99 – Video Game Numerology

Original air date: August 4, 201499 Episodes / (Month of episode release (8) + (1) More Podcastle = 9) = 11Year of episode release (2014) – 11 = 2003Year of Mega Man 3 (20XX) – 2003 = XX – 03Number of Podcastle Hosts (3) – (XX – 03) = XXX = roman numeral for 10, therefore XX = 20The book of Genesis [Retro gaming connection], chapter 17 says Abraham was 99 years old [SAME # AS EPISODES]20- Genesis Chapter (17) = 3.HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED.Our Intro and Outro music is by Ben Landis off his album Adventures in Pixels – “Credits Music for an 8 Bit RPG” (Twitter @thebenlandis)Our interlude track was “Go Back” by LazygeckoShow Notes20:52 – Listener email discussion question “Are there any video game genres that you don’t feel are represented in the last couple of generations of consoles that you’d like to see make a reappearance?”32:47 – “Go Back” by Lazygecko35:10 – Retro showdown!37:14 – Bailey’s pick “Taboo: the Sixth Sense” (NES)38:21 – Hunter’s pick “Gridiron!” (Amiga)39:43 – Jason’s pick “Rescue Rover” (PC)40:43 – Many great developers we know today had some rocky starts into the development scene. Sure they may have gone on to do great works and AAA titles, but their beginning titles would turn some heads.1:00:47 – We are just one episode away from 100. And it’s all thanks to you, dear listeners/readers. We could not do this without you. Show us how much you care by voting in the showdown poll, leaving us a comment and send us a discussion question to tackle on a future episode.