Hold On To Your Potatoes

Hold On To Your Potatoes

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Hold On To Your Potatoes episodes

  • How Street Fighter II Glorified Fighting Game Combos
    Perhaps more surprising than Street Fighter II's success is the fact that one of the key gameplay features of Street Fighter II, the combo system, wasn't a really a feature in the game's initial release at all. It was an accident.
    Hold On To Your Potatoes, this is how Street Fighter II glorified fighting game combos.
    20 min
  • May The Font Be With You: How The Star Wars Logo Was Created
    The version of the Star Wars logo that appeared in theatres in May 1977 was not the work of George Lucas. Nor was it the work of the veteran designer who was contracted to create versions for movie theatre marquis and most of the movie’s print advertising. It was actually designed for a brochure by a 22-year old art director, who was new to working on feature films, and who’s name doesn’t even appear in the film’s credits.
    Hold On To Your Potatoes. This is the story of how the Star Wars logo was created.
    11 min
  • 2 - How Street Fighter II Glorified Fighting Game Combos
    Perhaps more surprising than Street Fighter II's success is the fact that one of the key gameplay features of Street Fighter II, the combo system, wasn't a really a feature in the game's initial release at all. It was an accident.
    Hold On To Your Potatoes, this is how Street Fighter II glorified fighting game combos.
    20 min

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Hold On To Your Potatoes is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the strange and unusual side of pop culture. Each episode analyzes a particularly odd moment or event in film, TV, comics or literature…