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The Daily Daze — 100 episodes

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Episode 185: GTA 6's Empowerment Conundrum: It's the Male Fantasy Versus the Feminist Myth. Which Side Will Rockstar Bless?

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Episode 184: The Remake Fallacy: How "Redos" like The Lunar Remastered Collection Obscure--Even Subvert--Their Very History

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Episode 183: Nintendo Both Impresses and Depresses With the Switch 2: Good Games, Lousy Prices

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Episode 182: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Does Sonic's Third Film Blow Past its Predecessors...or Get Woefully Left Behind?

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Episode 181: The Arduboy FX Special Edition: Is This Tiny Black-and-White Device Worth the $100 Price?

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Episode 180: Remastering the Past - Instead of Remaking the Greats, Why Don't Companies Redo Their Mistakes?

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Episode 179: The Brawler Renaissance: Are the 2020s a Comeback, or just a Final Gasp, for the Long Suffering Genre?

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Episode 178: The Princess Peach Paradox - The Classical Princess Versus the Maiden of Change

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Episode 177: Video Game Preservation and the Vimm's Lair Scare: Why is the Industry Killing its History?

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Episode 176: Sega Does What Nintendon’t? Thirty Years Later, Which Home Console Really Won the 16-Bit War?

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Episode 175: Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog Problem - Is "Going Fast" No Longer Enough?

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Episode 174: The Freaky Friday Franchise Analyzed and Criticized: Four Freaky Movies and a Kooky Book

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Episode 173: Video Games vs. The Human Imagination: Do Modern, Hyper-Detailed Games Block Our Ability to Imagine Beyond the Obvious?

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Episode 172: Donkey Kong '94: Why Hasn't Nintendo Remade the Forsaken Game Boy Classic?

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Episode 171: Martinet vs. Mario: After 29 Years, Why Did Nintendo Surprise-Retire Charles Martinet, the World-Recognized Voice Actor?

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Episode 170: Mario's Movie vs. Mario's Mythos - The Super Mario Bros. Movie Analyzed

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Episode 169: Pondering Ponyo - A Masterful Production With Some Masterful Problems

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Episode 168: Pocky and Rocky Reshrined Review: The Classic Gets a Second Chance

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Episode 167: Scoping Out Project A-KO - Is the Classic '80s Anime Still A-OK?

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Episode 166: A Movie Review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - A Cinematic Gem or Artistic Sin?

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Episode 165: E.T. and Atari's Shame: Does Howard Warshaw Deserve the Blame?

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Episode 164: The Great Gamer's Quiz Musical Showdown - 20 Secs to Guess!

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Episode 163: The Arduboy FX - Tiny, Affordable, and Super Adorable!

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Episode 162: The Debate About Limited Run Games: A Company to Respect...or Reject?

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Episode 161: Bubble Bobble Downsized and Done Right? The Classic Gets the Mini Treatment!

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Episode 160: Mario's Manga Hits the West and Bubble Bobble Gets Some Respect

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Episode 159: Is Retronauts Dishonest? The Podcast's Dubious Link to Limited Run Games...

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Episode 158: Worth the Coin? The Super Mario Bros. Game and Watch Mini Review!

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The Death of the 3DS, plus Super Mario 3D All-Stars Breaks Some Hearts

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The TurboGrafx-16 Mini: A Sweet, Deep, and Comprehensively Complete Review

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Seeking the Ultimate Game Boy? The Analogue Pocket May be the Finest of Handheld Toys...

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Sega Announces the Astro City Mini! Let's Celebrate With This Mini Quiz!

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Lost in the Podcast Abyss? These Top Shows Should Not Be Missed...

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The Forced Gluttony of Gaming: How Gamers Are Being Crushed by Endless Stuff

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Musical Journeys--A Test, and Testament, to Gaming's Symphonic Glories

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Sega Misfires With its Game Gear Micro...and Arcade1UP Brings Ms. Pac-Man Home!

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It's Been 40 Years Already?! Celebrating Pac-Man's Life and Legacy

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The TurboGrafx-16 Mini Means Business!--But Does it Beat the Competition?

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Loot Box Remix - Gaming Goodness to Test Your Intellect

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Is Limited Run Games About Preservation...or Crass Profiteering? - Another Controversy Hits the Company

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Seeking a Full Set? These Consoles are a Collector's Best Bet...

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The Collector vs. the Hoarder - How Much Stuff...is too Much?

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The Great Gamer's Quiz Hyper Edition - A Hectic Test of Nostalgic Stress

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The Beauty of Backwards Compatibility...and How the Next Gen Systems are Failing the Past

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The TurboGrafx-16 Mini Rises in Japan--'Tis the End of the Mini Machine Fad?

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Soundtrack Fest: A Musical Celebration to Test Your Best

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The Japanese Mega Drive Mini Review: Worth Importing, or Worth Ignoring?

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Numskull's Mini Ms. Pac-Man Machine: A Rushed, Overdue Review

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Quick Pick Edition: Test Your Prowess on Gaming's Best

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Speeding to the Big Screen: Is the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Worth the Rings to See?

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Dragon Ball Super's Uber Conclusion: Pondering the Epic Tournament of Power

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Are Video Games Doomed to a Digital Future? The Sad State of Physical Ownership.

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, The Sonic the Hedgehog Edition: Test Your Fandom Against This Quickest of Quizzes

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The Fantastic, Sometimes Tragic Classics of Animation: From Cats Don't Dance to Tenchi Muyo

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The Surreal, Weird, and Peculiar, Part 1: Pooyan, the First "Kooky" Shooter

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Collector's Edition: Can You Name These Rarest of Games, Finest of Finds?

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The Current State of Game Collecting, Plus Arcade1UP's CES Presentation

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Is the Home Arcade Industry Doomed? Plus, Numskull's Mini Galaxian Review

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The Importance of Buying Imports: Great Games to Grab From Japan

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, PlayStation Anniversary Edition: Are You a Winner, or a Sony Pretender?

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A Newbie's Musings on Dragon Ball Super, Part 2: Finally Meeting the Excellence of Z?

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A Newbie's Musings on Dragon Ball Super: Does the Show Honor 'Z ' and Everything Before?

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The Great Gamer's Quiz Musical Challenge: Can You Name These Famed Tunes of Gaming?

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Learning to Like Dragon Ball GT: A Newbie's Take on the Franchise's Most Polarizing Show

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Learning to Love Dragon Ball Z: A Newbie's Take on the Epic Series

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Game Boy Trivia Test--Do Your Best, or Take a Guess!

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It's Here! A True Review of Replicade's Mini Street Fighter 2!

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Games I Love Despite What the Internet Says--Defending Gems that "Haven't Aged Well"

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Arcade1UP's TMNT Seen! Mario Kart Tour Paywalls! Nintendo's Drifting Issues!--Yep, a Bag of Good and Bad

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The Many Faces of Space Invaders: A Perfect Fusion of Past and Future

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Rapid Fire Showdown--A Bullet Hell Swell of Gaming Trivia

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Saying Goodbye (Again): Remembering the Dreamcast, Lamenting the Past

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The Weird Career of a Strategy Guide Writer - A Book Review of "The Walkthrough"

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Them Olden Days of Gaming--Cartridge Blowing, Demo Discs, Passwords, and More!

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Sound Test Second Quest--Name the Game, Win the Day!

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Mario Maker, Music, Movies, and Minis--Gobs of Gaming News and Garish Gossip

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Link's Awakening's Sad Mistake: How the Remake Forsakes the Original's Potential

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Battle of the Sequels--Mario 3 v. Mario World, and Other Most Serious Debates

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Musical Mix-Up--Test Your IQ With This Grab Bag of Tunes

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The TurboGrafx-16 Mini: Fated to Fail or Fantasy Fulfilled?

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YouTube's Top Gaming Gurus--Some Safe Picks From a Looong List

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, the 'No Mario 2 in Mario Maker 2?' Edition: Time to Test Your Mario Might...

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Saving the Arcade Through Miniaturization--Numskull's Quest to Preserve the Past

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1 vs. 100, Miiverse and Home--The Forgotten Souls Behind Our Favorite Consoles

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Zelda Rendition: A Journey for the Truly Worthy

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The Shame of Limited Run Games--Has the Company Forgotten its Reason for Being?

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Grooving Down Melody Lane: A Wistful Medley of Gaming's Musical Past

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Super Mario Maker 2 and the Sega Genesis Mini: Two Stunning Tributes to Gaming's Storied Past

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Normal Setting: Score Five to Survive, Ten to Truly Win!

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Video Game Collecting Tips and Tricks: Sixteen Bits of Sage Advice

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What Really Saved Video Games in the Early '80s: The Secret Magic of Scrolling Graphics

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Turbo Mode: Think Fast, Listen Hard, and Prove Yourself a Gaming Star

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Mario's Wayward Fate--Are His 2-D Adventures Headed for a Hopeless Dead End?

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Platformer Challenge - Hope You Know More Than Just Mario!

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The Vita v. the 3DS--One Sadly Dead, One Slowly Dying

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Homebrew to the Rescue--How NESMaker and Champ Games Resurrect Old Consoles

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Nintendo's Love/Hate Foray Into Virtual Reality - From the Virtual Boy to Labo VR

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The Great Gamer's Quiz, Shooter Blitz: Name These Tunes to Prove Your Gamer Muscle

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Special Announcement!--The Ultimate Nintendo Guidebook is Coming...and it Looks Awesome!

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The Link's Awakening Remake and Mario Maker 2: Great News or Reason to Worry?