Second Wind
@secondwindgroup.com
Worker-owned media. We make lots of video essays, podcasts and livestreams about video games, movies and TV shows. https://youtube.com/@secondwindgroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
From the former team of The Escapist.
Support us on Patreon. https://patreon.com/SecondWindGroup
We'll be back to our normal schedule next week, but in the meantime, you've got plenty of great videos to watch from this week!
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We'll be back to our normal schedule next week, but in the meantime, you've got plenty of great videos to watch from this week!
Our 2nd anniversary is on November 15th!
To celebrate that, we're doing a 20% discount off our monthly and annual memberships on Patreon for the month of November.
Use code SWYEAR2 if you're a new member looking to sign-up!
Join: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
To celebrate that, we're doing a 20% discount off our monthly and annual memberships on Patreon for the month of November.
Use code SWYEAR2 if you're a new member looking to sign-up!
Join: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our 2nd anniversary is on November 15th!
To celebrate that, we're doing a 20% discount off our monthly and annual memberships on Patreon for the month of November.
Use code SWYEAR2 if you're a new member looking to sign-up!
Join: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
To celebrate that, we're doing a 20% discount off our monthly and annual memberships on Patreon for the month of November.
Use code SWYEAR2 if you're a new member looking to sign-up!
Join: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
You like video essays about games and entertainment culture?
We got em!
Here's a selection of our most recent works for you to watch!
We got em!
Here's a selection of our most recent works for you to watch!
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
You like video essays about games and entertainment culture?
We got em!
Here's a selection of our most recent works for you to watch!
We got em!
Here's a selection of our most recent works for you to watch!
Celebrating two years of Second Wind (Nov 15) and 500,000 subs with the part of the team that’s out in Wisconsin!
Thanks to our amazing community for making this happen!
Thanks to our amazing community for making this happen!
October 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Celebrating two years of Second Wind (Nov 15) and 500,000 subs with the part of the team that’s out in Wisconsin!
Thanks to our amazing community for making this happen!
Thanks to our amazing community for making this happen!
Today’s a big day for Second Wind as we’ve surpassed 500,000 subscribers!
Thanks so much for all of your support for our team and our work!
Onto 1,000,000.
Thanks so much for all of your support for our team and our work!
Onto 1,000,000.
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today’s a big day for Second Wind as we’ve surpassed 500,000 subscribers!
Thanks so much for all of your support for our team and our work!
Onto 1,000,000.
Thanks so much for all of your support for our team and our work!
Onto 1,000,000.
Who knew that a horror movie from the perspective of a dog could be so compelling?
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column on Good Boy is live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column on Good Boy is live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Who knew that a horror movie from the perspective of a dog could be so compelling?
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column on Good Boy is live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column on Good Boy is live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
There's an eerie emptiness to TRON: Ares that can't be ignored.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes deep on why this weekend's blockbuster didn't work for him.
Read now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes deep on why this weekend's blockbuster didn't work for him.
Read now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There's an eerie emptiness to TRON: Ares that can't be ignored.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes deep on why this weekend's blockbuster didn't work for him.
Read now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes deep on why this weekend's blockbuster didn't work for him.
Read now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is one of the most creative 3D platformers ever made, and you shouldn't sleep on its Switch 2 remaster.
Marty's latest column is live to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Marty's latest column is live to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is one of the most creative 3D platformers ever made, and you shouldn't sleep on its Switch 2 remaster.
Marty's latest column is live to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Marty's latest column is live to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
We had a very busy week on Second Wind.
Catch up with all the video essays, streams and podcasts before you head out on this fine Saturday evening.
Catch up with all the video essays, streams and podcasts before you head out on this fine Saturday evening.
October 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We had a very busy week on Second Wind.
Catch up with all the video essays, streams and podcasts before you head out on this fine Saturday evening.
Catch up with all the video essays, streams and podcasts before you head out on this fine Saturday evening.
In his latest column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down Marvel Zombies, and why the series feels like it's haunted by the MCU's undead continuity.
Live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In his latest column, @darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down Marvel Zombies, and why the series feels like it's haunted by the MCU's undead continuity.
Live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Live now on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
This week Second Wind is brought to you by Once Upon a Galaxy, the collectible card battler of cosmic proportions, available now on Steam.
Check it out for free here: galaxy.fun/d/300
Check it out for free here: galaxy.fun/d/300
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This week Second Wind is brought to you by Once Upon a Galaxy, the collectible card battler of cosmic proportions, available now on Steam.
Check it out for free here: galaxy.fun/d/300
Check it out for free here: galaxy.fun/d/300
2025 year has been a particularly great year for games, which means one thing -- GOTY is going to be a bloodbath.
Marty's latest column is live now to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Marty's latest column is live now to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
2025 year has been a particularly great year for games, which means one thing -- GOTY is going to be a bloodbath.
Marty's latest column is live now to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Marty's latest column is live now to read on Patreon -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Another busy week for Second Wind!
Check out all these essays and more!
Check out all these essays and more!
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Another busy week for Second Wind!
Check out all these essays and more!
Check out all these essays and more!
The first season of Alien: Earth has wrapped, there's a lot to unpack.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest is on the reproductive horror of Alien: Earth -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest is on the reproductive horror of Alien: Earth -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The first season of Alien: Earth has wrapped, there's a lot to unpack.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest is on the reproductive horror of Alien: Earth -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest is on the reproductive horror of Alien: Earth -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
We were firing on all cylinders this week.
Catch up on all the videos you missed!
Subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC1w...
Catch up on all the videos you missed!
Subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC1w...
September 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We were firing on all cylinders this week.
Catch up on all the videos you missed!
Subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC1w...
Catch up on all the videos you missed!
Subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC1w...
The Pitt winning big at the Emmys proves that there is still life in old-fashioned television.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down the recent TV awards in his latest column over on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down the recent TV awards in his latest column over on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
September 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Pitt winning big at the Emmys proves that there is still life in old-fashioned television.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down the recent TV awards in his latest column over on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social breaks down the recent TV awards in his latest column over on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
This week Second Wind is brought to you by LAN Party Adventures, the new puzzle adventure game from @leapgamestudios.bsky.social!
Out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3566720/...
Out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3566720/...
September 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This week Second Wind is brought to you by LAN Party Adventures, the new puzzle adventure game from @leapgamestudios.bsky.social!
Out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3566720/...
Out now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3566720/...
Foundation is about the impotence of great men.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes long on the themes of Foundation's third season in his latest column on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/138755...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes long on the themes of Foundation's third season in his latest column on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/138755...
September 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Foundation is about the impotence of great men.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes long on the themes of Foundation's third season in his latest column on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/138755...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social goes long on the themes of Foundation's third season in his latest column on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/138755...
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In The Conjuring: Last Rites, the current political moment becomes a ghost story.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column is live on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column is live on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In The Conjuring: Last Rites, the current political moment becomes a ghost story.
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column is live on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
@darrenmooney.bsky.social's latest column is live on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
We had a great week of videos last week.
Catch up on everything you missed!
Catch up on everything you missed!
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We had a great week of videos last week.
Catch up on everything you missed!
Catch up on everything you missed!
Pedro Pascal isn't over-exposed, he's just seizing the moment.
The latest column from @darrenmooney.bsky.social on how the star is putting his newfound fame to good use.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
The latest column from @darrenmooney.bsky.social on how the star is putting his newfound fame to good use.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
September 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pedro Pascal isn't over-exposed, he's just seizing the moment.
The latest column from @darrenmooney.bsky.social on how the star is putting his newfound fame to good use.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
The latest column from @darrenmooney.bsky.social on how the star is putting his newfound fame to good use.
www.patreon.com/posts/column...
Yet another Fully Ramblomatic episode being stomped on by YouTube.
Completely abnormal viewership for us, and with zero explanation by YouTube.
This is why you support us on Patreon, so we're not beholden to this nonsense.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
Completely abnormal viewership for us, and with zero explanation by YouTube.
This is why you support us on Patreon, so we're not beholden to this nonsense.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yet another Fully Ramblomatic episode being stomped on by YouTube.
Completely abnormal viewership for us, and with zero explanation by YouTube.
This is why you support us on Patreon, so we're not beholden to this nonsense.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
Completely abnormal viewership for us, and with zero explanation by YouTube.
This is why you support us on Patreon, so we're not beholden to this nonsense.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/SecondWind...
YouTube algorithm is not playing nice with us recently.
Here's a few of our recent videos you should definitely give some attention to!
Here's a few of our recent videos you should definitely give some attention to!
September 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
YouTube algorithm is not playing nice with us recently.
Here's a few of our recent videos you should definitely give some attention to!
Here's a few of our recent videos you should definitely give some attention to!
Now that Twisted Metal's second season has wrapped, @darrenmooney.bsky.social had some thoughts on how the series isn't just nostalgic, but very much about nostalgia itself.
His latest is on Patreon now -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
His latest is on Patreon now -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
September 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Now that Twisted Metal's second season has wrapped, @darrenmooney.bsky.social had some thoughts on how the series isn't just nostalgic, but very much about nostalgia itself.
His latest is on Patreon now -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...
His latest is on Patreon now -- www.patreon.com/posts/column...