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They’re tiny, they’re toony, they’re all a little looney. We’re diving down the rabbit hole this week with Tiny Toon Adventures on the NES. A simple game for a simpler time. Often referred to as a Super Mario 3 clone, could there be a better compliment for a game? Take your choice of Buster, Plucky, Dizzy, or Furball and let’s head to Acme Acres, where there is always plenty of stock of Anvils and giant punching gloves... 

We also take a timewarp back to 1991 to talk about Ninja Turtles, Terminators, more cartoons and a weird trip talking about the Mandella Effect. Is it spelled Looney Tunes or Toons? Fruit Loops or Froot Loops? Where is your VHS copy of the Shazam movie starring Sinbad? What is with all these merging realities? As long as I live in the Mega Man timeline, I’ll be ok. 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Disney, let’s talk. You already broke our hearts in the theater with The Lion King movie. Then, you release a game that will make an entire generation cry for totally different reasons. At what point does a hard game become just plain...unfair? The claws come out today, as we try to find the good in this beautiful looking game. But, looks can be deceiving. Set your controllers to stun, grab some juicy bugs to munch on, and let’s see if The Lion King ends up in the litter box once and for all on That Game Rules! 

Stopping by 1994 and you know we’re gonna talk about the Lion King movie. Did you know 6 lions died while being shipped over for the artists to reference during the making of the movie? Well, that’s not true, but I do have other fun facts! Plus, an old school look at TV shows and more video games as we wander that Blockbuster aisle... 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Grab your favorite color N64 controller (green), we’re talking Paper Mario today. A game that took those fancy 3D polygons and made them sit in the back row. Paper Mario and his 2D sprites may look beautiful, but even they aren’t the stars of this game. It’s the story and the charm, the world building of the Mushroom Kingdom, and of course, the friends we made along the way. Peach has the cake in the oven, let’s head off to Toad Town to get this RPG party started! 

But first, we timewarp back to 2000 for a trash-talking good time. Lame toys, bad movies, and underwhelming technology will always manage to infiltrate our childhoods. Let’s riff on some old Disney straight-to-VHS and breakdown the paperweight known as the Nintendo 64DD (spelled with two “D”s). 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Wario’s games are...unique. For me, Warioland 4 is like Zombie Warrior, it slipped through the cracks. So, while I never got to enjoy the GBA during its prime (being stuck in a parenting time loop), I’m here to make up for lost time. Warioland 4 shouldn’t be this good, but Wario’s gross little self has managed to make the jump from the garbage dump right into our hearts. Grab some garlic, skip the shower, and let’s answer the question: “If Warioland 4 was a booger, would I pick it?” 

Plus, a tour of the past. We managed to survive Y2K and land ourselves in the middle of 2001. The 90s console wars are over, as we discuss the fall of Sega and the rise of PlayStation and Xbox. A new age of gaming is upon us, making Nintendo rethink the home and portable market. Plus, toy talk – Pogo stick vs. Razor Scooter. Oh yeah, Wario is here too, stinking up the place... 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Leo, Donnie, Mikey, and Raph take the spotlight once more as we travel to the sewers to kick foot and eat pizza. This was it, this was the big moment. The arcades had finally come to our living room. Save those quarters for another day, because we’re taking a dive into TMNT II: The Arcade game for the NES. Gather around with those personal pan pizzas and let’s talk about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Cowabunga! 

It’s the 80’s and Turtlemania is here! We’re jamming the old intro while eating our TMNT cereal with pizza-shaped marshmallows. Turtles, pizza, and the 80’s are what made me into the man child I am today. We also fondly talk about Saturday Morning Cartoons and the non stop toy commercials they came with. 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Time to ruffle those feathers... We’re talking Quackshot today because Disney, ducks, and the 90s just go together so well. Firing up the BLAST processing on the Sega today, grabbing that big, black controller and firing off plunger after plunger. Castle of Illusion, Ducktales, Aladdin, Lion King, there were lots of Disney games out there... So where does Donald land in that colorful lists of games? Well, it’s back to Duckberg again, time to let Donald shoot his shot on another terrible episode of That Game Rules! 

Things we’re weird in the 90s...today we go over PEZ, collectibles, Disney VHS Clamshells, and a whole mini breakdown of the Disney Afternoon cartoons. More Sega talk, more Nintendo talk, finished off with a Quackshot walkthrough full of rambling and incomplete thoughts! Cheers! 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Your mission this week: Star Fox for the Super Nintendo. Suit up and hop in that Arwing, because we’re blasting off to the Lylat system. A game so advanced, it required the use of a brand new Super FX chip built right into the cartridge. We’ve got an episode packed with trivia, bonus facts, and more puppet talk than is usual even for this show. Let’s join Fox McCloud and his team to take down Andross in a polygon filled episode of That Game Rules! 

This week I hope you brought your brains to class, because it’s an educational filled timewarp. Featuring hard hitting stories from the Weekly World News as well as cameos from Beakman and Mrs. Fritz. Come and listen to what knowledge was getting dropped on us back in 1993. 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Don’t have a cow man, I just can’t help talking about The Simpsons constantly. This episode we take a look at the first home release game: Bart vs. the Space Mutants... and what a game it is. This thing is notoriously tough, hard to control, the sound is repetitive and... I kinda like it. Let’s put on those X-RAY specs and see through the painful playthroughs of our childhood. It’s time to take another trip to Springfield, in whatever mystery state they live in.  

More Simpsons talk in our timewarp back to the 90s. Butterfingers, BK kids meal toys, and even their own music CDs, everybody was doin’ the Bartman back then. We also talk about the old contests of the 90s, M and Ms, Fruity Pebbles (for some reason), and the infamous Simpsons House Contest. D’oh! 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Metroid II: Return of Samus is a sequel that was released exclusively on the Gameboy, 5 years after the original. A direct sequel to Metroid, we see our favorite bad ass bounty hunter Samus Aran getting right back into the alien blasting action. Featuring a mazelike world in the Gameboy’s glorious green color scheme, we blast our way through Metroids, aliens, and our own sanity. Is this game worth a shot today, and how does it hold up in the Metroid series? Let’s talk space balls this week! 

We talk more about the 90s and send some love over to the Gameboy’s accessories. The Gameboy Camera and her partner, the Gameboy Printer, gave us 90’s kids an early look into selfies and Snapchat filters. Plus, more movie talk, tv sitcoms, and the Gameboy games in competition for our attention that year.  

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

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Racing out from behind Mario Kart 64’s shadow is none other than Diddy Kong Racing, the best kart game on the N64 without Mario in the title. More courses, more vehicles, upgradeable weapons, boss fights, and on and on... So why is this game not talked about? N64 and Rareware gave us some of the best games of our childhood, and then they split up to the heartbreak of us all. So, hop on that hovercraft, let’s take a spin and see where things went wrong and where things went very right, with a breakdown of Diddy Kong Racing! 

Before we get bananas, we have to talk about the 1900s. We sure were excited about space disaster movies in the 90s, and we take a side trip to talk about Space Jam. I have some fun talking about Christmas mornings and trying to pick that perfect game. I also vent about Lego and the lack of creativity when it comes to being a boring adult. 

As always, I can't keep the thoughts straight and talk about a whole bunch of other nonsense too... 

Let's waste some more time this week on the worst gaming podcast on the internet! 

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