Gaming Street Irregulars

It seems in the quest to claim your leisure spending money, board game makers and media IP holders have found common ground by combining their ideas into variations of classic games you never knew you wanted, and in some cases never wanted in any way, shape or form! We're talking stuff ranging from misanthropic Monopoly editions to the baffling idea that is Space Invaders Jenga, all in this episode, folks!

The Electronic Entertainment Expo has come and gone once again, and James and Krissi are picking up the pieces of what was feeling like only a semi-decent year until Nintendo put on their presentation. From old school Final Fantasy to all the new Game Pass offerings, from the non-bender Avatar to Metroid Despair, we cover as much as we can before we passed out on the night we recorded this. Enjoy!

Was it Col. Mustard in the Conservatory with the Rope? Perhaps Mrs. Peacock in the Library with the Wrench? (Or Spanner in the UK) Maybe it was Little Miss Muffet right on her tuffet with her curds and... okay now I'm just being silly. Clue is one of the most popular board games in the world, with a lot of spin offs, meaning a lot of ground to cover. So join Krissi and James as they explore Boddy Manor and try to figure out if communism is indeed a red herring.

The trackball is a piece of arcade hardware that is evocative of its time, and in particular a quartet of legendary games from Atari: Missile Command, Centipede, Millipede and Crystal Castles. James has so much fondness for these games, that Krissi indulged him by letting him devote an entire episode to them. Okay, she didn't need much convincing, as you'll no doubt hear when you join us on this monumental 25th episode of GSI! An occasion so minor we forgot to mention it ourselves. Oops.

We're hoping to make this a reoccurring episode format, because sometimes we want to cool down on the heavy research and just have a good time talking to a friend. Seth was gracious enough to join us and kick off the series, as we trade tales of tabletop RPG experiences, trying to remember arcade games of our youth, and more! Stay awhile and listen!

The 800 pound gorilla of massive multiplayer on-line games comes to the Irregulars podcast! Christopher Frank and Tanya Metras, our Mighty Monkey compatriots, join us to talk about Blizzard's long running, ever changing game and its influence on their lives. If you've ever driven miles to visit someone who did guild raids with you, this podcast is for you!

Jenn Acomb joins James and Krissi to dive into the first game in the Mass Effect trilogy. Jenn has a LOT to say, thankfully for James, as she guides this rookie through the basics of the franchise. The notorious controversy is also discussed, naturally. Come join us!

James, Krissi and Pembroke W Korgi embark on a journey through all the crazy rumors surrounding the digital past time. From land fills in New Mexico to blood codes on the SNES, from saving Aeris to finding Mew under a truck, we look back on the stuff we bragged about on the playground and gossiped about in study halls.

From inauspicious beginnings to the height of the video game zeitgeist within a short span of a few years, Capcom's Blue Bomber was an institution in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Krissi and James explore the first three games in the series, and talk about the stuff that really matters, like why an entire line of enemy robots were surnamed "Joe"?

Games creep into the arts more often than we might think, and nowhere is this more evident than in improvisational comedy. Guest Sean Michael Smith guides James and Krissi (but mostly James; Krissi's done this before too!) through a few different games in this completely unrehearsed, unedited podcast! If you never laughed at our jokes before... well, maybe this time?