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Is $70 for new games reasonable inflation, or still overpriced when most games go to deep discounts after a few weeks?
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What the ESRB couldn't kill it only made stronger.
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Will the quarantine hasten the end or just highlight the plight of video game retail?
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What we've been playing while Safer at Home, and our favorite announcements from the Nintendo Mini Direct
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Stories about retro games recently localized for the first time, or classic games with new localizations
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Is the Switch Pro coming soon... or not at all?
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The Sega Dreamcast turned 20 years old in September... but did anyone notice?
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What is your favorite video game genre that has died? Which ones do you never want to see resurrected?
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Games that are never complete, and over time see big updates that change everything... for better or worse.
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It took two generations, but Sony and Microsoft finally swapped colors, too.
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News from the latest Nintendo Direct!
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This episode goes out to our Patreon supporters; thanks for helping us to meet our goal!
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Bowser has taken control of Nintendo of America. Er, Doug Bowser, that is. No relation.
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Hey, it's a lost episode that's still pretty great!
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If Nintendo is going to release not one, but two Classic Edition emulation systems, then by gum Sega will too! Again...
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Sean and Vinnk talk about their favorite games from February's Nintendo Direct.
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For most users it's only pennies per day, but for gamers with kids it's going to cost a little bit more...
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When a game looks good, but is either unfinished, or isn't even on disc or cartridge on display.
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The Nintendo Switch is a year old, and doing better than everyone anticipated -- including Nintendo
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We discuss two incredible new games in this over-sized Future Retro edition.
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What happens when your console expires before your games do?
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Sean and Vinnk lay out their predictions for the gaming world for the coming year.
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Sean and Vinnk host this April Fools Day episode about pop culture and geek news that affects you!
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The Nerd and Tie crew share their Nintendo Switch thoughts post-launch, and a very shameful pile indeed.
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When does an innovation last, and when is it just a bust?
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Nintendo reveals all (well, most) about the Nintendo Switch.
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What is the value of any particular game, or gaming in general?
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Our predictions for gaming in 2017, and Super Mario Run in Future Retro
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We reach back before the Famicom to Atari's first console
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Nintendo has finally (mostly) unveiled the successor to the Wii U.
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Live at Nerd & Tie Expo 2016!
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No, the other one.
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It's gonna be a long wait until next spring. What does Nintendo have in store for us until then?
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Is the iterative video game console about to become a reality?
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No! It's not what you think! Mostly...
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For April Fools' Day we reminisce about the tricks played on gamers over the years
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Never Complete
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If you can use plastic to control it, we talk abou it! Just about.
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It's all fun and games until episode 3 doesn't come out. Ever.
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Vinnk begins his reintroduction to Western-style RPGs with Mass Effect.
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Our video game predictions for 2016!
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How we got from physical games to DLC, to physical game addons that need their own shelves.
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Game Dave joins us to journey through the console ages, as we name our favorites
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What do LEGOs and ROB the Robitic Operating Buddy have in common?
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Don't let publishers fool you with marketing; old games are great!
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Mike Kennedy talks about the ambitious home video game console he is developing.
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What if a single game could make you rethink an entire genre?
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Satoru Iwata, 1959 - 2015
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We weren't right about anything announced at E3, and we couldn't be happier.
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We're enjoying the Wii U so much, we don't want it to end. But is it already over?
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Everyone figures out what Konami is doing before they admit it. And we figure they are getting out of gaming.
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Vinnk tells his wife all about retro gaming in the US.
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The Game Boy was just the best, wasn't it?
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A game-saving throw, or the death throes of a once-great publisher?
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A game-saving throw, or the death throes of a once-great publisher?
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Here's to the scrappiest console of the 16-bit era.
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Iwata's money allergy, New 3DS XL, goodbye Club Nintendo, and herb gathering.
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We take the podcast live to DaishoCon 2014 in Wisconsin Dells! And we have a bone to pick with Nintendo.
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Got 99 problems, but privilege is the only one.
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We interview the co-founders of Retro Magazine, who are rad enough to stick around for our regular segments.
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This Halloween we wise from our gwabe to fill our podcast with horror games and jump scares.
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We steal the format of Rob Matsushita's podcast and make it about video games -- times three!
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After time, even physical media degrades. What is the best way to maintain your games for the future?
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We answer your emails and voicemails that have been burning a hole in our inbox.
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We return to Tokyo Game Show. Sort of. Well, David does, and he tells us all about it!
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Are retro game collectors becoming the crazy cat ladies of our generation?
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Is the New 3DS an evolution, or a revolution for Nintendo handhelds?
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Super Metroid might not be the greatest Metroid game of all time.
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How Shovel Knight fit so much game (mostly!) into an NES, plus lots of Metroid love.
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We play your submissions, and share our stories of Growing Up Gamer.
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Our second PapaCast deals with balancing family responsibility with quality time in the Man Cave.
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We don't have any women on the show this week because they were too hard to render.
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The Wii U looks like it's in position to rule E3.
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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection shuts down for Wii and DS, and Xbox One drops the Kinect.
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Should prices for downloadable content go down as a game ages?
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Sometimes a sequel can perfect the original in surprising ways.
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It's a special kind of glee seeing a character in a game where it doesn't belong.
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If console gaming is dying in Japan, what will take its place?
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Come back with us to the 8-bit era of 3D gaming. So to speak.
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We take a trip over to our friend’s house where everything sounds different.
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Parts of the Famicom Dojo podcast we recorded, but you've never heard before!
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Who the heck are they trying to warn at this point?
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We autopsy our favorite developers of the past, and lament the future.
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Before annual installments of Year of the Same Game, you had crazy sports game ideas that were one and done.
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Old games with a facelift, or floundering franchises re-imagined from the ground up. Yet the kids only want to play Flappy Bird.
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Is subsidized gaming the way of the future, or is it on its way out?
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Adventure games are back in a big way. But just what is an adventure game, exactly?
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We discuss our favorite games of 2013, and the ones we wish we'd played.
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NES Remix impressions, plus two new segments: Future Retro and Pile of Shame
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We talk video games on Kickstarter, Madison Underground, and Pepsi-flavored Cheetos!
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Vinnk is back from vacation with a new Wii U! And Sean got a 3DS. Gaming ensues.
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The first episode may have been uploaded six years ago, but Famicom Dojo started before that...
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Seriously, how perfect is the new Xbox 180 moniker?
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The end of retro gaming may be here sooner than we feared.
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Microsoft is taking a lot of heat for all the right reasons. Or are they?
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EA snubs Nintendo in the most public way possible.
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Is an Always On Xbox doomed to failure, or is this our new reality?
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Lots of games involve time travel as a plot or device, but how many do it well?
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The PS4 is real, and that's its official name. But is it a terrible mistake?
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Wii U is dragging in its third month of sales. Who's to blame: Nintendo or game publishers?
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Is it possible for the US to become region free? And would we even want that?
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It's all part of a fun-filled MAGFest XI in 2013!
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Games where you play as the villain, and like it!
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A podcast released the day the world ends! How's that for timing?
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How has the Wii U been in the few weeks since it launched?
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What will the fate of LucasArts be in the hands of Disney?
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All our favorite consoles... after they failed on the market.
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The iPhone 5, Wii U, and new Vinnk baby were all revealed last week!
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Nintendo Power is going away, but it lives on in the kid in all of us.
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Stories about games: pachinko, the GameCube, Rocking RPG, and vending machines.
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Is the Neo Geo X worth $200? Does it matter? LOOK AT IT!!
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Why play new games when there are so many great old ones?
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Will the Ouya fulfill its promise? Will it make any money?
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Do video game videos make you excited to play, or just not want to bother?
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Does the ability to rent separate computers from game consoles?
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Do Achievements enhance the gaming experience, or take all the fun out of it?
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What games do you go back to again and again, even at the expense of new games?
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Did Nintendo whiff it with the 3DS? Is E3 still relevant? What DOES LL mean anyway?
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Scratch-n-sniff games, Feelies, and Silent Hill Moview Review in this listener appreciation episode.
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GamePads, projects, Ubisoft, and Raymen. We give the E3 rundown!
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Is the Wii U Pro Controller the next 32x?
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Are the days of secret codes behind us? Find out for just $0.99!
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What companies or individuals make games that you will buy just because their name is on it?
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When is Mario just going to marry Princess Peach already?!
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Did you hurt yourself falling/fighting/getting shot? Here's a health potion!
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Hype is great... until your game comes out.
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Did Nintendo really only rescue the console market? Was it better off dead?
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The fine line between making your game better and ensuring it will never see the light of day.
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Kids get a bad rap in video games. Sometimes they're beat up to pull emotional heartstrings, but mostly they're just annoying.
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Is there a true romantic couple in video games? Can games do romance without hot coffee?
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All kids want to grow up to be lawyers, wall street brokers, and waitresses, right?
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The Wii U is set to launch by the end of 2012... but is it really?
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What connects the Bungeling Empire, Sim City, Bomberman, and Choplifter?
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Gaming can be deadly.
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Does user-generated content make games better, or make developers lazy?
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Sean is joined by three guest panelists to talk about MAGFest X.
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Games we're looking forward to in 2012, plus the fate of the PS Vita and Wii U.
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When has a Christmas-themed game actually been any good?
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Even when they're from GameStop!
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Great news! Xenoblade Chronicles is coming to North America! Not-as-good news! It's a GameStop exclusive.
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Apple iOS and Google Android are poised to take over the handheld gaming market in 2011.
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Is the Wii U trying (in vain) to compete with the iPad?
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When and how should kids be introduced to video games?
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Really, it's about all kinds of video game music, but those two are the most interesting.
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We answer viewer mail, and review updates from our 25 previous episodes
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Is the role of women still overlooked in gaming?
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We look back to a time before the iPhone, Macintosh, and even Nintendo.
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Are there games that are immune to the march of time?
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Sean and Vinnk look back on 15 years of Nintendo 64
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Sean and Vinnk discuss the ways that gaming can help keep your Japanese language skills sharp.
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Sean and Vinnk reflect on the final two public days of Tokyo Game Show.
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We will talk about games we played, people me met, sights we saw, and a new life philosophy that will make you a better person.
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A preview of our trip to the Tokyo Game Show, and a rocking new theme song!
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Phil Bond joins us to discuss the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3
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In a word, no, but don't worry: we'll totally qualify that position.
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We dish about Chicago Comic Con, meeting Felicia Day, and when too much of a good thing is... not so good.
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When did video games start using "lives"? More importantly, when and why did they stop?
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Nintendo's steep price cut of the 3DS may have taken some by surprise last week, but we called it back during E3.
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We take a look at movies about video games released around the same time as the infamous crash in the '80s.
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Vinnk and SeanOrange talk about the game franchises they should have played, but didn't.
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Region locking is nothing new. It hasn't taken many different forms, but wasn't always deliberate either.
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At a time when the Wii is suffering a drought of games, don't we deserve better?
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Can a movie based on a video game ever be any good?
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Did the Cold War make early video games unintentionally bleak?
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If Sega were still making consoles today, what would they have brought to E3?
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Nintendo announced the Wii U at E3 this week, but will it be enough to keep the #1 spot?
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How good do retro games look on your HDTV set?
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TellTale Games has pulled Back to the Future out of the movie tie-in gaming doldrums to create a worthy addition to the mythos.
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Where Vinnk and Sean realize that digital-only DLC will mean the death of retro gaming as we know it.
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