Square Waves FM Podcast

Why did Ben Chandler recommend this weird name for the podcast again? I really can’t remember. But that’s okay because our topic this week is weeeeeird games! Cantaloupes co-mingling with parakeet salami tables. Fourteen guitars, sadly. Brainstem. Lemon lemming souffle with a pedestrian reduction on toast. Why are turtles? Hawker Harrier. Hawker. Harrier. The song […]

We bid a hale and hearty welcome back to our good friend Francisco Gonzalez to discuss our favourite video game soundtracks. A special thanks to Francisco for compensating for Brian’s lazy lazy editing by actually playing some music during the podcast. We also chat about The Sims, the Grand Theft Auto series, and the difference […]

This week we welcome back Troels the Space Quest Historian to talk about emotionally engaging games. Never before have so many insensitive things been said about such sensitive topics. We also lavish equal portions of praise and criticism on Jane Jensen whose next game, we’re sure, will be a lot better than her last couple. […]

Sayonara sausage fest! We return this week with an extra special guest, Bianca, to chat about the insanely popular Sims series. The main topic is preceded by Brian’s story and mini-review of his new Pebble smartwatch, and then a thorough description of the games Bianca’s been playing lately. The song at the end of today’s […]

This episode we catch up on all the awesome emails and voicemails we’ve received over the past couple weeks. Our amazing listeners never fail to shake loose some long-forgotten memories. It’s with a very heavy heart that we bid a temporary farewell to co-host Chris as he leaves to attend to personal matters. The immediate […]

We force (ha?) our dear friend Joe Mastroianni to rejoin us this week in our discussion of Star Wars games, old and oldish. The star (hee?) of the show is Joe’s compelling description of Star Wars Rebellion, a 4X-style strategy game. Our thanks and apologies to everyone who wrote in and sent us voicemails – […]

We return to our desert islands of electricity, dry ice smoke machines, and round surly men with fanny pack coin dispensers. Join us in our tropical paradise as we finish off our top 10 arcade game lists and meander uncontrollably off the cliffs of Mount Digression Junior High (hi Troels!). The song at the end […]

I hope the Surgeon General isn’t monitoring this podcast for our blather-to-topic ratio because they’ll pull us off the shelves for sure. This week we eventually get around to talking about arcade games, and specifically our top 10 desert island arcade games, assuming our desert island had electrical outlets. And quarters. It could happen! Today’s […]

Oh, stars. Can’t you just get along for a change? The warring stars may seem perplexing to the layman, but thankfully we invite expert Joe Mastroianni of the Upper Memory Block podcast to make sense of the star carnage. Starnage, perhaps? No. Today’s song is the Tie Fighter Attack music from the Star Wars Nintendo […]

Here’s a special quickie episode to catch up on the voicemail we had trouble playing last week. Our eternal thanks to Troels, Avi, and Ryan for contributing such thoughtful and entertaining stories. Show notes: Dos Nostalgia Podcast about Sierra Discovery games Commodore 64 wiki, LOAD Sierra InterAction magazine archive Quest for Glory 2 poster by […]