In our latest Fantasy Friday, we recap the latest league developments, including our first waiver wire draft of the season!
Zack Gulinello
Zack Gulinello
Zack has been hooked on games ever since his older brother taught him where to find the secret warp whistles in Mario Bros. 3. He has never felt more joy than when Yoshi congratulated him on getting 120 stars in Mario 64 or more sadness than when he played Kingdom Hearts 3 after waiting 14 years for it. Zack mails a letter to Nintendo every day asking them to bring back Chibi Robo and will gladly tell you all about why it’s one of the greatest games of all time. He was hoping that writing for the site would help him get through his backlog, but it actually just made it worse now that he’s hearing about so many more great hidden gems. Oops…
Zack played a bunch of great video game demos at PAX East 2025 in Boston, but these were his five absolute favorites.
Everyone likes making lists of their favorite games, so we at The Punished Backlog figured we’d do the same! Here are our top 50 video games of all time.
In the latest episode, we go through the best (and worst) video games of 2025 so far, and provide a Fantasy Gaming league update!
Want to know more about this year’s Best Picture nominees? Check out what Zack Gulinello has to say about them (and how he ranks them)!
In The Punished Podcast Episode 14, we crown our Fantasy Gaming 2024 winner and host our 2025 draft—with a new dynasty format!
Shall we take a look at how I fared against last year’s resolutions? I’m genuinely asking… should we? I’m not so sure it went well.
In this episode of our video game podcast, Amanda asks the writers to pitch her on one of their favorite games of 2024.
From delightful poker-based roguelites to dazzling point-and-click adventure games, here’s Zack’s most fun games of 2024!
In The Punished Podcast episode 11, we talk visual art style in games. Learn how art impacts the way we play, and if visuals are plateauing.