Episode 225

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 225

In this episode:

  • Nintendo sends a cease and desist letter to AtariAge for Princess Rescue,
  • methods for physically producing homebrew video games,
  • is Nintendo in dire straights?,
  • the Nintendo 2DS,
  • our review of the Ouya game console,
  • using Ouya to play arcade games via MAME,
  • the good and bad of Netflix streaming,
  • lousy indie films,
  • our review of Your Sister’s Sister (2012) starring Mark Duplass and Emily Blunt,
  • our review of Price Check (2012) starring indie queen Parker Posey,
  • our review of The Vicious Kind (2009) starring Adam Scott,
  • our review of Oblivion (2013) starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman,
  • Did Mr. Wizard debunk that sea level rises due to global warming? (video),
  • Dr. Kiki of This Week in Science explains that no he did NOT! (video),
  • our review of Riddick (2013), starring Vin Diesel and Katee Sackhoff,
  • upcoming Robocop (2014) film, featuring Michael Keaton,
  • Ben Affleck hired as Batman for the foreseeable future,
  • celebrity death (boxer Tommy Morrison),
  • and a corny news report about Nintendo from the early 1990s.

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Episode 201

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 201

Talking video games with our NJ friends….
Joe Santulli, co-founder of Digital Press, Classic Gaming Expo, and the Video Game History Museum.
Frankie V, member of the Digital Press Podcast.

In this episode:

  • celebrity deaths (Sally Ride, Leroy Neiman, Rodney King, Ernest Borgnine, Nora Ephron, Sherman Hemsley, and Sage Stallone),
  • Steve Martin and Steven Seagal doing bad Italian accents,
  • the lights turned out on Bruce Springsteen’s concert with Paul McCartney in London,
  • High Score (2006) documentary (watch on Hulu),
  • Missile Command,
  • was The King of Kong (starring Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe) a fraud?,
  • a YouTube video featuring accusations by video game record holder Dwayne Richard,
  • former and current Donkey Kong champs Tim Sczerby and Hank Chien,
  • the Twin Galaxies video game record board,
  • would a dog raise a human baby?,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Teri Hatcher, Lauren Graham, and Carlos Mencia),
  • Gallagher does a GEICO commercial (video),
  • Sugar Daddy and other bad hard candy,
  • annoying door-to-door cable television salespeople,
  • knowledgeable forum dslreports.com,
  • Dolph Lundgren is actually a chemical engineer,
  • Fred Willard may or may not have pulled a Pee-wee Herman,
  • Rob invented dine-in movie theaters,
  • poor presentation of a film at an AMC theater,
  • interview with founder of Digital Press Videogames Joe Santulli,
  • his decision to go from game collector to retailer,
  • what does his wife think of his collecting?,
  • Atari Airborne Avenger pinball wall art (photo),
  • what you’ll find in the Digital Press store in Clifton, NJ,
  • rare and unique items “in the wild” traded into the store,
  • video game grading services,
  • monthly NAVA (North Atlantic Videogame Aficionados) gatherings,
  • the concept behind the Video Game History Museum,
  • is the future of gaming fully downloadable content?,
  • promoting the community aspect of gaming,
  • our interview with Frankie V. of the Digital Press Video Game Podcast,
  • gory horror arcade game Chiller by Exidy,
  • Atari Lynx,
  • great Lynx games like Electrocop,
  • is Sony’s PlayStation Vita this generation’s Lynx?,
  • the open platform game system Ouya,
  • a return to hobby-developed gaming like in the 1980s,
  • Android and iOS gaming vs. traditional portable consoles,
  • and “crowdsourcing” via Kickstarter.

Visit dpvideogames.com for more information on the Digital Press store and the audio/video podcasts!

Pictures taken during the July 28, 2012, NAVA gathering at Digital Press in Clifton, NJ:
Flickr – Digital Press in Clifton, NJ 7/28/2012

Enjoying 3D Gaming

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