VGBS Gaming Podcast

Episode 37 has us talking about some of the gaming items that we recently picked up. Jeff received a bunch of NES homebrew competition carts and goes over the ins and outs of each. Kyle picked up a cheap Windows 95 Laptop so he can play old school PC games. That leads us into a whole discussion about classic MS DOS versus emulated DOSBox. We also likely go down the river multiple times throughout!...

In Episode 36 of the cast we go over some Gaming Convention stories and why they are a really cool aspect to the gaming hobby as a whole. We also go over some tips on how we upgraded our recording quality for the podcast.  This is VGBS!

From the mouth of Kyle Gilbert…VGBS 35 consists of OCD hoard buying, leaving a game at a store for someone else vs selling it online to a good home, Kickstarter Do’s and Don’ts…good shit.  This is VGBS!

Even when the Internet connection is poor, we still pull out an interesting episode. This time around we go over personal preferences when it comes to collecting, emulation horror stories, how Kyle customizes his collection and more.  This is VGBS!

Kid Dracula for the Nintendo Famicom is a Japanese exclusive Konami platformer. How did we do? Did anyone actually beat it?  This is VGBS!

In this non-gaming side quest we go over the New Star Wars and our predictions. We talk about the controversy behind Chicago Blackhawk’s Patrick Kane and go into celebrity train wrecks. Classic sidetracked times!  This is VGBS!

During the Summer of 2015 Jeffrey Wittenhagen was at TooManyGames promoting his recently launched Kickstarter project The Complete NES. Listen in on this uncut panel as he goes over the details of the project. Will he get sidetracked? Listen in and find out…  This is VGBS!

We go over the ins and outs of how people have been manipulating the NES collector’s market, through hording semi rare games to drive prices up. How do they do this and what do we think about it? Tune in to find out.  This is VGBS!

Part 2 of the Double Creature Feature. The Neo Geo has some amazing treats available for those people fortunate enough to play the expensive system. How does Nightmare in the Dark stack up to the rest?  This is VGBS!

The gang is back and this time we take on Splatterhouse 2 for a Halloween themed Bullshit Homework game. Will this game hold up to the classic original?  This is VGBS!

We are excited to announce our new co-host Daria to the VGBS crew! She brings a much needed female perspective to the podcast, however don’t get it wrong as she’s definitely on our level! This week we tackle Gunstar Heroes for the Sega Genesis. Is this game as good as all the critics say it is? As always we have more than a few opinions on this game…. This is VGBS!

In this special episode we interview 80s Game Developer David Schroeder. David is a very interesting guy who has had multiple Apple II game releases; including Dino Eggs, Short Circuit and Crisis Mountain. He has a remake of Dino Eggs, dubbed Rebirth, that is on Steam Greenlight. We dive into stories from David’s experience as an 80s programmers and what it was like back then as a video game progr...

Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts is a brutally difficult platformer for the Super Nintendo. What did we think of this test of skill and did we get the Goddess Bracelet?  This is VGBS!

During this episode we go over what we’ve been up to over the past month or so, with Kyle’s Kustom Korner making its return! We also talk about how YouTube has become overloaded with hundreds of sub-par live-stream videos.  This is VGBS!

Season 2 begins with a “Big Bang” as we take on a game from the notoriously bad, unlicensed company, Wisdom Tree. We have heard that Spiritual Warfare is the top of the turd heap, but were the rumors true?  This is VGBS!

We finish out Season 1 of the VGBS gaming podcast with a bang! We start off with the amazing Famicom horizontal shmup Crisis Force. We then go into some of our favorite moments from the season and get heavy into the gaming community as a whole. All this and more!  This is VGBS!

In this Side Quest we go over some of our favorite gaming memories growing up. We each have a different aspect to how we got into collecting later in life and it is really cool to see how we all go there. One last side quest until the Season 1 finale!  This is VGBS!

This Side Quest was recorded a long time ago, when we were all together recording in the same room, and obviously drinking a lot of beer. We start off talking about some awesome gems we remember playing. We then go over some classic gaming stories, round robin style. All this and more!  This is VGBS!

Gaming is amazing in the company of great friends. Jeff recalls recent events where he has hung out with friends from multiple different communities and goes over some of the crazy pickups he recently got. All this and more!  This is VGBS!

Strider for the NES is on tap for the boys this week. Notorious for glitchy controls and nonlinear gameplay, does this game continue to uphold Capcom’s NES standard of quality? Also how does it hold up to the arcade version? All this and more!  This is VGBS!

We start off talking about Kevin Power in TooManyGames, a Limited Edition NES homebrew game that Jeff got at the recent gaming convention. We then go into NES ROM hacking and some of our ideas. We finally go into some details on Jeff’s Kickstarter project, “The Complete NES” which was recently successfully funded when this was recorded. Of course as we always do, we all go off on many tangents and...

We tackle the BS homework game Shatterhand for the NES. It’s an action platform game that has a pretty steady difficulty curve. Can we beat this hidden gem of a Nintendo Game?  This is VGBS!

Jeff went to TooManyGames 2015 this year and goes over his crazy story. We go over popular YouTubers, games creators and The Complete NES Kickstarter campaign. As always, we hold nothing back.  This is VGBS!

This week we do a roll up of the next BS Homework game, Bionic Commando for the Nintendo Entertainment System. How does the lack of jumping effect our experience with this Capcom classic? Swing right in and find out!

With tons of E3 news throughout the week, we go into detail on all of our favorite announcements. Will we be controversial as usual?