Eat. SLeep. Breathe. Play. Die. Respawn. Repeat. Procras10ation Episode 4 – The One Where Video Games Are Life allows us to geek out about video games and our love of all things connected to a console or a PC or an arcade console.  

Show Notes:

* Jason changes the name of the podcast again.

* Dolph Lungren as Prince Adam from He-Man in the

* And Jason changes the name again

* Jason and Daniel declare their love for each other – and their wives (L Squared) are worried.

* Jason’s tablet went off so he owes everyone a beer – Stone Cold Steve Austin Style

* Bad thoughts and comments about Santa – Santa we are sorry.

* Penelope chimes in late in the show.

* Jason remembers a game that allowed you to control all of the limbs of the fighting character,

* Shout-out to Travis for letting me play games back in the day at the arcade in Columbus, MS. Dual-Weidling on Lethal Enforcers.

* Jason bitches about the cost of arcade video games per play. $1 a throw for a round of Time Crisis, because arcades hate children.

* Daniel is the reason why arcades cost what the cost. He likes to break things. Worst arcade story ever. Jason is afraid of getting hepatitis from the video games. The floors in arcades are worse than the floors in dollar theaters.

* Shout out to the arcade at the Island in Pigeon Forge – it is called Arcade City. Fantastic Arcade!!!

* Daniel has too many consoles. It is a bit sad.

* Jason wants one of the retro systems that will play all of the various catridges.

Top 5 Retro Video Games

Daniel

* Super Street Fighter 2 – Daniel is hooked on fighting games. Super Street Fighter 2 was the original idea for DLC by video game companies. 4 characters got added with the SUper version.

* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Daniel got his with his Genesis console. Sonic one came with the system and he had a certificate to get Sonic 2 in the mail.

* Super Mario Brothers 3 – groundbreaking game – long game lots of new features that helped the gameplay and were very inventive.

* Galaga – whether on a console or an arcade console it is always a solid game. A pattern game that at some point tests your ability to memorize a pattern and then tests your ability to move your hands really fast.

* Avengers Multiplayer Arcade Game – which leads to a discussion of the TMNT side-scroller, X-Men side-scroller, and the Simpson’s side-scroller.

* We discover that the Avengers game only had 4 playable characters. We actually look it up – who would have thought.

* Using the special abilities on the X-Men game slowly killed you.

Jason

* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – We did have a crossover. Sonic 1 was AMrio on speed. Almost too fast to play. After you learned the moves you

* Populous – Sega Genesis old school – Hours dedicated to this game. Only playable in the Master system with the volume control. The worlds had a number that you could choose or it could be random. Think seeds for Minecraft.

* Goldeneye 64 – should be higher on Jason’s list just due to the number of hours played.