Formula One is our focus this week.
That's right! Grecian Formula One, that liquid warrior against grey hair rides in on a wave of faux-youthful delusion and -
Whoops! Wait! Formula one RACE cars...
*Puts on a hat. Reminds Grecian Formula we are still looking for sponsors.*
We're actually playing Activision's 1982 race car effort GRAND PRIX. Is it grand? Is it prix? Join us before the checkered flag drops...
This week's short story: Once More 'Round the Track
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Quiet! I'm sleeping!
A week out from Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee and I am STILL tired. But it's a good tired. Had a great time playing a few games, reconnecting with friends and fans old and new, and, of course, talking about this podcast and the Misery Banana book.
This episode has my exhausted reactions to the weekend AND you get to hear my audio journal entries recorded at various times throughout the weekend.
All right. Well, much like the lady with the tail who came over to say "hi" and then abruptly bolted, I'll end these show notes here. Where do I sign up for MGC 2020?
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In 1983, Sega said, "We took a shot at creating a 3-D looking game for the arcade. Congo Bongo looks amazing."
"We took a shot," some staffer said. "But it really doesn't look that great."
"We should now adapt that for the home console," the powers-that-be said. "It will look even better."
"It will look even worse," the staffer said and was summarily fired.
Okay, that's not exactly how it happened, but it might as well have.
Well, if Gilligan can spend all those years lovin' on his coconuts. We can spend one episode.
This week's short story is: "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts...But is That All There is to Life?"
Con-Go? Bon-Go!
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Episode 167 finds us revisiting an old gaming friend sporting a slightly more youthful facelift. Or something. We're playing the 1984 MILLIPEDE which was pretty fun...when it was called CENTIPEDE.
"Centi" means hundred. "Milli" means Vanilli's disgraced music fraud partner.
Whoops! I meant "milli" means "thousand". At this rate, I would expect the next title in the "pede" franchise will be Gazilipede or maybe Bazillipede. I'd play those.
This week's short story is: "Untitled Diploda-Based Comedy Pilot Pitch Meeting".
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