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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross cram-jam Super Mario Galaxy.

3D Mario is a tricky thing. Though Mario 64 forged a path, it arrived at a different feeling and flow than we were used to in our 2D Mario games. Over a couple of iterations, it feels like Nintendo finally arrived at the apotheosis of SM64-style play... and then they promptly abandoned it. So, let's take a close look at this weirdo entry in gaming's most established series.

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• Tim Curry is escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism. - YouTube

• Older - They Might Be Giants (best, official video) - YouTube

• Super Mario 128 Gameplay Video - YouTube

• Mario Galaxy Review - YouTube

• Never Forget Scrappy Doo - YouTube

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Starflight and Toe Jam & Earl.

• 1979 Revolution: Black Friday

• This is indistinguishable from actual dialogue in Juno

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blast off and crash down with Starflight and Toe Jam & Earl.

This is the "Genesis Games that Want to be PC Games" special, as we look at two bizarre console titles from the early 90s. Starflight is the prototypical galaxy exploration simulator, with a wide world and tons of character. Meanwhile, Toe Jam & Earl is an early take on a rogue-lite whose style doesn't quite make up for its mechanical shortcomings.

• Starflight Manual

• Earth Virginnys

• TMNT Tiger Game

• Jeeps

• Kole definitely wrote this

• AS on I wanna be the guy

• TJ+E Manual

• Guy's Grocery Games

• Metta

• Orgone

• Kickstarter

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Team Fortress 2.

• [Alis Landale](phantasystar.wikia.com/wiki/Alis_Landale)

• [Errant Signal on Overwatch/TF2](www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hj1haLcdI0)

• [Don't Give up Skeleton](www.darkinsight.net/dgus/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gang up to talk about Team Fortress 2.

For our fifth anniversary show, we wanted to do something special. We wanted to play a classic game with our community, and it turns out choosing Team Fortress 2 was a great move. Team Fortress goes way back, but Valve has taken the formula and engineered and iterated it to the point where it's a joy to play. Huge thanks to everyone who played with us!

• [Battlefield Commander Mode](battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Commander_(Feature))

• [Norman Rockwell](www.nrm.org/)

• [Who's that Pokemon!?](gearoid.me/pokemon/)

• [4d3d3d3](4d3d3d3.com/)

• [Dam Scene from Vacation](www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnmX4f6VBRw)

• [Expiration Date](www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlLQ3LmZWU)

• [TF2 PSAs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cm2iFmASBc)

• [Muramasa](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muramasa)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.

• [Phantasy Star Retronauts](archive.org/details/Retronauts1-100)

• [The Mimic](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEJmcOftuIg)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross launch through the latter portion of Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.

It's now time to leave Motavia and head to Dezolis, because the Algo solar system is in peril. Can we fix the systems, retrieve the data, and conquer the Darkness?

• [This Guy Fucks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uMEE7eaaUA)

• [Amazing Rick and Morty court thing](www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFaIxpbHvM)

• [There is very little on these enigmatic monsters](www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxP_SwZfINc)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross soar through Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.

We're guilty of focusing on Final Fantasy games when we talk about JRPGs because that's mostly what we grew up with. However, concurrently, there was a whole big, important series living and thriving on Sega systems, doing amazing forward looking things before it died an unceremonious death. Phantasy Star IV is considered to be the best, most friendly iteration of the main series, and you should join us to hear about how prescient it was in terms of design.

• [Vancian Magic](theevilgm.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/a-…ancian-magic/)

• [Sparkly the Crow](demonssouls.wikidot.com/crow)

• [Man-Thing](marvel.com/universe/Man-Thing)

• [Wild Arms Credits](www.youtube.com/watch?v=muDfmLwBvjM)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross groove to Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven.

This summer, we decided to let our listeners decide which rhythm games we should play. The resounding winners were to non-peripheral Nintendo DS rhythm games that couldn't be any more different. Elite Beat Agents is soaking in charm, but we find a lot of problems with it mechanically and musically. Meanwhile, Rhythm Heaven is drenched in charm, and manages to be in the upper echelon of games we've played for the show.

• [Teenage Dirtbags Lit](duckfeed.tv/tdb/my-own-worst-enemy-by-lit)

• [Mega64 EBA](www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXZGzhsS-5I)

• [Nick Fury Enemies](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpio_(comics))

• [Joey Chestnut](www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0E8ImL4aXY)

• [Diarrhea Planet](www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsZzeLlXTQ)

• [EBA all 4 difficulties at once](www.youtube.com/watch?v=1POsLGnIr…L0008802F0A1600FD)

• [Don Hertzfeldt](www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7sxPLhOQk)

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