In season 5 of Breaking Bad, TV history was made when Walter White uttered the phrase "Say my name". I had to look all that up btw because I've never seen the show. But I like the idea of having a new name and being way cooler than I am now. But what if I were cooler and had the same name? Or had the same name and was the biggest f*cking loser on the planet? Well, there's no better way to find out than by using video games! On today's bonus episode, we find similarly named characters to us in gaming and see if their lives are better or worse to live as them. Heisenberg might have had people fearing his name, but he never had the advantage of attempting a new name plus!
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Episode #75 - 2D or not 2D
William Shakespeare's resume is unparalleled. The famous playwright wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear just to name a few. Unfortunately, his genius only went so far. Did he write any plays about Mario, Sonic, or Earthworm Jim? Did he take two-dimensional sprites and turn them into polygons with mixed results? Looks like all Shakespeare knew was ado about nothing. Fortunately for you, we know how to wax poetic about this topic. On today's episode, we look at video game characters and franchises that jumped from 2D to 3D. Shakespeare might have written Macbeth but his head would have exploded if he knew what Mega Man's first foray into 3D was!
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OMGame Boy #62 "Twitch or Treat"
It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare. Unless that scare is coming from a horror game that people like to stream on Twitch. WE AIN'T SCARED, THOUGH. To prove it, we decided to finally learn about the most recent terrifying video games the kids are playing now. Jump scares? Check. Us screaming like little girls? Double check. On today's bonus episode, we venture into uncharted territory of horror with The Backrooms, Mannequin, and more! Turn out all the lights and look up your favorite streamers because it's time to go Twitch or treating!
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OMGame Boy #61 "Click or Treat"
What's scarier than being attacked by rabid zombies and humanoid nurses? The only thing that even comes close is getting caught watching adult videos when you were a kid on your parent's computer. Those monsters got nothing on getting yelled at by your mom. But we're adults now so that is about to change! And maybe we want our adult videos to include our favorite horror video game franchises that we played as a kid. Maybe we're into that or not, we don't know! On today's bonus episode, we take Halloween to a whole new level by searching for Resident Evil and Silent Hill adult content. We know the characters, now it's time to find out their favorite positions!
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Episode #74 - Mario Kartography
The year is 1997. Mother Teresa is still partying past midnight. "Titanic" became the first hit movie to have a guy fall on a boat propeller. And a new kart racing video game just broke our brains. MARIO KART 64 was truly groundbreaking in its gameplay and physics. Unfortunately, none of that matters because we only want to study the maps! Every gamer's favorite topic is cartography, right? Good, because we critiqued the layouts of all 16 courses. Which ones made us sick? Which ones do we think should be gay icons? Do we actually know what cartography is or did we use it because "cart" is in there? We'll never tell but we'll also use red shells on you if you don't listen!
The only gaming podcast for people who hate gaming podcasts. Join Dan and Nick as they talk about games they passionately love but vaguely remember. Franchise retrospectives, reviews, Let's Plays - you name it, we did an episode about it or atleast attempted to. Listen, playing poorly aged video games is hard work so get off our backs already!
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