
- SPOnG.com interview with Jacob Minkoff conducted January 2009: spong.com/feature/10109859/Interview-Jacob-Minkoff-Lead-Designer-Damnation
- Searching For Other Players’ (@searchingforotherplayers) YouTube upload of a compilation of ‘Damnation’s behind-the-scenes featurettes: youtube.com/watch?v=y0i0iiKj25I
- Gamesxtreme.com’s 69%-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by “WolF”: gamesxtreme.com/article/3585/damnation-review
- Destructoid’s 5.0-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by James Stephanie Sterling: destructoid.com/review-damnation
- IGN’s 2.5-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by Greg Miller: ign.com/articles/2009/06/15/damnation-review
- Geoff Rowland’s Twitter post indicating layoffs at Blue Omega on June 23rd, 2009: https://x.com/gothaggis/status/2297834866
- Shacknews’ coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and related lawsuit records: shacknews.com/article/59355/damnation-team-laid-off-lawsuit
- Ars Technica coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and summary of surrounding legal matters: arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/07/damnation-development-team-laid-off
- GameDeveloper (formerly GamaSutra) coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and legal woes: gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/-i-damnation-i-developer-lays-off-majority-of-team-
- Blue Omega Mobile YouTube channel featuring footage of ‘Attack of the Dust Bunnies’: @BlueOmegaMobile
- VentureBeat’s post-mortem interview with Jacob Minkoff on ‘Damnation,’ published January 2013: web.archive.org/web/20160412023040/http://venturebeat.com/community/2013/01/15/second-glance-investigating-the-creation-and-failure-of-damnation-with-lead-designer-jacob-minkoff
- Polygon article covering the establishment of That’s No Moon in July 2021: polygon.com/22597795/thats-no-moon-studio-announcement-single-player-games
- That’s No Moon official announcement of their debut title ‘Crossfire’ on June 5th 2026: thatsnomoon.com/news/announcing-crossfire
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-07-16
#badgame #althistory #steampunk #unrealengine #retrogaming #gaming #bghof
![Damnation [#01] - Bad Game Hall of Fame](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1NJN-Wpto_0/mqdefault.jpg "Damnation [#01] - Bad Game Hall of Fame
Just what in tarnation is a Damnation? Why, its when steampunk meets the American Civil War, with a little bit of parkour for good measure. Come see how a Unreal Tournament 2004 mod turned to catastrophe under purview of Codemasters.
Presented by the Bad Game Hall of Fame: https://www.badgamehalloffame.com
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
5:25 - Charkies Stream Snack
10:50 - A Brief History of Damnation
1:20:23 - Title Screen / Opening Cutscene
1:26:42 - PROLOGUE: Front Lines
2:03:47 - RESCUE: Search
2:25:45 - RESCUE: An Old Friend
3:12:52 - Initial Thoughts
3:23:53 - Closing
LINKS:
- IGN’s announcement of the first-ever “Make Something Unreal” contest in June 1999: https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/09/are-you-for-real
- BeyondUnreal’s “Damnation: Hell Breaks Loose - Postmortem,” published September 2005: https://www.beyondunreal.com/articles/damnation-hell-breaks-loose-postmortem
- Jacob Minkoff’s (@bbcoby) YouTube upload of a “pitch trailer” for ‘Damnation’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twty7xESZ14
- GameSpot’s reporting on the official announcement of ‘Damnation’ by way of Codemasters in March 2008: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/codemasters-firing-up-damnation/1100-6187267/
- SPOnG.com interview with Jacob Minkoff conducted January 2009: https://spong.com/feature/10109859/Interview-Jacob-Minkoff-Lead-Designer-Damnation
- Searching For Other Players’ (@searchingforotherplayers) YouTube upload of a compilation of ‘Damnation’s behind-the-scenes featurettes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0i0iiKj25I
- Gamesxtreme.com’s 69%-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by “WolF”: https://www.gamesxtreme.com/article/3585/damnation-review/
- Destructoid’s 5.0-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by James Stephanie Sterling: https://www.destructoid.com/review-damnation/
- IGN’s 2.5-scoring review of ‘Damnation’ by Greg Miller: https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/15/damnation-review
- Geoff Rowland’s Twitter post indicating layoffs at Blue Omega on June 23rd, 2009: https://x.com/gothaggis/status/2297834866
- Shacknews’ coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and related lawsuit records: https://www.shacknews.com/article/59355/damnation-team-laid-off-lawsuit
- Ars Technica coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and summary of surrounding legal matters: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2009/07/damnation-development-team-laid-off/
- GameDeveloper (formerly GamaSutra) coverage of Blue Omega’s layoffs and legal woes: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/-i-damnation-i-developer-lays-off-majority-of-team-
- Blue Omega Mobile YouTube channel featuring footage of ‘Attack of the Dust Bunnies’: @BlueOmegaMobile
- VentureBeat’s post-mortem interview with Jacob Minkoff on ‘Damnation,’ published January 2013: https://web.archive.org/web/20160412023040/http://venturebeat.com/community/2013/01/15/second-glance-investigating-the-creation-and-failure-of-damnation-with-lead-designer-jacob-minkoff/
- Polygon article covering the establishment of That’s No Moon in July 2021: https://www.polygon.com/22597795/thats-no-moon-studio-announcement-single-player-games/
- That’s No Moon official announcement of their debut title ‘Crossfire’ on June 5th 2026: https://thatsnomoon.com/news/announcing-crossfire
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-07-16
#badgame #althistory #steampunk #unrealengine #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop [#02] - Bag Game Hall of Fame](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1yorSTXyLEI/mqdefault.jpg "Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop [#02] - Bag Game Hall of Fame
Its the continuing adventures of Frank West in Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop! How many more psychopaths can we turn into friendly item vendors? And will we ever find a use for that camera doohickey round our neck?
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:09 - Opening
4:22 - Case 2-2
41:29 - Case 2-3
1:20:29 - Case 2 Complete
1:35:14 - Case 3-1 / Case 3 Complete
3:11:26 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2025-10-17
#badgame #deadrising #wii #horrorgaming #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Bad Game Chance Time! [#24]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/20vgGUSUzk8/mqdefault.jpg "Bad Game Chance Time! [#24]
Blocks are gonna roll when Bad Game Chance Time comes to town! Random chance decides the console, genre, and poor shmuck stuck playing one of the countless awful games in Cassidys collection. God help us all.
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GAMES PLAYED:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
9:25 - Army Men: Sarges Heroes (N64, 1999)
41:32 - Digital Champ: Battle Boxing (PCE, 1989)
1:05:59 - Taz-Mania (SGG, 1992)
1:21:45 - Disneys Beauty & The Beast: Roar of the Beast (GEN, 1993)
1:44:37 - Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns (GEN, 1990)
2:08:31 - Donkey Xote (PS2, 2008)
2:49:18 - Best and Worst of the Night
2:59:42 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-01-31
#badgame #chancetime #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Wheelman [#04 / End] - Bad Game Hall of Fame](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2KS7ReE9yzo/mqdefault.jpg "Wheelman [#04 / End] - Bad Game Hall of Fame
Its time for more white knuckle driving in Wheelman! It seems like the plot might finally be kicking into high gear? Hell, well be content just so long as they keep giving us semi-trucks to ram cars off the road with.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
4:00 - Warm-up
10:44 - Mission 23: The Pick of Destiny
12:26 - Mission 24: Carrier Rescue
28:46 - Side Missions (XIV)
48:04 - Mission 25: Keep It Moving
1:01:18 - Mission 26: Street Race Riot
1:08:27 - Side Missions (XV)
1:30:31 - Mission 27: Lantos Battle
1:47:47 - Side Missions (XVI)
1:59:02 - Mission 28: Hold Em (Part I)
2:23:58 - Mission 29: Hold Em (Part II)
2:42:02 - Mission 30: Get Gallo
2:59:19 - Ending / Credits / Final Thoughts
3:23:23 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-05-14
#badgame #wheelman #midwaygames #vindiesel #fastandfurious #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Tattooed Killers! - Fight Night [#14]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2gInW6zh4Zw/mqdefault.jpg "Tattooed Killers! - Fight Night [#14]
Put up your digital dukes for another bout in Fight Night! Weve got fight games ranging from arcade prototypes, to busted conversions of already-middling titles, and maybe even a few games that are actually good??
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GAMES PLAYED:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
8:52 - Tattoo Assassins (ARC, Prototype)
26:16 - Time Killers (GEN, 1996)
36:52 - Primal Rage 2 (ARC, Prototype)
57:21 - The King of Fighters: Extreme (SDC, 2001)
1:23:11 - Mortal Kombat: Deception (GCN, 2004)
2:08:08 - Bloody Roar 4 (PS2, 2003)
2:35:01 - Best and Worst of the Night
2:38:08 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2025-09-23
#badgame #fgc #fightinggames #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Alone in the Dark (2008) [#04 / End] - Bad Game Hall of Fame](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2vN0DOD0rnI/mqdefault.jpg "Alone in the Dark (2008) [#04 / End] - Bad Game Hall of Fame
Alone in the Dark (2008) [#04 / End] - Bad Game Hall of Fame")
![Damnation [#03] - Bad Game Hall of Fame](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3ePDvfpSwXM/mqdefault.jpg "Damnation [#03] - Bad Game Hall of Fame
Damned if you do, damned if you dont: Its another episode in our playthrough of 2009s Damnation! Will this steampunk third-person shooter manage to turn things around in its back half, or is it already out of steam?
EDITORS NOTE: Please to forgive the blown-out mic audio near the very top of the show. We promise it levels off within just a couple of minutes.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
4:08 - Charkies Stream Snack
9:10 - THE BATTLE BEGINS: Secrets
19:27 - THE BATTLE BEGINS: Friends and Enemies
25:55 - THE BATTLE BEGINS: Convoy
1:07:37 - INTERLUDE: Race
1:18:05 - INTERLUDE: Redemption
1:45:25 - CITY BY THE SEA: Attack
1:49:10 - CITY BY THE SEA: Prodigal Son
2:33:17 - CITY BY THE SEA: Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters
2:44:15 - Further Thoughts
2:51:28 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-07-30
#badgame #althistory #steampunk #unrealengine #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop [#01] - Bag Game Hall of Fame](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/55IXEnHWGx8/mqdefault.jpg "Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop [#01] - Bag Game Hall of Fame
She dawn on my dead till I rot, as we begin our playthrough of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop on Wii! Is a Dead Rising built on the RE4 engine still Dead Rising? Only time will tell.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:09 - Opening
4:30 - Prologue / Case 1-1
48:05 - Case 1-2
1:12:45 - Case 1-3
1:18:10 - Case 1-4
2:59:33 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2025-10-10
#badgame #deadrising #wii #horrorgaming #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
![Bad Game Chance Time! [#29]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5HE0vyrrU9w/mqdefault.jpg "Bad Game Chance Time! [#29]
Rev up those spinning blocks for another episode of Bad Game Chance Time! What manner of randomly-determined bad games will our panel be stuck playing? Only time will tell the form of our torture.
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GAMES PLAYED:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Opening
3:20 - Charkies Stream Snack
8:23 - Arabian Fight (ARC, 1991) 🏆 [FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING]
51:05 - The FairyLand Story (ARC, 1985)
1:03:48 - Lester the Unlikely (SNES, 1994)
1:29:19 - Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines (PS2, 2005)
2:05:33 - Strike Gunner: S.T.G (SNES, 1992)
2:25:29 - DT Carnage (PS2, 2008)
3:01:33 - Best and Worst of the Night
3:13:30 - Closing
ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2026-06-27
#badgame #chancetime #retrogaming #gaming #bghof")
