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WarGames

About This Episode In 1983, whiz kid David Lightman found a digital back door into a military computer system. Thinking he was playing a computer game, he instead triggers a sequence of events that nearly triggers World War III. In this Backtrack, we remember and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the GenX classic, WarGames! Discord […]

Mo

June 8, 2023

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Sequels Better Than the Originals

About This Episode We’re living in a world of sequels and reboots that tend to be flops compared to the originals. But that’s not how it has to be, and we have the proof! In this episode, we remember follow-ups, spin-offs, updates, and sequels that were ultimately superior to the originals from our GenX childhood. […]

Mo

September 30, 2021

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Stephen King’s IT, Retro Atari, & The Orville

Lots of new media, games & tech to talk about this week.     Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Show Notes Little Evil on Netflix » goo.gl/gxBjon Get Shorty on Epix » goo.gl/DSZSNA Inhumans on ABC » goo.gl/W39rdr IT on rt.com » goo.gl/Hf1EcS LEGO Boost […]

Jon

September 14, 2017

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Moonbase 8, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, & Dragon’s Lair

About This Episode This week we take a look at the new Showtime comedy about aspiring astronauts and a moon base in the Arizona desert, check out the new tabletop version of a classic Don Bluth-animated laserdisc arcade machine, and we get medieval as a Viking assassin in the latest entry into the Assassin’s Creed […]

Mo

November 19, 2020

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Batman v Two-Face, Golf Tech, & Life Is Strange

Join us as we talk about Star Trek: Discovery, an animated movie which continues the 1960s Batman tradition, George’s (bordering on manic) excitement over the Walking Dead Season 8 premiere, an interview with the co-host of the #WhoWouldWin podcast, the return of Stranger Things and much more!     Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter […]

Jon

October 26, 2017

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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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