Old Gamer’s Almanac

Sorry about this episode being late, but this is a really special episode for a very special game. I hope you appreciate the discussion and I want to say earnestly that I really think you should play this game and experience this story. We didn't know a lot about this Jeff Minter fella and I now consider him an inspirational figure. So enjoy the discussion but also just play this game. It's really...

Hunter and Sun are in the lab this week talking about an under-loved Castlevania classic! Let's talk monsters, whips, and Dracula. You must prevent this podcast from coming back from the dead! Only you can stop us!   To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/194Zs7HY9o2y4dgOQLsQXT0Q0cBW_Q1WZzkwqG-ALqi0/edit?usp=sharing . THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS IF YO...

This week Matt, Hunter, and EJ are in the middle of an OBSESSION with a new card game called Balatro. This episode is more explicit than usual for some reason, we were just really wildin' out. Hope you're havin' a great week, don't play too much Balatro.   To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/194Zs7HY9o2y4dgOQLsQXT0Q0cBW_Q1WZzkwqG-ALqi0/edit?us...

Matt wasn't a Genesis kid, but even Hunter knew very little about this game. Well guess what: it's incredible and I love it and I want everyone to try it and fall in love with piloting this zippy little ship. This is a game about navigation, movement, resource management, and action! It's got EVERYTHING. And sure it's hard...but it's FAIR and that's all that matters. I cannot explain why this game...

This is our second of 2 free Patreon Bonus samplers! Originally this episode and the Sonic 2 episode were going into the bonus feed but due to some complications we decided to shelve the bonus feed and just release the content anyways. So enjoy this 40 year anniversary discussion of the 1984 Dune film directed by David Lynch. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Consider contribu...

The people behind Sonic Mania surprise released their new game last week. We've had Sonic fresh on the mind lately, so this couldn't be better for us. Hunter, EJ, and Matt binged the game so that we couldn't finally feel like real video game journalists and be one of the first people talking about this incredible new 3D Platformer. Is this the kind of new blood the genre needs or is this just nost...

This was originally billed as a Patreon only episode so that we could finally sell out, but we haven't worked out all of the kinks to having a Patreon only feed AND our normal episode for this week is running late so we figured we would just give it to you all! So here's Matt, Hunter, and EJ talking about Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to build up to the Sonic 3 episode from a few weeks ago! To see the most...

We're too excited for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. But more importantly, we haven't been sure what to do when the game comes out because it might be a large amount of time before we've all played the game to completion and we don't want to keep you all waiting! Thankfully, SquareEnix put out a demo of the game and we can talk about some first impressions! Hunter and Sun have already played it and have...

Full spoilers for the entire game this week as Hunter and Sun sit down for a conversation about how much they love this controversial 2020 title remastered for the Playstation 5. Haters beware! Discussion of the original game will follow shortly as a patron only bonus episode. This episode had some audio problems that we had to make peace with so think of it as a simulation of the way this game ma...

It's been a long time since we've had a chance to talk about the blue hedgehog. And on this show we really have never even talked about the "good" Sonic games, so consider this episode LONG overdue. You can join our Patreon to hear a bonus episode about Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but this is the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, so we've got to talk about the game that introduced us to Knuckles...

NINJA PODCAST! This week we're celebrating the 30th Anniversary of THE NINJA WARRIORS. Sneaky vibes on this one as we punch, jump, and crouch our way through a conversation-duel over this SNES underappreciated classic. Don't like it? Beat-Us-Up. To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/194Zs7HY9o2y4dgOQLsQXT0Q0cBW_Q1WZzkwqG-ALqi0/edit?usp=sharing ....

That's right! We still do episodes where talk about one game for over an hour. We even talk about the List in this one! Join us as we begin the true process of exploring a 30th anniversary retrospective of the games on 1994. Mega Man X released in North America on January 19, 1994 to a significant amount of anticipation. A renowned series on NES, this was it's long awaited 16-bit upgrade! Let's se...

The "Full Panel" is here to get excited for our 2024 season looking at both this year and 30 years ago. This week we look through all of the releases of 1994 as well as the supposed releases of 2024 and talk about what we're most excited to play.  To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/194Zs7HY9o2y4dgOQLsQXT0Q0cBW_Q1WZzkwqG-ALqi0/edit?usp=sharing...

It's a new year and time to come up with an entirely new focus for the show. We've approached a lot of old eras or consoles over the past couple of years but something we've enjoyed doing and want to do more of is investing time in reading old journalism about the era we're discussing. For 2024, alongside trying to keep up with our most anticipated new releases, we'll be walking through the year 1...

We've been playing Gameboy games for many months now and it's time to put all of that work to use. We recently nominated 16 Gameboy games to go head to head and today we crown a champion. Strap in folks, it's going to take a while... To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/194Zs7HY9o2y4dgOQLsQXT0Q0cBW_Q1WZzkwqG-ALqi0/edit?usp=sharing . THIS CONTAI...

There's a new project that recently kicked off giving people the opportunity to relive the glory days of early Everquest. Hunter was a big fan of this game during exactly that time and it seemed like a great chance to explain what this old MMO is all about and how we as a community might all want to get involved in it together! For information about getting started with Project Quarm: https://yout...

"The Full Panel" is busy playing Gameboy games, but Hunter's also been working through 2023 releases and wanted to take the time to talk about Spider-Man 2 with OGA's chief comic book correspondent Jamie Carbone. It's time to dig up some deep Marvel lore and talk about the best Spider-Man villains. Find Jamie at: Hear You Loud and Queer: https://instagram.com/hearyouloudandqueer?igshid=YzAwZjE1ZTI...

There were some unexpected nominations in last week's Gameboy Draft, which meant there were so many things left on the cutting room floor that are worth talking about. This episode is a little crazy because it's mostly a list of game rattled off in quick succession, but it's also a discussion about what works and what doesn't work on the handheld as well as some of the more fun experimentation tha...

We've been researching Gameboy games for months now and it's time to put all of that work to good use! Today is the first real step in our Gameboy Tournament. Matt, Hunter, Sun, and EJ will each nominate 4 Gameboy games to give us 16 total games for a massive battle of the best games later this month. This draft is stupid but it could have--and should have--been stupider! To see the most up to ver...

It's finally time for us to move on to our next project. Through the end of the year, we'll be focusing our attention on the Gameboy! Not every episode will be about the Gameboy, but we'll be playing Gameboy games in preparation for our Gameboy Tournament at the end of the year. E.J. and Sun will join us to determine the best Gameboy game of all time! So let's spend today setting the stage and giv...

We've done it. 100 games on the list feels great but we've had some issues looming over us for a long time. As is our yearly tradition, it's time to reassess the list. Some of our opinions have changed over time and we must take stock and reorganize the list so that we can feel bad about it again in a month. To assist us, E.J. and Sun Sanders are here to maximize the chaos and ensure the list does...

Okay! We could just keep doing this forever. It's entirely possible for this show to just become a Starcraft podcast, but we're not going to do that. So today, after a full month of talking about it, we're finally going to rank Starcraft onto our list of 100 games...which notably is the last time we're ever adding a game to the list. From here on out, these are The OGA 100...until we decide to rad...

We've got one more week before we finally go through the arduous process of adding Starcraft to our list as our 100th game, and there's still too much to talk about. Today, we wanted to focus on multiplayer, but even within that topic there is too much to discuss. So for today's presentation we were joined by board game designer and friend of the show Cole Wehrle to talk about the beautiful cacoph...

It's week two of our Starcraft extravaganza and we continue with our adventure through the single player of the game, this week getting to move on to the first and only official expansion, Brood War. It's three more full campaigns with the featured factions of Starcraft, but the story has a lot more twists and turns to throw our way. We also talk about what units were added in this expansion and a...

Today is the beginning of a series of episodes covering our 100th game on the list: Starcraft. Released in 1998, Starcraft changed the RTS genre as well as our two stupid little lives. So enjoy this exhaustive look, starting with a focus on the initial release of the game and the single player campaign of just the base game. Next week, we'll talk about Brood War... To see the most up to version of...