Episodes

  • Battletoads – Episode 155

    It’s the start of the Three’s Company series but instead of Jack, Janet, and Chrissy (it’s an old joke, look it up) we’re talking about Pimple, Rash, and Zitz who […]

  • Half-Life 2: Survivor – Episode 154

    This episode is about a game you’ve definitely heard of but likely never knew was an arcade game. Lemony Vengeance joins the show to talk about his efforts to keep […]

  • Lucky & Wild – Episode 153

    Let’s go! Ah, the early 90s when the perfect date night meant hopping into a sit-down arcade game based on buddy cop movies, grabbing the steering wheel with one hand, […]

  • Shinobi – Episode 152

    The late ’80s were packed with pop-culture obsessions: arcades, action movies, neon aesthetics, and of course, a nationwide fascination with ninjas. Sleek, masked warriors showed up everywhere from toys to […]

  • Arcade Obscura (Rhythm) – Episode 151

    The music is fading and the lights are coming up on our Rhythm miniseries. Time for the final encore as each host picks one more game for this rhythm Arcade […]

  • Sound Voltex – Episode 150

    It’s our penultimate episode of the Rhythm miniseries (and hey, we also hit episode 150)! We return to BEMANI to explore their sub-sub-culture game that allows you to ruin good […]

  • Chunithm – Episode 149

    Sega is no stranger to the arcade rhythm games but they really hit their stride with their Performai series of games. So scan your Aime card, select your song, and […]

  • Guitar Hero Arcade – Episode 148

    This “Behind the Music” is an 8-part retrospective of the biggest rhythm game franchise to ever hit the States (and the reason so many of us still have plastic guitars […]

  • Taiko No Tatsujin – Episode 147

    Namco set out to create a super popular rhythm game and accidentally created the most popular mascots since Pac-Man. Don-chan and Katsu-chan are unavoidable as we talk about the extremely […]

  • jubeat – Episode 146

    Finally a rhythm game that is unlikely to give you a cardiac arrest. We explore the often mispronounced (hint: the “j” is silent) BEMANI hit that is DDR for your […]

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