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What Is The Orville Trying to Be?

So far I’ve seen the first three episodes of Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi comedy series on FOX, The Orville. And while I’m enjoying what I’ve seen so far, I’m stuck trying to figure out what it’s trying to be. I was braced for a dick-jokey, Spaceballsy, irreverent sort of eye-rolling parody show, but instead I got sideswiped […]

Backtrack: Vintage Board Games

We’ve already spent a whole show on Monopoly but that is only one of many, many games we played as kids. Who remembers playing games like Mouse Trap and Uncle Wiggly? We do! In this episode we look back at the ones that we know, and sometimes love.     YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » […]

Alien Earth, ReO2 Lens Restorer, & Crime Scene Cleaner

About This Episode We tune in for the new horror sci-fi TV series that expands on the Alien franchise, check out a high-tech gadget to help contact lens wearers see clearer for longer, and play a twisted video game where it’s your job to clean up crime scenes for mob bosses! (May contain some explicit […]

Movie Rental Stores

About This Episode Remember walking down aisles of seemingly endless choices of movies? How about renting a movie based only on its cover and finding gems but more often terrible movies? Do you remember making mad dashes to the video store at 2am to avoid paying late fees? Join us as we talk about the […]

Backtrack: Video Game Arcades

About This Episode They were dark, noisy, and not usually very clean, but we still loved going to video game arcades. In this backtrack we talk about the experience of the arcade: from scrounging for quarters under seat cushions to how we chose which games to play. It’s definitely something that had its day and […]
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