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Yahel (Wrestling with Gaming on YouTube) stops by to chat about his channel, his wrestling history, and 1996 wrestling. Alex and Trav run through 1996 music, movies, and more before answering a few emails on the way out!

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• Sports
  • NFL, Farve leads Packers to win over New England, 35-21
  • CFB, Florida Gators AP #1, 12-1, Steve Spurrier
  • MLB, New York Yankees win World Series over Atlanta Braves (Braves won first two games combined 16-1, lost four straight)
  • NBA, Bulls 4-2 over Sonics after 72-10 regular season
    • 1996 Draft included Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash
  • PGA - Tiger Woods turns professional, finished T5, T3, 1, 3, 1
  • United States won most medals and most gold medals in summer olympics
    • Kari Strugg
• Gaming
  • Nintendo 64
    • Super Mario 64
    • Pilotwings 64
    • Wave Race 64
  • PC
    • Quake
    • Duke Nukem 3D
    • Diablo
    • Civilization 2
  • SNES
    • Super Mario RPG
    • DKC3: Dixie Kong
    • Mega Man X3
    • Kirby Superstar
  • Playstation
    • Resident Evil
    • Twisted Metal 2
    • PaRappa the Rapper
    • Tomb Raider
    • Tekken 2
  • Sega Saturn
    • Nights into Dreams
    • Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
  • Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
• Music
  • Fugees - The Score
  • Weezer - Pinkerton
  • Beck - Odelay
  • Tool - AEnima
  • Outkast - ATLiens
  • Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
  • Tupac - All Eyez on Me
  • Sublime - Sublime
  • Metallica - Load
  • Spice Girls - Spice
• Songs
  • Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
  • Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
  • Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
  • Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
  • C’mon N’ Ride It - Quad City DJs
  • Ironic - Alanis Morissette
  • Novocaine for the Soul - Eels
  • Pepper - Butthole Surfers
  • One Headlight - Wallflowers
  • Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
  • Bound for the Floor - Local H
• Movies
  • Twister
  • Happy Gilmore
  • Scream
  • A Time to Kill
  • Jerry Maguire
  • From Dusk Til Dawn
  • Kingpin
  • Independence Day
  • Fargo
  • Primal Fear
  • The Frighteners
  • Eraser
  • Trainspotting

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Trav and Alex are joined by MerrittK! We talk about her upcoming coffee table book about LAN parties, jump head-first into 1995, and answer a few emails about 80's baseball. Follow MerrittK on twitter @MerrittK

• Sports
  • How bout dem Cowboys again
  • Nebraska puts up a 60-burger over Flahr-duh
  • Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians
  • Jordan returns from baseball
  • Houston Rockets sweep Orlando
  • Devils over Red Wings
• Gaming
  • Super Nintendo
    • Killer Instinct
    • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
    • Mega Man X2
    • Breath of Fire 2
    • Final Fight 3
    • ChronoTrigger
    • Earthbound
  • Genesis (best selling console in NA that year)
    • Phantasy Star IV 
    • Crusader of Centy
    • Beyond Oasis
    • Alien Soldier
    • Gargoyles
  • Virtual Boy released
  • PlayStation
    • Rayman
    • Ridge Racer
    • Tekken
    • Twisted Metal
  • Sega Saturn (release was moved way up because of PS’s release, no Sonic title)
    • Panzer Dragoon
    • Daytona USA
    • Virtua Fighter and Virtua Fighter 2
  • Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
• Music
  • Smashing Pumpkins, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”
  • Radiohead, “The Bends”
  • 2pac, “Me Against the World”
  • Silverchair, “Frogstomp”
  • White Zombie, “Astrocreep 2000”
• Songs
  • Los del Rio - Macarena
  • Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise
  • TLC - Waterfalls & Creep
  • Seal - Kiss from a rose
  • Montell Jordan - This is how we do it
  • Collective Soul - December
  • Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
  • Jewel
  • Goo Goo Dolls
  • Elastica
• Movies
  • GoldenEye
  • Braveheart
  • Babe
  • Batman Forever
  • Toy Story
  • Waterworld
  • Heat
  • Casper
  • Judge Dredd
  • Congo
  • Billy Madison
  • Apollo 13
• World events
  • OJ Simpson not guilty
  • Oklahoma City bombing
• Most popular TV shows
  • The Critic
  • The Drew Carey Show
  • ER
• Teen “cool” food and beverage trends of the year
  • Starbucks Frappuccino debut
• Best Selling Books
  • Amazon sold its first book, Douglas Hofstadter’s “Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought”
  • John Grisham - The Rainmaker
• Toys

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Trav and Alex invite their long-time pal Burgerchamp onto the show to discuss what 1994 was like to a rural high schooler in the south. Burger also happens to be a pop-culture encyclopedia and no one is better for fielding questions related to TV show theme songs. 

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• Sports
  • MLB strike
  • NY Rangers win Stanley Cup in June, NHL lockout starts and lasts 3 and a half months
  • 49ers over Stan Humphries and the San Diego Chargers
  • Nebraska over Miami in CFB
  • Houston Rockets over New York Knicks
  • World Cup takes place in the US (Brazil/Italy final, Baggio misses penalty kick)
• Gaming
  • Super Nintendo
    • Super Metroid
    • Donkey Kong Country
    • NBA Jam
    • Mortal Kombat II
    • Illusion of Gaia
  • NES somehow *still* kicking around
    • Mega Man 6
    • Star Tropics 2
    • Wario’s Woods (last officially-licensed NES game published in NA)
  • Genesis
    • Sonic 3
    • Sonic and Knuckles
    • Contra: Hard Corps
    • Earthworm Jim
    • Sensible Soccer (Best selling game in the UK)
  • Game Boy
    • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
    • Donkey Kong 94
    • NBA Jam
  • Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
• Music
  • Soundgarden, “Superunknown”
  • Nirvana, “Unplugged in New York”
  • Pearl Jam, “Vitalogy”
  • Alice in Chains, “Jar of Flies”
  • Live, “Throwing Copper”
  • Melvins, “Stoner Witch”
  • Forgot to mention Weird Al! Alapalooza in 93, Off the Deep End in 92
• Songs
  • Warren G, “Regulate”
  • Tootsee Roll - 69Boyz
  • Basket Case - Green Day
  • The Sign - Ace of Base
  • I Swear - All4One
  • Fantastic Voyage - Coolio (RIP)
• Movies
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Shawshank Redemption
  • Hoop Dreams
  • Forrest Gump
  • Lion King
  • Clerks
  • Jim Carrey trilogy (Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber)
  • Speed
  • True Lies
  • The Crow
• World events
  • OJ Simpson
  • Kurt Cobain suicide
  • Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding drama
• Most popular TV shows in 1994
  • The State
  • The Head
  • Anything MTV
• Teen “cool” food and beverage trends of the year
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• Best Selling Books
  • Midnight

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Jimmy Hapa of the YouTube channel Import Gaming FTW! joins Trav and Alex to talk about his channel devoted to import gaming and gaming adjacent content! The intro includes all things 1993: Waco, Kirby, and Tommy Lee Jones! Emails include a rural Australian perspective and a question about what the best year of the 90's are.

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Alex and Trav dig into 1992 and uncover the best-ofs and top stories from the year. What were you doing in 1992? Email the show and let us know.

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• Sports
  • Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves
  • How bout dem Cowboys
  • Bama destroying Miami
  • Chicago Bulls, again
  • Pittsburgh Penguins over the Chicago Blackhawks
  • Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play in the National Hockey League during a pre-season game, and also the first woman ever to play in one of the Big Four Pro Sports
• Sports cards
  • Baseball cards were our version of the stock market
  • Big Hurt, Griffey, Bagwell, Twins players weren’t cool enough to collect
• Gaming
  • Super Nintendo
    • Contra 3
    • Turtles in Time
    • Street Fighter II
    • Super Mario Kart
    • Super Scope
  • NES *still* kicking around
    • TMNT 3
    • Wizards and Warriors 3
    • Mega Man 4 AND 5!
    • Little Samson
    • Gargoyle’s Quest 2
  • Genesis
    • Sonic 2
    • Streets of Rage 2
    • Ecco the Dolphin
    • Golden Axe 2
    • Kid Chameleon
  • TurboGrafx 16
    • Air Zonk
    • Gate of Thunder
    • Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf
  • Game Boy
    • Super Mario Land 2
    • Kirby’s Dream Land
    • WWF Superstars 2
  • Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
• Music
  • Older dude revival
    • Neil Young, “Harvest Moon”
    • Tom Waits, “Bone Machine”
    • Eric Clapton, “Unplugged”
  • Hip hop
    • Dr. Dre, “The Chronic”
    • Mary J Blige, “What’s the 411?”
    • Beastie Boys, “Check Your Head”
  • Rock
    • Alice in Chains, “Dirt”
    • Rage Against the Machine
    • Faith No More, “Angel Dust”
    • Stone Temple Pilots, “Core”
  • Prince changed his name to a friggin symbol
• Songs
  • Achy Breaky Heart
  • “Jump Around,” House of Pain
  • “Two Steps Behind,” Def Leppard
• Movies
  • Unforgiven
  • A Few Good Men
  • Wayne’s World
  • My Cousin Vinny
  • Aladdin
  • Single White Female
  • Universal Soldier
• World events
  • LA riots, Rodney King
  • Hurricane Andrew
  • Bill Clinton new US Prez
• Most popular TV shows in 1992
  • Saturday Night Live (Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler)
  • Home Improvement
  • Northern Exposure
• Teen “cool” food and bever

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Trav and Alex take the 91st episode as an opportunity to talk about 1991! It's a 90's ass podcast after all. What do you remember about 1991? We cover movies, songs, toys, games, albums, and of course VIDEO GAMES. 

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• Sports
  • Minnesota Twins, greatest World Series of all time
  • Washington Redskins
  • Miami Hurricanes
  • Chicago Bulls
  • Pittsburgh Penguins (over the Minnesota North Stars)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_in_sports
• Gaming
  • Super Nintendo American released in August 1991 in NA
    • Link to the Past
    • Super Mario World
    • Pilotwings
    • F-Zero
    • SimCity
  • NES still kicking around
    • Battletoads
    • GI Joe
    • Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
    • Double Dragon 3
    • Base Wars
  • Genesis
    • Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Road Rash
    • Streets of Rage
    • ToeJam and Earl
    • First Madden home console game (I think?)
  • TurboGrafx 16
    • Bomberman
    • Bonk’s Revenge
    • Super Star Soldier
  • Game Boy
    • Operation C
    • Bo Jackson Two Games in One
    • Castlevania II Belmont’s Revenge
  • Game Gear released in April 1991 in NA
    • Columns
    • Castle of Illusion
    • Shinobi
  • Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
• Music
  • Greatest year of music in pop culture ever?
  • Nirvana, “Nevermind”
  • Pearl Jam, “Ten”
  • Soundgarden, “Badmotorfinger”
  • Metallica, “Black Album”
  • Guns ‘n Roses, “Use Your Illusion” 
  • Lesser known rock (Fugazi, Swans, Pixies)
  • Tribe Called Quest, “Low End Theory”
  • Public Enemy, “Apocalypse 91”
  • NWA, Cypress Hill, Naughty By Nature
  • Michael Jackson, “Dangerous”
  • Genesis, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, PM Dawn
• Songs
  • (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
  • I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
  • Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) C+C Music Factory
  • Rush, Rush - Paula Abdul
  • Unbelievable - EMF

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Kevin of the popular board gaming podcast Blue Peg Pink Peg and of the newly minted Uncle Doug's DVD Bin joins the show (39:00)  to talk about improv, board games, and Conway Twitty. In the intro, Trav and Alex discuss John Elway's NES game, celebrating gaming victories too hard, and finishing games.

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TopSpot123 comes back on the show to answer a few emails. We chat about SNES patches, games to play with your significant other, sound tests, Kenny's baseball game, and meetups! TopSpot gives some great puzzle and VR game suggestions too! Remember to put the Polymedia 24-Hour Charity Stream for the International Rescue Committee on your calendar! Starting August 20, 1pm Eastern!

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On this email filled episode, Trav and Alex take questions about Limp Bizkit games, ways to make certain video game genres more competitive, and a sports question about championship cities.

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More John Riggs here (at 38:33)! We talk Southeast Game Exchange, Sega Mini games, and the perils of telling people who love you about your YouTube life. In the intro, Alex hates Nickelodeon because he has no GUTS. Trav had an epic comeback against the Steelers in 2008.

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