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This week, we follow the drum rolls deep into the forests of mayhem in our Super Vehicle-001: the Metal Slug! A classic by any measure, this superbly animated run-n'-gunner of the 90's quickly became one of the key pillars of SNK's arcade experience. In this episode, we take a special look at what made this game so memorable for us, exploring our favorite (and not-so-favorite) game mechanics, talk about or favorite weapons, and take all of you through our playthroughs...heavy machine guns and all! Hope you brought your quarters, folks...its time to save some hostages!! 

This week, we rewind return ourselves into the 1990s video store to explore the before and after of anime's biggest moment: the jump into disc-based media. From early fansub culture to taking a look at how anime went mainstream in America, this week's show is sure to bring back a big hit of nostalgia for all of us. 

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This week, we thwip-thwip-thwip our way through Sam Raimi's hallmark 2002 film: Spider-Man, a movie that in many ways reshaped the landscape of superhero movies for decades to come! Join us on our re-watch analysis as we revisit classic scenes, discuss curious directorial choices, as well as make a some sticky webby jokes that amuse mostly ourselves! It's time to discover the hero inside!

This week on Y2Gamers, we  visit a fiercely competitive time in the 90's arcade scene between industry giants Namco and Sega! Specifically, taking a closer look at one of the categories that these two giants helped make famous: the light gun shooter - featuring Namco's Time Crisis and Sega's The House of the Dead. We take you 6ft. under to revive our fondest memories of those titles and put the Action Pedal to the metal to reconstruct what made these games such a BANG of a good time! 

We conclude our 2-Part Street Fighter 6 extravaganza this week by diving deep into the depths of SF6's bold new game mechanics. Nick, our resident fighting game sensei, takes us to school with his impressions on gameplay and what it takes to win. We follow things up by sharing our thoughts on the ambitious new World Tour mode as well as things we wish Capcom will add in future DLCs. Get your virtual quarters ready, New Challengers...it's time again to Go for Broke!

SF6 is Amazing (for now, at least)! It's the game that Nick and I have been waiting for as fighting game fans for a long, long time...ever since the last titan of the franchise: SFIII: Third Strike molded our hands to that infamous Sega Dreamcast controller. :P
 
 But why was it a wait? Why did SF IV and V not quite hit the spot for us and so many other genre and franchise fans out there? Before we take a deeper look into what begins to make SF6 so great, we take a visit back over the last 10 or so years of Street Fighting and examine the ups and downs of SF6's prequels and prime the pump for more SF6 coming at you sooner than you can say "Shinkuuuuuuuu....."
 
 Glad to be back and looking forward to an amazing Season 2!

We take the path of the World Warrior this week and explore the granddaddy of the fighting game genre: Street Fighter II. While cross-firing Hadoukens (aka fire balls), we explore the very beginnings of the franchise from the inception of the messy-but-necessary Street Fighter (or Fighting Street), to SFII and all of its Turbo-Championship-Special-Rainbow-Dash-Plus-Hyper Fighty variations that made a great game into a legendary one.

And no, we couldn't cover everything in a single hour! But that's what subscriptions are for, am I right? Hope you enjoy today's episode and the start of our Warrior's Journey!

Marvelous! We've made it to our 10th episode! Thanks to everyone who's listened to us so far! If you haven't subscribed yet, now is the time!

This week, we revisit the birth of an uncanny age of Marvel gaming: the Marvel v Capcom Universe.  With the powerful advancement of the CPS-II arcade system, Capcom brought our favorite comic book and cartoon characters to life like none of us have ever seen! We will cover all the MvCU games from The Punisher arcade brawler to Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter with more coming up in a future episode. 

Let's go, Bub!

Ah, Japan! The holy land of much of nerd and geek culture as we know it today! 

This week, we share our experiences of our very first times traveling to the Land of the Rising Gundam--I mean Sun--back when we were but high school students. We detail all the surprises and disappointments of our first journeys as well discuss what it was like to live with a Japanese family! Oh, and of course there can't be a podcast about Japan without some mention of some extreme local delicacies! We literally bring the mouth feel of rare meat to you!

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For those of you who made (or lost) your riches on GameStop stock this year, perhaps you might be also curious as to what life is like day-to-day as an employee. Luckily, we are here to give you the insider's view from our time as employees from our part time days!

This week's episode follows one particular game store in North Carolina as it transitions from a Waldensoftware into a GameStop and covers our ups and downs during that transformation. We also recount some of our most memorable in-store moments with colleagues and customers. After this show, you too can know the joys of working a dream job for barely minimum wage! 

We'd love to hear from you and your stories about working at GameStop or any other game store. Who knows? We may even do a special episode to share your stories in a future episode! Hit us up at [email protected]. We're looking forward to hearing from you!