Pie Factory Podcast

By Sean Courtney and Jim Goebel

Games & Hobbies Video Games

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11.26.2020

While you’re enjoying turkey with your family, why not put Pie Factory Podcast on as your background? Jim’n’Sean discuss two fairly unusual arcade games in episode 117. And so should you.

Pie Factory Podcast episodes:

11.26.2020 Episode 117: Turkey Shoot and Chiller While you’re enjoying turkey with your family, why not put Pie Factory Podcast on as your background? Jim’n’Sean discuss two fairly unusual arcade games in episode 117. And so should you.
10.15.2020 Episode 116: The Legend of Kage and Raiden Once upon a time there were two Midwesterners named Jim and Sean. One was tall, the other was…well, also tall, but who cares? There came a time when the two decided that their mission was to discuss two arcade games ...
09.03.2020 Episode 115: Astro Invader and Space Zap In episode 115, does Sean love Space Zap as much as Jim? Will they agree on a Space Invaders-esque shooter? Will George be reunited with his ticker tape machine? The Shadow knows.
07.22.2020 Episode 114: 720º and Congo Bongo Yep, that’s how hot it gets in the summer, so break out your percussion instruments and play along with episode 114! Satisfaction guaranteed! (Note: satisfaction not guaranteed.)
06.27.2020 Episode 113: Space Fury and Tac/Scan So…an episode for your amusement! Prepare for a podcast! (See what we did there?) We swear, this is the absolute last episode we will be releasing this month. If you want another one, sorry; you’ll have to wait.
06.09.2020 Episode 112: Bump’n’Jump and Daytona USA You like cars? Good. Vroooom!
05.18.2020 Episode 111: “Modemland” and the BBS Scene Jim and Sean take a break from the usual arcade game talk and invite friends to join them in a discussion of socializing over online media before there was social media…or widespread Internet.
04.23.2020 Episode 110: Guzzler and Munch Mobile In this episode about a couple of somewhat obscure games, Jim discusses geology, whilst Sean waxes philosophical about parenthood. And games, too. Yeah, they both talk about games.
04.01.2020 Episode 109: Boot Camp and G.I. Joe Happy April! It’s always a sunshine day when the Pie Factory Podcast brings you a new episode! This time, kick back with a couple of relaxing video games from the ’80s, following Jim and Sean through their adventures. (Note: even ...
03.07.2020 Episode 108: Kick and The Glob With an episode title that sounds like a band name, Sean and Jim are back with another rip-roarin’ jaunt into the Golden Age of Video Games, asking that musical question: “Huh?”
02.11.2020 Episode 107: Solar Fox and Blueprint Jim and Sean are back with a lively discussion of two arcade games. This time, both of the games have…color! And sound! And a control panel! It’s sure to set your RSS feed on fire!
01.21.2020 Episode 106: Home Consoles IV (Atari 5200 and Vectrex) It’s been a while since we did a one-off about the consoles we had. This time, Sean and Jim invite a special guest to help out, and God knows they desperately need that help.
12.25.2019 Episode 105: Warlords and Circus Need a break from your family? Didn’t get what you want for Christmas? Well, you’re in luck! Here’s a new episode for ya.
11.28.2019 Episode 104: NBA Jam and Atari Football Gotta get away from your family for a bit this Thanksgiving? Let Pie Factory Podcast be your crazy uncle! And what’s more traditional on Thanksgiving than a football game? Let us be your new tradition!
11.03.2019 Episode 103: Peter Pack Rat and Turtles Chicago Bears fans, hopefully a new episode will cheer you up. Philadelphia Eagles fans, celebrate by listening to a new episode. Those of you who don’t like American Football — hey, good news: you can listen to a new episode ...
11.03.2019 Brief Announcement! Just a quickie announcement before episode 103 is released! https://www.piefactorypodcast.com/extralife
10.11.2019 Episode 102: Looping and Space Panic In this episode, Jim and Sean study the intricacies of the contrapuntal philosophies of the next-generation trends of the upper echelon and how they relate to the hoi polloi’s intrapersonal struggle with the id and the superego. Or…was that another ...
09.13.2019 Episode 101: Pac-Man Plus and Head On 2 You know…we recently released episode 100, and, well…we loved doing 100 episodes so much, that we’ve decided, heck with it…let’s do 101! So here we are again with an Exciting New episode for your listening, uhh….experience? Yeah, let’s go with ...
09.01.2019 The Pie Factory Podcast 100th Episode Spectacular! So we’ve lasted 100 episodes! Yay! And we’ve extended that savings on to YOU! Three special guests join our not-so-special hosts for a unique celebration of all things Pie Factory…well, maybe not all things Pie Factory, but…oh, just listen to ...
08.11.2019 Episode 99: Cloak & Dagger and Blaster This time Jim and Sean talk about a couple of not-too-common arcade games that have a surprising number of things in common and some pretty interesting back stories.
07.16.2019 Episode 98: Willow and Dragon Spirit We apologize for the lateness. We have switched to a 3-week schedule due to a little thing called life. Unfortunately, this coincided with the 4th of July holiday. But nonetheless…here’s the new episode!
06.18.2019 Episode 97: Star Castle and Super Breakout This time we’re discussing two well-known but not-easy-to-find titles. Anything else that would be in this description would be filler because we’re not feeling creative right now with this description. Place more text here. Bye.
06.04.2019 Episode 96: special guest Ed Kelly Hi, and welcome to Episode 96. We, uhh…totally forgot to mention in the entire episode that it’s episode 96, but trust us: it’s episode 96. To be followed by episode 107 (eventually). But we were honored to have the brains ...
05.16.2019 Episode 95: League Bowling and Punch-Out!! Sean and Jim celebrate the anniversaries of the classic albums Blonde on Blonde, Pet Sounds, and The Who: Live at Leeds by talking about two games as suggested by a Patreon supporter. Oh…and neither of them say a peep about ...
05.01.2019 Episode 94: Midwest Gaming Classic 2019 Wrapup Jim and Sean just got drove back from Milwaukee, and boy, are their arms tired!….Hello?…..is this thing on???
04.14.2019 Episode 93: Xybots and Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters Just the title of episode 93 is longer than some of the tweets we’ve sent out. Unlike with episode 92, these two games actually provide us with something substantial to say…imagine that! And we hope to see you at Midwest ...
04.02.2019 Special Announcement: This Week in Robotron More details about the This Week In Robotron contest at Pie Factory Podcast’s table at Midwest Gaming Classic.
04.01.2019 Episode 92: New Rally-X and Super Xevious Hey, what can we say? A new month, a new episode, a new Rally-X. (And of course a Super Xevious!) More info about the This Week In Robotron contest at Midwest Gaming Classic coming soon — keep your eyes and ...
03.25.2019 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Midwest Gaming Classic is coming to Wisconsin Center downtown Milwaukee in just a few short weeks — and your friends at Pie Factory Podcast have an exciting announcement! (No, it’s not that we’re stopping the podcast; sorry.)
03.23.2019 Episode 91: Atari ST and Amiga In this off-topic episode, Jim and Sean reminisce about life with their favorite 16-bit computers. COMING SOON: A SPECIAL MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC ANNOUNCEMENT!
03.03.2019 Episode 90: Boulder Dash and Pigskin 621 A.D. So, here we are: ninety episodes in. Fun fact: if you listen to an episode of Pie Factory Podcast every day for ninety days, it will take close to three months to complete. While you’re at it, play a couple ...
02.16.2019 Episode 89: Q*bert’s Qubes and Crater Raider Wait…isn’t Pie Factory Podcast a biweekly podcast? Didn’t they just put out a show five days ago? But…how? And then they…but there’s another…hoo, boy; how did they do it? (It’s called physics.) Look, just enjoy the show, mac.
02.10.2019 Episode 88: Columns and Tetris Falling blocks discussed by these falling blockheads: what could possibly be more fitting? In this landmark 2019 comeback, join Sean and Jim as they talk about not Ferg. That’s right, Ferg will not be mentioned in this episode. Listen to ...
12.09.2018 Episode 87: Arm Wrestling and SF-Hisplitter With episode 87, Jim and Sean decided to end 2018 on a…well, let’s face it…weird note. I mean, come on! Who’s ever HEARD of these games?! Well…SOMEBODY must have, or else there wouldn’t be a podcast talking about them! Podcasts ...
11.23.2018 Episode 86: Marble Madness and Domino Man Who says Friday is black? We at Pie Factory Podcast say it’s, uhhh….black also. So yeah. What does that have to do with episode 86? We, uhmmm…haven’t the foggiest idea. Just listen.
11.23.2018 Episode 86: Marble Madness and Domino Man Who says Friday is black? We at Pie Factory Podcast say it’s, uhhh….black also. So yeah. What does that have to do with episode 86? We, uhmmm…haven’t the foggiest idea. Just listen. Advertisements
11.10.2018 Episode 85: Space Encounters and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom At long last, Sean and Jim have returned with episode 85 of their ambivalently named downloadable quasi-radio show, this time investigating a couple of outer space themed games in which somehow explosions are still audible in a vacuum. Tell your ...
10.17.2018 Episode 84: Astro Blaster and Avalanche With winter coming soon, Sean and Jim figured they’d better hurry up and discuss a game with a snow theme for episode 84. And lately there’s been some sort of Star Wars movie coming out at about the same time, ...
09.26.2018 Episode 83: National Suicide Prevention Month EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IS IN THIS EPISODE. Taking a break from discussing video games, we are taking the opportunity to discuss not just suicide prevention but also depression and other mental concerns. We feel this is a very important topic that ...
09.26.2018 Episode 83: National Suicide Prevention Month Taking a break from discussing video games, we are taking the opportunity to discuss not just suicide prevention but also depression and other mental concerns. We feel this is a very important topic that needs to be addressed. Advertisements
09.20.2018 Episode 82: Mr. Do!’s Castle and Mr. Do!’s Wild Ride In today’s fourscore and second official installment of Pie Factory Podcast, your hosts Do! their best to edutain you. Do! you want to join in on the fun? Of course you Do!. (Okay, we’ll stop Do!ing that.)
09.02.2018 Episode 81: Reactor and Aliens How do Jim and Sean spend their three-day weekend near the end of summer? By servicing you, our friends, the listeners, with a brand new episode! This time we wax philosophical about another movie game and another Gottlieb game. We ...
08.20.2018 Episode 80: Qix and Quantum We at Pie Factory Podcast like to record episodes. We like it so much, we’ve done it more than 80 times. We hope that you’ll add this episode about “Q” games to your podcast queue. (See what I did there?)
07.23.2018 Episode 79: Liberator and Millipede Well, it’s Monday, and as such we cannot come up with a creative announcement for episode 79. So here it is. Episode 79. Millipede and Liberator. Listen to the podcast. Trade it with friends. Post a link in your next ...
07.11.2018 Episode 78: Eyes and Anteater Whoa-oh, here she comes. Watch out WITH YOUR EYES, boy, she’ll chew you up. Whoa-oh, here she comes. She’s an ANTEATER. (See what we did there?) Despite Sean and Jim striking fear in the hearts of those who try to ...
07.11.2018 Episode 78: Eyes and Anteater Whoa-oh, here she comes. Watch out WITH YOUR EYES, boy, she’ll chew you up. Whoa-oh, here she comes. She’s an ANTEATER. (See what we did there?) Despite Sean and Jim striking fear in the hearts of those who try to ...
06.22.2018 Episode 77: I want to ride my… In this super special episode of Pie Factory Podcast, Sean and Jim discuss the latest retro gaming news (which is not news anymore because post production takes such a long time!), but then eschew the usual format to discuss their ...
06.22.2018 Episode 77: I want to ride my… In this super special episode of Pie Factory Podcast, Sean and Jim discuss the latest retro gaming news (which is not news anymore because post production takes such a long time!), but then eschew the usual format to discuss their ...
05.27.2018 Episode 76: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Return of the Jedi I think this is the longest title we’ve had for an episode so far. Is it? Hmm….I don’t know. I’ll have to check. Wait…why am I typing this? Anyway…here’s a show about a couple of George Lucas film games. Yeah.
05.27.2018 Episode 76: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Return of the Jedi I think this is the longest title we’ve had for an episode so far. Is it? Hmm….I don’t know. I’ll have to check. Wait…why am I typing this? Anyway…here’s a show about a couple of George Lucas film games. Yeah.

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Pie Factory Podcast episodes:

Episode 117: Turkey Shoot and Chiller

Episode 116: The Legend of Kage and Raiden

Episode 115: Astro Invader and Space Zap

Episode 114: 720º and Congo Bongo

Episode 113: Space Fury and Tac/Scan

Episode 112: Bump’n’Jump and Daytona USA

Episode 111: “Modemland” and the BBS Scene

Episode 110: Guzzler and Munch Mobile

Episode 109: Boot Camp and G.I. Joe

Episode 108: Kick and The Glob

Episode 107: Solar Fox and Blueprint

Episode 106: Home Consoles IV (Atari 5200 and Vectrex)

Episode 105: Warlords and Circus

Episode 104: NBA Jam and Atari Football

Episode 103: Peter Pack Rat and Turtles

Brief Announcement!

Episode 102: Looping and Space Panic

Episode 101: Pac-Man Plus and Head On 2

The Pie Factory Podcast 100th Episode Spectacular!

Episode 99: Cloak & Dagger and Blaster

Episode 98: Willow and Dragon Spirit

Episode 97: Star Castle and Super Breakout

Episode 96: special guest Ed Kelly

Episode 95: League Bowling and Punch-Out!!

Episode 94: Midwest Gaming Classic 2019 Wrapup

Episode 93: Xybots and Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters

Special Announcement: This Week in Robotron

Episode 92: New Rally-X and Super Xevious

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Episode 91: Atari ST and Amiga

Episode 90: Boulder Dash and Pigskin 621 A.D.

Episode 89: Q*bert’s Qubes and Crater Raider

Episode 88: Columns and Tetris

Episode 87: Arm Wrestling and SF-Hisplitter

Episode 86: Marble Madness and Domino Man

Episode 86: Marble Madness and Domino Man

Episode 85: Space Encounters and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

Episode 84: Astro Blaster and Avalanche

Episode 83: National Suicide Prevention Month

Episode 83: National Suicide Prevention Month

Episode 82: Mr. Do!’s Castle and Mr. Do!’s Wild Ride

Episode 81: Reactor and Aliens

Episode 80: Qix and Quantum

Episode 79: Liberator and Millipede

Episode 78: Eyes and Anteater

Episode 78: Eyes and Anteater

Episode 77: I want to ride my…

Episode 77: I want to ride my…

Episode 76: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Return of the Jedi

Episode 76: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Return of the Jedi

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