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Mr. Sparkle drops by to chat classic, modern, easy, hard, fun, and weird shooters! Alex drops an elbow smash halfway through the episode!

Shmup Wiki - digital library of shooting games, great resource of basic information, strategies, and trivia - <https://shmups.wiki/>

**ShmupJunkie** - YouTube channel (<https://www.youtube.com/@ShmupJunkie>) focused on shooting games, with a really active and friendly discord (<https://discord.gg/yPKzubzKRW>) that has a beginner section, friendly scoring competitions, and strategy discussion - the discord also has a curated list of beginner-friendly shmups at different levels of difficulty <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MZz8Q_8HdGyh2QU9BX4lNgyVAP9JZxxuy_YYbOLf1CM/htmlview>

**Jaimers** - high-level player, puts up very high level clears but all videos also include helpful commentary in the description, and often advice/strategies in closed captions (<https://www.youtube.com/@JaimersSTG>)

**The Electric Underground** - a more in-depth shmup-related resource, also has a very helpful beginner introduction section (<https://www.youtube.com/@TheElectricUnderground>)

**Boghog** - designed of the excellent Gunvein, really interesting discussions of shmup and action game design (<https://www.youtube.com/@boghogSTG>)

**Aktane's Arcade** - some very helpful quick start guides, but also more in depth conversations about enjoying and improving at shmups - very interesting stuff on shmup culture and the hobby <https://www.youtube.com/@AKTANEARCADE>

Rob’s CGP with Aktane https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/classic-gaming-podcast/id783265787?i=1000733070633 

Crazy Boss Fight Mr. Sparkle mentioned that Japanese player Sairyou had been the first to 1cc SDOJ - what he meant to say was ‘first to 1cc the game with the true final boss’ - check it out below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCRI69pQpY0&t=1612s 

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Current Rock It Games CEO, Michael Devine, comes by to talk about the brand new reimaginings of Goal! and Bases Loaded his team have released on Steam! Devine was VP Sales for the 3D0 Company back in the day, is a non-bandwagon Dodgers fan, and a great interview!

Rock-It Games

Steam Jaleco Sports: Goal!

Steam Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded

Shopping for games image - how many can you spot?

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Alex and Trav get together to answer a few emails. What are the most shameful gaming habits? What games are you looking forward to in 2026?

Check out Alex on Point & Drink Adventure!

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Johnny Badtimes joins the show to go head-to-head with Trav in Family Feud as Alex cooks them from the host chair!

Kindled Across the Sea Podcast

Johnny on BlueSky

Matt's Homebrews!

Briz n' Diddles - Pass Me Dat Herb (feat. Petee Puff) Music Video

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Tune in this weekend for our 24 hour charity stream to benefit Doctors Without Borders! Be there or be square! twitch.tv/polymedianetwork

Burger sends in a big email, we do Top 3 Mario Kart characters, and a hodgepodge of bad impression mashups.

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Alex eats a stale bagel and then fights off vicious tummy attacks the entire episode.

Tune in September 27-28, noon-to-noon eastern, for the Polymedia Charity Stream to benefit Doctors Without Borders. twitch.tv/polymedianetwork

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Alex has 4 old man habits he's developed and has a beef with a certain listener! 

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Trav makes Alex jealous for missing PolyKon, Alex is giving up on his favorite baseball team but is ready for a Chrono Trigger sequel!

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Rob hops back on the horn to talk about Boxography, his newest creation, and helps answer a few emails!

Send us emails! Cowards!

Check out Boxography and Classic Gaming Podcast!

Watch Trav do stand-up!

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Potomax (Max) joins the show to open our eyes to the climate of gaming and lost media in Quebec!

 Carl Carmoni and his sweet stache.

Check out Max's videos! Here's a couple:

Video games that take place in Quebec, Part 1 and Part 2

All of Max's videos that have English subtitles! Here's his personal channel (Des Jeux pis d'la Bière) for more of his work.

Check out the Videoway! Find Potomax on Bluesky @potomax

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