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Podcast: Reflecting on the Switch’s First Year

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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.


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Written by Fred Rojas

March 3, 2018 at 2:00 pm

Podcast: Jam’s 2017 in Review

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January 9, 2018 at 11:00 am

Podcast: Fred’s 2017 in Review

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Fred reflects on the past year’s releases, trends, and hot gaming topics.


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Written by Fred Rojas

December 31, 2017 at 11:00 am

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Top Scores Xmas Special

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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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December 24, 2017 at 10:00 am

Podcast: The End Is The Beginning

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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.


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Written by Fred Rojas

December 20, 2017 at 11:00 am

GHX Episode 21: Trial Separation

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On the final week of regular GHX episodes Trees and Fred get together to talk about the big issues.  Topics include Street Fighter’s 30th Anniversary (and Capcom’s as well) in addition to the way video games look to the mainstream.  Your big questions regarding future episodes are answered and the final GH101 livestream is also given a date.  A prize awaits after the ending music.


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Written by Fred Rojas

December 13, 2017 at 11:00 am

Podcast: How Rude

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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.


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Written by Fred Rojas

December 6, 2017 at 11:00 am

GHX Ep 20: Bunny Trail Chase

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This week Fred and Trees are joined by Chase from Learned from Gaming to talk about video game parenting, gaming traditions, and making old games look their best.  There are some technical issues and the group go off on many random tangents, but the conversation flows like wine.


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Written by Fred Rojas

December 1, 2017 at 11:00 am

Podcast: The History of Visceral Games (aka EA Redwood)

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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.


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Written by Fred Rojas

November 13, 2017 at 11:00 am

GHX Ep 19: A Wild Strip Mahjong Appears

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This week we are hurting as technical issues continue to plague our show (mostly edited out), Trees gets injured and can’t make the show, Jam needs sleep at some point, and our guest has to cancel.  Fortunately Strip Mahjong joins at the last minute and what results is an amusing and thought-provoking discussion.  Topics include whether or not gaming is for kids anymore and a love letter to Microsoft’s recent efforts followed by lightning round, Splatoon 2, Mutant Football League, and of course “Just Stop!”


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Written by Fred Rojas

November 2, 2017 at 11:00 am