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Bulletin Board Systems

About This Episode There was once a time when it took hours to download a file, when you had to find out from friends and magazines the numbers to the best… well.. let’s call them “sites,” and when your home phone (no mobile back then) was the same line that you used to access remote […]

Jon

December 27, 2018

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Backtrack: Retired Advertising Icons

About This Episode Back in the 70s & 80s, nothing sold a product better than a great mascot or spokesperson. Everyone knew Mr. Wipple, Chalie the Tuna, and the Maytag repairman, and they became almost synonymous with the products they represented. We thought that they’d be around forever but times change and many of our […]

Jon

February 21, 2019

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Scout Comics Once Our Land Optioned and In Development as an Animated Feature Film

Drawn & Paneled is a big fan of Scout Comics, so when President James Haick called us up to give us the good news about an OG Scout book we were happy to share the news with our GenXGrownUp fans. Once Our Land is a post-apocalyptic tale set in 1830s Germany where monsters have run amok and […]

George

November 19, 2018

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Pac-Man Fever Jerry Buckner 2019 Exclusive Interview

In this 2019 Jerry Buckner interview, we speak with half of Bucker & Garcia — the musical act who brought us Pac-Man Fever! This panel was recorded at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo 2019 in Atlanta, GA. #genxgrownup #pacmanfever #bucknergarcia Full Interview » genxgrownup.com/fever Jerry Buckner’s Site » bucknergarcia.com Get Pac-Man Fever » amzn.to/2MsMVPQ SFGE » […]

Jon

August 2, 2019

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Robocop 1987 vs 2014: How Do They Compare? – GXG Diminishing Returns

Back in 1987, the original Robocop was released. How does it compare to the 2014 remake? Can 1987 graphics done on a Amiga computer stand up to modern CGI? Check out this video and then share your opinion! Robocop 1987 » amzn.to/2yYaZQd Robocop 2014 » amzn.to/2yYaZQd Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter […]

Jon

December 23, 2017

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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 […]

Jon

November 15, 2018

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