Gamer Radio

Gamer Radio

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Gamer Radio episodes

  • Episode 6: Child's Play
    Dragon's Apprentice
    Aqueducts
    Whitehouse
    Scratch Programming
    Discord
    Mike on Twitter
    The Mad Botter on Twitter
    The Mad Botter on Instagram
    Ask Noah Show
    Steve on Social
    29 min
  • Episode 5: Learn Linux Gaming
    What We’re Playing This Week

    MTGArena Brawl

    Super Mario Three
    Triangle Strategy

    Discord
    Mike on Twitter
    The Mad Botter on Twitter
    The Mad Botter on Instagram

    Jay’s links:

    Main site: https://learnlinux.tv
    https://www.learnlinux.tv/running-classic-ms-dos-games-on-the-pi-400/
    https://studio.youtube.com/video/fsc3gYIYwV8/edit
    (warning, those are older videos with terrible production quality but still useful if people look past that)
    Console game manuals: https://archive.org/details/consolemanuals
    Best classic console cables under $50 or so each (only HDMI modding, scan converters, and FPGA are better): https://retrogamingcables.co.uk/
    RetroPie site: https://retropie.org.uk/
    Analogue consoles (FPGA, expensive, but best picture possible): https://www.analogue.co/

    51 min
  • Episode 4: Alderon Games
    Life of an Indie Game Studio

    Managing Large Teams 30-40+ per game

    What the hiring process is like
    Things that are common to industry hiring like whiteboard tests are broken
    Difference in getting hired could be your microphone quality
    Having backup equipment and reliability
    Open Source as it relates to hiring
    Accountability and mistakes in hiring
    Accountability for software vendors / solutions / third party vendors
    Shipping game updates / testing
    Game Engines, Unity and Unreal

    Alderon Games
    Path of Titasn
    Discord
    Mike on Twitter
    The Mad Botter on Twitter
    The Mad Botter on Instagr##am
    42 min
  • Episode 3: SEGA!
    What We’re Playing this week
    • Marvel Midnight Sun
    • Metroid II: Return of Samus Easily one of my favorite franchises and I never beat this one in my younger years. That is getting solved this week!
      • A brief look at Nintendo V SEGA
      • NES V Master System
        • Some might say Master System had superior hardware to the NES
        • Master System was big in Europe, but NES dominated Japan & America
        • Fun fact: Processor (Z80) of the SMS is actually embedded in the Genesis, paving the way for the Power Base Convertor add-on
        • Games
        • Streets of Rage (oh the music is fantastic, composer Yuzo Koshiro)
        • SMS gems: Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd series , Choplifter, Fantasy Zone, Ys Vanishing
        • Genesis:
          • First gen classics: Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, Phantasy Star II
          • Pushing the hardware envelope: Gunstar Heroes, Vectorman, SFII Special Champion Edition, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin
          • Great shmups: Thunderforce III, Gaiares, MUSHA
          • Sega CD classics: Sonic CD, Lunar Series, Silpheed, Dark Wizard, Shining Force CD
          • 32X actually had a few decent games: Virtua Racing Deluxe, After Burner (perfect arcade port), Knuckles Chaotix, Star Wars Arcade
            • Discord
            Mike on Twitter
            The Mad Botter on Twitter
            The Mad Botter on Instagram
            R-Weekly Podcast and Site
            Shiny Developer Series
            Eric on Twitter
            Eric on Mastodon

            Links about steamdeck emulation (we may touch on this in the episode)

            Steamdeck Emulation Starter Guide

            Video version of guide

            THEME CREDIT The Distant Night (Final Fantasy VI) [Wiesty, The OC Jazz Collective]

            48 min
          • Episode 2: Gamer XMAS Favs
            Kid Friendly
            • Dragomino
            • Kingdomino
            • MLP Deckbuilding Game
            • Pokemon VBattle Decks
            • Mario Strikers
              • Less Kid Friendly
              • Marvel’s Midnight Suns
              • Mansions of Madness
                • Discord
                Mike on Twitter
                The Mad Botter on Twitter
                The Mad Botter on Instagram
                20 min
              • Episode 1: Pilot

                Mike is Joined by Jupiter Broadcasting's Chris Fisher for this Pilot Episode of Gamer Radio. They discuss their gaming pedigree and some of the recent games both physical and digital that they've been playing.

                37 min

              About Gamer Radio

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              Gamer Radio is a weekly show covering all things gaming in a family-friendly way ranging from TCGs, classic tabletop games, retro and modern video games and the general gaming ecosystem. An example of…