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Episodes: 258

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Chronicling strange and interesting stories in the world of video games.

Episode Date
Episode 121: Not Like This - The Sad Story of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5
Jun 13, 2025
Episode 120: The Seven Deadly Sins of Dante’s Inferno
Mar 28, 2025
Episode 119: The Joy of Sex - A Hot Button Guide to Love Making
Feb 14, 2025
Hot Button’s 2024 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 2
Feb 08, 2025
Hot Button’s 2024 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 1
Jan 30, 2025
Episode 118: Hot Button Year-Six Edition
Nov 29, 2024
Episode 117: “Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!” - The Curse of Berzerk!
Oct 31, 2024
Episode 116: This is a Brutal Blood Sport! - The History of Manhunt
Oct 19, 2024
Episode 115: Oh, Bugger - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Sep 30, 2024
Hot Button Movie Commentary: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Sep 20, 2024
Episode 114: Microtransactions #6
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 113: The History of Valve Part 2 (Episode Two)
Aug 02, 2024
Episode 112: The History of Valve Part 2 (Episode One)
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 111: The Failure of the Coleco Chameleon
May 17, 2024
Episode 110: The Dumb History of Flappy Bird
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 109: Don’t Do the Do - The Perils of the 2014 MTN Dew Game_Jam
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 108: Suck It Down - The History of Diakatana
Mar 08, 2024
Hot Button’s 2023 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 2
Feb 14, 2024
Hot Button’s 2023 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 1
Jan 31, 2024
Episode 107: Unity Returns!
Jan 08, 2024
Hot Button Game Awards 2023 Special Follow-Up
Dec 22, 2023
Hot Button Game Awards 2023 Special
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 106: Hot Button Year-Five Edition
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 105: Cruis’n Toward Bankruptcy - The History of Midway
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 104: Dark Horse - The Twisted Tale of Drowned God
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 103: Bodies Bodies Bodies
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 102: Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game: The Podcast
Oct 01, 2023
Episode 101: Street Fighter: The Movie: The Podcast
Sep 12, 2023
Street Fighter: The Movie: The Commentary
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 100: The Life and Death of the Gizmondo
Aug 08, 2023
Hot Button Interview with Alyse Knorr on GoldenEye 007
May 19, 2023
Episode 99: Welcome Back, 007 - The History of GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 Part 3
May 08, 2023
Episode 98: Welcome Back, 007 - The History of GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 Part 2
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 97: Welcome Back, 007 - The History of GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 Part 1
Apr 10, 2023
Hot Button’s 2022 Game of the Year Deliberations
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 96: Hot Button Year-Four Edition (Kinda)
Dec 09, 2022
Hot Button’s 2021 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 5
Feb 04, 2022
Hot Button’s 2021 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 4
Jan 28, 2022
Hot Button’s 2021 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 3
Jan 21, 2022
Hot Button’s 2021 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 2
Jan 14, 2022
Hot Button’s 2021 Game of the Year Deliberations Part 1
Jan 07, 2022
Hot Button Game Awards 2021 Special Follow-Up
Dec 15, 2021
Hot Button Game Awards 2021 Special
Dec 08, 2021
Episode 95: Hot Button Year-Three Edition
Nov 26, 2021
Episode 94: Microtransactions #5
Nov 10, 2021
Episode 93: Watching You - The Tale of Camdrome
Oct 31, 2021
Episode 92: A Free Mind is a Tasty Mind - Stubbs the Zombie/F.E.A.R. Cannibalism Controversy
Oct 20, 2021
Episode 91: I Podcast, Therefore I AM - The History of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Part 2
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 90: I Podcast, Therefore I AM - The History of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Part 1
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 89: Well Bam, There It Is! - The History of the Xbox 360 Kinect
Sep 29, 2021
Episode 88: For the Love of Gaia… - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sep 15, 2021
Hot Button Movie Commentary: Final Fantasy The Spirits Within
Sep 08, 2021
Episode 87: Dead Faction - The History of THQ
Aug 25, 2021
Episode 86: The Development of Rogue F*cking Warrior
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 85: The Little Engine That Could - History of Unity
Jul 26, 2021
Hot Button Movie Commentary: The King of Kong - A Fistful of Quarters
Jul 14, 2021
Episode 84: Can’t Ditch the Mitch! - The Story of Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies Part 2
Jul 07, 2021
Episode 83: Can’t Ditch the Mitch! - The Story of Billy Mitchell and Twin Galaxies Part 1
Jun 23, 2021
Hot Button E3 2021 Special
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 82: You’ve Gotta Be Jivin’ Me! - History of Night Trap Part 2
Jun 01, 2021
Episode 81: You’ve Gotta Be Jivin’ Me! - History of Night Trap Part 1
May 21, 2021
Episode 80: The History of G4 - Hot Button Gamer's Guide
May 03, 2021
Episode 79: Microtransactions #4
Jan 04, 2021
Episode 78: Hot Button Year-Two Edition
Nov 23, 2020
Episode 77: We’ve Got A Console For You - The Launch and Times of the Xbox One
Nov 09, 2020
Episode 76: Porto And Her Beloved Ghast - Investigating Killswitch
Oct 26, 2020
Episode 75: 40.24248, -121.4434 - Investigating Pale Luna
Oct 19, 2020
Episode 74: Xinnie the Pooh - The Story of Devotion
Oct 11, 2020
Episode 73: The Story of The Story of Kamikuishiki Village
Oct 05, 2020
Episode 72: Lights! Action! Acclaim! - The History of Acclaim Entertainment
Sep 21, 2020
Episode 71: Rules of N-Gagement - History of the Nokia N-Gage
Sep 07, 2020
Episode 70: Eat, Prey, Love - The Development of Prey
Aug 24, 2020
Episode 69: It Came From The 3rd Dimension - Development of the Virtual Boy
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 68: Criminal Actions Per Minute - Starcraft Match Fixing Part 2
Jul 27, 2020
Episode 67: Criminal Actions Per Minute - Starcraft Match Fixing Part 1
Jul 13, 2020
Episode 66: Microtransactions #3
Jun 28, 2020
Episode 65: Kicking Ass, Taking Names, and Making Games - The History of E3
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 64: Forever's a Long Time, Bitch - The Development of Duke Nukem Forever
May 25, 2020
Episode 63: Millions to Billions - The History of Valve Part 2
May 11, 2020
Episode 62: Metropolis Down - The Rise and Fall of Maxis’ Sim City
Apr 27, 2020
Episode 61: Millions to Billions - The History of Valve Part 1
Apr 12, 2020
Episode 60: Pac Ma'am - The History of Ms. Pac Man
Mar 30, 2020
Episode 59: Brogrammers Gone Wild - The Guy Game
Mar 16, 2020
Episode 58: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 4
Mar 02, 2020
Episode 57: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 3
Feb 17, 2020
Episode 56: The Last Temptation of Pidgeot - Twitch Plays Pokémon
Feb 03, 2020
Episode 55: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 2
Jan 20, 2020
Hot Button 2020 Update
Jan 10, 2020
Episode 54: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 1
Jan 06, 2020
Episode 53: Minecraft Takes Down the Internet - Mirai Botnet
Dec 29, 2019
Episode 52: Microtransactions #2
Dec 23, 2019
Hot Button Game Awards 2019 Special Follow-Up
Dec 18, 2019
Hot Button Game Awards 2019 Special Part 2
Dec 06, 2019
Hot Button Game Awards 2019 Special Part 1
Nov 29, 2019
Episode 51: I Have a Mouth, and I Must Scream... But Only with Hazard Pay - Video Game Voice Actor Strike
Nov 22, 2019
Episode 50: Hot Button Year-One Edition
Nov 15, 2019
Episode 49: World of Warcraft's Corrupted Blood Incident
Nov 08, 2019
Episode 48: Tales from EVE Online
Nov 01, 2019
Episode 47: Itchy Tasty - The Origins of Resident Evil
Oct 25, 2019
Episode 46: Kowloon’s Curious Kusoge - Hong Kong 97
Oct 18, 2019
Episode 45: Superstition Bowl - The Madden Curse
Oct 11, 2019
Episode 44: Sinneslöschen's Ladder - The Polybius Conspiracy
Oct 04, 2019
Episode 43: Hatred
Sep 27, 2019
Episode 42: Pandora's Gearbox - History of Gearbox, Borderlands, and Randy Pitchford Part 2
Sep 20, 2019
Episode 41: Pandora's Gearbox - History of Gearbox, Borderlands, and Randy Pitchford Part 1
Sep 13, 2019
Episode 40: Microtransactions #1
Sep 06, 2019
Episode 39: Play [Space] Station - Development of the Playstation Part 2
Aug 30, 2019
Episode 38: Play [Space] Station - Development of the Playstation Part 1
Aug 23, 2019
Episode 37: Never Sell Me The Odds - Battlefront 2 Loot Boxes
Aug 16, 2019
Episode 36: The Tale of Drain Man - Super Mario Bros. Movie Part 2
Aug 02, 2019
Episode 35: The Tale of Drain Man - Super Mario Bros. Movie Part 1
Jul 26, 2019
Hot Button Movie Commentary: Super Mario Bros.
Jul 19, 2019
Episode 34: Currently Undergoing Maintenance - 2011 PSN Security Breach
Jul 12, 2019
Episode 33: Destiny - From Beginning to Endgram Part 2
Jul 05, 2019
Episode 32: Destiny - From Beginning to Endgram Part 1
Jun 28, 2019
Episode 31: Skyrim's Paid Mods
Jun 21, 2019
Hot Button E3 2019 Special
Jun 14, 2019
Episode 30: Occupy Eorzea - The Final Fantasy XIV Housing Crisis
Jun 07, 2019
Episode 29: Nintendo vs Let's Players
May 31, 2019
Episode 28: Requiem for a Dreamcast - History of Sega Consoles (Part 2)
May 24, 2019
Episode 27: Requiem for a Dreamcast - History of Sega Consoles (Part 1)
May 17, 2019
Episode 26: Warner Bothers - How the Westworld was Lost
May 10, 2019
Episode 25: Video Game Special Editions Live!
May 03, 2019
Episode 24: Birth of A Killer App - The Origin of Halo Part II
Apr 26, 2019
Episode 23: Birth of A Killer App - The Origin of Halo Part I
Apr 19, 2019
Episode 22: The Termination of Jeff Gerstmann by the Coward GameSpot
Apr 12, 2019
Episode 21: Brown v Entertainment Merchants Association Part II
Apr 05, 2019
Episode 20: Brown v Entertainment Merchants Association Part I
Mar 29, 2019
Episode 19: Formation of the ESRB Part III
Mar 22, 2019
Episode 18: Formation of the ESRB Part II
Mar 15, 2019
Episode 17: Formation of the ESRB Part I
Mar 08, 2019
Episode 16: IGN Plagiarism Scandal
Mar 01, 2019
Episode 15: Super Columbine Massacre RPG! Part II
Feb 22, 2019
Episode 14: Super Columbine Massacre RPG! Part I
Feb 15, 2019
Episode 13: No Man's Sky
Feb 08, 2019
Episode 12: The Ouya
Feb 01, 2019
Episode 11: History of the Xbox 360
Jan 25, 2019
Episode 10: CSGO Skin Betting & Gambling
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 09: Modern Warfare 2's 'No Russian'
Jan 11, 2019
Episode 08: Epic Games v Silicon Knights
Jan 04, 2019
Episode 07: The Re-rating of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 06: History of the Original Xbox
Dec 21, 2018
Episode 05: Video Game Contests Part III - Just Cause 3
Dec 15, 2018
Episode 04: Video Game Contests Part II - Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube?
Dec 07, 2018
Episode 03: Video Game Contests Part I - Advent Rising
Nov 30, 2018
Episode 02: Hot Coffee
Nov 23, 2018
Episode 01: 38 Studios
Nov 16, 2018