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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, […]

Jon

March 5, 2020

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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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Counterpart, Comics Databases, & Playstation Now

In lucky episode thirteen we talk about everything from the latest “twist” in Star Trek Discovery (no major spoilers), an old superhero show that only lasted two seasons, and a great new game that is coming out in a couple of weeks! All this and much, much more! Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » […]

Jon

February 1, 2018

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Full Motion Video Games

About This Episode Photo-realism in video games is commonplace now, but for decades, storage and technology limitations meant blocky figures were the best we could get. But as the tech evolved, the use of actual video started to enhance the game experience. In this Backtrack, we look back at the rise and legacy of FMV: […]

April 25, 2024

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Space Force, Rebel Galaxy, & Canon EOS M50

About This Episode In this episode, we discuss a new post-apocalyptic dystopian TV series where all of humanity lives on a train, check out a mid-range mirror-less DSLR camera that packs a lot of bang for the buck, and play an action game where you are a super-powered luchador battling with forces from the […]

Jon

June 4, 2020

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Record Clubs

About This Episode 8 CDs for a penny?! This must be too good to be true. I mean, who would fall for such an obvious bait and switch? Well apparently, by 1975, over 3 million suckers were on the hook for buying a set number of full price records over the next year and it […]

Jon

February 6, 2020

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