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Backtrack: Choose Your Own Adventure Books

About This Episode You are walking down a path and you see a dragon blocking your way. If you want to fight the dragon, turn to page 3. If you want to talk to the dragon, turn to page 4. If you want to throw rocks at the dragon…. well, you can’t. Why would anybody […]

Jon

April 2, 2020

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Back Issue: Savage Dragon #1

About This Episode Today we dive in deep to the 90’s classic, Savage Dragon #1.  The guys marvel at the colorful names and extravagant use of sound effects. We do our best to dissect this issue and discuss some merits found within the pages. This is the place to start for Erik Larsen’s long-running series. […]

George

June 12, 2019

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Movie Rental Stores

About This Episode Remember walking down aisles of seemingly endless choices of movies? How about renting a movie based only on its cover and finding gems but more often terrible movies? Do you remember making mad dashes to the video store at 2am to avoid paying late fees? Join us as we talk about the […]

Jon

August 9, 2018

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In Search Of…

About This Episode We dive into one of the most intriguing and mysterious television series of the late 1970s and early ’80, In Search Of… With its eerie narration and fascination with the unexplained, it explored everything from ancient mysteries to paranormal phenomena. We talk about how it came to be, why it captured so […]

Mo

September 11, 2025

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Bulletin Board Systems

About This Episode There was once a time when it took hours to download a file, when you had to find out from friends and magazines the numbers to the best… well.. let’s call them “sites,” and when your home phone (no mobile back then) was the same line that you used to access remote […]

Jon

December 27, 2018

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Q*bert Creator, Warren Davis Interview (SFGE 2022)

About This Episode GenXGrownUp had a great time at the 2022 Southern Fried Gaming Expo in Atlanta, GA. While there we had the additional treat of interviewing the creator or Q*bert, Warren Davis! He speaks about creating Q*bert, what it was like working in the arcade industry in the ’80s, his book, and much more!  […]

Mo

October 10, 2022

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