Archive for the ‘Gaming History 101’ Category
Podcast: Reflecting on the Switch’s First Year
Fred is joined by Learned From Gaming‘s Chase to discuss Nintendo’s Switch on its one year anniversary. For the second time in history, Nintendo managed to highly innovate and turn the company’s success around in a very small period of time. The two discuss announcement, release, success, library, and various other notable topics.
Top Scores Xmas Special
Happy Holidays to all of you retro readers and listeners out there. Jam here, with a special Xmas Top Scores I cooked up while enjoying the holiday. We hope it enhances your enjoyment of the festivities. Heck, play it at your holiday parties!
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Podcast: The End Is The Beginning
Here it is, the big one, the final podcast that Fred and Jam are doing on the regular. It by no means signifies an end to this show, these hosts, and especially the content. Instead it’s GH101 taking a stance that properly covering games requires time and consideration, especially when it comes to picking the best medium (audio, video, article) to cover a game or topic. The rest is in the hefty 3+ hour show, so we’ll just let the hosts explain it.
Podcast: How Rude
This week Fred and Jam talk about toilet humor in video games and eventually overall comedy in games. There is an announcement at the end, so be sure to stay tuned all the way up to the conclusion.
Podcast: The History of Visceral Games (aka EA Redwood)
This week Fred and Jam discuss the surprisingly large library of games developed by Visceral Games, formerly EA Redwood. Recently closed in the production of an unnamed Star Wars title, the studio was responsible for far more than the handful of titles everyone knows.
Podcast: Wolfenstein
This week features a massive three hours dedicated largely to the Wolfenstein franchise. Most are probably aware of the more recent shooters and the 90s game from id, but there’s a lot more to tell about this somewhat underappreciated series. Fred and Jam start with the original title on the Apple II and move all the way to the upcoming sequel this Friday. Segment 2 is all about community questions and segment 3 wraps things up with some neo-retro gaming from both hosts.
Podcast: Psycho Break
This week Fred and Jam finally reunite to get back to what they do best: talk old games. There’s a brief intro, a new schedule for podcasts, and a slightly new format (don’t worry, topics are still the first section), but otherwise it’s back to basics. In preparation for this week’s sequel, they are discussing The Evil Within, or Psycho Break as it’s known in Japan. The incredible art design, sordid plot, and hodgepodge gameplay are all put under a microscope, as is the game’s origins. After that it’s some discussions on community feedback and what the boys have been up to over the last month.
Podcast: Top Scores, Volume 5
Another year come and gone, a hiatus on the outs, and a co-host is now a husband. Man, a lot has happened this year. Oh, and we got a whole bunch of great video game tunes to share with you. Come, relax, and enjoy over 2 and a half hours of our community’s favorite cuts.
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Podcast: It’s Always Better With A Partner
This week Fred and Jam bid the show a brief goodbye with the beginning of their hiatus. Discussions are a-plenty with talks on what they’ve been playing, the SNES Classic Edition, Raspberry Pi, and many more before eventually delving into the topic of Co-Operative (Co-Op) gaming.
Songs (in order of appearence):
- Main Theme – Twisted Metal (PS1)
- Funkotronic Beat – Toe Jam & Earl (Genesis/Mega Drive)
- Rock On It – Jet Grind Radio/Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast)
- Gourmet Race – Kirby Super Star (Super NES/Super Famicom)
- Level 1 – Silver Surfer (NES)
- Mountain Area – Project Justice/Rival Schools 2 (Dreamcast)
- BCP HQ – Policenauts (PS1)
