Best Magnavox Podcasts (2024)

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601: Steamed Up!

1+ y ago

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Raise your hand if you saw this coming: If you thought the O2/Videopac news was getting awfully quiet, think again – Philips is back on the scene, releasing new compilations of classic Videopac games through Steam. There are some cool things about this, and some not-ready-for-prime-time things about it, and this podcast discovers some of both in re…

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503: What’s New With The New O2?

2+ y ago

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Everything old is new again! The latest directly from the developers of the potential new member of the Odyssey family, a look at Odyssey Retro’s potential risks, potential greatness, and very cautious and frank analysis of the system’s chances of actually happening at all. And if the thought of the O2 making a comeback is a surprise, the other pie…

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502: Retro WHAT?!?

3y ago

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You wanna retro that by me again? The shot heard ’round the Odyssey2/Videopac world. Is someone seriously trying to bring this hardware platform into the present, or allowing it to stubbornly stick to the past? There are so many questions yet to be answered…and this edition of the show is asking them. (21:48) Right-click and “save as” to download m…

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501: A New Look For The Odyssey2?

3+ y ago

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Clothes maketh the game: The black background. The vanishing point logo with its very, very seventies font. The Helvetica lettering. Could anything ever replace the classic look of vintage Odyssey2 packaging? Should anyone even try to come up with a new look? Hear from someone who tried, but apparently didn’t stick the landing. (10:25) Right-click …

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404: Third Party Invitation!

3+ y ago

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Anyone wanna make games for this machine? Third-party games were – and remain – a real rarity for the Odyssey2 and Videopac. But who, aside from Parker Brothers and Imagic, should’ve stepped up to the plate? Another bite-sized edition of the internet’s only podcast with sync-sound action ponders who might have dared to create more games for the Ody…

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403: The Top 5 Odyssey2 Characters!

4y ago

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Back In Action? Yes, Select Game is still here…and yes, Select Game still covers the Odyssey2. A bite-sized edition of the internet’s only podcast with sync-sound action is here to let Odyssey2 and Videopac (and Jopac and Radiola Jet…) fans know that there’s more to come. (10:21) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback…

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The Palace Of Versailles podcast (4m39s) 4:39

5y ago4:39

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Check out my podcast: “The Palace of Versailles by Morgan Rees”, it is a concise 4 minutes long. It is part of a continuing series of videos and podcast. The Palace of Versailles contained more than 5,000 pieces of furniture, and 6,000 paintingsEncompassing 67,000 square metres (721,182 sq ft) the palace has 700 rooms, more than 2,000 windows, 1,25…

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Montmartre podcast by Morgan Rees (1m57s) 1:57

5y ago1:57

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Check out my brand new 2-minute video: “Montmartre" by Morgan Rees.”This is a continuing series of videos and podcasts also visiting the: Senine River cruise, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s oldest perfume houses, The Louvre, Royal Estate of Versailles, Moulin Rouge, Claude Monet and more: “PARIS" hoste…

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The Louvre Museum Paris podcast (4m07s) 4:07

5y ago4:07

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The Louvre Museum podcast by Morgan Rees is a concise 4 minute 07 seconds video: Paris' Louvre Museum has 40,000 works of art on display in an exhibition space that covers 52 acres, plus the 9 millions visitors who come every year, The Louvre Museum is a must-see for anyone who visits Paris. The Louvre is the biggest and most visited museum in all …

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Fragonard Perfume Podcast (1m10s) 1:08

5y ago1:08

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Check out my concise 1-minute podcast: “Fragonard Perfume by Morgan Rees.” You will visit Paris' oldest perfume factory, how to mix perfume, history and lifestyle.This is part of a continuing series of videos and podcasts visiting the Senine River cruise, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s oldest perfume h…

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Champs Elysees & Arc de Trimphe Podcast (1m19s) 1:20

5y ago1:20

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Check out my short (1m19s) video: The “Champs Elysees & Arc de Trimphe” by Morgan Rees”, it is a concise 1 minute 19 seconds long. It is part of a continuing series of videos and podcasts also visit the Senine River cruise, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s oldest perfume houses, The Louvre, Royal Estate …

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Andy Warhol podcast by Morgan Rees (5 Minutes) 4:56

5y ago4:56

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Hi, welcome to this short “Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again” podcast (5-minute). You’ll hear Morgan Rees introduce you to interesting facts about Andy Warhol along the way. That’s it - Enjoy your tour!This is part of a continuing series of podcasts and podcasta that also visit the Senine River cruise, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Tri…

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3 Paris Churches Podcast Notre-Dame Sacré - Cœur and The Church Of Saint - Séverin 2m 27s 2:27

5y ago2:27

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Please listen to my ultra short podcast: The “3 Paris Churches Podcast” by Morgan Rees”, it is a concise 2-minute 27 seconds long. It is part of a continuing series of videos and podcasts. Notre-Dame, Sacré-Cœur and The Church of Saint-Séverin.Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral (exterior only due to the recent fire) construction was begun in 1160.Sacré-…

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Claude Monet podcast by Morgan Rees (2m-40s) 2:40

5y ago2:40

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Claude Monet podcast by Morgan Rees is a concise 2 minute 40 seconds video: You will visit Claude Monet's house, gardens, personal history and lifestyle. This is part of a continuing series of videos and podcasts visiting the Senine River cruise, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s oldest perfume houses, Ro…

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Changing The Guard, Crown Jewels, and Tower of London By Morgan Rees Podcast 3m33s 2:48

5y ago2:48

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Changing The Guard, Crown Jewels and Tower of London hosted by Morgan Rees:This highly concise 10 minute 32 seconds program is part of a continuing series of videos and Blogs. This episode visits major tourist attractions such as the Changing the Guard, Tower of London, Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, The Roman Baths, Hard Rock Hotel and …

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LONDON podcast by Morgan Rees Edited - 10m-32s 10:32

5y ago10:32

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LONDON Podcast By Morgan Rees Edited - 10m-32s:This highly concise 10 minute 32 seconds program is part of a continuing series of videos and Blogs. This episode visits major tourist attractions such as the Changing the Guard, Tower of London, Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, The Roman Baths, Hard Rock Hotel and where to dine. Ideas for you…

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The Roman Baths Podcast by Morgan Rees Edited 3m-18s 3:18

5y ago3:18

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The Roman Baths podcast is a highly concise 3 minute 18 seconds program is part of a continuing series of videos and Blogs. Episodes visit major tourist attractions such as the Changing the Guard, Tower of London, Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman baths. Ideas for your trip with useful traveller information. I recorded the epis…

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Windsor Castle podcast by Morgan Rees Edited 2m-04s 2:04

5y ago2:04

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Windsor Castle podcast by Morgan Rees 2m-04sThis highly concise 2 minute 04 seconds program is part of a continuing series of videos and Blogs. Episodes visit major tourist attractions such as the Changing the Guard, Tower of London, Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman baths. Ideas for your trip with useful traveller information.…

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Stonehenge By Morgan Rees Podcast 2:14

5y ago2:14

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Stonehenge hosted by Morgan Rees:Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain. The site is aligned in the direction of the sunrise of the summer solstice and the sunset of the winter solstice.This is part of a continuing series of videos and Blogs. Episodes visit such notable locations …

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PARIS Hosted By Morgan Rees Podcast (21m50s) 21:49

5y ago21:49

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PARIS by Morgan Rees: It is part of a continuing series of videos and Blogs. Visit the Senine River cruise, Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s oldest perfume houses, The Louvre: da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Royal Estate of Versailles, Moulin Rouge, Claude Monet and much more.Find out what to do, where to go and e…

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Las Vegas On The Cheap Podcast by Morgan Rees 7:47

5y ago7:47

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Morgan Rees shares the essential free Las Vegas locations for smart travelers; structures such as the Mirage (volcano), Venetian (Art, painting and gondolas) and the Luxor (Pyramid, sphinx, artwork, jewelry and artifacts) provides an educational and historical platform for children and adults to learn.Learn more about Las Vegas' favorite free attra…

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LONDON By Morgan Rees Podcast Edited - 7:10:19, 3.38 PM 10:32

5y ago10:32

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LONDON by Morgan Rees: It is part of a series of videos and Blogs. Visit the Tower of London - Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, Hard Rock Hotel, Stonehenge, Changing the Guard, where to dine and the Roman baths. Find out what to do, hotels, where to go and eat in London. Ideas for your trip to with useful traveller information. Enjoy!…

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402: The Pinball Wizard Of Odyssey2!

5y ago

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Back In Action! Now with 100% less Dalek vocalization. Is the Odyssey2 up to the task of simulating the physics of pinball? And if it falls short…well, little multicolored dudes cracking electrical whips will do just fine, right? Sure they well! Also, we get to test-drive PackratVG.com’s amazing C7061 multicart to play Thunderball!, Pachinko!, and …

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LONDON Hosted By Morgan Rees Podcast 12:03

5y ago12:03

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LONDON by Morgan Rees podcast: It is part of a series of podcasts and Blogs. Visit the Tower of London - Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, Hard Rock Hotel, Stonehenge, Changing the Guard, where to dine and the Roman baths. Find out what to do, hotels, where to go and eat in London. Ideas for your trip to with useful traveller information. I recorded th…

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401: Plus!

5+ y ago

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Exterminate!! Some podcasts should be heard and not seen, but now Select Game offers you the chance to do both! Well, due to an unidentified microphone-and/or/-software issue, that might be a stretch, as your host sounds a bit Dalek-ish for the first several minutes of the show. In this edition, more listener letters, game names that might have bee…

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304: The Balloon’s Going Up

5+ y ago

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Poppin’ Fresh D’OH!! Some podcasts should be heard and not seen, but now Select Game offers you the chance to do both! In this edition, we play P.T. Barnum’s Acrobats! and the Videopac-only Loony Balloon, we ask why the Jopac had to have square balloons in the former, and we trace both games to their arcade roots, complete with hilarious early voic…

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303: Who Killed The Odyssey3?

5+ y ago

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A Deep Dive Into The Vaporware Realm! Who killed the Odyssey3? Was it a machine with underwhelming capabilities that would’ve been DOA? Or was it killed by its own heir apparent, the Odyssey4? Forget everything you thought you knew about the end of the Odyssey consoles. (53:53) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback N…

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302: A Mind Forever Voyaging

6y ago

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Universal appeal! From his groundbreaking work in hypothesizing and studying black holes, to his famous electronic voice, the late, great Professor Stephen Hawking left his mark on the world, and it’s only fitting for the Odyssey2 and Videopac to pay tribute. (35:48) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Ga…

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301: The Kick-Axe Legend of Pick Axe Pete

6+ y ago

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This game rocks! Long before Minecraft and Terraria, Pick Axe Pete was hitting the mother lode on the Odyssey2! The storied history of your podcast host’s all-time favorite, plus an exciting new product announcement and more! (48:29) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com You can pick y…

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207: Xmas ’83

6+ y ago

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Festive Firepower! Return with us to find out what was under the tree in Christmas ’83, as well as test-driving a lost, unreleased game that’s now up for grabs as a reproduction cartridge. (40:21) Select Game will return in The Living Daylights February 2018. Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygame…

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Parthenon Nashville Podcast By Morgan Rees 32k Audio 1:42

6+ y ago1:42

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Parthenon Nashville Podcast By Morgan Rees 32k Audio by Morgan D. ReesBy Morgan D. Rees

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CA Academy Of Sciences Podacast By Morgan Rees 32k Audio 2:49

6+ y ago2:49

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CA Academy Of Sciences Podacast By Morgan Rees 32k Audio by Morgan D. ReesBy Morgan D. Rees

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Napa Valley Wine Train Podcast By Morgan Rees 32k Audio 4:12

6+ y ago4:12

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Napa Valley Wine Train Podcast By Morgan Rees 32k Audio by Morgan D. ReesBy Morgan D. Rees

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206: K.C.’s Krazy Sequels!

6+ y ago

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Much More Munching! Previously on Buffy Select Game, the courts took K.C. Munchkin! off the shelves. But did the Odyssey2’s cute blue muncher stay out of the limelight? Awww hell no – K.C. is still in circulation today. As in, literally, today. (31:20) This episode was intended to drop before PRGE, but real life intervened, as it is wont to do. Rig…

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205: Back To The Arcade!

7y ago

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Winking Frogs! Gather ye quarters while ye may…you’ll need them to save up for Super Cobra, Frogger, and Turtles! on the Odyssey2 and Videopac. Also homebrew news galore. Winking froggies included, some assembly required. (36:03) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.c…

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204: Amok Downtime!

7y ago

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Strange Brew! What has kept the Odyssey2 alive into the 21st century? Not me talking about it, that’s for sure – it’s the homebrew programmers and their sometimes brilliant, sometimes frustrating additions to the Odyssey2 and Videopac libraries. This month’s show examines a cross-section of homebrew titles, from the very first to the fairly recent.…

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203: The Odyssey2 At The Arcade!

7y ago

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Amazing Arcade Ports! Select Game is back after some downtime to take the Odyssey2…or really the Videopac…to the arcade, where we’ll play Popeye, Frogger, and Pong For Videopac & Odyssey2! Plus: Odyssey2 homebrew news from MGC, and a whole new way you can help the site keep the lights on. (39:29) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Arc…

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202: The All-Ball Show

7+ y ago

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Balls! Select Game returns to cover several Odyssey2 sports games: Bowling!/Basketball!, Pocket Billiards!, Electronic Table Soccer!…and a doomed attempt to play Football! And there may even be something about a trackball! Balls. (44:53) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamep…

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201: Feedback! Space Blocks!

7+ y ago

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Scintillating Second Season Starter! Select Game kicks off 2017 with your letters and e-mails, wondering where The Art Of Odyssey is, new Select Game swag, and 2016 me plays Blockout! / Breakdown! and Out Of This World! / Helicopter Rescue! (1:00:59) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network …

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11X: Christmas Special!

7+ y ago

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Deck the Halls! It’s the story of a serious sunburn, rainbow trout, a game room serviced by a single distributor, an attempt to will Odyssey2 ports of arcade games into existence, and a lifelong obsession that culminated in…a marquee. And this podcast. (1:05:53) This podcast is dedicated to the memory of player two, Alison Green (1942-1987). Right-…

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110: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Munchkin

7+ y ago

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Exciting Season Finale! He came to gobble dots and munch on munchers. He brought rave reviews to the Odyssey2. And litigation hell came walking in five steps behind him. Hear the story of K.C. Munchkin! from his conception to his downfall, find out if the game was ever really “rare”, and much more! (1:04:30) Right-click and “save as” to download ma…

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109: Imagic

7+ y ago

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Gnarly Ninth Episode! Third party publishers didn’t lavish a lot of attention on the Odyssey2 or Videopac, but here’s the entire lineup from one company that did: legendary third-party game company Imagic translated Demon Attack and Atlantis for Odyssey2 fans. (26:14) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | …

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108: Comic Book Heroes!

8y ago

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Electrifying Eighth Episode! Crack open the funny pages, break out the action figures, and swing into action with Spider-Man and the Power Lords on the Odyssey2! Find out what the incredibly obscure selling point of the Power Lords toys was, and just how bad your host is at playing Spider-Man! (38:28) Right-click and “save as” to download manually …

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107: Loving The Aliens!

8y ago

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Spaced-Out Seventh Episode! A much-longer-than-usual episode starts off with discussion of absent friends and sound quality, what the most disappointing thing about Cosmic Conflict! was (it’s not what you think), why the Invaders From Hyperspace have got your number, and what one of these games owes to a certain George Lucas movie. Little E once ag…

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106X: Quest For The Rings (Extended)

8y ago

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Sword-‘n’-Spell-Slingin’ Super-Sized Sixth Episode! There’s a thin line between setting out on a grand quest to restore peace and order to the kingdom, and “Dad, why do we have to get all these rings?” And in this episode we cross that line! E and I swash our buckles, and fail a saving throw against playing the board game precisely the wrong way. T…

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106: Quest For The Rings

8y ago

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Sword-‘n’-Spell-Slingin’ Sixth Episode! There’s a thin line between setting out on a grand quest to restore peace and order to the kingdom, and “Dad, why do we have to get all these rings?” And in this episode we cross that line! E and I swash our buckles, and fail a saving throw against playing the board game precisely the wrong way. The edited-do…

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105: Mano A Mano

8y ago

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Furious Fightin’ Fifth Episode! “They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” And so will we! Little E joins the show as Select Game’s first Player 2, as we play Showdown In 2100 A.D.! and War Of Nerv…

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104: Ah, Edutainment!

8y ago

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Fantastic[ally late] Fourth Episode! Let’s get some educational games out of the way, shall we? Except that one of them is a bit more advanced than I remembered, and one of them played a part in changing the course of my adult life…and still another is sort of an accidental tribute to the late, great Ralph Baer. Every game counts as we play Math-A-…

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103: UFO Monster Attack!

8y ago

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Thrilling Third Episode! In this jumbo-sized, spaced-out, and ever-so-slightly self-indulgent episode, your host mulls over a future that never was, running from space crabs as a family pastime, plays a duet between two numbered game consoles, and makes an announcement at the end. Also, somewhere in here, Alien Invaders – Plus! and UFO! are played.…

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102: America’s Pastime

8+ y ago

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Exciting Second Episode! There’s more to life (and the Odyssey2) than racing cars and scrambling words. Listener mail is read, Moonbase Alpha is visited, and Baseball! and Computer Golf! are played. (35:01) Right-click and “save as” to download manually | Archive.org mirror | Stitcher | Throwback Network | Gamebygamepodcast.com Links from this epis…

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