About this podcast
Two and occasionally three dads discuss gaming with kids while also reliving their experiences growing up with games.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 38 episodes
- Episode 038: Hardest Games of our Childhood · 1 h 1 minWelcome back to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! What’s the only thing more challenging than trying to record a podcast on a Sunday afternoon with the entire family at…
- Episode 037: We're Thankful for Retro Games · 1 h 6 minWelcome back to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! It’s the most thankful day of the year, so here at the DadPod GamesCast, we’re super thankful for all of our listeners…
- Episode 036: Collector's Editions · 1 h 1 minWelcome back to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Did you miss us?! Rik and Joe have returned after a long month of illness, work, and the unfortunate encroachment of…
- Episode 035: The Year 2004 · 1 h 14 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! If 1998 remains near the top of all contenders for the title of Best Year of Video Game Releases in History, then 2004 is…
- Episode 034: The Year 1998 · 1 h 15 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Perhaps the best year of game releases ever? We sure think so! Sure, there are a lot of stacked years that came before and…
- Episode 033: Sea of Stars · 1 h 12 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today we’re talking about Sea of Stars! This was Joe’s Game of the Year for 2023, but eddy had a different reaction to the…
- Episode 032: Remasters & Remakes · 1 h 17 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! We missed last week! That’s life, however. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next time. Today we’re talking about…
- Episode 031: Castlevania 2 & 3 · 1 h 0 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today we're talking about Castlevania! Because what does Zelda II have in common with Castlevania II: Simon's Quest?! Not as…
- Episode 030: Zelda II · 50 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today we’re talking about Zelda II! The often denigrated member of the illustrious Zelda family. We discuss its connection to…
- Episode 029: Never Enough Time · 1 h 10 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today we’re talking about finding time or running out of time for the hobby, not having the energy to pick up a game after the…
- Episode 028: Hard Emulation/FPGA · 1 h 11 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today, we’re wrapping up our discussion on emulation by tackling the hardware side! What flavors do YOU prefer? Open source or…
- Episode 027: Soft Emulation · 1 h 5 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Forgot to post this yesterday. Oops! We’re back to the whole crew! And today we’re discussing emulation! Also piracy and…
- Episode 026: The Bestselling Game Franchises · 1 h 21 minWelcome to the twenty third episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today, we’re talking the bestselling videogame franchises of all time as reported by this Paste article. Music by…
- Episode 025: Open Worlds · 1 h 14 minWelcome to the twenty-fifth episode of the DadPod GamesCast!Today, we’re tackling Open Worlds and the disparate games that inhabit them! From The Elder Scrolls, to Spider-Man, to…
- Episode 024: MMOs · 1 h 10 minWelcome to the new episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today, we’re going whole hog on Massively Multiplayer Online games! From World of Warcraft to Destiny and a whole lot in…
- Episode 023: The Smorgasbord · 1 h 17 minWelcome to the twenty third episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today, we’re tackling a bunch of different topics, from AI to videogame layoffs and consolidation, and so on. Music…
- Episode 022: Games with Parents, Games with Kids · 1 h 12 minWelcome to the twenty second episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Today, we’re discussing our own history with videogames, the games we played with our parents, and the games we now…
- Episode 021: Dragon Quest XI · 1 h 10 minWelcome to the 21st episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Last week Akira Toriyama died and we thought this would be the time to finally talk about Dragon Quest. Today, we’re talking…
- Episode 020: Limbo/Inside · 1 h 15 minWelcome to the twentieth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! Forgot to post this yesterday. Oops! We’re back to the whole crew! And today we’re discussing Limbo and Inside, the…
- Episode 019: House of Leaves - Part III · 1 h 56 minWelcome to the nineteenth episode of the Dadpod Gamescast! We’re continuing our exploration of Mark Z Danielewski’s monumental postmodern horror novel House of Leaves. In this…
