The end of Mario Month 2023 is here. To close it our I am joined by Daniel Greenberg of Winterion Game Studios and Rockman Cosmo who is the leader of the Rockman/MegaMan Feature Phone Preservation Project to discuss Mario's second 3d outing on the Nintendo Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2. Is this game actually Super Mario Galaxy 1.5? Or is there more to it than meets the eye!?

End Song: Super Mario Land (Theme) Remix
Artist: Yoann Turpin
Album: Chip Songbook Vol. 2
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Week 3 of Mario Month 2023 is all about the sequel to Mario's triumphant return to 2D game design, New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I am joined by Jared from the Play Along Podcast and Chazzy from the Side Projekt Podcast to talk about everything this game had to offer. We end this episode with a talk about nostalgia and when it's good and bad. Plus we tease a possible future episode collaboration!?

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End Song: Piranha Plant's Lullaby
Artist: Duzzled
Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed 3
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Episode 2 of Mario Month this year is all about blasting off into space! I'm joined by Eric from The Unlockables Podcast and my friend Chris (AKA: The British Bond Addict on Instagram) to talk about one of the most iconic Mario games ever. We explore distant galaxies and learn a bit more about what makes this game so special.

End Song: Gusty Garden Galaxy
Artist: A_Rival
Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed 3
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Mario Month 2023 is here! To kick it off I am joined by Try from My Life in Gaming to talk about New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. The game that brought Mario back to it's 2D roots. We discuss the state of Mario at the time this game launched, what it did for the series and how it may have impacted the future of the game industry!

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End Song: Continue
Artist: Helynt
Album: Super Lofi World 2
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This week on the show I had the honor of chatting with Aidan Moher. Aidan is an hugo award winning writer and editor. He is also the author of the book "Fight, Magic, Items" which is a book chronicling the history of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and the rise of JRPG's in the west.

I had so much fun chatting with him and learning about his book, how JRPGs have influenced his writing style and so much more!

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End Song: Secret of the Forest (From Chrono Trigger)
Artist: Joshua Morse
Album: Chip Funk
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Another month another Captain N episode. Dexter and I break down season 2 episode 8, The Feud of Faxanadu. In this month's episode we find the N Team at odds with each other for.... reasons? They end up assisting a nation of dwarves and elves who are at war with each other but are secretely being manipulated by the evil one. Will the N Team reconcile their differences in time to save everyone? Who cares! This episode was silly and we loved it.

End Song: Faxanadu "Funk Fusion"
Artist: Jake Kaufman
Album: N/A
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It's the second week of the Winter of Final Fantasy! This week is all about Final Fantasy VIII. I'm joined by Try from My Life in Gaming and Bill from the Gaming & Collecting Podcast to reminisce, analyze and discuss all the highs and lows of the game. We all had very different personal connections to the game and it was a blast to discuss this game with them.

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End Song: The Man With The Machine Gun
Artist: Mykah
Album: Triple Triad
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The Winter of Final Fantasy is HERE. The next 3 episodes (including this one) of the show are a tribute to my formative Final Fantasy experience. To kick it off we are talking Final Fantasy IX. I am joined by Dave from Tales From the Backlog and.... Dave from Game Dave! It's a double Dave extravaganza!

We discuss the all things FF9 and go DEEP on the game. This is just the beginning the Winter of Final Fantasy, come along for the ride.

End Song: Crossing Those Hills
Artist: Rifti Beats
Album: Chocobo & Chill
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It's time for some more Captain N! Dexter Morrill is back and he joins me to discuss Captain N's journey through time with Link and Pero (aka Puss n Boots). Does that make any sense? No! And neither did this episode! This was one of the more fun episodes we have watched in season 2 and it is well worth watching beforehand just because of how zany it is.

End Song: I Am Error
Artist: DJ Cutman
Album: The TRIFORCE of BASS
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This episode of Still Loading dives into a little known aspect of video games called feature phone gaming. Feature phones were cell phones in Japan that had a lot of exclusive games and content from some of your favorite franchises such as Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy! I'm joined by game preservationists Rockman Cosmo and Naoya Shinota to discuss this area of gaming and what they are doing to preserve this near dead era of gaming. This is an episode you will NOT want to miss.

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End Song: Fanfare
Artist: Mykah
Album: Triple Triad
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It's that time of year! I am once again joined by my brother from the great white north, TJ, to give a retrospective on the year each of our respective podcasts had. There are laughs, emotions and great times had. Sincerely thank you to everyone who listens to the show. This is the one time of year that I allow myself to talk up some of the fun stuff that has happened on the show throughout year and it means a lot to me that you all listen. Have a Happy New Year!

End Song: Staff Roll
Artist: Helynt
Album: Mario & Chill
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It's Christmas 2022! And what's more Christmasy than looking into an 80's teen sex comedy. I'm sure Santa would approve. This week I am joined by the host of the Big Drink Energy podcast Mikey Tabletop to discuss the wild and wacky experience of watching the 1983 movie Joysticks. This movie is basically the video game movie equivalent to Tommy Wiseau's The Room, it's bad but insanely watchable. Merry Christmas everyone!

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End Song: Joy to Pallet Town
Artist: Tee Lopes
Album: Video Game Xmas
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This episode has been in planning for QUITE some time. This week I am joined by speedrunner Gawrit to talk about a hidden gem of a PS1 racing game called Sled Storm! Gawrit is the current world record holder for most major categories in Sled Storm so it was great to pick is brain about a game I personally love and see it from a new perspective. If you are looking for a new racing game to try out that not many people have heard of, Sled Storm is worth picking up!

End Song: Ski
Artist: Hyper Potions
Album: N/A
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It's more Captain N and this month's episode is a look into season 2 episode 6, "The Lost City of Kongoland." Dexter Morrill and I discuss probably one of the stranger episodes of the show, and that's saying something considering what we've watched so far. Princes Lana turns evil!? Donkey Kong wears a tie!? What more madness ensues in this month's Captain N episode?

End Song: Da Mines (DJ Cutman)
Artist: halc
Album: Club Kong
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This week on the show I am joined by the incredible voice actor Garry Chalk! With this interview I have finally succeeded in getting a voice actor from Captain N the Game Master on the show! Garry voiced King Hippo in Captain N but he is probably more famous for being the voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars! We talk about how he got into acting, some of his favorite roles, what his jobs were before he became an actor and so much more!

End Song: Lava Reef
Artist: General Offensive ft. Vaarcloc
Album: Spindash 3
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This week on the show I am finally picking my informal series on all the Bond video games back up. I'm joined by Chris, AKA British Bond Addict over on instagram, to talk all about the video game adaptation of Tomorrow Never Dies. We break down the game level by level while discussing the highs and lows of our experience with it. Sad you are missing all the Bond content over on Patreon? This episode should whet your appetite.

End Song: Detonate
Artist: Tommy Tallarico Studios
Album: Tomorrow Never Dies PS1 OST
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of one of the most iconic games ever, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. This episode isn't really coming out on any specific anniversary date for the game but I wanted to get this out before the year was over. I am joined by Ashton, the editor of the Retro Hangover Podcast, and Kade from the Gaming Memories Podcast to discuss this incredibly important game. We also ask the age old question.... Is Zelda a metroidvania?

End Song: Dark World
Artist: Mikel
Album: Zelda & Chill
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Last week's episode was on a game that came out in 2020. This week's episode we go all the way back to the early years of the video game industry. I'm joined by Kevin Bunch from the YouTube channel and website Atari Archive. We talk about what his inspiration in creating the channel, what he loves about the Atari era of game history and so much more!

End Song: Un Croissant S'il Vous Plait
Artist: Ultrasyd
Album: Chipsters EP Remastered
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It took 2 years but FINALLY, Jerica and Kayla from the JK Games! Podcast have returned and we are discussing Last of Us Part 2! Almost 2 years ago they joined me to discuss the first game and we are finally doing the long awaited sequel to both that episode and the first game! There are a lot of spoilers in this episode so if you haven't played the game yet make sure you do before you listen!

End Song: The Last of Us (Trap Remix)
Artist: Inova
Album: N/A
https://soundcloud.com/inova/the-last-of-us-inova-remix

This week's episode is a look at one of the classic games on the NES, Contra. Do you love 80s action movies and all the cliches that come with them? This is the game and episode is for you! I'm joined by Matt from the Monster Madness Podcast and we had a lot of fun discussing this classic.

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End Song: Contra (WOFS Remix)
Artist: Watch Out For Snakes
Album: N/A
https://watchoutforsnakestheband.bandcamp.com/track/contra-wofs-remix

This week on Captain N the N team discovers a Tetris world in Video Land and boyyyy do they have a strange mayor. Josh and Dexter break season 2 episode 4 down for you in all it's glory. We also learn that Princess Lana has a brother?

Please note there were some audio issues in this episode. I did my best to clean them up but you may still notice some high pitched noises here and there.

End Song: Tetris
Artist: Cement City
Album: Halloween EP
https://gamechops.com/halloween/

TEST YOUR MIGHT! It's Mortal Kombat's 30th anniversary so I figured why not celebrate by inviting the biggest MK fan I know, Andrew from The EXP Point! We talk about the game's history, it's lore, it's gameplay and so much more!

End Song: Blood Code
Artist: DJ Cutman
Album: Volume I
https://djcutman.bandcamp.com/album/volume-i

This week's episode is a look into a specific area of video games. I am joined by Drs Kate Cook and Jane Draycott to discuss their recently released book "Women in Classical Video Games" from Bloomsbury Press which focuses on the representation of women in video games that are set in or inspired by classical antiquity. Think Assassin's Creed, God of War, Hades etc..

I had a fantastic conversation with them both and really enjoyed learning about what this book has to offer. Please consider checking out the book at Bloomsbury Press's website listed below:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/women-in-classical-video-games-9781350241916/

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End Song: Stardew Valley Overture
Artist: Coffee Date & Dj Cutman
Album: Stardew & Chill
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