Of Mics & Memory Cards

We're baaaaaaack.

We have a backlog of episodes to publish to round out our first season of Of Mics & Memory Cards before jumping into the new stuff. Truly, words cannot begin to express our embarrassment at the length between episodes but we're glad you're here.

Join us for a discussion on the many, too many, timelines of the Megaman Universe, the uncanny ability for Legend of Zelda to overshadow some high caliber games, and our further love for tank controls.

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Bust-a-Groove, bust-a-move, bubble bop...what game are we even talking about? If you don't know, now you know -- the problematic dance game with impossible to understand mechanics that is still, somehow, surprisingly fun!

Get to know our DJ personas, learn a little bit about how dominatrices make the big bucks, and give us your best dance move on this week's episode of Of Mics & Memory Cards.

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Have you had enough of the Birdman, yet? Mr. Anthony Frank Hawk? If last episode was the 2-minute timer, THPS2 introduces the manual trick and we can keep going and going and going so long as we don't BIFF IT.

This week we continue down the rabbit hole that is the Tony Hawk Pro Skater phenomenon. We discuss the studios in the orbit around Activision & Neversoft that weren't the major players in the THPS saga, but are more like fan favorites -- the Rosencrantz and Guildensterns, if you will.

Then we get into the gameplay, the music, all the stuff that makes a game a game.

And Kameron fleshes out his Back to the Future fantasies.

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"So here I am, growing older all the time,
Looking older all the time, feeling younger in my mind"

The anthem of a generation. The harbinger of skate culture. The battle call ahead of armies of Vans-wearing teens. Few games have earned the level of appreciation heaped upon the THPS series and today we're gonna talk about (half of) all of it. 

Let's Hawk Tony talk.

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We're back, baby!

Join the boys this week as they discuss the seminal FMV game based on the hit 90s (and 2000s!) TV sensation: The X-Files.

We've been gone awhile, with intermittent drops but we're so glad to be sharing our podcast again with you all! Today we're getting into the history of the X-Files, the frictions of interactive storytelling, and share our deep love for the man who should be legend: Greg Roach.

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This week the boys take on a fan-translation more than twenty years in the making: Square's forgotten high-speed driving RPG, Racing Lagoon. Was it worth the wait? Ehhhhhh... 

This is Of Mics & Memory Cards, a place for deep dives into theatrical theory and  bubble economies, where every game is the Dark Souls of...something.

Join us as we lose our inhibitions and drive faster than the draw distance to discuss Racing Lagoon.

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Are you fluent in Phantomilese? This episode is a locked door, but as the keepers of the key, we'll just hand it over to you when you show up. 

Klonoa, the floppy-eared mascot that never *truly* was. Namco's answer to a question left unasked. We'll take you on the journey deep into the heart of maybe the best (and certainly the easiest!) cartoon platformer we've covered so far. Yes, we're looking at you Spyro and Crash.

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Have you heard of this game before? This early 90s-released-in-2003-ass-game? This decidedly not part of the Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle expanded universe game?

Well, now you have! Join us for a discussion on absurd localizations, platinum trophy boobs, and a history of these arcade-cum-Playstation titles. 

Show Notes:
1. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1945_strikers_endinga.png 

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Remember when the digital world was a place of horrors for children? Where monsters roamed around every corner, friends were hard to distinguish from enemies, and for every villain defeated there always seemed to be a bigger bad lying in wait?

No, we're not talking about Twitter. We're talking about the world of Digimon and that's where we're taking you today. Join us for a too-deep dive into the history of Digimon, the origins of a ridiculous fandom, and talk about a game that could just be the antidote to your insomnia.

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You know you've been waiting for this one. The boys go back to the Universal lot to explore the XTREME origins of Insomniac Games, circle back to Nickelodeon a few too many times, and rant about video game store employees.

Recommended viewing: Episode 2, Crash Bandicoot

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