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VGBS 83 – Interview with Jason Lepine from Enthusiast Gaming & Destructoid
Our special guest today is Jason Lepine: Currently and heavily involved with Enthusiast Gaming (Nintendo, PlayStation, PC Gaming Enthusiast) and Destructoid.
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Tagged @gamingvgbs, Art, Bullshit, Destructoid, enthusiast, gaming, interview, Jason Lepine, nintendo, vgbs podcast, video games
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VGBS 80 – Interconnecting Gaming with Other Entertainment
In this episode, we’re joined by our buddy Issa “The Hero” Kabeer: Nintendo Age stalwart, avid gamer, and aspiring actor.
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Tagged Castlevania, Entertainment, Films, gaming, gaming podcast, interview, Issa, Movies, NES, nes homebrew, nintendo, VGBS
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VGBS 76 – Friday the 13th: The Game (PS4/Xbox One/Steam)
Season 4 begins with a slash! It’s time…
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Tagged Friday the 13th, gaming, Jason Voorhees, Playstation, podcast, PS4, steam, VGBS, xbox one
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Dahna: Megami Tanjou REVIEW for Sega Mega Drive | 2D Golden Axe | Rewind Mike
There I was, scrolling through my list of Genesis roms, completely bored out of my mind.. and saw I the name “Hercules”. I decided to give it a shot, damn well knowing it was going to be a horrible bootleg, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2D Golden Axe, Action, Arcade, Dahna, Dahna Goddess Birth, Dahna Goddess Birth Review, Dahna Megami Tanjo, Dahna Megami Tanjou Review, Dahna Review, gameplay, gaming, Genesis, Golden Axe, Golden Axe Review, Hercules Genesis, Hercules Mega Drive, Japan, Japan Exclusive sega, longplay, mega, Mega Drive, megadrive, Megami, Mode, NES, nintendo, retro, review, Rewind Mike, sega, Sega Genesis, Sega Golden Axe, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, south korea exclusive sega, Tanjou, walkthrough
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Gamer’s Guide: How the Nintendo Switch can SAVE The Gaming Community
Salutations everyone! Here is my comprehensive/initial reaction of the Nintendo Switch after the press conference. What can the Switch do? What does this imply and entail for the future of gaming as we know it? Breath of the Wild hype, … Continue reading
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Tagged Breath of the Wild, Community, Comprehensive breakdown, gaming, nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Reaction, review, Splatoon 2, video games
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Honorable Mentions: SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive Games | Rewind Mike
Here is a list of games that have all made it to multiple list. I’ve just never done anything with all these idea. It was high time to pull the trigger. These are a few of the games I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged classics, collectable, Collection, collector, Columns Sega Genesis, console, Decap Attack, Decap Attack Review, Dick Tracy Sega Genesis, expensive, favorites, gameplay, gaming, Genesis, hard to find, Hidden Gems, history, inexpensive, Lotus Turbo Challenge, Mega Drive, Mega Lo Mania, megadrive, Rare, rare games, retro, review, reviews, Rewind Mike, sega, Sega Genesis Hidden Gems, Sega Mega Drive Hidden Gems, sonic, system, Tyrants Sega Genesis, Tyrants: Fight Through Time Review, unknown games
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VGBS Live 09 @ Emerald Coast Con with Austin McKinley from The New 8-Bit Heroes
VGBS goes Live at Emerald Coast Con in Florida. This is a live panel with Austin McKinley who is the artist on the development team with Joe Granato working on the new NES homebrew Mystic Searches, as well as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Convention, Emerald Coast Con, Florida, gaming, Live, mystic searches, The New 8-Bit Heroes, vgbs podcast
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VGBS 54 – AVGR Expo 2016 Memories (Part 2)
AVGR Expo in Chicago was one of the few gaming conventions this year that both Jeff and Kyle were able to attend together. In this second part, we continue to talk about our favorite stories from the weekend. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged AVGR, Billy Mitchell, Chicago, gaming, podcast, retro gaming, Twin Galaxies, VGBS, Walter Day, World Record
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Honorable Mentions – 10 Fantastic Game Boy Ports (feat Westapo) | Rewind Mike
Here we have a list of fantastic ports that are PREFECT for traveling, or at home consumption. Overall we notice the games that are zoomed in a bit to make things function properly, and cut down on sprite flicker. So … Continue reading
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Tagged cartridge, colle, Collection, console, game, Game Boy, Game Boy Ports, gameplay, gaming, handheld, history, Honorable Mentions, nintendo, portable, retro, retrospective, review, reviews, system, video
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VGBS 47 – NES Homebrew Haunted Halloween ’85 Developer Interview! – Voicemail and Text Hotline: (262) 264-VGBS
Continuing where Episode 46 left off, we interview Tim and Greg from Retrotainment Games who created Haunted Halloween ’85! We over-analyze Haunted ’85 and try to delve into the psyche of what drove these guys to create such a game. … Continue reading
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Tagged gaming, Haunted Halloween '85, homebrew, NES, nintendo, retro, vgbs podcast
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VGBS 43 – Neo Geo MVS Gems and Video Game Cartoons – Voicemail and Text Hotline: (262) 264-VGBS
Episode 43 Topics: -NEO GEO MVS Pickups -Captain N: The Game Master -The Power Team -Kwirk – Gameboy -Puzzleboy – PC Engine -Displaying Famicom Games -Top Loading Tech vs. Front Loading Tech -Cannibalizing existing NES games to create new ones … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain N, Destiny, Fallout 4, famicom, gaming, Halo 5, Kwirk, neo geo, podcast, Puzzleboy, The Nintendo Quest, The Power Team, VGBS
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VGBS 41 – Video Game Box Art: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Voicemail and Text Hotline: (262) 264-VGBS
Episode 41 is here! We start this Box Art-centric episode talking about games that fooled us by the awesome box art. We then move on to good games hindered by their terrible/strange box art. Then games that have terrible box … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Box art, Box Arty, games, gaming, Genesis, Hobby Cast, NES, nintendo, podcast, retro gaming, SNES, VGBS
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VGBS 40 – Starting a PlayChoice 10 Collection & Getting Creative Setting Up a Game Room – Voicemail and Text Hotline: (262) 264-VGBS
In episode 40 we concentrate on some specialized greatness! We first cover the bucketlist collecting mentality, then we pick Daria’s brain on her favorite NES/Famicom RPGs. We go over gaming forum thread shenanigans and cover some NES multiplayer madness. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged collecting, Collection, famicom, gaming, NES, nintendo, nintendoage, PlayChoice 10, podcast, retro gaming, RPGs, VGBS
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Hagen's Alley - Gaming Books, Nintendo Switch Podcast & OCD Retro Collecting 