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2024 is here! And to kick off the new year it is an episode asked for by my Patrons! This week's episode is all about the Final Fantasy VII prequel, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Joining me to break down all things Zack Fair and his spiky hair is Kolby Moyer from the Switch It Up podcast. Kolby is a gigantic FF7 fan and it was an absolute blast to discuss this game with him. Check out the episode and find just how long Nomura has been on his bullshit.

End Song: Aerith's Theme Artist: Rifti Beats Album: Chocobo & Chill https://gamechops.com/chocobo/

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It's the last episode of 2023 so it is time to reflect on how this past year went! Joining me, as always, to help me reflect is my good friend from the Great White North TJ from the Hodder Show! We discuss what our favorite experiences were this year, which were our most popular episodes released this year and much more!

End Song: Staff Roll Artist: Helynt Album: Mario & Chillhttps://gamechops.com/mario-and-chill/

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This year's holiday episode has my wife on it! This week on the show my wife and I chatted about the Living Books games! An edutainment series of interactive storybooks originally published by Broderbund. You all may remember I interviewed Mickey W. Mantle on the show a while ago and he was the CTO of Broderbund at the time Living Books was coming out. Well ever since that episode I've been dying to do a proper Living Books episode and joining me to do so is my wonderful wife Courtney!

Courtney has a degree in early childhood education so I thought it would be interesting to hear from her perspective what the Living Books games to well, where they could improve and what she does/doesn't like about them!

I hope you all will enjoy this episode and I hope you find it interesting.

Happy Holidays!

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With every console generation there are bound to be a few games that slip through the cracks that are fantastic, but very few have heard of them. Joining me on today's episode is the founder of Syncoplay Retro Gaming, Joe Bourrie. Syncoplay is an online store that creates accessories for gaming collectors and enthusiasts. Besides founding Syncoplay, Joe is also currently working on a book called Beyond The NES, which is a book that is focusing on the games on Famicom that did not see a release in North America. It is specifically going to target which of those games can be played by English speaking audiences with little to no knowledge of the Japanese language!

The idea of this book is what let to todays topic, the idea that because a game was never localized into English we tend to overlook instead of giving it a chance. In this episode Joe and I each chose 5 games that we feel do not get the love they deserve. If you have a list of 5 games please share it! I would love to see more overlooked and underloved games finally get their due.

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It is here. After 2.5 years, Dexter Morrill and I have finally watched and discussed EVERY episode of Captain N The Game Master (minus the clip show episode at the end of season 2...)

This has been a long time coming. Dexter and I started this series as a way to help me keep the podcast weekly after my kid was born and it grew into something we could not have expected. This series was an absolute joy. So much so that recording week became known as Captain N week. This would entail watching the same episode multiple times, a few of which were with my daughter and then laughing about it for over an hour with my friend, the co-host with the mo-host, Dexter. And of course with all this Captain N being watched, my kid loves the show now. Go figure.

I of course need to send a sincere thank you to all of you for listening and following along with this series. It has meant the world to Dex and I and we could not be happier with how it turned out.

Be on the look out for the next cartoon series....

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It's been a long while since I had an informal chat on the show. Joining me on this episode is co-founder of Premium Edition Games Barry Carenza. We chat about what its like working as a game publisher, his thoughts on the state of video game preservation and we also dive a bit into our thoughts the habits of gamers and how they have evolved over the years. I really enjoyed this more laid back and chill chat so if you enjoyed this kind of thing and would like to see more of it let me know!

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It seems like 2023 has been the year of authors here on the show! Joining me on this episode is James Batchelor, who is the Editor in Chief of GamesIndustry.biz and host of the Bond & Beyond Podcast. James joins me today to talk about a book he has recently written called "The Best Non-Violent Video Games". We discuss the ins and outs of working in games media, how it influenced his work on the book and so much more!

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Everyone's favorite cuddly firebreather is finally making his appearance on Still Loading. This episode dives into the first game in the Spyro serie, Spyro the Dragon. I'm joined by my good friend Chris (@britishbondaddict) to talk about Insomniac's landmark PS1 3D platformer. We discuss why this game was so important for sony, how it feels to control today and we debate over if the music is good (I may have some hot takes).

End Song: Ice Ice Dragon Artist: RobKTA + Starstorm Album: N/A https://youtu.be/xNOpQvFFSrA?si=DRqn3Y3odP9jWyx2

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Its another not-so-mini mini episode! It is the penultimate episode of our Captain N series and we are covering episodes 5 and 6 of season 3! Dexter of course is back and we break down the episodes A Tale of Two Dogs and Battle of the Basketball Know-it-Alls. This month we finally see the return of the entire N team being all together in an episode! And Mother Brain's crew is here too!

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This episode has long been in the making.

Back in August I shared on social media that I finally was having my mom on the show, though I kept it vague as to what she was coming on to talk about. This episode is a bit hard to describe what it's about, but at it's core it is a very personal episode for me. I'm joined by my Mom, my friend CJ and my friend Jamie to talk about the various memories of gaming growing up. And while this isn't focused solely on memories of a games, console or genre; it is focused on memories of gaming with friends.... kinda.

In the episode I call it gaming in a social space, if that even makes sense. This episode is filled with stories of times when I would play games outside of the standard living room setup or the classic game night sleepover. It is about the times when video games were bigger than the worlds they inhabited on the TV.

This episode is about Rocking Chairs, Halo 2 and LAN Parties.

Songs used:

1: Name: Donkey Kong 64: Jungle Japes (Vector U Remix) Artist: Vector U Album: N/A https://soundcloud.com/vector-u/jungle-japes

2: Name: Dragon Roost Island Artist: Mikel Album: Zelda & Chill https://gamechops.com/zelda-and-chill/

3: Name: Sierra-117 Artist: Laura Platt Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03198

4: Name: ReMix - StarCraft "Creep Colony" Artist: Cory Johnson Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04269

5: Name: Melee (Smash Bros Remix) Artist: James Landino Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed https://gamechops.com/smooth-mcgroove-remixed/

5: Name: Out of Time Artist: Mykah Album: Halloween EP https://gamechops.com/halloween/

6: End Song: Escape from the City (City Escape) Artist: Super Lofi 64 Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/escape/

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