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Howdy, y'all! Thanks for tuning in to this new episode of The Arcade. We start the show this week with a pair of Ludicrous Leadoffs centered around super-sized books. First up is the news of a jumbo-sized collection of some Attack on Titan manga, while the ludicrous book is the recently announced picture book coming from Wu-Tang Clan. Books aside, we have a game-related Ludicrous Leadoff as we discuss the recently discovered patent from Sony that looks to turn non-controller objects into usable controllers. With the opening fun out of the way, we talk about the most recent reports of Nintendo planning a new Switch model for this holiday season. In semi-related Nintendo news, we also share the latest way in which The Pokémon Company has found to celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary. From there, we share the news of how Epic Games is spending their sweet, sweet Fornite cash now, as well as what Sony is planning to remove from the PlayStation Store. In our Blast From The Past segment, we mark milestone anniversaries for Metallica's “Master of Puppets” album, David Gilmour's “On An Island” album, in addition to the classic oddity from a different time that is Conker's Bad Fur Day from the N64. Continue reading →

Hello, world. You asked for more Arcade and so we bring you more Arcade! On this episode, we start off with an unprecedented four Ludicrous Leadoffs, and all of them are TV-related. We start off with two items related to cartoons from the '90s receiving revivals in these modern times, while two more items are about TV adaptations of games that you didn't think would be translated into a TV series. After the TV business is taken care of, we have a pair of stories that continue another trend from this year, that being gaming companies getting sued. In the first story, we discuss Google, Bungie, and id Software now facing a class-action lawsuit over Stadia's failed 4K promises. In the second story, we share how the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic Games has grown and now roped in Valve. With all that aside, we pay a bit of attention to Pokémon which had some new game announcements this week. There are three cartoons in our Blast From The Past segment this week; Biker Mice from Mars, The Head, and Toxic Crusaders. Continue reading →

Oh hello, world, and welcome back for another episode! We start this week off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we share the recently announced details about the reboot of Clone High. In the second, we give our thoughts on the hysteria that's going on in Americaland over Pokémon cards available at McDonald's locations. In the more substantive news portion of the show, we discuss the new way in which CD Projekt Red had a bad day... with a cyber attack on their internal systems and the source code for some of their games reportedly being pilfered. From there, we talk about the reported plans for how an E3 event might look this year before moving on to the news of EA acquiring a mobile game developer for the princely sum of $2 billion. Rounding out the news portion of the show was the surprising, and rather out of left field announcement of which popular musical artist will be headlining the Pokémon Day concert later this month. Our Blast From The Past segment this week holds a special surprise for all of you. Continue reading →

Hey gang, thanks for joining us again here at The Arcade. On this week's show, we start with two Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we talk about Razer introducing a facemask that is loaded with a ridiculous amount of tech. In the second, we discuss that the United Nations, of all groups, announced they will be making a video game about trying to save the Ozone layer. As we move on from the opening silly and fun, we share our thoughts on the news that Google is moving on from making games for their Stadia service. It's a bit of Nintendo news after that as we pass along some impressive sales milestones the Switch has recently achieved. After that, it's time for some Sonic talk as we pass along the news of Lego planning to release a Sonic the Hedgehog set later this year, and Netflix announcing a new Sonic animated series set to debut in 2022. In our Blast From The Past segment, we mark the 20th anniversary of Paper Mario for the N64, as well as the 25th anniversary of the movie Black Sheep. Continue reading →

Hey gang, and welcome back! We start this edition of The Arcade with a story that's also a bit of a continuation from our Ludicrous Leadoffs last week. Only this time, instead of Pokémon cards selling for way too much money, we discuss a rare Magic The Gathering card selling for an even crazier amount of money. After that, we let you know that yes, KFC's entry into the gaming console space is real and that the KFConsole does exist. From there, we get into more gaming business news as we discuss Nintendo now potentially facing a class-action lawsuit in Canada over the problem of Joy-Con drift. We then piggyback on that with other Nintendo news by talking about the EU possibly launching an investigation of their own into Joy-Con drift. Keeping with the gaming news coming from Europe, we inform you that CD Projekt Red is possibly staring down some penalties in their home country of Poland over the botched launch of Cyberpunk 2077. Elsewhere in the gaming world, we chat about Microsoft walking about Xbox Live price hikes, Codemasters getting a lot of money from EA, and the opening of Super Nintendo World in Japan being delayed. In our Blast From The Past segment, we mark milestones for Duke Nukem 3D and Inspector Gadget. Continue reading →

Hello gang, and welcome to our first “business as usual” program of 2021. This week, our Ludicrous Leadoffs are all Pokémon, all the time! First up, we share how you can participate in the playing of Pokémon Red through Twitter. After that, let you know the ridiculous sums of money that were paid for an unopened booster pack of Pokémon cards, as well as a Blastoise card. From there, we discuss Epic Games opening up a new front in their war against Apple and Google, (but mostly Apple). We also discuss the news from Disney/ Lucasfilm of a new Star Wars game from Ubisoft, as well as a new Indiana Jones game coming from Bethesda. Then, we return to the Pokémon talk by sharing the release date for New Pokémon Snap, as well as naming the first big musical artist to sign up for the Pokémon 25th anniversary celebration. Following that, we give the grand total raised from the Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning telethon from earlier this month. In our Blast From The Past segment, we mark the 10th anniversary of Portlandia debuting on TV, as well as the 20th anniversary of Snatch debuting on screens in North America. Continue reading →

Friends, this week The Arcade continues its look back on the past year with part two of our 2020 Year In Review.  In this episode, we'll focus our attention on some of the other stories that you may have forgotten about, and that we've yet to have our say on.  Included in this is Atari continuing to do some strange things, Amazon failing in its first attempt at a game, Microsoft buying Bethesda, Sony buying into Epic Games, and Hasbro bringing back some old Tiger Electronics handheld games just to name a few. Continue reading →

Greetings friends, and welcome to the future that is 2021! Hopefully, all of you out there managed to survive the past 12 months, while we here at The Arcade are glad to be getting back into the swing of things after our holiday break. This week, we'll take a look back at some of the bigger stories that played out last year for part one of our 2020 Year In Review. Notably, this includes us talking about the impact of the Coronavirus on the games industry, people and companies in the gaming sector stepping up and doing some good, CD Projekt Red shitting the bed, Epic Games picking a fight with Apple, and a new round of consoles being released by Sony and Microsoft. Continue reading →

Welcome one and welcome all to our 14th annual Christmas Music Special! Holiday traditions might be looking a bit different this year, but this is one that forges ahead.

As always, we here at The Arcade endeavor to bring you some Christmas music selections that you've probably never heard before, and this year is no different. We start this show with not one, not two, but three unique twists on the old Chipmunk song, Christmas Don't Be Late. After that, we share a selection of songs that attempt to accurately capture the Christmas mood as it exists in 2020, this the year of the endless dumpster fire. That is to say, it's Christmas music for when you're just not feeling Christmas this year! If that brings you down a bit, don't worry, because we'll try and lift your spirits with some songs from across the pond in the UK. To close out this year's show, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of a truly timeless Christmas movie, Home Alone. We'll share a selection of songs composed by John Williams from some of the movie's most memorable moments.

As always, we encourage you to follow the links below to add these songs to your collection. We hope you enjoy this show, and we wish all of you out there a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Continue reading →

After a slight delay, it's a glorious day, for there's a new episode of The Arcade for you! We start this show with one Ludicrous Leadoff which has us discussing yet another 90's cartoon coming back in a new incarnation. In the main body of the show, we cover a wide range of recent gaming news. We share some of the winner's from this week's The Game Awards, as well as a few of the more notable surprise reveals from the event. We also discuss the crazy number of Switch units that sold in the month of November, plus when the Nintendo theme park will open in Japan. Elsewhere, we let you know about the Internet Archive doing their part to preserve Flash content beyond this year, when Halo Infinite has been delayed to now, and Atari's attempt to sell you a nostalgic handheld device this Christmas. There are two comedies in our Blast From The Past segment this week; the teenage stoner comedy Dude, Where's My Car?, as well as The Producers, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the original Mel Brooks movie. Continue reading →