6 amazing authors from the Afrocentric anthology "SLAY" read excerpts from their stories of the Vampire Noire!
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Learn more about the incredible authors who appeared on this episode! Nicole Givens Kurtz Jessica Cage Kai Leakes Valjeanne Jeffers Samantha Dunaway Bryant Penelope Flynn
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Shining the spotlight on some great and underappreciated licensed video games for the original Nintendo and beyond!
Thaink every game based on a movie is a hot piece of trash? Well THINK AGAIN! We welcome our pal 8BitGlitch79 for a discussion of some of the movie games we loved growing up. Were these colored by the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia, or do they actually hold up today? Listen to find out!
It's the 20th anniversary of the most successful videogame system of all time, the Playstation 2!
In honor of the PS2's 20th anniversary and for your "edutainment", the Octo-hosts dust off 8 of our favorite Playstation 2 games! Some of these sweet babies are unabashed classics, though others are a bit more obscure. If you were/are a fan of the PS2, listen up and hopefully you'll discover a hidden gem or two!
They seem hokey now, but Public Service Announcements taught kids about being safe and healthy for decades!
Buckle up for some helpful and hilarious Public Service Announcements that helped kids with a variety of things their parents probably should have been teaching them. If you remember Time for Timer, Woodsy the Owl or taking a fire safety quiz with Daffy Duck, you won't want to miss this episode because your 4 Octo-hosts are playing blocks of the good stuff!
In a return to the show's roots, we compare the regional artwork of various horror themed video games!
This episode is part of the Epic Airways Podcast Network First Annual Scare-A-Thon! Be sure to listen for the secret word!
Don't miss the awesome full video version of this episode on Nintenjoe's channel!
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We chat with the developers of Cereal Killaz! A classic 2D fighting game featuring thinly-veiled characters from all your favourite breakfast cereals!
Don't miss the Cereal Killaz Indiegogo campaign!
And behold the glorious works of our fine guests! Mikhail "Mythallica" Sebastian Andrew "Hien" Rattanakongkham
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We forced ourselves to sit through the black sheep of all Star Wars! Worse than a thousand Jar Jars, it's the Holiday Special!
Star Wars fans are a divided bunch but there are a few things we can all agree on. Empire is better than Clones, whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword never wielded a lightsaber and however you feel about the prequels, the Star Wars Holiday Special is undeniably the worst Star Wars thing EVER.
Shigeru Miyamoto is the father of Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda and so many other beloved Nintendo characters!
Shigeru Miyamoto has created some of the most beloved video game characters of all time. We talk about his early work with Donkey Kong and a certain plumber called Jumpman, all the way past The Legend of Zelda and into the future with Star Fox! Happy birthday, Mr. Miyamoto and thanks for all the mushrooms!
We get the LED out, as well as the LCD, VFD and more, spotlighting some killer handheld games and toys!
It's time to break out the double A's because this week, we are powering up some classic handheld video games and toys. They may not be sophisticated, but you could pick most up for short dough back in the day and all were 100% guaranteed to improve long car rides.
At least that was the theory.
Hear unfiltered opinions on classic films that we (and our many special guests) watched for the very first time!
Our big, season 2 finale is one for and by the Retroids, as we share our memories and play voice mails sent to us by our amazing listeners and #podcastingfam! What's more, we got Andy Doyle and Ian Wallace from Epic Airways and Amalga-Mania joining us live--all to spotlight some classic films we've just seen for the first time!