Oral Gex

By Izzy Kestrel & Emilia Lazer-Walker

a podcast about everyone's favorite 90s video game mascot, hosted by Izzy Kestrel and Emilia Lazer-Walker... more

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How many episodes does Oral Gex have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.

Oral Gex episodes:

February 06, 2023Episode 7 - "The Darkside Has Nothing On My Tongue"
izzy and em continue their journey through Gex 2, making a pit stop to generate some totally original Gex content using the power of ChatGPT

links referenced:
Keanu Reeves Says He Married Winona Ryder 'Under the Eyes of God' While Shooting 'Dracula' Scene (People Magazine)
"Down the Drain" sequence from The Neverhood
Making of The Neverhood (part 1)
Bruce Straley recalling Out of Toon level design (from Noclip's Crystal Dynamics documentary)
Secret GEX: Enter the Gecko Webpage (via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)
...more
56min
January 21, 2023Episode 6 - "Heeeeeeeere's Gexy!"
izzy and em return from a gexless hiatus, beginning their much anticipated playthrough of Gex (3D): Enter the Gecko.

links referenced:
Mitsuo Senda (Wikipedia)
Glover Is Coming Back, For Some Reason (GameSpot)
wabbit season bit (via LongplayArchives video)
elevator painting gag (via LongplayArchives video)
Hot Shots Golf 2 (PlayStation Store)
Hot Shots Golf 2 gameplay (via Gextra Life 2018)
Tommy Westphall (Wikipedia)
...more
57min
August 20, 2022Episode 5 - gex, flies, and videotape
izzy and em finally put Gex (1995) to rest after discussing some behind-the-scenes details about the game's troubled development and reviewing concept art from the game's secret ending.

links referenced:
1997 retrospective article by Greg Tavares (Lead Programmer)
Gex Prototype (The Cutting Room Floor)
GEX-RAY screenshot from alpha prototype
Liquid Rez (Gex Wiki)
Concept art segment of secret ending video
How to Draw Gex & the Gang (Internet Archive)
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival gameplay video
Credits music
Transcription of lyrics from credits music
...more
49min
August 12, 2022Episode 4 - "Helium makes my voice do this"
izzy and em wrap up their discussion of Gex (1995) with Rezopolis and Planet X. izzy goes on an emotional journey with the secret ending while emilia embarrasses herself by not knowing what Newton's third law is.

links referenced:
Weemote photo (stolen from an eBay listing)
Planet X - Clothesline level gameplay video
Secret Ending/Concept Art/Credits video
Secret Ending full text transcription
Gex OST - The Project
Rez (2001) gameplay video
...more
51min
August 05, 2022Episode 3 - "If I had a life, I’d be glad to get back to it!"
izzy and em continue to discuss the critically acclaimed best-selling 1995 video game (one million copies) Gex in a problematic double feature of Jungle World and Kung Fuville.

links referenced:
Ristar - Snake Boss
izzy cornered by rude fish
Toxic Turtle - Gex Wiki
TMNT II - Nom Noms clip
All Gex 1 Bonus Levels
Dana Gould’s Podcast
...more
56min
July 29, 2022Episode 2 - "My inner child is coming out...AND IT HURTS!"
izzy and em discuss on-disc trailers for other Crystal Dynamics titles, A Real Human Man Named Gex, and the level design of New Toonland (the second world in Gex 1)

links referenced
Crystal Dynamics sizzle reel from Gex PS1
Slam 'N Jam '95 trailer from Gex 3DO
On Skyrim’s launch day, two parents named their newborn son Dovahkiin and won a lifetime supply of Bethesda games: Here’s where they are now - Gamesradar
Toontown Online trailer
ToonStruck trailer
Gex gets NOTHING
Boogerman longplay
...more
59min
July 22, 2022Episode 1 - "Don't drink the tap water at Jerry Garcia's!"
izzy & emilia discuss Gex's dead relatives and their experiences playing the first world of the first game.

links referenced
Gex 3DO manual
Gex Wiki
Gex Japanese Cover Art
Garfield: Caught in the Act longplay
Gex Statue in cluttered room
Crystal Dynamics 30th Anniversary tweet
Gex trademark filed in Europe (via @gematsu on Twitter)
Reaping/Sowing tweet
...more
1h 14min
July 17, 2022Episode 0 - what to expect when you're gexpecting
izzy & emilia introduce themselves, briefly discuss their history with Gex, and lightly touch on some of the lesser known lore prior to beginning their playthrough of Gex (1995)

wanna play along with us? Gex is available digitally on GOG.com

write-in via email ([email protected]) or DM us on twitter (@oralgexpod)!

links referenced:
Which Gex port is better, PS1 or Saturn? - Retrogaming Roundtable
Gex Week Thread on Twitter
Recording of Gex Microtalk for Funomena
1982: The Hobbit - 50 Years of Text Games
...more
32min

FAQs about Oral Gex:

How many episodes does Oral Gex have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.