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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 » […]

Jon

January 11, 2018

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Back Issue: Superman: The Man Of Steel

About This Episode Today, we discuss the 1986 mini-series; Superman: The Man of Steel from DC Comics.  George, Jason & Jon reminisce about their favorite versions of Superman and then take a deep dive into the series that retold the Man of Steel’s origin in a post Crisis on Infinite Earths world. Everything is on […]

George

May 15, 2019

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Long Car Rides

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How many times have we spoken those words to our parents on those long car trips? How in the world did we survive those trips without DVD players, phones and Game Boys? Well, in this episode we look at the things that helped keep our parents from […]

Jon

January 25, 2018

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Backtrack: Introduction of VHS

In this Backtrack episode we go back to the early days of the “video home system” or VHS cassettes and discuss how it changed the way we consumed movies and TV!     YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Show Notes Wikipedia […]

Jon

November 2, 2017

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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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Bandersnatch, Lemmings Mobile, & Oculus Go

About This Episode Happy New Year! The people at GenXGrownUp are thinking some (unusually) deep thoughts going into the new year. George wonders, “Is watching a movie on an Oculus Go with other people in the room rude?” Mo wonders, “What can I build to justify owning a 3D printer?” And Jon has the deepest […]

Jon

January 3, 2019

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