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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about Punch-Out!!... again. You'll hear the sordid story about what happened in the episode, but suffice to say that we ended up having to re-record our live episode about Punch-Out!! We love this game so much that we didn't want our only episode about it to be compromised by a live band playing loudly in the background. So, listen as we extoll the virtues of this sports game that's not really a sports game. If you want to hear the full live recording, it's available for all of our patrons on Patreon (see the links below).

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Super Mario Galaxy.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross cram-jam Super Mario Galaxy. 3D Mario is a tricky thing. Though Mario 64 forged a path, it arrived at a different feeling and flow than we were used to in our 2D Mario games. Over a couple of iterations, it feels like Nintendo finally arrived at the apotheosis of SM64-style play... and then they promptly abandoned it. So, let's take a close look at this weirdo entry in gaming's most established series.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Starflight and Toe Jam & Earl. LINKS OF NOTE: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (http://store.steampowered.com/app/388320/) This is indistinguishable from actual dialogue in Juno (http://www.somethingawful.com/news/diablo-cody-screenplay/)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blast off and crash down with Starflight and Toe Jam & Earl. This is the "Genesis Games that Want to be PC Games" special, as we look at two bizarre console titles from the early 90s. Starflight is the prototypical galaxy exploration simulator, with a wide world and tons of character. Meanwhile, Toe Jam & Earl is an early take on a rogue-lite whose style doesn't quite make up for its mechanical shortcomings. LINKS OF NOTE: Starflight Manual (http://segaretro.org/File:Starflight_MD_US_Manual.pdf) Earth Virginnys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYsO6EcuxbM) TMNT Tiger Game (http://www.gamertheory.com/uploads/stories/Tiger-Konami-TMNT.jpg) Jeeps (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=03212006) Kole definitely wrote this (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kole) AS on I wanna be the guy (http://duckfeed.tv/abjectsuffering/108) TJ+E Manual (http://segaretro.org/ToeJam_%26_Earl) Guy's Grocery Games (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYuR2tBx6o) Metta (https://en.wikipedia

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Team Fortress 2. LINKS OF NOTE: Alis Landale (phantasystar.wikia.com/wiki/Alis_Landale) Errant Signal on Overwatch/TF2 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hj1haLcdI0) Don't Give up Skeleton (www.darkinsight.net/dgus/)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gang up to talk about Team Fortress 2. For our fifth anniversary show, we wanted to do something special. We wanted to play a classic game with our community, and it turns out choosing Team Fortress 2 was a great move. Team Fortress goes way back, but Valve has taken the formula and engineered and iterated it to the point where it's a joy to play. Huge thanks to everyone who played with us! LINKS OF NOTE: Battlefield Commander Mode (battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Commander_(Feature)) Norman Rockwell (www.nrm.org/) Who's that Pokemon!? (gearoid.me/pokemon/) 4d3d3d3 (4d3d3d3.com/) Dam Scene from Vacation (www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnmX4f6VBRw) Expiration Date (www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlLQ3LmZWU) TF2 PSAs (www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm2iFmASBc) Muramasa (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muramasa)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. LINKS OF NOTE: Phantasy Star Retronauts (archive.org/details/Retronauts1-100) The Mimic (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEJmcOftuIg)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross launch through the latter portion of Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. It's now time to leave Motavia and head to Dezolis, because the Algo solar system is in peril. Can we fix the systems, retrieve the data, and conquer the Darkness? LINKS OF NOTE: This Guy Fucks (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uMEE7eaaUA) Amazing Rick and Morty court thing (www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFaIxpbHvM) There is very little on these enigmatic monsters (www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxP_SwZfINc)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross soar through Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium. We're guilty of focusing on Final Fantasy games when we talk about JRPGs because that's mostly what we grew up with. However, concurrently, there was a whole big, important series living and thriving on Sega systems, doing amazing forward looking things before it died an unceremonious death. Phantasy Star IV is considered to be the best, most friendly iteration of the main series, and you should join us to hear about how prescient it was in terms of design. LINKS OF NOTE: Vancian Magic (theevilgm.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/a-…ancian-magic/) Sparkly the Crow (demonssouls.wikidot.com/crow) Man-Thing (marvel.com/universe/Man-Thing) Wild Arms Credits (www.youtube.com/watch?v=muDfmLwBvjM)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross groove to Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven. This summer, we decided to let our listeners decide which rhythm games we should play. The resounding winners were to non-peripheral Nintendo DS rhythm games that couldn't be any more different. Elite Beat Agents is soaking in charm, but we find a lot of problems with it mechanically and musically. Meanwhile, Rhythm Heaven is drenched in charm, and manages to be in the upper echelon of games we've played for the show. LINKS OF NOTE: Teenage Dirtbags Lit (duckfeed.tv/tdb/my-own-worst-enemy-by-lit) Mega64 EBA (www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXZGzhsS-5I) Nick Fury Enemies (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpio_(comics)) Joey Chestnut (www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0E8ImL4aXY) Diarrhea Planet (www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsZzeLlXTQ) EBA all 4 difficulties at once (www.youtube.com/watch?v=1POsLGnIr…L0008802F0A1600FD) Don Hertzfeldt (www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7sxPLhOQk)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Deus Ex: Invisible War. LINKS OF NOTE: Asshole Physics (www.somethingawful.com/news/max-payne-asshole/) Sunglasses at Night (www.it-he.org/deus.htm) Moraff's World (www.myabandonware.com/game/moraff-s-world-2ho) Servile Wars (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servile_Wars)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross link up to talk about Deus Ex: Invisible War. How do you follow up a masterpiece? Almost never with another masterpiece. Invisible War has some real problems, but taken on its own it's a perfectly competent shooter with some really great ideas and a fantastic reveal. Don't expect a game that redefines any genres, and you'll be fine. LINKS OF NOTE: DX Bartender (www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKF0IYwhrjk) Post Mortem (www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGIdYl2oN74) Grey Goo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo) Bender Grey Goo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benderama) Stroke 9 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIeOUe6BCFs) Kidneythieves (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidneythieves) Duck Squeeze (www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHc288IPFzk)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Day of the Tentacle.

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross experiment with Day of the Tentacle. It's a time-hopping, interactive Looney Toon that's also LucasArts at the height of their powers... We revisit the world of Maniac Mansion to solve adventure game puzzles with the added twist of causality logic, visiting Colonial America and the distant, tentacle-run future. LINKS OF NOTE: Bernoulli Principle (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s_principle) Bob's Oral History of DOTT (www.usgamer.net/articles/day-of-t…-the-oral-history) Time Gentlemen Please/Ben There, Dan That (www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hZDldRHu9E) Retro Game Audio Podcast about Maniac Mansion, With Gary (Retrogameaudio – Maniac-mansion)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Fallout: New Vegas, and then Brayton Cameron joins us to talk about New Vegas mods. LINKS OF NOTE: Top Mods (www.pcgamer.com/25-best-fallout-new-vegas-mods/) Smart Girls (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0SnpN_O00) Original Wrapper (duckfeed.tv/tdb/original-wrapper) iCivics (www.icivics.org/) Class Craft (www.classcraft.com/) Rawls (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjtz-w0Xouo) One Lifebar Run (www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8XLN1N0v…FpRtaOkOFP67j4et6)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expound upon the many expansions for Fallout: New Vegas. Here, in part three, we visit Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, the four expansions released for Fallout: New Vegas in the year after the main game dropped. They're varied and diverse, but they contribute to a single overarching story in a way that most DLC packs just don't, really. LINKS OF NOTE: Pretending to Ride a Dog FB Group (www.facebook.com/pretendingtorideadog/) Now You See Me (www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJNYYkkhzc) Giant McTeague Tooth (malvarez726.edublogs.org/2015/03/03/s…in-mcteague/) Dr Venture (www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMMwq2AMgoY) Fallout 2 EPA (fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Environment…rotection_Agency) We3 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We3) Stripe (www.youtube.com/watch?v=26rtbuybXss)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross indulge in the side quests of Fallout: New Vegas. The Mojave wasteland has a wealth of things to do, and we try to cover them all. This episode covers all of the companion side quests, and then goes around to different factions and settlements to take care of errands for them, too. LINKS OF NOTE: Tootsie Pop Native American (www.snopes.com/business/redeem/tootsie.asp) Game Maker's Toolkit on Beyond The Beef (www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM1yR7WYqgM)