More Mario is never a bad thing. Dexter Morrill jumps back on the show to break down episode 7 of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! In this episode we discuss the intricacies of the tax system in the mushroom kingdom, Mario being rude to a foreign exchange student, King Koopa turning into a giant and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Please Select Player (From "Super Mario Bros. 2")
Artist: Qumu
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End Song: Overworld (From "Super Mario Bros. 2")
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The finale of Punch a Nazi month is here! Helping close out this series are two friends of the show, Diamond Feit from Retronauts and Chris Baines from the YouTube channel Rewind Arcade!
We dive into the classic NES Bionic Commando! We talk about the game's history, talk about the mechanics of arm swinging, the sheer amount of violence in this game and much more.
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Shout-out Song: Armed and Dangerous
Composer: Palpable
Album: N/A
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End Song: Proceed Without Caution
Composer: Sir_NutS
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We started off Punch a N*zi month by taking on Mecha Hitler and now we are continuing the series with some resistance. I'm joined by Dave Pietrangelo from the Remember 64 podcast to talk about the second installment in the Medal of Honor series, Medal of Honor: Underground. This game approached WW2 from a different direction than the first game. Instead of an American soldier you play as Manon Batiste, a french resistance fighter. Dave and I break down Manon's journey as she avenges her brothers death and helps liberate her home country.
This game means a lot to me and it means even more now. If you have not played this game I highly recommend it.
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Shout-out Song: Each Night He Comes Home To Me
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Album: Medal of Honor Underground Soundtrack
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Intro Soundclip: Medal of Honor Underground Intro
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End Song: Escape From Casablanca
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Album: Medal of Honor Underground Soundtrack
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Punch a N*zi month is here! Helping me kick (punch) it off I am joined by Ashton Ruby from the Retro Hangover Podcast and author Aidan Moher to talk about the granddaddy of boomer shooters, Wolfenstein 3D! We talk about how this game set the course for an entire genre of games, how so much of gaming history has traveled in and out of it's orbit and of course, we punch some goddam n*zis.
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Shout-out Song: Wondering About My Loved Ones
Composer: Robert Prince
Album: Wolfenstein 3D Soundtrack
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End Song: Paper Mario: Get Psyched
Artist: mikedm92
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The Mario Super Show is back! Mario Month may have ended but that doesn't mean we are done talking Mario. Dexter Morrill returns to help me dissect episode 6 of the Super Mario Bros Super Show. We learn about orphan mushrooms, that Koopa is named after a few of the months and lions with a sophisticated pallet.
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Shout-out Song: Daisy Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)
Artist: Helynt
Album: Mario & Chill 2
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End Song: Pinna Park Beach
Artist: Hyper Potions
Album: Mario Remixes
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There are game's that have cult followings that while I understand why they do, the game just doesnt hit for me. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver falls squarely into the "This was probably good back in the day" camp for me. I see it's merits as a game from 1999 but man is it hard to play now. Joining me on this episode, from the Gaming Memories Podcast, is Kade Call, to help balance out my frustration with the game. We talk about the game's world building, story, mechanics and the logisitcs of remakes.
I'd also like to give a HUGE thank you to Sandbox Strategies PR for sending me a review code of the recent remake. I really honored they were willing to send me one regardless of my experience with the game. And for what it's worth, the remake is good with the exception of a few issues I had, which I mention in the episode.
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Shout-out Song: Necropolis Problem
Composer: Kurt Harland
Album: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver OST
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End Song: Ozar Midrashim (Knief Remix)
Artist: Knief
Album: N/A
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Another Mario Month comes to a close. Helping me round out Mario Month this year is Bill from the Gaming and Collecting Podcast to discuss the second game in the Mario & Luigi series, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. This game is a prime example of a sequel, meaning it's the most sequel I've ever seen a sequel sequel. What did any of that mean? It's a sequel in good and bad ways. Bill and I dissect what works and what doesn't, where we would have liked to see more changed and where maybe they could have changed less. This game was a polarizing one for me but thankfully Bill is a fan and was able to balance it out and I was so happy with how this episode turned out thanks to that balance.
This wraps up Mario Month this year and I cannot thank my guests enough for giving me their time to help me make it a special one. And of course a big thank you to you the listeners! Thank you for coming along for the ride. Mario Month will be back next year.
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Shout-out Song: Title Screen DX (Mario and Luigi Partners in Time remix - by HeathTV)
Artist: HeathTV
Album: N/A
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End Song: Super Mario Land (Theme) Remix
Artist: Yoann Turpin
Album: Chip Songbook Vol.2
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Practicing origami once was not enough for Mario Month this year! I am joined by Try from My Life in Gaming and Jared from the Play Along Podcast to talk about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. In this giant episode of the podcast we discuss why this game may be one of the darkest Mario games? We talk about how the game updated the Paper Mario formula and we also touch on the last legacy the game has had in the years since it released.
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We also learn about boat and... unboat...
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Shout-out Song: Fossil Falls (Super Mario Odyssey)
Artist: Helynt
Album: Mario & Chill 2
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End Song: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Main Theme [Remix]
Artist: Player2 & ‪Vector_U‬
Album: N/A
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We are gonna have a fine time on this super episode of a podcast. In this episode I am joined by Andre from the Fine Time podcast and Aaron from the SuperPod Saga podcast to talk about Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga!
This game was not what I expected at all, both in good ways and bad ways (but mostly good). It was by far one of the bigger swings I've seen for a Nintendo franchise and it took Mario in some really interesting directions. I really enjoyed getting to chat with Andre and Aaron about this game and see what their experience was like with it.
We also mention Kathy Griffin in this episode. Do with that what you will.
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Shout-out Song: The Kingdom Called Beanbean (M&L Superstar Saga) [Bexico Lofi Remix] "Explorin' With My Bro"
Artist: DJ Nooma
Album: N/A
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End Song: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Battle Theme [Remix]
Artist: nintnt
Album: N/A
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Looks like it's time to dust off my origami skills because this week's episode is all about Paper Mario, specifically the first Paper Mario game for the N64. Joining me to make some paper airplanes are returning friends to the show Nerdbomber and Techtic from the Online Warriors Podcast. For all of us, this was our first experience with the Paper Mario series and we had a great time getting to discuss this game. We talk about the history of the game's development, our perceptions of the game going into playing it for the first time, how it holds up now and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Story of the Stolen Spirits
Artist: Snore Lax
Album: N/A
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End Song: Toad Town Remix
Artist: Player2 & Equalyze
Album: N/A
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MARIO MONTH IS BACK! This year's theme is all RPGs! For the next 5 weeks I will be diving into a different Mario RPG game and of course I had to start off the the original Mario RPG game, Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars.
Joining me to explore Mario's first foray into the RPG genre are friends of the show Matt Storm from Fun and Games Podcast and Eric Gess from the Unlockables Podcast. We discuss this game's legacy, how it setup Mario for future RPG games, why Booster absolutely rules and of course Yoko Shimomura's legendary soundtrack.
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Shout-out Song: Yoshi Island
Artist: Doni
Album: Goombette
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End Song: Super Mega Ultra Pipe House [Super Mario RPG - Super Pipe House]
Artist: DDRKirby(ISQ)
Album: Remixes - Volume 1
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Portal is a triumph of a game and many a note has been written on it's huge success.
Ok enough of that. We are here this week to talk about Portal! The legendary first person puzzle game from Valve. I'm joined by returning guest to the show Andrew Kinsey from The EXP Point but we are ALSO joined by Pilisa Mackey, another EXP Point member and it is their first time on the show! We talk about how we all got into Portal, how the game teaches you to think in Portals, some history surrounding the game and how pervasive it was in gaming culture for a long time and still is to some extent. This one was a long time coming and I am so happy I finally covered Portal on the show!
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Shout-out Song: Portal Radio Loop
Artist: Jonathan Coulton
Album: Portal OST
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End Song: Still Alive - Raddox Remix
Artist: Raddox
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16 bit JRPGs are a bit of a nostalgia spot for me. I would actually classify it as more of misplaced nostalgia in that I didn't play a lot of them growing up but playing them now makes me feel nostalgic anyway. This week on the show I was lucky enough to get a review copy of a recently released indie game that takes inspiration from the 16 bit JRPG style.
I'm joined by Sam AKA Storm Beagle to talk about Beloved Rapture, an RPG made in the style of a 16 bit JRPG. He discuss what this game does to stand out compared to other games of it's kind, how effective it's story is, it's battle mechanics and we also debate if the phrase "You silver haired fuck" is a good line or not. As a small spoiler, this game kinda rules and you should go play it, but if you'd like to hear more about it, give this episode a listen!
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Shout-out Song: A Day of Languor
Composer: Andreas Kotsamanidis
Album: Beloved Rapture OST
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End Song: Sword in Hand
Composer: Andreas Kotsamanidis
Album: Beloved Rapture OST
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Zelda two months in a row!? Dexter and I are joined by actor and filmmaker Chris Carpenter to talk about episode 6 of the Legend of Zelda cartoon, That Sinking Feeling. We learn about how the Mario Bros have a pet clog.... named clog. We also learn that magnets work very differently than we expect and that Zelda is DTF when a cupid statue is present.
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Shout-out Song: Dark World
Artist: Mikel
Album: Zelda & Chill
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End Song: The Legend of Zelda
Artist: Helynt
Album: Legend of Synthwave
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Strategy guides were a huge part of many a gamers' childhood. I read my strategy guide for Final Fantasy VIII so much that the spine started falling apart. These books felt like we were getting a peak behind the scenes of how the game's inner workings actually functioned. To help us peak further behind that curtain, I am joined this week by David Cassady.
David worked at Brady Games and Prima Games during their heyday and wrote some of our favorite strategy guides. Guides such as Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Kingdom Hearts 2, Metroid Prime and many more! We talked about how he got into writing guides, what the process of writing them was, unexpected challenges and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Balamb Garden
Artist: Rifti Beats
Album: Chocobo & Chill
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End Song: Gold Saucer
Artist: Rifti Beats
Album: Chocobo & Chill II
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The Last Guardian has been on my backlog list for quite a while and never got around to it until now. I'm joined by friend of the show Dave Jackson from Tales From the Backlog to discuss the third game in this makeshift trilogy from Fumita Ueda. Ueda has a very different approach to game design compared to the rest of the industry and Dave and I had a great time being able to break this one down. We discuss how this game doesn't respect your time and why that's a good thing in this instance, why Trico is such an amazing character, the world building and lots more!
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Shout-out Song: Forest
Composer: Takeshi Furukawa
Performed by: Billy Qvarnström
Album: N/A
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End Song: Epilogue
Composer: Takeshi Furukawa
Performed by: Auri Forda
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Some games burn brightly and flame out. Others have a long tail where people are consistently discovering it years after it launched. Everquest is one of those odd cases where both of those outcomes are true.
Joining me today is author and tech journalist Matt Smith to talk about his recently released book from Boss Fight Books all about Everquest. We talk about why he chose to write about Everquest, what about the game captivated him back in the day and presently, Everquest's place in game history and how it could have possibly been saved from the juggernaut that was World of Warcraft.
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Shout-out Song: Everquest Opening Theme
Artist: Jay Barbeau
Album: Everquest Soundtrack
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End Song: Kelethin (2.0)
Artist: Jay Barbeau
Album: Everquest Soundtrack
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You know... I am not a fan of this Zelda cartoon. And just when I think Link can't get more problematic he finds a way. We are of course talking about episode 5 of the Legend of Zelda Cartoon, "Sing for the Unicorn". I am, as always, joined by my co-host with the mo-host Dexter Morrill to break it down. We talk about Link being more creepy than before, how Gannon likes to name various things, the opposite of the evil jar and much more!
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Shout-out Song: The Legend of Lofi
Artist: Dj Cutman & James Landino
Album: N/A
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End Song: Song of Storms
Artist: Tudd & General Offensive
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Kicking off 2025 I am joined by my good friend Gabe Swarr to talk about a series of indie games he has made called the Bub-O games! The newest game in the series, Bub-O Burst, just came out so I wanted to have Gabe on to talk about his charming puzzle/action series! We are also joined by the composer for Bub-O Burst, a chiptune music legend, Seth Sternberger of 8 Bit Weapon!
We talk about the all of the games in the Bub-O series, what it was like to shift gears to a slightly different genre for this new entry, it's music (which Seth goes into detail about it is quite possibly the first ever roguelike soundtrack for a game?) and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Bub-Burst
Artist: Seth Sternberger
Album: N/A
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End Song: Chip on Your Shoulder
Artist: 8 Bit Weapon
Album: Chiptopia - Best of 8 Bit Weapon and ComputeHer
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It is the end of another year and, as is tradition over here on the Still Loading Podcast, I am joined by my good pal TJ from Tapes of Trepidation and The Hodder Show. We talk about our top 10 most popular episodes of the year, what our goals are for next year and more! It's always a blast looking back on the year and seeing what all has happened. A HUGE thank you to all you wonderful listeners who have stuck along for the ride and made it a great year. I cannot thank you all enough.
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Shout-out Song: Fisherman's horizon
Artist: Rifti Beats
Album: Chocobo & Chill II
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End Song: Staff Roll
Artist: Helynt
Album: Mario & Chill
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The Mario Super Show is back with episode 5 and let me tell you this one is anything but tame. Dexter Morrill joins me to dive into the episode as usual and boy howdy does it go places. This episode features the fastest mouth in the south, Mark Twang, a goomba carrying a plate-o-chicken and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Good Egg Galaxy
Artist: Helynt
Album: Super Lofi World
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End Song: Manta Ray's Reward (Super Mario 64 (Dire, Dire Docks))
Artist: Joshua Morse
Album: Arcade Attack!
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The Commodore 64 is one of those systems that feels simultaneously ubiquitous and also unknown. It was the best selling home computer in the 80's and is loved the world over by a large group of passionate fans. But outside of that group it feels largely forgotten in the annals of gaming history. This episode is a small step in correcting that.
I'm joined by game design professor and author Jesper Juul to talk about his recently released book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64", which is a book that aims to shed more light on one of the most important computer systems in not only gaming history but also computer history. Jesper and I have a wonderful conversation about why this book is needed, what kinds of things can readers expect to find in the book and some of my personal favorite sections. Maybe we just had a little too much fun with this conversation as well.
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Shout-out Song: Oro Incenso
Artist: Geir Tjelta (Original composed by Jogeir Liljedahl)
Album: Echofield 6581
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=91173
End Song: Power House
Artist: Jeroen Tel & DRAX
Album: Echofield 6581
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=91173
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The finale of the World of Warcraft series is here! Joining me to discuss the second expansion of the game are two wonderful returning guests! First is Ryan Kern of the newly formed Pixel Resistance Podcast (Follow on BlueSky HERE). Second is tech journalist, YouTube and author Matt Smith! We gather to talk all about The Wrath of the Lich King, how it was kind of the last hurrah for "Classic WoW" and how Blizzard learned various lessons from the previous iterations of the game and how it propelled the game (for better or worse) into it's next phase of existence.
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Shout-out Song: Invincible
Artist: Eldorias
Album: N/A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HltvffCEpSU
End Song: No King Rules Forever
Artist: J. Benjamin Scott
Album: N/A
https://jbscott.bandcamp.com/track/no-king-rules-forever
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The World of Warcraft followed up it's wildly successful launch with an equally successful and important decision. They released an expansion.
Joining me to talk about the first expansion in WoW's long history is friend of the show Mick Arcade! We talk about our thoughts on the new races added, the new zones, flying and much more. Make sure you come back next week for the finale in my 3 part World of Warcraft series in honor of it's 20th anniversary!
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Shout-out Song: The Burning Legion
Artist: Russell Brower
Album: The Burning Crusade Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYLkENCsZQ
End Song: Karazhan Theme - Piano Cover
Artist: Eldorias
Album: N/A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUBX0LJ85gQ
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World of Warcraft is 20 years old! It's hard to believe Blizzard's wildly successful MMO has been around for that long but here we are. In this first episode of a 3 part celebration of World of Warcraft, I am joined by friends of the show Jamie and Tristan! Tristan is the one who got me into WoW so I am so happy to have him back on the show after a long time and Jamie is one of the biggest WoW fans I know. We discuss some of the history surrounding the game, our favorite memories, which zone we liked to hang out in, Barrens chat and so much more. Check back next week for an epsiode on Burning Crusade!
Shout-out Song: Heart of the moon
Artist: katethegreat19
Album: N/A
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02929
End Song: Legends of Warcraft
Artist: PSK
Album: N/A
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04122
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