Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, it's a particle acceleration experiment gone wrong in Another World! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Neilan Naicker from the Board Game Barrage podcast as we die repeatedly in Another World, a cinematic action-adventure platformer originally released for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in 1991!   Next Episode: Comix Zone for the SEGA...

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we must stop Count Dracula and his minions in Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Mark Besada from the Board Game Barrage podcast as we storm Dracula's Castle in Castlevania, a 1986 action side-scroller for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Next Episode: A mystery game and a mystery guest! (T...

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, it's Wibbley Wobbley Sword! Wait, what?  Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Brian Brandes as we venture into the Forest of Elrond to rescue The Princess held captive at Castle Ironspire in Wizards & Warriors, a 1987 action-adventure platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Next Episode: A mystery game and a mystery guest! (T...

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we once again enter the world of survival horror in Resident Evil 2! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Jeffrey Matulef as we explore the Raccoon City Police Department and all its dark secrets while avoiding zombies and other biological horrors in this multiplatform game originating on the Sony PlayStation in 1998. (This episode brought...

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we become Space Hunters for the Galactic Federation in Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System!  Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Anthony Gnagnarelli as we traverse the maze-like subsurface of the planet Zebes in search of the Metroids, a potential bioweapon that threatens the entire galaxy!  Next Episode: Resident...

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we jump aboard the Marvel hype train and revisit multiple X-Men video games of the early 90s, for two rival 16-bit consoles.  The mutant superheroes dispatch waves of evil-doers in X-Men (SEGA Genesis), X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), and X-Men 2: Clone Wars (SEGA Genesis). Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and ret...

Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, one of the original videogaming icons barrel-blasts his way into the 90s in the groundbreaking platformer, Donkey Kong Country, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)!  He's the good guy this time, and will run, jump, roll, climb, swing, swim, and fly through 40 lush levels built with Rare's cutting-edge Silicon Graphics tec...

Hey retro gamers! Get ready for 42 rounds of exciting boxing action in the World Video Boxing Association!  Today we lace up the gloves for Punch-Out!! (or Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!). Will Little Mac's hard work and rigorous training pay off, 34 years later? Find out on this episode of Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast!  Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and my guest George Brandes, as we fig...

Hey retro gamers! Dive into the deep blue sea to play an adorable dolphin game on the SEGA Genesis...or is Ecco the Dolphin more than meets the eye?  Find out on this episode of Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast!  Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and GamerNode veteran Anthony LaBella (yes, a different Anthony this time) as we experience revelation after revelation about this game's story, g...

Hey retro gamers! It's 80s ninja action on this episode of Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast!  We're running, jumping, climbing, and slashing our way through one of the most foundational ninja videogame classics, Ninja Gaiden for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and my old friend, first-time podcast guest, the self-proclaimed biggest Batman fan you'll eve...

Hey retro gamers! Get excited, because this is the premiere episode of Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast! What better game to revisit, explore, and discuss as we kick this thing off than Nintendo's storied sequel for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Mario Bros. 2?!  Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and my first esteemed guest, former Big Red Potion Podcast host, former Joystiq UK Ed...

The introductory, proto-episode of Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast.  Welcome! I'm Eddie Inzauto, and I plan to play a lot of classic games with you and my guests over the course of the years ahead. This is a brief episode in which I just lay out the basic premise of the show and let you know which game will be first on the list. (Hint: It's Super Mario Bros. 2) Thanks for joining me on thi...