First Gen Gamers

Yeah, we know, the holidays were weeks ago. Listen, we got kids, which means we get sick. But we're here now, looking at the best games that remind us of or celebrate the holiday season! Leaves falling, snow on the ground, family dinners, and all that, but in game form. Yes, you really can find this in video games, and Jed and Mike are going generation by generation, picking the games that give them the warm, holiday fuzzies!

Finally! After a bit of an unscheduled hiatus (having kids means colds and lots of them), we finally get to the final episode of our trilogy! Mike and Jed go through the remaining generations, starting with the final console of the 6th generation, the mighty PlayStation 2, and then cap off the 7th and 8th generations, and Mike even sneaks in a couple handheld consoles in there. It's a super-sized episode, so set aside some time, as we cap off this discussion of our personal gaming histories.

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Thanksgiving may be behind us, but the entire holiday season is about being thankful, so Mike & Jed are continuing that feeling. That, and they're long-winded and couldn't squeeze all their thankful gaming memories into one episode. The OG PlayStation, the Dreamcast, the GameCube, Mike even sneaks in some Game Boy Advance, and we preview our memories for the PlayStation 2, all in this second part of the Thanksgiving trilogy!

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It's Thanksgiving time in the United States, a time when you look back reflect on what you're thankful for. For Mike and Jed and the First Gen Gamers podcast, that means what we're thankful for in our own personal gaming lives. The consoles, the games, the memories around those games, all of it. Our memories got so big, we ended up having to split up this bad boy in three parts! In this episode, we cover from our start in gaming through the fourth generation, with just a tease of what's to come in the next episode.

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Every console generation has games that stand head and shoulders above the rest. Games that define the console, games that create a genre, games that change the industry for better or worse. What are these games? Co-hosts Michael Peterson and Jed Shaffer go through each console generation, from the Atari 2600 to the PlayStation 4, picking out their nominees for The Most Important Games Of Each Generation and debating who makes the better pick.

It's spooky season, and we're launching First Gen Gamers by talking about horror games! Jed Shaffer and Michael Peterson go through each console generation, and sometimes every console within the generation, and make their individual picks for the best horror games. NES, Sega Saturn, 3DO, Wii U, from the 2nd generation to the last generation, we cover it all!

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