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Oregon Trail Questions?

I'll be traveling up to Minnesota in June to speak with the creators of Oregon Trail. If you have some questions or comments, i'd love to share it with them. Just post below. Thanks!

NEW VIDEO | The NES Hot Seat

Had to do some deep diving on this one, but it's kinda cool! 

Updates (03/28/2019)

- Sonic's Secret Genesis Games goes live today!

- I have secured 2 interviews for the Oregon Trail episode. I'll be traveling up to Minnesota the 1st week of June to film them. This episode w...

New Video - Sonic's Secret Genesis Games

A huge thanks to LastPass for sponsoring the show this month, especially because I've been using it since 2008! 

Hope you enjoy, and...on to the next! 

Upcoming Videos

Hello everyone!

For the past 2 weeks, I've been away. I attended the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo and had a blast! After that, I hopped on the plane to Michigan to visit my grandma. She just had b...

NEW VIDEO | The Aladdin Deck Enhancer

This episode was much more difficult to make than I realized, but I like how it turned out. The Deck Enhancer only works on an original NES, so I had to capture gameplay footage old school style! R...

Still from the Aladdin Deck Enhancer episode

Did you know that I'm in Micro Machines?

This episode should be ready early next week for you all! 

NEW VIDEO! The Super Mario Land Series

Here's a rough cut of our latest episode! There will be quite a lot of changes visually, but the actual narration will stay the same. Either way, hope you enjoy this one! I absolutely love these ga...

Happy New Year! Here is what we are working on

Hello!

Just thought I would give you all the first update of 2019!

Super Mario Land Retrospective - This video is done (on my end anyway). It's currently being edited b...

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

Wherever you may be this year or however you may be celebrating, I hope you have a wonderful holiday! Thanks so much for your support this year and helping make these videos a reality.

The sc...

Punch-Out is Done! Here's What Is Coming Next...

Hi everyone!

The Story of Punch-Out!! is officially done. If you haven't seen it, here is a link: 2018-12-05 18:18:44 +0000 UTC View Post

NEW VIDEO - The Story of Punch-Out!!

Here it is (finally!). I still have a few edits to make, but it is essentially done. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you and enjoy.

Sick for the Holidays

Hello everyone,

Inspired by the band "Disturbed", my body decided to get 'down with sickness.' While editing the Punch-Out video Friday night, I was struck with the chills. I quickly had a fever, an...

More Punch-Out Progress & Release Date

Hello everyone

Apologies for missing last weeks post! I've been grinding away at this episode. I thought I would share something new: A custom animation! We worked with Studio Goblin to create this ...

Punch-Out Timeline

Here's a look at the current timeline. There are 6 parts. This is part 1 & 2. I'm anticipating maybe a.....40 minute runtime?

Also, here is an illustration from the talented jetpackbraggin, who ...

Portland Pickups, Rare Images, Punch-Out Progress

This weeks image features a Famicom testing / assembly line. I got this picture from a German video game magaz...

Punch-Out Preview & Portland Retro Gaming Expo!

Welcome back to The Weekly Wednesday! This will be the last time the posts are named "The Weekly Wednesday." For one, I realized the name doesn't really make sense. And two, I think it would be more h...

The Weekly Wednesday (October 3rd, 2018)

Welcome back to The Weekly Wednesday! This weeks header image features former pro wrestler Davey Boy Smith pla...

The Weekly Wednesday (October 3rd, 2018)

Welcome back to The Weekly Wednesday! This weeks header image is from the manual for Uninvited on the Apple Ma...

The Weekly Wednesday (September 26th, 2018)

Welcome back to The Weekly Wednesday! This week's header image comes to us from the twitter account of fellow ...

When Nike Sued Sega | Gaming Historian

Here's a brand new episode!

This was originally a "Today in Video Game History" video on Facebook. We took the script, expanded on it, and recorded all new narration,
new editing, music, and mor...

The Weekly Wednesday (September 19th, 2018)

Welcome back to The Weekly Wednesday! Today's header image is from the cover of Power Punch II on the NES. I h...

The Weekly Wednesday (September 12th, 2018)

Welcome back to The Weekly Wednesday! This weeks image is an illustration from a Mario Quiz Card. These were p...

The Weekly Wednesday (September 5th, 2018)

Welcome to The Weekly Wednesday! 

This is our brand new, weekly post to catch you up on all things ...

The Story of Spyro the Dragon

Here's a brand new, 30-minute video on one of my favorite PS1 games, Spyro the Dragon. This talks about not only the history of Spyro, but the history of Insomniac Games as well.

Still have a few mo...

Going Forward

Hello everyone. This will be a rambling post so please forgive if this just seems like word vomit. 

At the beginning of the year, my hope was to make more episodes. But as the year has progress...

New Episode & Updates

I was hoping to post this yesterday, but I ran into a major issue that forced me to re-record A LOT of footage last minute. Apologies for that! I just learned about this ports recently and found it fa...

SEGA 32X

We had this script pretty much done for awhile, so we decided to finally go ahead and make the episode. While the 32X was a mistake, I did gain a little appreciation for the add-on when making the epi...

Jerry Momoda Q&A!

You guys had questions...here are the answers! I asked former Nintendo employee Jerry Momoda your questions. Here is what he had to say. Several questions he didn't know the answer to, so I left those...

VIDEO - How I Clean Retro Games

Hoping to get out some shorter videos while I work on the longer ones, like Punch-Out!! Just want to make sure the flow of content is good, like a...waterfall, I guess? Anyway, enjoy!