Jon

Jon Reddick is a well-credentialed nerd of the 80s, classic game fan, and technology geek. He merged those interests into the creation of GenXGrownUp: a weekly podcast and YouTube channel which explores and celebrates media, games, tech, toys, comics, and pop culture of yesterday and today through the eyes of Generation X'ers.

Defender Hallmark Christmas Ornament | GenX Arcade Nostalgia for the Holidays!

Defender as a Hallmark Christmas ornament? Darn you, Hallmark — shut up and take my money! #genxgrownup #hallmark #defender Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com

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December 17, 2019

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PacMan Arcade1Up Partycade Performance Update | Customer Support Response

The Arcade1Up Partycade is a cool piece of tech with some glaring performance issues. I reached out to customer support and had an interesting experience. See their response and the mounting evidence against this unit in this update. #genxgrownup #arcade1up #partycade Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Original Review » youtu.be/dprXV9TQfR8 MAME Comparison » youtu.be/QinWpZBrf8w Real Arcade Comparison […]

Jon

December 16, 2019

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Atari Pong Mini Arcade Review | GenX Arcade Classic Tabletop

Atari Pong is the grand-daddy of GenX-era arcade games — or in reality, all video games! A new tabletop mini version of Pong as been released by Blaze. Find out if this new gizmo is up-to-snuff in this review! Get Pong » amzn.to/2qR6toq Learn About Pong » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong #genxgrownup #pong #atari Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Patreon […]

Jon

December 14, 2019

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GOG Galaxy 2.0 | Five Cool Things to Try | GOG’s All-In-One Game Launcher!

GOG.com Galaxy v2.0 is here. It promises one place to see all your digital game libraries from Steam, PSN, XBox, Epic, UPlay, and more, all in a centralized location. It’s now in open beta, so Jon walks you through 5 Cool Tricks you can try RIGHT NOW! #genxgrownup #gog #galaxy20 Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Get GOG […]

Jon

December 13, 2019

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Backtrack: Christmas Is For Kids

About This Episode So everybody knows about Rudolph, but do you know how Donner and Blitzen joined Santa’s Team? Or what about the moose that wanted to pull Santa’s sleigh? If not then you are missing out on some “should be” classics that Jon shares with us from his favorite childhood Christmas Album, “Christmas is […]

Jon

December 12, 2019

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PacMan Arcade1Up Partycade vs Real Arcade Machine

We compared the PacMan Arcade1Up Partycade to the MAME emulator in our recent video (youtu.be/QinWpZBrf8w) to diagnose gameplay speed. But what are the results compared to a genuine arcade machine? Time to find out. Video Game Rescue » www.facebook.com/VideoGameRescue/ #genxgrownup #arcade1up #partycade Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Discord […]

Jon

December 9, 2019

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