Episode 197

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 197

In this episode:

  • the thrilling conclusion to Episode 196,
  • a Yestercades theme song?,
  • our review of the Silverball Pinball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ,
  • playing old and rare pinball games,
  • comparison to Austin, Texas, pinball arcade by The Overnightscape‘s Frank Nora,
  • interview with Jim of Silverball (origin of the arcade, where the games come from, what regular customers think?, etc.),
  • our visit to Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash comic book store in Red Bank, NJ,
  • our interview with Michael Zapcic @michaelzapcic– star of Comic Book Men,
  • cooky customers and the background history of the store,
  • how are comic books valued?,
  • future of the comic book business,
  • the upcoming second season of Comic Book Men on AMC,
  • listen to Mike and Ming every Thursday on the “I Sell Comics!” podcast, part of the Smodcast Network,
  • our visit to the Yestercades @yestercades classic arcade in Red Bank, NJ,
  • a quick rundown of the games including Baby Pac-Man!,
  • our interview with Ken, owner and founder of Yestercades (75+ arcade games, 16 pinball games, and almost every home video game console),
  • hourly freeplay pricing vs. quarters,
  • background history of the arcade,
  • children love to play old arcade games,
  • where do Ken’s games come from?,
  • extensive maintenance of arcade and pinball games,
  • the social aspect of playing old console games,
  • the popularity of board games at Yestercades,
  • Ken’s favorite arcade games and home game console,
  • Ken’s thoughts about the Sega Genesis and Sega CD,
  • and Ken’s video game trivia every Thursday on “I Sell Comics!”

Pictures and Videos taken from Yestercades Arcade in Red Bank, NJ:
Flickr – Yestercades, Red Bank, NJ 5/25/2012
Ken, Rob, and Greg at YesterCades

Pictures and Videos taken from Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ:
Flickr – Silverball Museum, Asbury Park, NJ 5/25/2012
Elvis at Silverball Museum

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Episode 93: Monday, January 14, 2008

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 093

We’re back!

In this episode:

  • bidding on old video games on eBay.com,
  • the San Francisco Rush series,
  • Sega in the 1990s (the Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, etc.),
  • the pronunciation of Uranus,
  • giant camcorders in the 1980s,
  • tiny new digital camcorders,
  • longer episodes of The Paunch Stevenson Show,
  • the unreliability of 5.25″ floppy disks,
  • old video game controllers with telephone keypads on them,
  • the Coleco Telstar Arcade from 1977,
  • light guns (the NES Zapper, Wii Zapper, SNES Super Scope, and Genesis Menacer),
  • the Sega Activator,
  • deceptive toy commercials,
  • pointless toys (Shrinky Dinks, Lite-Brite, wrestling figures, etc.),
  • creative toys (the Etch A Sketch Animator and the Fisher-Price PXL-2000),
  • live action role-playing (G.I. Joe, The Transformers, etc.),
  • our review of Incredible Change-Bots by Jeffrey Brown (2007),
  • shopworn books at Barnes & Noble,
  • The Dark Knight (2008) trailer,
  • the Rambo (2008) trailer,
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007),
  • the upcoming movie Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009),
  • Still Crazy (1998) starring Billy Connolly and Bill Nighy,
  • Read-Along Adventures (www.readalongadventures.com),
  • the Lame Idiot of 2007 (Michael Bay),
  • and director Uwe Boll.

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