About this podcast
Ty Schalter (VICE, FiveThirtyEight) and Aidan Moher (WIRED, Vulture) review what rocked and what sucked about the classic video game magazines that inspired them to become professional journalists, authors, and critics—and what they can tell us about today's digital media and games.
New episodes drop every other Tuesday!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 51 episodes
- Skies of Arcadia Legends - EGM 162 [S2E14] · 1 h 54 min · Season 2 Episode 14ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/e532c2cc-b34b-4383-96cb-2f0db39c5b68 OLD GLORY GAMING/MUSIC/SPORTS APPAREL, USE PROMO CODE “FUESDAY” FOR 15 PERCENT OFF…
- Sly Cooper - Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 62 [S2E13] · 1 h 52 min · Season 2 Episode 13ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/1eeeedc8-3737-4c48-894c-cd7950503a5a/pdf?token=70ff7124-8104-4ed1-bdd3-bdfb536b8177&length=167296037 OLD GLORY…
- Hyper 110 - Morrowind (The Elder Scrolls III) [S2E12] · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 12ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/51f1d648-0b56-44d4-bb79-24f453cbfa0e “What Happened to Hyper Magazine” at Forgotten Worlds…
- GamePro 170 - Super Mario Sunshine [S2E11] · 1 h 40 min · Season 2 Episode 11ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/51f1d648-0b56-44d4-bb79-24f453cbfa0e RAVNIR “VIKING MUSIC:” https://ravnirmusic.com/ TALES FROM THE BACKLOG’S QUEST 64 EPISODE…
- What Killed the Sega Saturn? - Greg Sewart & Pandamonium UNLOCKED [S2B1] · 1 h 31 min · Season 2 Episode 2NICK’S PATREON: PandaMonium | creating a Sega Saturn documentary series. | Patreon GREG’S PATREON: Greg Sewart | creating Generation 16 | Let's Read Videos | Retro Game Streams |…
- PSM 63 - Kingdom Hearts [S2E10] · 1 h 46 min · Season 2 Episode 10ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/28f939d8-b160-47f0-92c6-e885159b5156 THE KINGDOM HEARTS GOOGLE DOC…
- Edge 113 - King of Fighters EX [S2E9] · 2 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 9ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20Magazine%20113/mode/2up PIXELS & POLYGONS QUARTERLY + ANNUAL COLLECTION…
- Pocket Games 7 - Mario Kart Super Circuit [S2E8] · 1 h 43 min · Season 2 Episode 8ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ebc34b2b-4088-4e7c-bc69-12e3a7a9f129 Stop Skeletons From Fighting’s “My 2 Year Journey to Solve the 30-Year Myth of Faceball…
- Nintendo Power 154 - Sonic Adventure 2 Battle [S2E7] · 1 h 5 min · Season 2 Episode 7ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a8041ebf-095f-4bb9-b2bd-57702a22aff0 SONIC ON THE COVER OF NINTENDO POWER?? Special guest host Jess VoidBurger joins Ty to…
- GameNOW Vol. 2, Issue 4 - Super Smash Bros. Melee [S2E6] · 1 h 45 min · Season 2 Episode 6ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ac4194d5-23d7-46fe-b6e2-0f364600532a Super Smash Bros. Melee is Nintendo’s tightest, deepest, most technically rewarding…
- XBOX Nation 3 - Panzer Dragoon Orta + World Series Baseball [S2E5] · 1 h 25 min · Season 2 Episode 5ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/69555def-0cd8-4b5a-b4d2-3d324c7863f4 Console exclusivity was the talk of this recent Summer Game Fest, and Aidan and Ty start…
- Game Informer 101 - Final Fantasy X [S2E4] · 1 h 49 min · Season 2 Episode 4ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-105-january-2002 (sped-up audio was Ty's fault; it's been fixed!) FINAL. FANTASY. X. After the final PS1 release was…
- ULTRA BONUS TEASER: What Killed the Sega Saturn? - Greg Sewart & PandaMonium [S2B1] · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 1NICK’S PATREON: PandaMonium | creating a Sega Saturn documentary series. | Patreon GREG’S PATREON: Greg Sewart | creating Generation 16 | Let's Read Videos | Retro Game Streams…
- XBox Official Magazine 2 - Halo + Munch's Oddysee [S2E3] · 1 h 31 min · Season 2 Episode 3ISSUE LINK: https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/official-xbox-magazine/official-xbox-magazine-issue-2/ XBOX OFFICIAL MAGAZINE: MAGAZINES EVOLVED. We had to stay in January…
- EGM 150 - Metal Gear Solid 2 [S2E2] · 1 h 37 min · Season 2 Episode 2ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-150-january-2002/mode/2up January 2002 was all killer, no filler! EGM kicked off the new year by…
- NextGen 83 - Pikmin [S2E1] · 1 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 1ISSUE LINK: NextGen issue 85 at the Internet Archive SEASON TWO: RISE OF THE CORPOS has arrived! We've skipped forward in time to the dawn of a new era - where the dorky world…
- Video Game Fantasy Draft with "My Life in Gaming!" [S1X3] · 2 h 29 min · Season 1 Episode 27Four people, five rounds, and all the best video games of 1995-1997! Coury and Try from My Life in Gaming join us to snake-draft our way through the Generation Gap--building…
- NEXTGen's "Are You Hardcore?" Quiz, with Retrograde Amnesia [S1X2] · 2 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 26ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration38Feb1998 QUIZ LINK: https://forms.gle/9cFPG8EsJesFAEB59 BILLY BAKER’S 2007 BOSTON GLOBE PIECE ON HIS WIFE SECRETLY BEING…
- Audience Q&A! - "Generation Gap" Season Extras [S1X1] · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 25We told you to ask us anything, and you did! Our Season 1 wrap-up continues with a special AMA/Q&A. From assembling our own ultimate mid-90s gaming mag Voltron-style to talking…
- Season 1 Finale - Every Final Fantasy VII Review [S1E24] · 1 h 50 min · Season 1 Episode 24The grand finale of Season One is here! Our coverage of the 1995-1997 “Generation Gap” ends with a blowout review of (nearly) every (English-language print) review of Final…
