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Before online lobbies and DLCs, gaming meant arcades, quarters, and trash talk.

In this episode, we revisit arcade culture, console wars, early home computing, and the shift to modern gaming. From Gauntlet and Mortal Kombat to VR and monetization models, we ask what gaming gained — and what it lost.

Topics include: arcade history, retro gaming, console wars, video game culture, VR gaming.

Welcome to Original Geek—the podcast for anyone who rolled their first d20 on shag carpet, waited hours for a comic book JPEG to load on dial-up, and wore the label “geek” back when it got you mocked, not monetized.

Hosted by stand-up comic Steve Scarfo and Forever DM Jeff Shaw, we dive deep into what it meant to be a geek in the '70s and '80s—and how that underground culture became the mainstream multiverse we live in today.

🎙️ Subscribe for weekly episodes on Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, comic book chaos, geek court debates, and critical hits from your childhood basement.

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If you ever hid a Monster Manual like it was porn, you’re not alone. You’re an Original Geek. Welcome home.