RetroNick: Games Collector // Life
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141Test of Might! The RetroNick Contest
As in you might be able to solve this tricky challenge and win a prize, but we highly doubt it. Below is an ancient Polaroid photograph from my youth from an unspecified year. Your task is simple. Be the first to name the giant board game we’re playing, the game console behind me using clues around my left arm, and identify... Read more
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Catharis: NiGHTS into Dreams
Back in 1996, the N64 was just coming out and our TurboGrafx-16 and Genesis were beginning to show their age. My brother and I lobbied for a new system, and Super Mario 64 just looked so dazzling, even though the PC games we were playing at that time looked better. We didn’t care. It was Mario. It was free-roaming 3D.... Read more
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RetroNick Speaks: The State of Star Wars
So we did an episode of the show the other day where tempers flared a bit. People in the room on all sides were very passionate about their stances, and not a lot of REALLY constructive conversation resulted. Except Ben, but he is ever-chill in the face of things he couldn’t give two shits about. I’d like to take a... Read more
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Episode 71: Everything Burns
Recorded on: 12 January 2014 Tempers flare as the gang returns to the studio after a very long holiday break to discuss the relevancy-or lack there of, of Star Wars, and why Nick has a chip on his shoulder about it. We also burn shit. Your cast: Nick, James, Ben, Steve, and Louis Drinking Rules! I’d say drink when someone... Read more
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Episode 67: All in the Family 2: The Dadca...
Recorded on: 25 October 2012 and 27 November 2013 Nick stares down his maker! Or-perhaps less dramatic, has a conversation with his father Peter about growing up in the 16-but era, vs spending adolescence in the 1950s! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll cringe as Nick hacks and wheezes his way through the show’s intro. Also t... Read more
