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Welcome to the Y2Gamers Podcast, a place where two long time friends and gaming rivals co-op and talk about a golden age of gaming, anime, and geek culture at the turn of the millennium. Each week, across the Pacific Ocean, we explore a fun new topic through our unique and wacky vantage points and share plenty of laughs along the way! About the hosts: Ming is a long-time gaming enthusiast with a special love for fighting, racing, and role-playing games. He also loves anime, sci-fi, and all t ...
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It's Not "Game Over, Man!" Until the Alien Queen Sings!
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Just in time for Halloween, we travel this week into deep space, revisiting the terror on LV-426 in James Cameron's epic horror-action film: Aliens. Undoubtedly one of the most memorable blockbusters of the 80's, the film is full of iconic moments and quotes that live on nearly 40 decades later! Today, we take you through many of those classic mome…
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Final Fight: Street Fighter II's Big Bad Daddy-O!
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This week on Y2Gamers, Nick and I punch, kick, and piledrive our way through the rough, crime-filled streets of Metro City in Capcom's Final Fight. For the game that was intended to be Street Fighter's direct sequel, Capcom pulled out all the stops to ultimately craft a masterpiece that would literally define a new category of arcade brawlers for g…
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Welcome to part two of Nick’s Tokyo adventures. After beating the Tokyo Marathon, Nick hung around for an additional week checking out all the geekiest delights Japan had to offer. From maid caffès to retro gaming arcades, we get into the nitty gritty details of how the holiest of destinations for Otaku culture has changed since Nick last set foot …
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Welcome to a special Summer episode of Y2Gamers! We've got an extra-special episode this week: my exclusive interview with Nick after he returned from running the Tokyo Marathon! Yes, Otaku can be athletic too! Join us as Nick shares his excitement of racing down the streets of Tokyo, how he prepped to win, and the sheer emotion of crossing that fi…
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What to X-Pect When You're X-Men-ing!
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Hot on the heels of the premiere of X-Men '97, we "Time Flip!" back to the very beginnings of the X-Men Animated Series - the two-parter "Night of the Sentinels!" Giant robots, wheelchairs, and the stabby-stab-stabs of adamantium claws! This episode has everything a prepubescent kid of the time could want in a Saturday morning cartoon! Learn about …
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For those of you lucky to be around back in the beginning of the 90's, you know that you were in for one of the most exciting decades in Geek History! Today, we remember our favorite movies and games of that blockbuster year including: - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie - Robocop 2 - Home Alone - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game…
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Best SNES Game Ever? You Bet Your X-Buster!
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For our first episode of 2024, we time capsule ourselves into the 22nd century world of Reploids and Mavericks to replay through one of gaming's biggest triumphs: Mega Man X. Join us as we explore every nook and cranny of the incredibly animated and interactive stages as we pursue the ultimate evil : the diabolical Sigma! Which weapons will we choo…
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The PG-13 Tentacles of Spider-Man 2!
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This week, we swing into one of the all-time greatest comic book film adaptations: Sam Raimi’s 2004 Spider-Man 2! Combining Raimi’s masterful grasp of horror elements, zany comic-booky fun, and of course Alfred Molina’s bang-on interpretation of Doc-Ock, Spider-Man 2 kept us on our toes and continues to entertain even 2 decades later. Join us on ou…
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Princess Mononoke: Miyazaki's Ultimate Triumph!
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This week, we revisit a truly epic entry into the history of anime: the Princess Mononoke! What was once supposed to be Miyazaki's final film before his retirement (yeah, right!), Princess Mononoke has proven itself to be a classic that continues to ring true relevance to our world today. Join us as we relive our first experience watching it for th…
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This week, we follow the drum rolls deep into the forests of mayhem in our Super Vehicle-001: the Metal Slug! A classic by any measure, this superbly animated run-n'-gunner of the 90's quickly became one of the key pillars of SNK's arcade experience. In this episode, we take a special look at what made this game so memorable for us, exploring our f…
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Behold! Anime's Evolution from VHS to DVD
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This week, we rewind return ourselves into the 1990s video store to explore the before and after of anime's biggest moment: the jump into disc-based media. From early fansub culture to taking a look at how anime went mainstream in America, this week's show is sure to bring back a big hit of nostalgia for all of us. If you'd like to support us, plea…
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This week, we thwip-thwip-thwip our way through Sam Raimi's hallmark 2002 film: Spider-Man, a movie that in many ways reshaped the landscape of superhero movies for decades to come! Join us on our re-watch analysis as we revisit classic scenes, discuss curious directorial choices, as well as make a some sticky webby jokes that amuse mostly ourselve…
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This week on Y2Gamers, we visit a fiercely competitive time in the 90's arcade scene between industry giants Namco and Sega! Specifically, taking a closer look at one of the categories that these two giants helped make famous: the light gun shooter - featuring Namco's Time Crisis and Sega's The House of the Dead. We take you 6ft. under to revive ou…
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Drive-Rush into Our Street Fighter 6 Dojo!
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We conclude our 2-Part Street Fighter 6 extravaganza this week by diving deep into the depths of SF6's bold new game mechanics. Nick, our resident fighting game sensei, takes us to school with his impressions on gameplay and what it takes to win. We follow things up by sharing our thoughts on the ambitious new World Tour mode as well as things we w…
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We Return to the Ring with a SF6 Prequel Episode!
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SF6 is Amazing (for now, at least)! It's the game that Nick and I have been waiting for as fighting game fans for a long, long time...ever since the last titan of the franchise: SFIII: Third Strike molded our hands to that infamous Sega Dreamcast controller. :P But why was it a wait? Why did SF IV and V not quite hit the spot for us and so many oth…
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We take the path of the World Warrior this week and explore the granddaddy of the fighting game genre: Street Fighter II. While cross-firing Hadoukens (aka fire balls), we explore the very beginnings of the franchise from the inception of the messy-but-necessary Street Fighter (or Fighting Street), to SFII and all of its Turbo-Championship-Special-…
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Before the MCU, There Was the MvCU!
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Marvelous! We've made it to our 10th episode! Thanks to everyone who's listened to us so far! If you haven't subscribed yet, now is the time! This week, we revisit the birth of an uncanny age of Marvel gaming: the Marvel v Capcom Universe. With the powerful advancement of the CPS-II arcade system, Capcom brought our favorite comic book and cartoon …
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Ah, Japan! The holy land of much of nerd and geek culture as we know it today! This week, we share our experiences of our very first times traveling to the Land of the Rising Gundam--I mean Sun--back when we were but high school students. We detail all the surprises and disappointments of our first journeys as well discuss what it was like to live …
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For those of you who made (or lost) your riches on GameStop stock this year, perhaps you might be also curious as to what life is like day-to-day as an employee. Luckily, we are here to give you the insider's view from our time as employees from our part time days! This week's episode follows one particular game store in North Carolina as it transi…
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This week, take a journey down the rabbit hole with Ming and Nick as we rocket back to a truly special time for sci-fi movies: the 1990's! We cover the core classics from Terminator 2: Judgement day, to the Star Treks & Wars, to the game-changing Matrix, covering their histories and discuss how they changed our lives in a deep, and profound way! Li…
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Remember the days when tons and tons of like-minded people got together to celebrate their passion for a common interest? Sadly, the global pandemic has put a big STOP sign on live conventions over the last few years so we've decided to re-live some great memories of attending our first anime convention: Animazement, in North Carolina. From getting…
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For those of us who remember PC gaming in the 90's, few milestones can be as important as the introduction of "powerful" 3D acceleration cards that started the performance rift with consoles. In our 5th episode, Nick and Ming harken back to the days before RGB lights and water cooling...where 3D gaming was just getting started. You might even find …
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Memorable Imports of the Saturn & Dreamcast
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Always seemingly the underdogs of their generations, both the Saturn and the Dreamcast struggled against the likes of Sony and Nintendo during their all-too-short lifespans. But yet they remain our favorite systems of their time because of the insane amount of quality import titles that were otherwise not easily available to American gamers. Arcade…
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I'll Form the Head (of Our Childhood Anime)!
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So which was it? Was it "Transform & Roll-Out!" or "Activate Interlocks!" on weekday afternoons that got you started on the path of anime fandom? This week, Ming and Nick take a look at the memorable "starter" cartoons and anime of our childhoods that formed the foundations of our otaku lifestyles. From Transformers to Neon Genesis Evangelion: We t…
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On this week's Y2Gamers, Ming and Nick think back to one of the cultural highlights of 90's gaming: the Arcade. Before online gaming and the sunsetting of many of our shopping malls, Arcades were where you got together with your friends and rivals to play the latest and greatest and prove your skills as a champion. There was nothing quite like the …
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Welcome to the Y2Gamers Podcast, a place where two long time friends and gaming rivals co-op and talk about a golden age of gaming, anime, and geek culture at the turn of the millennium. Each week, across the Pacific Ocean, we explore a fun new topic through our unique and wacky vantage points and share plenty of laughs along the way! On our premie…
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