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Shawn, Pory, and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome Kaz back for a special visit, as well as new guest, Bill, an emulation enthusiast, as we break down our experiences with emulation on all kinds of devices. What are the best consoles and handhelds for easy modding? what are our favourite ways to emulate? Android? PC? tune in to find out!

Shawn, Pory, and Aaron From NerdCrave Discuss the major gaming news that has arisen since the end of season one in November 2021. We break down the February 2022 Nintendo Direct, talk game announcements, studio acquisitions and more!

Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss the week's hot news, including Xbox backwards compatibility, and Black Friday sales, and then move into a spicy topic... What the HELL does RPG mean anymore? Is the term useful in the modern era to describe a game? Where did the term come from, and what was it supposed to mean? Is any game really an RPG, or are all games really RPG's?

Shawn, Mikey, Kaz, Pory and Aaron From Nerdcrave discuss trending topics at the top of the show, than dive into a reverie of Forgotten game series and franchises that need to be brought back. That could mean, remakes, sequels, ports, whatever, we just want to see these series live again on modern systems!

Shawn, Kaz, Mikey, and Aaron welcome Pory Nog back from a much-needed break, as we discuss trending topics, and then move into a discussion of the various franchises that benefitted from the move to 3D gaming, and others, not so much. And then we touch on the modern indie trend of going back to 2D and what that all means

Shawn, Kaz, Retro Mikey and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome Kevin from Happy Beard Games as we celebrate Horror games during the spookiest time of year!

Shawn, Mikey and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss the news at the top of the show, and then get into a discussion around puzzle games, and puzzles IN games... are you a fan?

Shawn, Kaz, Aaron from NerdCrave, and returning guest "Retro Mikey" welcome "SmashJT" to the Podcast to discuss the Perils and Pitfalls in the YouTube landscape. We share some stories of our journeys, and try to determine what the practical odds of "making it big" on YouTube really are these days, and how to position yourself to have a shot. We had some technical difficulties with the guest audio, apologies for a few dropouts.

Shawn, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome "Retro Mikey" to the show as we discuss the various ways people collect video games. There can be a lot of "gatekeeping" in the hobby, and new collectors often feel they have to do very specific things in order to be considered a collector. We also give our opinions on the recent Nintendo Direct at the top of the show

Pory, Kaz, Shawn, and Aaron from NerdCrave discuss our memories of playing games with friends... gasp! in the same house, on the same tv! And then we talk about some modern (or semi-modern) couch co-op games you can play on current platforms.

Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave welcome "Radical Reggie" as we discuss the PlayStation Showcase, and the Nvidia leak at the top of the hour. Later in the show, we get into a discussion of "comfort food" games that we love to play over and over, and the tendency over the last year or two to re=play old games rather than get into new experiences.

Shawn, Pory, Kaz, and Aaron from NerdCrave are joined by friend Tyrone, as we discuss games, and a few movies and TV shows coming this fall and into the holiday season!