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GenX Martial Arts Craze

About This Episode From movie theaters to living rooms, martial arts were all the rage during our GenX youth. Many of us took up nunchucks, learned a bit of kung fu, and, for a moment, believed we could be the next Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris. In this Backtrack, we reminisce about the pop culture […]

November 7, 2024

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John Hughes Films: Road Trip Edition

About This Episode John Hughes was behind some of the most successful and beloved films of the ’80s and ’90s: too many, in fact, to be contained in a single show. So in this episode, we’re looking back at four Hughes films that take place during a road trip! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord […]

May 13, 2021

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Backtrack: Oingo Boingo & Danny Elfman

About This Episode Oingo Boingo. If you’re a GenX’er, that name probably brings up memories of Dead Man’s Party in Back to School or the title track for Weird Science. The band, with frontman Danny Elfman, made an ’80s sound that was fun, different, and decidedly cool. We take a look back on Oingo Boingo, […]

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March 5, 2020

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GenX Stuff We Can’t Stand!

About This Episode We’re always focused on celebrating the things we love about being GenX’ers, but not everything from our generation is worthy of celebration! In this Backtrack, we run down the products, trends, and pop culture associated with our generation, but that we absolutely cannot stand! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownupDiscord » GenXGrownUp.com/discordFacebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUpTwitter » […]

March 16, 2023

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Mini Arcade Commerce (SFGE 2022 Panel)

About This Episode We had the great opportunity this year to host a panel at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo on Mini Arcade Machine Commerce. We love the fact that they are creating varying versions of the arcade cabinets we all loved growing up as GenX’ers, but are they worth it? How good are they? […]

August 8, 2022

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Gift Guide for Geeks 2023

About This Episode Picking just the right holiday gift for the GenX nerd in your life can be challenging, but we’re here to help. Each year around this time we release our Geek Gift Guide – recommendations for products we’d like to receive ourselves! Once more this year, we run down some great gift ideas […]

December 7, 2023

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