The Stone Age Gamer Podcast

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris kick off May MAY-nia! It’s kind of like March Madness, except it’s in May and it’s two guys on a podcast instead of college athletes. The first round, bracket, whatever you call it, is Adventure games. And boy, did we ever stretch the definition of “adventure” for this category. Still, it’s a pretty fun conversation, so enjoy! At the top of the show, Dan played m...

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris discuss the state of video game remakes. With so many heavy hitting remakes in the world lately, and approaches ranging from unchanged to a fault in games like The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, to near unrecognizable from a gameplay standpoint like in Final Fantasy VII Remake, the guys try to come around on what makes a good remake, and which approach, if an...

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris dive into the April 10 20 30 40, talking about notable releases from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago this month. Monster Hunter hit the Wii, Metal Gear Solid hit the game Boy Color, Bonk made his debut on the TurboGrafx-16, Golf, well, golfed on the Atari 2600 (maybe), and a whole lot more, too! At the top of the show, Dan gave his in-depth impressions of the Final...

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris spend way more time than any sane person should discussing both existing and theoretical video game themed breakfast cereals. Which were their favorites? Were any of their inventions grounded in reality? Was this in fact the dumbest episode of the Stone Age Gamer Podcast ever? Meanwhile, at the top of the show, Kris travels back to the original East Tod with his...

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris return to somewhat normalcy. With a Metal Gear Solid movie supposedly in the works (for real this time), Dan thought it would be a fun idea to set up a sort of SAG Podcast “casting couch” to try and figure out who should be cast in each role. At the top of the show, the guys catch up with all the games they’ve been playing in quarantine. One thing’s for sure, a L...

Show Notes It’s time for the landmark 300th episode of the Stone Age Gamer Podcast with the Trivia Tournament of Champions grand finals! It’s Dean vs. Squarepainter vs. Dan in a cutthroat battle to the finish. Who will be crowned the new trivia champion? Useful Links Squarepainter Support us on Patreon www.stoneagegamer.com SAG’s theme Song “Squared Roots” by Banjo Guy Ollie Social Stuff Join us o...

Show Notes As we finish gearing up for the grand finale of the Stone Age Gamer Podcast Trivia Tournament of Champions, Dan and Kris tackle the March 10 20 30 40, covering games like Space Invaders, Ninja Golf, Street Fighter Alpha, and a whole lot more. Meanwhile, at the top of the show, with Dan and Kris in quarantine (there’s a sentence we never expected to write) find out what they’ve been play...

Show Notes It’s time for Game 2 of the Stone age Gamer Podcast Trivia Tournament of Champions! This week’s contestants were previous show guests. We had the return of Banjo Guy Ollie for his very first stab at SAG trivia, host of the Atari 2600 Game by Game Podcast, Ferg, and returning trivia champ, Squarepainter Adam Shub. Who will win? Who will not win? Who will move on to challenge Dean and Dan...

Show Notes This week, there have been some management changes at GameStop, including Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime joining their ranks, but can anything save the company of extinction? More importantly, should it be saved? Dan and Kris discuss. Meanwhile, at the top of the show, Kris continues to build LABO kits and run through the Zelda series with his son, the magic of music in video games, and of...

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris begin the march to episode 300 with the first game in their Stone Age gamer Podcast Trivia Tournament of Champions! Game 1 features “The Old Guard” with Geekade founder Dean DeFalco facing off against “Back of the Box” champion Tiff, and Dan’s Papercuts co-host Matt Mutch. Who will move on to the finals? Find out now! Useful Links Support us on Patreon www.stonea...

Show Notes This week, Dan and Kris expand the reach of their regular monthly segment with the first 10 20 30 40, discussing notable game releases from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago. They cover February 2010’s anemic Wii releases, February 2000’s killer Dreamcast lineup, February 1990’s double hitter of Batman and Super Mario Bros. 3, and theoretical February 1980’s Atari 2600 games. At the top of t...

Show Notes Kris saw the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Was it good? Was it bad? Does it really matter? Using Sega’s latest attempt to make a quality video game movie as an example, Dan and Kris talk all about the state of movies based on existing properties, what they get right, what they’re getting wrong, and what the future might look like. At the top of the show, Dan runs into some dog-related troub...

Show Notes Dan and Kris decide to ignore all the obvious holidays like Valentine’s Day and instead focus their attention on some “What if” scenarios. Have you ever heard of Marvel’s “What If?” comics? They basically posit a question like “What if Venom had possessed The Punisher?,” “What if Wolverine battled Conan the Barbarian?,” or “What if Aunt May became the Herald of Galactus?” Dan and Kris d...

Show Notes Dan and Kris welcome author Brett Weiss back to the show (for more than 16 minutes of quality content). He’s got a new YouTube channel focusing on his personal history in video games, and a new book on the way. There was also a rousing discussion of the Intellivision Amico, writing books about video games, and more! Useful Links Brett Weiss on YouTube Brett Weiss Words Support us on Pat...

Show Notes It's time for the first 10 20 30 of the year, where Dan and Kris discuss major releases in January from 10, 20, and 30 years ago. How does Tatsunoko vs. Capcom hold up? Was anything bigger than The Sims in 2000? What the heck is Pac-Land actually about? Find out now! Plus, at the top of the show, Dan finds the perfect baseball card displays and braces for the impending YuGiOh PAD collab...

Show Notes With the new year upon them, Dan and Kris (or is it Kris and Dan?) take a look ahead with their 2020 year in preview. Kris has a few titles he’s looking forward to, but faced with an onslaught of high priority titles headed Dan’s way, how will he choose what to play? In the top half of the show, “Dan” discusses the recent Puzzle and Dragons outage, and what he did to cope during this di...

Show Notes In this very special episode of SAG the boys delve deep into their feelings about the new Star Wars movie "Rise of Skywalker". This is audio that was removed from episode 288 because we felt that is was a little to spoilery. We hope you enjoy it and if you are looking for more Star Wars stuff, check out the full run of reviews that Kris did leading up to the release of the movie in his...

Show Notes What’s better than a Golden Caveman? A Platinum Caveman! Dan and Kris have combed through every single game release of the past ten years and determined what their favorite games of the decade were. Did Dan give God of War the greatest honor available? Did Kris blindly choose Kid Icarus Uprising instead of putting actual thought into it? Did Portal 2 beat everything else? In the top hal...

Show Notes Dan and Kris are back from break and ready to kick off the New Year with a brand new Game of the Year award show: The Golden Caveman Awards. (Because the JGLD joke finally got old). The guys count down their top 5 games of 2019, culminating in their choices for which ones get the coveted Golden Caveman. In the top half of the show, Dan actually found time over the break to play games. L...

Show Notes Happy New Year! Dan and Kris will be back for their proper first new episode of 2020 next week, but in the meantime, here’s part 3 of their 2019 year in review. This week they cover September through December, and all the big releases and news from the last chunk of the year. Pokemon Sword and Shield exposed just how nasty the fan community can be, Death Stranding finally saw release, K...

Show Notes With the holidays leaving Kris and Dan’s regular recording schedule in tatters, they’ve put together a trio of mini episodes to tide you over. Their 2019 year in review continues this week with all the games and events that they can remember from May through August. Microsoft bought Double Fine, Dr. Mario went mobile, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie introduced us all to the horrors of real...

Show Notes The end of the year approaches, and it’s caused some serious havoc to the recording schedule! As to not leave everyone high and dry during the holidays, Dan and Kris recorded three mini episodes recapping all the ups and downs of 2019. For this first episode, January through April are covered, where the 3DS began its final launches, Google announced Stadia, Mortal Kombat 11 was released...

Show Notes Due to the holidays the boys aren't really sure what's going to happen with their recording schedule so they decided to dive into the 10 20 30 a little early this month. Don't worry, it's the same games as if they did it at the end of the month. Enjoy! Useful Links MegaSD SSDS3 Support us on Patreon www.stoneagegamer.com SAG’s theme Song “Chubby Chubby Chip Chip” by Mark ‘TDK’ Knight So...

Show Notes The holiday shopping season has begun! This week, Dan and Kris put together their holiday shopping guide for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and beyond, including the current lineup of Flash Carts at stoneagegamer.com . Kris professes his love for Terra Onion’s stuff, Dan professes his love of cheap PS4 games, and they both lament the way Nintendo Switch games never seem to get any...

Show Notes It’s Black Friday! It’s also the last Friday of the month, meaning it’s time for the November 10 20 30, where Dan and Kris talk about notable game releases from 10, 20, and 30 years ago this month. November 2009 brought with it some heavy hitters like Assassin’s Creed 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and November 1999 was no slouch either with Cool Board...