Huge Roblox controversy, collectors ruining game collecting, Pac-Man Atari 2600+ console, and more!
2025-08-20 16:18:12 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss the new superhero movies, Superman and Fantastic Four!
2025-08-20 00:32:01 +0000 UTC View PostLast weekend’s convention was great. The folks at Long Island Retro Gaming Expo put on another great show. I hope I can go back next year, but it all depends on the timing of our move. I did two ...
2025-08-17 16:36:54 +0000 UTC View PostI leave tomorrow morning for the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo. I’m looking forward to it! I’m not looking for anything specific as far as games, and I’d be surprised if I pick up anything, b...
2025-08-06 21:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostSan Diego Comic Con was last weekend and, again, I was lucky to attend thanks to Vani. I spent more time on the floor this year than I have since probably 2016. It was a combination of having the t...
2025-07-31 18:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostVani and I went out and saw Superman on Tuesday. I’d been looking forward to it since the first trailer, hoping it would be a Superman story good enough to get the taste of Snyder’s
What have I been up to? Painting Battletech. Playing Battletech. Hyperfocusing. I’ve been able to get out and play, something I’ve wanted to do again since I was a teenager. It’s another way ...
2025-07-13 20:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Xbox Game Pass a failure, Amico developer speaks out, #CUPodcast listener hassled by a game seller, and more!
2025-07-09 18:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Pat talks about Too Many Games and the stuff he picked up.
2025-07-09 03:33:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s the 4th of July weekend and my buddy Jon, co-host of the Extra Napkins podcast (plug!), is coming down for a couple of days. We need to get a couple of recordings in, but we also pl...
2025-07-05 17:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis past weekend was a quiet one for me so I checked out some indie games that had gotten updates since the last time I played them: XENOTILT, Picayune Dreams, and the soon-to-be...
2025-06-27 13:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostVani and I went to the San Diego County Fair on Sunday. This was probably the earliest we’ve ever gone. I’m usually scrambling to find time for it in its final week. This year’s theme was pet...
2025-06-18 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve slowly begun going through some of my things in preparation for our move next year. I’m already going to have a lot of heavy stuff to transfer, mainly my record collection, arcade cabinet,...
2025-06-14 16:24:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The Switch 2 hits shelves, Amico games are coming to Steam and Switch, the Xbox handheld is announced, Pac-Man donuts, and more!
2025-06-11 17:51:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Pat discusses his pickups from SoCal Gaming Expo!
2025-06-11 00:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostSummer is here, and I’m feeling the need to get outside more often. I put film inside my camera and left it by the front door as if a carrot dangling from a string to lure me outside. It has work...
2025-06-01 21:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow we leave for the Golden State Pinball Expo! The line-up currently sits at 308 machines and I bet a few more get squeezed in before midnight. I’m mostly packed and we’ve got an early fl...
2025-05-16 02:49:43 +0000 UTC View PostNext week is the Golden State Pinball Expo in Lodi, California. This is my third year attending, I’ve considered it can’t miss since the first. Three days of free-play pinball for a 60-dollar p...
2025-05-10 01:35:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft raises Xbox prices, retro gaming stuff Pat forgot he had, Ubisoft says we do not own games we buy, and more!
2025-05-07 17:06:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Ian discusses his newfound "love" of Warhammer tabletop gaming and why it's difficult for Pat to learn new board games.
2025-05-07 00:50:35 +0000 UTC View PostMiniature gaming has got me. This past Wednesday I played 40K with my friend again. He introduced some new rules and objectives and I liked the game even more than I did initially. The problem is I...
2025-05-02 23:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostLast night my friend taught me and another friend how to play Warhammer 40K. It always seemed interesting to me, but I never played it as a teenager because of the length of the games and the seemi...
2025-04-25 02:19:14 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been getting back into table-top RPG stuff lately. It started when I got my box set from the Cairn 2e Kickstarter. The package itself is incredibly nice and quite loaded after adding in all ...
2025-04-19 15:59:46 +0000 UTC View PostI started making shrubs this past weekend. A shrub is a fruit syrup rested with vinegar and then used as an ingredient in cocktails or non-alcoholic drinks. The process starts by mixing sugar with ...
2025-04-10 20:38:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Switch 2 discussion and price analysis, a second Nintendo Playstation prototype found, Midwest Gaming Classic, Game Informer back, a Scumbag Seller of the Week, and more!
2025-04-09 17:50:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Ian discusses WonderCon and the changing expo scene, while Pat discusses the Amazon Prime show Goliath.
2025-04-09 01:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostVani and I went to WonderCon on Sunday. I look forward to it every year as a nice way to spend the day with her browsing comics. I picked up the five-issue run of Shadow of the Batman which reprint...
2025-04-03 01:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostI went to the theater last night with Vani and some friends to see The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. I hadn’t seen any previews and hadn’t heard about it at all until a ...
2025-03-25 23:22:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt rained for most of the past week, so I didn’t have an opportunity to get out and do much of anything interesting. I hit Hunter Rank 40 in Monster Hunter Wilds and went on a losing streak on