Mark and Landry Smith talk about Landry's recently-developed appreciation for the classics, what NES games have to offer modern gamers, and how to overcome the challenges in playing these games.

Let us know: How many NES games have you played this year?

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Mark and Parker Deal of Re:Direct talk about the kinds of games that get stuck in our minds, why we can't stop thinking about them, and what stops us from playing them every chance we get.

Let us know: What game lives in your mind rent free?

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Youtube: Re:Direct

Podcast: Directly to You

Twitter: @ParkerDeal

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Twitch: WatchReDirect

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Mark and Matt Intemann talk about their favorite uses of cheat codes, why they've fallen by wayside in recent years, and how they can be used well in the future.

Let us know: What is your favorite cheat code?

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Mark talks through his Top 10 Zelda music tracks and what makes Zelda music so special.

Let us know: What's your favorite Zelda track?

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Links to each pick:

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Mark and Nate McKeever and Josh Broccolo of the Backlog Breakdown talk about the games they're looking forward to playing in the near and slightly less near future.

Let us know: What are you looking forward to playing next?

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Josh on Twitter: @Broccolope 

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Mark and Parker Deal of Re:Direct talk about why we get excited about financial reports in the gaming sphere, the drawbacks of emphasizing this data, and if maybe we're the weird ones.

Let us know: Why do you like tracking financial data of video games?

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In this part 3 of 2 episodes on characters, Mark and Henry Overos talk about the mechanic of creating your own character in video games, and discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of being able to create your own avatar.

Let us know: Which game has the best character creator?

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Mark and Matt Intemann talk about how the role of productivity has impacted how we approach gaming as a hobby and what a healthy approach may look like.

Let us know: Do you see gaming as a guilty pleasure?

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Mark and Nick Porch talk about the strategy of minmaxing in RPGs and talk about the video game skills and real-life skills they would each minmax.

Let us know: What would you minmax in real life?

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Blog & Podcast: Nothing New Under the Porch

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In this Big Discourse, Mark and Parker and Landry and Jake and Elizabeth and Billie talk about their thoughts, feelings, appreciations, and criticisms of the monumental The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, now that we've had time to sit with it.
Spoilers: we talk about temples, major areas, and a few significant side quests. We do not discuss anything after the 4 "regional phenomena" nor any major story beats from throughout the game.

Let us know: How do you feel about Tears of the Kingdom three months later?

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Twitter: @SoftIconoclast

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Web: https://bitbloggist.com/

Podcast: BitCast and Retrospect

Twitch.tv: BitBloggist

Twitter: @BitBloggist

Instagram: @BitBloggist

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Twitter: @ElizabethCoats1

Find more Billie on the internet:

Twitter: @nolisgvi

Instagram: @nolisgvi

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What we’re playing or will play next after Tears of the Kingdom: