The Archive
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781: Astérix, Pt. 3
Quaff from Getafix's cauldron of magic potion one final time with Stuart Gipp, Audi Sorlie, John Linneman and Thomas Nickel. Unless you're Obelix.
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770: Touhou Project
Get your spell cards ready, as Kevin Bunch, Will Cuevas, and Lindsey Kurano discuss the vast world of the Touhou Project.
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768: Mother 3
For over a decade, its release seemed like an impossibility, but 20 years ago, Mother 3 entered our world—and then proceeded to never leave Japan. Join Bob Mackey, Reid Young, Charlie Verdin, and Everdraed as the crew sits down to discuss the Game Boy Advance game that gives new meaning to "tonda gossa."
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767: The Wind Waker Out of Context
With Ocarina of Time in the bag, it's time for a belated British look at a toon-shaded titan. Stuart Gipp, Dave Bulmer and Seumidh MacDonald preside.
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765: Retrogaming in Print
Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, Pat Contri, and Ryan Burger discuss their respective print projects about chronicling video game history—the good, the challenging, and the weird.
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764: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The rumors are true: they made another Super Mario movie. As licensed podcasters, we're legally obligated to see it and report back. Join Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, Stuart Gipp, Drew Mackie, and Jess O'Brien.
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762: Silent Hill Cinematic Universe
Lights, camera, Pyramid Head! Diamond Feit, Jess O'Brien, and KC Green analyze Silent Hill's cinematic roots and break down all three Silent Hill movies—including the recent Return to Silent Hill.
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761: Shiny Entertainment
After making their mark on the world with Earthworm Jim, Shiny Entertainment set out to create bold, weird video games. Bob Mackey, Stuart Gipp, and John Linneman dig into Shiny's eclectic catalog.
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759: Love and Fandom in the Time of Dial-Up
Nadia Oxford and David Oxford talk about how early '90s online game fandom brought them together 25 years ago.
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758: Dark Castle & Hamumu Games
Is the castle Dark, or Spooky? Featuring Dark Castle creator Mark Pierce and Hamumu Games owner Mike Hommel—it's both!
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757: Preview: Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!
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756: Sonic Fangames Pt. II
This time delving into the Sonic fangame > official game pipeline, Ryan Langley (Rlan) and Lewis Clark (SonicYoda) return to educate host Stuart Gipp!
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755: The Magic of GBA Soundtracks
Nadia Oxford, Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Victor Hunter talk up the Game Boy Advance's under-sung music hardware.
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753: Street Fighter V
Diamond Feit, Kevin Bunch, John Learned, and Brian Clark venture back 10 years to assess the value of Capcom's Street Fighter V.
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752: MAGfest: Star Trek & Sega R360
Spin you right round! Kevin Bunch and Brian Clark talk about Sega's gravity-defying R360 arcade hardware, followed by Kevin's MAGfest panel about Star Trek fan games.
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751: Preview: SimCity Spinoffs
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750: The Legacy of Zelda
To celebrate The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary AND our 750th episode, we assemble the Triforce of Cool People Who Like Zelda Games (Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, John Ricciardi).
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749: Duke Nukem 3D
As the sun was setting on the 2.5D FPS, one game emerged to pull out all the stops: Duke Nukem 3D. Bob Mackey, Stuart Gipp, Dominic Tarason, and John Linneman hail to the king.
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748: Preview: Final Fantasy Tactics Revisited Pt. II
Jeremy Parish, Kaye Ross, John Learned, and Greg Melo take to the battlefield again. Become a member for the full nearly-3-hour episode.
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747: Asterix, Pt. 2
A belated return to a certain pair of violent Gauls, courtesy of Thomas Nickel, Audi Sorlie, John Linneman, and Stuart Gipp. Paf! By Toutatis!!
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746: Resident Evil 2 vs. REsident Evil 2
Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and Brian Clark look back at the game that transformed Capcom's survival horror series twice over: Resident Evil 2 (1998 and 2019).
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745: Preview: Earthworm Jim
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742: Dartmouth TSS and the Birth of BASIC
This computer network speaks BASIC! Kevin Bunch, Dr. Joy Lisi Rankin, and Annette Vee talk about the Dartmouth Time Sharing System and how it brought computer games to the public.
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743: Mega Man Zero 4
Nadia Oxford, Victor Hunter, Stuart Gipp, and David Oxford talk about a rare definitive ending for a video game saga with Mega Man Zero 4 for the Game Boy Advance.
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741: Sonic CD
Tele-pod-tation, yeah! Stuart Gipp, Seumidh MacDonald, and Dave Bulmer get the Sonic team back together to investigate Big S' optimal, optical option.
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740: The Years-in-Review Revue: 1976 & '86
The end is nigh! Our annual look back through the decades at the biggest gaming events of 40 and 50 years ago. Jeremy Parish, Kevin Bunch, Benj Edwards, & Jared Petty wrestle Father Time.
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739: Preview: Gaming in the Year 2006
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738: 2025: In Memoriam
Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Kevin Bunch take a moment to reflect on some of the most influential figures in video games who passed in 2025.
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737: Holiday Special 2025 - Video Power
It's that time of the year again! For this 15th outing, we'll be taking a long, mostly confused look at Video Power: the Captain N also-ran. Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Drew Mackie assemble.
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735: Intellivision
It's the closest thing to the real thing! Kevin Bunch and expert guests Tom Boellstorff and Braxston Soderman talk about the Atari 2600's chief rival, the Mattel Intellivision.
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734: Shadow Labyrinth
Diamond Feit and Christa Lee chow down on the recent Bandai Namco star-studded lore-laden Metroidvania Shadow Labyrinth (featuring Pac-Man).
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733: Preview: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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732: Meet the Flintstones
WIIIILMAAAA! Don't take Flintstones games for granite. Stuart Gipp, John Linneman, and Thomas Nickel talk the old-school Stone Age family.
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731: The Protomen Acts I & II
Nadia Oxford, Kevin Bunch, and Lucas White talk about the Mega Man-inspired rock band, The Protomen.
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729: Digging in Video Games
Video games: can you dig it? Yes, and you can also dig IN them. Bob Mackey, Diamond Feit, and Jeremy Parish assemble in a Portland hotel room.
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728: Video Game Lawsuits — Cloned Games
The clones attack, as Kevin Bunch, Diamond Feit, Meredith Rose, and Mollie Patterson discuss the history of court cases around cloning video games like Pac-Man and Street Fighter II.