A Gamer Looks At 40
An exploration of the history of video games told through the stories of the every day people who lived it. Join me along with a rotating cast of friends, family, gaming journalists, and industry types as we share personal recollections from the last thirty years of gaming, one story at a time.
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Another week, another conversation with a fascinating collector of retro videogame stuff! This week, Gamer Ahmer and I discuss her white whale finds, beloved pieces she"ll never part with, and the amazing friendships found in the retro gaming community. Thanks for listening! STARRING: Gamer Ahmer! Follow her adventures
The sun is shining, the weather"s warm and Grandma Ethel"s cleaning out the attic. May is the Season of Garage Sales and in honor of this glorious time of bargain hunting, we"ll be chatting with collectors all month long. This week, I have a conversation with the first collector I ever knew, the one and only Joe Coiro
Time to talk about things! Join me as I answer a variety of questions from my friends on Discord, Twitter, and Blue Sky as well as share the immediate future of A Gamer Looks at 40. It"s a fun show with some truly bizarre takes, all of them mine. Mwa ha ha ha ha! SONG COVERS KINGDOM HEARTS - Dearly Beloved | Classical
Demons, monsters and elemental gems, oh my! Released in the same year as Donkey Kong Country, Mega Man X, and Super Metroid, this Capcom side scroller was a buried under an avalanche of classic titles. But one Julian of The Stage Select Podcast rescued this game from the bowels of a bargain bin and discovered one of th
Happy Start of Baseball! In honor of the beginning of the baseball season, my brother and I discuss a not-at-all bargain bin game that we still pop on today. With an enchanting mix of arcade speed and simulation depth, Ken Griffey Presents strikes the perfect balance of pick-up-and-play fun. An absolute blast of a game
It"s finished! Eleven exhausting episodes later, we"ve completed our journey through Final Fantasy 7. On this concluding edition we finish up the odds and ends section with some talk about mechanics, playing with friends, and a touching final story you"ll need to hang until the end to enjoy. Thanks for going on this jo