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Jeff Spangenberg & The Guy Game from 2023-05-16T10:00:46
Dean and Meredith are once again joined by Friend of the Podcast, Chicago artist and candle daddy Joseph Ramski to discuss video game "visionary" Jeff Spangenberg and his slimy masterp...
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That Time Nintendo Bought the Seattle Mariners from 2023-04-04T10:00:04
Dean & Meredith are joined by host of the "Peace, Love and Baseball" podcast, Kelsey Burd, and head of indie pop-rock group "Validity," Wesley McKinney as they discuss th...
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Bonus Stage: P.T. from 2023-03-28T10:00:21
While setting up for the Color Dreams/Wisdom Tree episode, we had a candid and genuinely interesting discussion about horror video games and Konami's last avant garde project: Hideo Kojima&#...
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Color Dreams & Wisdom Tree from 2023-03-21T10:00:50
Dean & Meredith are once again joined by Josh Zagoran to discuss what might be the most prolific unlicensed video game developer for the NES, Color Dreams and Wisdom Tree. We go over Nintend...
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Hong Kong '97 from 2023-02-07T11:00:34
Dean and Meredith are joined by their friend Elyse Dawson to discuss Kowloon Kurosawa and what might be the most offensive Super Nintendo game ever created, Hong Kong '97. Just a heads-...
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Nuclear Gandhi from 2022-10-17T10:00:14
Dean and Meredith are joined by All-Around-Nice-Guy Alex Blanchette to discuss the lives of influential Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and video game designer Sid Meier, and how the two collided w...
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Fester's Quest from 2022-06-11T01:40:53
Dean and Meredith are joined by the Speak Beasty Podcast's own Ann Lysy to discuss the history of the Addams Family and its 1989 video game spin-ff, Fester's Quest. Meredith recounts th...
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Takeshi Kitano & Takeshi's Challenge from 2022-02-07T11:00
Dean & Meredith are joined by not one, but two previous guests: Joseph Ramski and Brian Zinda to discuss the life of influential filmmaker Takeshi Kitano and what might be the first intentio...
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Yasunori Mitsuda from 2022-01-24T11:00
Dean and Meredith are once again joined by co-host of The Skyhook Podcast, Chicago's own Chris Pennant to discuss the life of Yasunori Mitsuda and the composition of one of the most influential ...
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All Your Base Are Belong To Us from 2021-12-12T20:58:13
Dean & Meredith are joined by video game enthusiast Brian Zinda to discuss the prototypical meme, All Your Base Are Belong To Us. We have another dramatic reading and discuss Elon Musk in th...
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Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! from 2021-11-22T11:00
Dean and Meredith are joined by Chicago voice actor and Chad the Birdcast's own Josh Zagoren to discuss American sitcom Home Improvement and its not-necessarily-needed video game adapta...
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Sweet Home & Resident Evil from 2021-10-30T19:24:03
Just in time for Halloween, Dean and Meredith are once again joined by Dean's older brother, Gene, to discuss the horror movie/video game combo Sweet Home, as well as its spiritual succ...
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Waterworld from 2021-09-20T10:00
Dean and Meredith are joined by big boy movie fiend Justin Verstraete to discuss big-budget 1995 flop Waterworld and its subsequent video game adaptations. We recount memories, both bel...
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Mortal Kombat and the ESRB from 2021-08-10T10:00
Dean and Meredith are joined by Chicago martial artist Charles Parrott to discuss the creation of grotesque arcade smash-hit Mortal Kombat, its impact on the industry, and the resulting...
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Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland from 2021-07-28T02:06:16
Dean and Meredith are joined by Rachel Cason, a Zelda enthusiast with a special place for a certain 35-year-old fairy man cartographer. Together, they discuss "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask...
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Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill from 2021-03-22T23:11:33
Dean and Meredith are joined by Nashville-based author Melissa Collings to discuss the life of Socks the Cat and the video game that almost was. Dean makes the same bad joke twice, Meredith and ...
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EA Sports and the Madden Curse from 2021-02-16T18:56:35
Dean & Meredith are joined by Chicago's own Chris Pennant to discuss the beginning of EA Sports and unravel the mysteries of the Madden Curse.
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John C. Lilly and Ecco the Dolphin from 2020-08-09T00:16:27
Through the magic of teleconferencing, Dean and Meredith are joined by Chicago artist Joseph Ramski to discuss counterculture scientist John C. Lilly and the effect he had on forming the iconic ...
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Super Smash Bros. - Part 1 from 2020-07-15T16:54:21
Dean and Meredith discuss the creation of Nintendo's crossover fighter, Super Smash Bros., and the series' creator, Masahiro Sakurai. Dean attempts to give Meredith a Japanese-sounding alias, an...
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Samus Aran from 2020-06-07T20:28:59
Dean and Meredith are joined by the latter's mother, Kris Lyons, to discuss the creation of the Metroid series and it's iconic heroine, interstellar bounty hunter Samus Aran. Kris learns the sec...
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Street Fighter: The Movie from 2020-05-13T02:56:22
Dean and Meredith are join by Dean's older brother, Gene Beever to discuss the 1994 hit/flop, "Street Fighter: The Movie." Meredith is sleep deprived and filling up on Triscuits, while Dean and ...
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Final Fight and the Curious Case of Poison from 2020-03-18T03:19:41
Dean and Meredith are joined this time by Vanderbilt University Law student and environmental advocate Patti Moore to discuss the creation of arcade hit Final Fight and one of its more controver...
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Sierra Online from 2020-02-09T02:11:10
Dean and Meredith are joined by horror-enthusiast Haley Stocker to discuss the history of Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra Online), developers of the Kings Quest, Space Quest, and Leisure S...
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Gunpei Yokoi from 2020-01-25T23:57:17
Dean and Meredith are joined by technological consultant and neighbor Ryan Brisentine to discuss the life and achievements of one of Nintendo's forefathers, visionary designer Gunpei Yokoi.
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Mike Tyson & Video Games from 2020-01-05T00:21:52
Dean and Meredith are joined by Bigg of Big Sports Talk & Entertainment to discuss the career of heavyweight boxing champion Mike "Kid Dynamite" Tyson and the effect he had on video gaming i...
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Setzer's Bandana from 2019-11-17T17:09:15
Dean and Meredith are back to briefly discuss roving gambler Setzer Gabbiani of Final Fantasy VI and the mysterious circumstances behind his bandana.
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Lavender Town from 2019-11-17T17:06:44
Dean is joined by his wife, Meredith Lyons, to discuss the history, events, and rumors surrounding Pokemon's earliest spooky city, Lavender Town.
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