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Backtrack: Dawn of Music Videos

“Ladies and gentlemen… rock and roll.” Those are the opening words spoken on August 1, 1981 that launched MTV and the music video revolution. But it actually started before that in smaller forms with artists like David Bowie and Queen pushing video as a medium for exposing their music. In this Backtrack we talk about […]

Jon

June 28, 2018

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Special Edition: Billy Mitchell Interview

All of us at GXG have a love for those classic arcade games we grew up playing in our corner arcades, so it should come as no surprise that we’ve been closely following the controversy surrounding Billy Mitchell. Mitchell, the first man to ever get a perfect score on Pac-Man, was in the news more […]

Jon

June 23, 2018

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Incredibles 2, GoCube, & Vampyr

Two conventions in two weekends leaves a lot to talk about! In this episode Mo gets Jon and George interested in two new games from the makers of Life is Strange, Jon gets Mo and George to buy yet another toy we don’t need and George listens to Mo and Jon talk about the movies […]

Jon

June 21, 2018

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Schoolhouse Rock

About This Episode “I’m just a bill, yes I’m only a bill…” “Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?” “Three, is a magic number…” If you are a GenX’er, all of these lyrics should’ve started the music running through your head and brought back memories of Saturday morning cartoons. In this episode we look back on Schoolhouse […]

Jon

June 14, 2018

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Solo, Atari VCS, & Dude Stop!

Jon and Mo are forced to admit that George won our Spring movie blockbuster wager (and of course George was the picture of grace and dignity about it). On top of that, Mo talks about Solo, Jon recommends a game whose purpose is to sometimes do the wrong thing, and George thinks back on the […]

Jon

June 7, 2018

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Backtrack: Fads of Generation X

We’ve all experienced fads as part of growing up. The Baby Boomers had things like the poodle skirts, the hula hoop, and the yo-yo and GenX had things like Swatches, Rubik’s Cube and Tickle me Elmo! We do our best to cover this vast topic on the fads we most remember growing up in the […]

Jon

May 31, 2018

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