Region Free Gamers: The Podcast Fluent in Gaming!

Today Arnaldo, Ozzy, and Paul, are here to talk about the third matchup in our King Of Games 98 tournament featuring Half Life versus Unreal. Which of these two classic FPS video games will come out on top? Was Half Life's platforming really that bad?  Why does Unreal remind us of Cape Cod and Jay Gatsby? Listen and find out!

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Unreal Gold - Twilight Horizon

Today all five of the Region Free Gamers are on deck to talk about the art and fun of collecting video games! First, Arnaldo and Ozzy come back from the VR world to discuss the Playstation VR as we catch up and talk about what video games we found out there on Black Friday (4:30). We then move on to the subject of collecting video games, the effect Instagram has had on the hobby (24:00) and Ozzy's passion for collecting bad games (42:00). Our video game family trees are up next as we lament all the games and systems we sold as kids to move on to the next big thing (46:00) including a debate about how awful Gamestop is (49:00). We wrap things up talking about the most sentimental video games in our collections (1:03:00), whether anyone ever Beat The Wiz (1:13:30) and whether collecting old video games as a hobby will ever die (1:22:30).

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Astro Bot Rescue Mission - Tite Mites

Ninja Gaiden - Cut Scene 4

Join Arnie, Paul, and special guest Benja of indie review site, Welcome To Last Week (@frau_lametta on Instagram) for the second quarter-final match in our King Of Games 98 tournament! Does anyone have patience for Thief: The Dark Project anymore? Is Pokemon actually responsible for all millenials' problems? Which of these games will advance? Listen and find out on this borderline ridiculous episode!

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Pokemon Red/Blue - Opening

Collegehumor Pokerap

Geoff, Anthony and Ozzy wade fully into the nostalgia well to discuss their experience with those martially minded reptiles (or are they amphibians?) that served as caretakers to our childhood. In particular, the crew explores the many games that let us live out our fantasies of being heroes in a half-shell, spanning games from the Nintendo Entertainment System and up to the systems of the mid-90s. The crew first delves into the pop culture phenomenon that was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, then go into the NES games and the original Arcade game (31:22), discuss the merits of the Game Boy games (54:10) and finish off with Turtles in Time and the remaining 32-bit games (1:08:30). So grab some pizza and tune in to this radical episode!

Xenogears and Gran Turismo go head to head in the very first match of the inaugural King of Games 98, wherein we pit the great games released in 1998 against each other in a battle for supremacy. Arnie and Ozzy are joined by Kelly a/k/a @sierranightgaming as she goes to bat for Xenogears. Who will prevail? Find out on this very fun episode.

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Yasunori Mitsuda: Knight of Fire (Xenogears)

Gran Turismo: TVR Car Shop Menu Music

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Today all five of the Region Free Gamers are on deck for an episode where, at first you may not believe it, but we do actually talk about video games! First though, we're getting to know our new crew members as we talk about working in stand-up comedy, cheering for football teams that constantly break our hearts, The End Of Evangelion, and our very own Puerto Rican Tom Selleck (6:00). We do get back to video games though, with Slay The Spire and a discussion about video games we had to stop playing before we started hating them (46:00). We move on to our favourite video games of ALL TIME (48:30) with a special message for fans of Ocarina Of Time, and finally, our biggest video game disappointments starting with every 8-bit arcade port ever (1:24:00)

This episode brought to you by IHOP, but not really.

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Etrian Odyssey V - Source of the Morning Glow's Smiling Face

Blast Corps - Simian Acres

Massive Chalice - In The Thick Of It

We start off getting to know Andrew and his history with today's featured video game system before moving on to the Turbografx-16 itself, where it came from (19:00), and our first experiences with it (39:00). The meat of the episode lies in us talking about the crazy decisions made by NEC's video game division and how they led to the relatively early demise of the Turbografx-16 (52:30). We finish things up talking about the brief, almost revival of the Turbografx-16 via the TurboDuo and TTi Technologies before wrapping with our favourite Turbografx-16 video games you might not have tried! (1:35:30)

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Join Ozzy, Anthony, Paul, and special guest Dennis (@strillivanilli on Instagram) as we discuss not only what is one of the greatest horror video games ever made, but also one that is often considered the best video game ever made, period - Silent Hill 2.

The guys set the table talking about the original Silent Hill and how it relates to the sequel (6:30) before moving on to the development and subtle symbolism behind Silent Hill 2 (26:30). The characters are discussed next (58:30), followed by the enemies including Pyramid Head and his bizarre orgy scene (1:18:00) and the deliberate lack of difficulty in the game (1:23:45).

The episode is wrapped up talking about one of the great video game soundtracks (1:31:45), followed by the various endings in the game and and the game's overall legacy (1:41:15).

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Silent Hill 2 - Theme Of Laura

Today, Arnaldo and Ozzy are joined by special guest James of the Klutch Kitten Gaming podcast to talk about arguably the most relaxing video game franchise ever, Harvest Moon! The guys start out getting to know James and talking about the current state of indie video games and development before plowing into Harvest Moon (31:30) and their experiences with the game, its origins, and how the franchise has turned into a confusing mess with Story Of Seasons. We wrap it up by comparing the various video games in the series (1:27:30) and talking about our favourites!

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Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life - Quiet Winter

The crew welcomes Anthony Arriaga a/k/a Polybits into the permanent rotation of hosts, making the podcast 20% more Puerto Rican. And what better way to start it off than by chatting about what the crew has been playing lately. The crew first starts chatting about the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, which Arnie, Anthony and Ozzy recently attended. Arnie then talks about his quest to complete all the mainline Final Fantasy games, starting with the very first one and then reminisces about the death of arcades (24:00). Geoff then lets out all his (very British) rage that he has accumulated after playing Bloodstained, but not before ending on a delightfully cheery note with the Zelda Link's Awakening remake (42:45). Anthony rounds it out by chatting about A Way Out, Gears 5 and his impressions of the Sega Genesis Mini (1:15:20).