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Join the CO gang as we explore the depths of the 1990's N64 racing "classic" Cruis'n USA, in honor of Ian's kid brother Ryan!     Happy Birthday, kid!

Dun dun dun daaa dun dun! Dun dun dun daaa dun dun... It's the pc WWII classic first person shooter, Battlefield 1942! Join the CO crew as we give Jerry what for!   

  Jimmy loves Bushido Blade and used to be the undefeated champ. Ian loves to torment Jimmy and turns out to be *not half bad* at Bushido Blade. Swords clash and hearts are broken. John Belushi makes a special appearance from beyond the grave... STAY TUNED!!!  

It'sa Mee Mario Kart!? This is the blurst episode of Console Obscura yet!

  Portal 2 is a 2011 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. Console Obscura is a podcast dedicated to talking about games such as Portal 2.   Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Console Obscura.    Caution: Console Obscura may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.    Console Obscura contain...

Those intrepid invertebrates, the Console Obscura Crew, return with a vengeance in an episode dedicated to the much-loved Worms Armageddon. It’s a whole new can of worms! Join the boys as they discuss Worms memories and the history of the artillery strategy genre, as well as weird and wonderful weapons and tools including Earthquake, Freeze and French Sheep Strike.    

     Guybrush Threepwood wants to be a pirate. To do so, he must prove himself to three old pirate captains. During the perilous pirate trials, he meets the beautiful governor Elaine Marley, with whom he falls in love, unaware that the ghost pirate LeChuck also has his eyes on her. When Elaine is kidnapped, Guybrush must form a crew, hunt down LeChuck, and save his Plunder Bunny!    

Join the CO gang as we wax nostalgic for April Fools Day about video game arcana and "playground knowledge" in the pre-internet era!  

Join the boys as they wax philosophic on love, loss, hops, and head. It's Nomad Bohemian Pilsner, and it's more than meets the eye!  After the review, the gang suggests game pairings that are a good match for the brew in question. Join us!  Beers and fun brought to you by Gravity Beer Market  of Olympia WA.  

It's Super Mario 2. Who are you kidding? Listen already!

Console Obscura joins Tommy Vercetti as he dodges the mafia, the cartels, and random npc drivers to come out on top. First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women...  

Join the gang as we reminisce about thumb blisters, hours wasted, asses rocked, and faces melted. Yes, we're highway stars coming through the fire and flames like godzilla, and we will rock you.   Also we'll talk about the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises. That too.   RAWK!!!1 *throws up the horns*    

Join the gang for the inaugural episode of Console Obscura Nights, as we review Hop Valley Brewing Company's Citrus Mistress IPA, courtesy of Gravity Beer Market , Olympia Washington's premier bottle shop.   After the review, the gang suggests game pairings that are a good match for the brew in question. Join us!  

We continue our western saga here at Console Obscura with a modern classic - a little noir western spaghetti western sandbox game by the name of Red Dead Redemption.   SADDLE UP.  

This week's episode: Oregon Trail! You know it, you love it, poopbutt has measles! Lose an hour to this sweet episode, and don't forget a spare wagon yoke, or the yoke is on you!     Bonus: Think you can beat our score? Bring it!    

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY A MONKEY???     Oh my gosh you guys! Ian is so excited about this week's episode, No One Lives Forever. Join Ian and Adam, get cozy, pull up a fleece blankie, and bask in the warm paisley glow of this fantastic 1960s spy fps!    

Join Ian, Adam, Wylie, and Ben as they enjoy a rollicking roundtable discussion on all things video game emulation! Listen as old, once obsolete games and systems gain a new life and appreciation through the wonders of technology! Did you know you could build your own cocktail cabinet and play Ms. Pacman for hours? Did you know that people make music with the Commodore 64? Did you know you could p...

  CONSOLE OBSCURA SPECIAL SUPERBOWL EPISODE!!! HAWKS V PATS: THE DEFLATIONING!!!   In this episode, Adam and Ian predict the outcome of SuperBowl XLIX in the single most accurate and irrefutable method known to modern science: a COM VS COM match in Tecmo SuperBowl 2015. Yep, that's right, Tecmo SuperBowl 2015 ... So tune in, find out who wins the BIG GAME, learn about an old game given new life, a...

Adam, Ian, Wylie, and Ben must guide Pit, a kid who looks a bit like  Icarus,  on his quest for three sacred treasures, which he must equip to rescue the Grecian fantasy world Angel Land and its ruler, the goddess Palutena. Your guess is as good as ours, folks.