Play It Up

In this episode, we meet James Morris. James was the MVP of the most recent Australian Battle of the Arcades and is a phenomenal gamer and person. We talk about his history with gaming, the kinds of games he likes to play now, why he isn't keen on Donkey Kong, a tale of how his dreams of becoming a Mario Kart champion were destroyed because his Dad refused to take a photo, and much more. We want t...

In this episode, Shaun & Mike are joined by Space Invaders World Record Holder, Jon Tannahill, and Double Dragon World Record Holder, Dennis Edmunds. We hear about these two legends' gaming backgrounds and collections, talk about some CRT goodness and differences between video signals, and find out all about the upcoming BPAC event, including the Australian Arcade Championships, Australian Kon...

In this episode, Shaun is joined by Luke Bushell (Super Star Wars World Record Holder & Donkey Kong Killscreener) and Matthew Tecchio (Current #7 in the world for Donkey Kong) to talk about their passion for gaming, the struggles and triumphs surrounding Donkey Kong, Mental Health and much more! Thanks for listening and enjoy. Please leave us a review or rating on whichever platform you are li...

In this episode, we find out about Neil's new world record and how he plans to take another world record, Mike plays video games for 24 hours straight and Shaun fails at modding a Game Boy plus much more. To check out the trailer of the Kim Kanonarm Documentary which focuses on the legendary gamer from Denmark, Kim Kanonarm, and his quest to play Gyruss for 100 hours visit here - https://www.youtu...

In this episode, Mike, Shaun, and Neil chat about what they have been up to lately and answer some awesome questions from some of our listeners. They are Johnny Bonde, James Morris, and Dennis Edmunds. Thanks for listening and enjoy. Please leave us a review or rating on whichever platform you are listening on and give us a like and rating on Facebook. It really helps us and we appreciate it a lot...

In this episode, Mike, Shaun, and Neil chat about what they have been up to lately, some homebrew games Shaun played recently, tales about lost or deleted games saves (Spoiler alert - Mike betrays his family), and much more!  Thanks for listening and enjoy. Please leave us a review or rating on whichever platform you are listening on and give us a like and rating on Facebook. It really helps...

In this episode, Mike, Shaun, and Neil chat about what they have been up to lately including Mike's trip to Perth where he regained a childhood treasure, Neil's 1CC (1 Credit Clear) of Ghosts 'N Goblins and Shaun finished a couple of great platformers and got himself a SNES mini and hacked it nicely. Thanks for listening and enjoy. Please leave us a review or rating on whichever platform you are l...

In this episode, Mike, Shaun, and Neil are joined by a special guest, Scott Tiller, to chat all about handheld gaming.  Before that, everyone catches up on what's been happening in each other's worlds gaming-wise including some chat about Neil's Ghosts N' Goblins World Record quest, Mike's monster PB on Galaga, Shaun entering an NES Tetris tournament as well as playing A Way Out on PS4 and we...

In this episode the boys talk about Shaun’s recent trip to Italy which featured a visit to an absolutely amazing video game store (Power Games - Website: power-games.it) where he got some sweet pickups, Super Mario 35, Donkey Kong Kong League Head to Head World Championships, Mike playing his Mega Drive and buying a Mega Drive game from bikies in Perth! Also featured is an update from Neil on his...

In this episode, Mike, Shaun, and Neil discuss what they have been up to lately including Mikes's quest for all gold medals in Grant Turismo license tests, Neil’s quest for the Ghosts ‘n Goblins world record, Shaun finishing Blazing Chrome on the...

In this episode of the Play It Up Podcast we talk about Gran Turismo memories and Mike chasing the Gold trophies for licenses in Gran Turismo 2, what we've been playing,Neil working on the Ghosts 'N Goblins World Record, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 and...

Welcome back to another episode of Play It Up! This week Shaun is joined by Johnny Bonde And John McNeil, owner of Spacies which is a Retro Arcade, Cafe & Bar in Toowoomba. We get to know about John's history with video games and arcades and his...

Welcome back to another episode of Play It Up! This week we had the honour of recording this podcast in our favourite local arcade Netherworld! Thanks so much to the guys at Netherworld for allowing us to do this. It was amazing. In this episode, we...

Joining me this week are the following Classic Fighting Game Beasts - Mike Coolican, John McIntyre, Clinton "Buzz" Campbell and Peter Hy. We talk about fighting game memories, favourite fighting games, fighting game tournaments, meeting Steve Ritchie...

In this episode, I was joined by John McNeil, Gerry Scott, Luke Bushell, Johnny Bonde and Mike Coolican via video chat. We talk about Johnny Bonde's recent Killscreen, Mike Coolican's recent 1.2 million Galaga game, gaming goals for this year, and much...

On this Episode Neil and I talk about my recent trip to Japan, what we are playing at the moment, gaming goals for the future, Neil's Wonderboy World Record, and Neil's conversations with Wonderboy creator Ryuichi Nishizawa. Enjoy!

In this episode we drink some beer, get to know Luke Bushell, chat about Donkey Kong and try some impressions.

Welcome to the first episode of the Play it Up Podcast! This is a podcast centred around video games and especially retro video games. This episode features Shaun Ruhland (host), Johnny Bonde and Michael Kibbey. We talk about childhood memories with...