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Season 1

  • S01E01 ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Final Fantasy VII Remake

    • May 26, 2020
    • YouTube

    The premiere episode of ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS. I reviewed the Final Fantasy VII Remake. This video consists of an intro, seven "discs," and an epilogue.

  • S01E02 ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Last Of Us

    • June 19, 2020
    • YouTube

    Episode Two of Action Button Reviews. THE LAST OF US (2013) This video presents an extended introduction, three conceptually different reviews, "The Point," The Bottom Line, an epilogue, and a bonus segment.

  • S01E03 ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS DOOM

    • September 13, 2020
    • YouTube

    Action Button Reviews DOOM (1993, DOS, id Software) Presented with an introduction, six separate stories, and an epilogue.

  • S01E04 ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS PAC-MAN

    • November 22, 2020
    • YouTube

    Action Button Reviews PAC-MAN (1980, Arcade, Namco) Presented with an introduction, six separate stories, and an epilogue.

  • S01E05 ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial

    • January 1, 2021
    • YouTube

    Action Button Reviews TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL (1994 / 1995 / 1996, PC Engine CD / Sony PlayStation / Sega Saturn, Konami) Presented with an introduction, six separate stories, and an epilogue.

  • S01E06 ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Cyberpunk 2077

    • October 27, 2021
    • YouTube

    Action Button Reviews Cyberpunk 2077. Season One Finale. Presented with an introduction and seven stories with six intermissions.

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #1: "Citizen Keanu"

    • October 26, 2021

    This story concerns the "discourse" aspect of Cyberpunk 2077. Following the story is a brief director commentary which we encourage a hurried viewer to skip.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #2: "Let's Talk About The Graphics"

    • October 26, 2021

    ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Cyberpunk 2077. Story #2: "Let's Talk About The Graphics." This story concerns the technical aspects of Cyberpunk 2077. Following the story is a brief director commentary which we encourage a hurried viewer to skip.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #3: "Let's Talk About What I Liked."

    • October 26, 2021

    This story contains a "positive review" of Cyberpunk 2077. Following the story is a brief director commentary which we encourage a hurried viewer to skip.

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #4: "Let's Talk About What I Didn't Like."

    • October 26, 2021

    This story contains a "negative review" of Cyberpunk 2077. Following the story is a brief director commentary which we encourage a hurried viewer to skip.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #5: "The Honeytunnel-Blastwaste Equation."

    • October 26, 2021

    This story concerns the mechanics of open-world video games as they apply to Cyberpunk 2077. Following the story is a brief director commentary which we encourage a hurried viewer to skip.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #6: Season of Trash."

    • October 26, 2021

    This story concerns the aesthetic of Cyberpunk 2077--and much else. At the conclusion of this video you will see a link to a playlist containing the rest of the stories.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Cyberpunk 2077 - Story #7: "The Bottom Line"

    • October 26, 2021

    This story concludes our review of Cyberpunk 2077--and our reviews of The Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us, DOOM, Pac-Man, and Tokimeki Memorial. Preceding the story is a Commercial Break which we encourage the hurried viewer to not skip, because seriously, it owns.

Season 2

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Dragon Quest XI: The Kotaku Review

    • August 29, 2018

    Dragon Quest XI is the best game in the 32-year-old series. I don't say that lightly. I've obsessed over Dragon Quest for the last thirty years. I've played every inch of every one of the games in the series. I played Dragon Quest XI in Japanese when it was released in 2017. Then I played it again. Now I've played it a third time, in English. Only when watching my own review did I decide to go ahead and declare this game the best in the series. Because it is. This review contains snippets of cutscenes from the first 20 hours of the game, which some players may consider spoilers. I've taken care to exclude all dialogue and subtitles from the screen, however, and to present these cutscenes in something of an inscrutable order.