
← This Week in Video Game History2 Aug · 19 min
Metroid, No Man's Sky & the War Game That 9/11 Delayed | TWIVGH Ep. 29
<p>The week of August 3rd–9th across gaming history. Metroid hides a secret on the Famicom Disk System (1986), Guardian Force stays trapped in Japan on the dying Saturn (1998), Nintendogs and Advance Wars: Dual Strike share a single Nintendo DS day (2005), Braid helps light the fuse on the indie revolution (2008), No Man's Sky launches a universe and watches it fall to earth (2016), and Fall Guys becomes the world's lockdown escape hatch (2020).</p><p><br /></p><p>Three deep dives this week: the Indie Explosion, the broken-launch redemption of No Man's Sky, and the strange, sad story of the Advance Wars game that September 11th delayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Artwork: MizTink • Music: Shane Mandani • Written, produced & hosted by Doug Coleman</p><p><br /></p><p>Be sure to save your game, nerds.</p>