Metroidvania: Still One of the Best Type of Game - GUI 99
In the wake of Metroid Dread, Mike & Alex discuss the enduring merits of the decades-old metroidvania progression style. The argument: 2D adventure ga...
Gaming Under The Influence
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Green Dragon is a video game store and bar in Woodbridge, ON, operated by Mike & Alex, a pair of old pals and lifelong gamers who love to put back a few drinks and talk games. Our approach is rooted in our shared belief that, like all art, games exist (against all corporate, political or other pressures) for one purpose: to be beautiful.
Games We Already Missed in 2021 - GUI 98
Caught up with Valheim & older titles, Mike & Alex have already added a pile of recent releases to their backlogs. Tune in this week for a discussion ...
The Valheim Episode - GUI 97
Our discourse on the best games of all time has been forcibly interrupted by Valheim. This week the Green Dragon crew works towards a theory of surviv...
In Response to IGN’s “Best game of all time” - GUI 96
In response to IGNs recent treatment of the “best game of all time”, the boys at GreenDragonCVR return to the fundamental topic of why exactly games q...
Tales of Arise: the Discussion Continues - GUI 95
Alex & Mike persist with their discussion of Tales of Arise, this week expanding on the topics introduced last episode. Topics include the genre-liter...
Tales of Arise: the Best JRPG of 2021 - GUI 94
Alex & Mike are pleasantly surprised by Tales of Arise. Conveyed by innovative and beautiful animation, a lean progression system and circumscriptive ...
Open-World Games: Comforting AND Wholesome - GUI 93
Mike & Alex return to a style of video game they have no small measure of conflicted feelings about: open-world action-rpgs. Alex returns to Ghosts of...
CRPGS: the Last Great Western Genre - GUI 92
Mike & Alex discuss the last great western video game genre: classical or western rpgs. If, as we have previously discussed, the rpg genre definitiona...
The Great Summer Game Drought of 2021 Continued - GUI 91
Mike & Alex discuss potential games to pursue amidst the great summer game drought of 2021. Touching on Final Fantasy X, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Biomut...
The Great Summer Game Drought of 2021- GUI 90
We have come to this year’s ‘great summer game drought’. In the absence of any new releases captivating us, Mike & Alex delve back into their backlogs...