Old Gamer’s Almanac

Guest Host Exothermic drops by the feed to talk about a Kirby game for the Game Boy you might have never heard of! Speaking of which, what is this show now? Maybe you'll find out more once I finish my move to NYC. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. ( https:/...

Hey friends sorry the feed has been extremely inconsistent as of late, I'm sorta going through a time of great upheaval! But I feel like once the dust settles I'm going to be able to provide you with a much better version of this show. This week Hunter and Jamie sit down to talk about an old favorite in order to get some new perspective on a Sega Saturn masterpiece. Also Jamie talks a lot about th...

Hey we're going to be a Monday show for a while! I've been working on some format changes in the background for both OGA and SCPT so that's been causing delays and other things but we're gonna be switching our release days since I don't have anything that comes out on Mondays and tbh it's just better for me this way. This week Me, Jamie, and EJ talk about Slay The Spire 2 which is essentially goin...

Hunter and Jamie are back on the couch to go on kind of a lot of wild tangents, prepare yourself for that kind of episode. We do talk a lot about Mega Man though, generally and then also specifically MM X3 so check it out! Also sorry about the lack of episode last week I've been having a weird time in my life! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightc...

Jamie Carbone is back on the couch with Hunter and we're talking about a bunch of games that were demo'd this week at Steam Next Fest. Fun discussion if you're interested in getting a bunch of impressions on a wide selection of new games. We actually found a lot of good things I sincerely think you should play. Chapters are marked so you can skip to what you want to hear about! Games Discussed (Wi...

Sorry it's been a minute since you got more content that I know you crave but Hunbun got the flu so his butt was out of commission. This week I've got EJ over and we're talking about three different games that are all about climbing, climbing is the new jumping. Jumping is dead.  Come see Hunter headline Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis! Hunter Donaldson Comedy (Featuring Jamie Carbone) Feb. 27th a...

The boys are back in town. This week EJ, Sun, Jamie, and Hunter plop right down to decide what exactly was the best game released in 2025. If you were mad about our 1995 coverage this is guaranteed to continue the madness! Feel free to comment everywhere about all the problems you have with all of this. Come see Hunter headline Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis! Hunter Donaldson Comedy (Featuring Ja...

This week the boys are back in the zone, they've done their homework and it is time. Today Hunter, Matt, Shelton, and Alex (Exothermic from ExothermicPlaysGames) sit down to choose their favorite game of 1995. There word will be definitive and I can't wait to find out WHAT THEY'RE GONNA PICK. Jk I already know because I was in the episode, it's me Hunter. To see the most up to version of The OGA 1...

Jamie Carbone is back on the couch with Hunbun, this time we're going to talk about games we're excited to play in 2026! Obviously take this all with a grain of salt, games never actually come out when they are announced to. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon...

This week we're back with our most anticipated games of 30 years ago! This year we get to talk about some big ones! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. ( https://www.patreon.com/oldgamersalmanac ) Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac...

We took a week off for the holidays but actually Hunter, Shelton, and Chris Felton (Who you will remember from the Space Ghost episode) met up to record a way too long sendup of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. In this episode we rank every David Lynch feature and each season of Twin Peaks in chronological order! Obviously this doesn't have anything to do with video games but hey don't...

Hunter and Exothermic are back in the saddle talking about Blizzard's foundational RTS classic, Warcraft 2!!! There's also a fair bit about the Supreme Court of the United States and also the Game Awards. I guess you could say this podcast has a little something for everyone. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/night...

Hunter was able to talk Ernest Jernest into coming right back to talk about one of the biggest games of the century, Hollow Knight: Silksong. Apologies that we're not exhaustedly discussing sparse details of this game in a hotel room in Indianapolis but we thought maybe we'd do it justice this time. ;)  To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  ...

Matt has returned to Hunter's couch to talk about that green egg laying dyno we all know and love! A classic OGA discussion of feeling pretty alright about a video game. Cold open discussion is all about the Analogue 3D that both the boys recently unwrapped as early Christmas gifts from Santa! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://so...

Hunter and EJ sit down this week TO EAT AN ENTIRE CRATE OF BANANAS. At some point the new Donkey Kong game for the Switch 2 is spoken of but I'd just chill with it. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. ( https://www.patreon.com/oldgamersalmanac ) Email us your...

This week Hunter and Shelton are in the monkey zone in our first of two weeks of Donkey Kong centered talks! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. ( https://www.patreon.com/oldgamersalmanac ) Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac(at)gma...

The boys are back in town! We've got the Sanders Brothers and Jamie Carbone back to draft our favorite games of 2025. Feel free to play along with us while we work to determine which game is truly the GOAT of 2025. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. ( https:...

This week we have a special episode for you all! Today Hunter, Matt, Shelton, and Alex (Exothermic from ExothermicPlaysGames) sit down to draft their favorite games of 1995. They will then spend the next two months playing the entire draft of games and then meet back for a final GOTY ranking to find the best game of 1995. Feel free to play along! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit...

This week we've got Jenna Stoeber back at the Almanac just in time for Halloween! We're talkin' about point-and-click adventure game Carnival! Super interesting story that we both super recommend!  Check out Jenna at: https://www.jennastoeber.com/ To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing...

This week Hunter and newcomer Shelton Brister sit down to talk about the darkest game in OGA history. A twisted weirdo post-apocalyptic point-and-click written by Harlan Ellison. It's a lot but this game invites a lot of interesting discussion even if that discussion requires some pretty serious content warnings. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nig...

This week Hunter is sitting down the wonderful Benji Nate (Girl Juice, Catboy) to talk about their wonderful experience playing Blue Prince together! There's also plenty of spooky talk about a recent trip to a haunted house compound. Happy early halloween??? Follow benji: https://www.instagram.com/benjinate/# To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightco...

Hunter and Matt are here this week to talk about our classic OGA subject: SEGAAAAA. This one is a real throwback that I feel like should be very fitting this week of just the boys havin' fun talking about a weird franchise we're quite fond of. Jump on and give it a listen! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcor...

This week we're bringing out the big guns and talkin' with Sun. We're about to go hardcore Final Fantasy mode on y'all like we always love to do. Feel free to enjoy and disagree with all of the things we say! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcorey.  https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey   Consider contributing to our show on Patreon. ( https://www....

The thrilling conclusion of our Mini-Arc about Nintendo collaborations is here! This week Hunter and Exothermic talk Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Metroid: Other M and Fire Emblem Three Houses! Since this is our final episode for this mini-season we end it with some rankings on the OGA list and even do some giveaways to our patrons! Check out more of Exothermic at: https://www.youtube.com/@ExothermicPl...

Hunter and Exothermic are back for the second part of our series of episodes covering games that feature Nintendo IP that wasn't made by Nintendo. This week is a mad dash discussion of Super Mario RPG, Star Fox Adventures, and F-Zero GX. It's a fun wide-reaching discussion of these three games of wildly differing levels of quality. Check back next week for the thrilling conclusion! Check out more...