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Episode 07: Duke Nukem 3D - PC
Episode 06: Resident Evil 2 - PS1
Episode 05: Deus Ex - PC
Episode 04: Mega Man Legends - PS1
Episode 03: Jet Grind Radio - Dreamcast
Episode 02: Mega Man 4-6 - NES
Episode 01: The Neo Geo Pocket Color - NGPC

Nostaljourney is a retro gaming podcast that features an new cast every episode. Each episode is based on discussing a particular game or series, then finding people who are nostalgic for it and people who have never played it before. If need be we go so far as to donate all the necessary gaming hardware to the newcomers. We compare the experiences of the two groups to find out how well a game has really aged as well as discuss its history.

For younger community members it may be a chance to learn what gaming was like in the past. For older community members it may be a chance to discover what games are truly classic and what games are not. In general the show exists to evaluate and discuss the nature of nostalgia and for everyone in the community to get to know each other better. Because the show involves giving out free games, it only records once every couple of months.

Recent changes to the game plan will hopefully entail the show recording every 2 weeks.


Shadows of the Damned - Multiplatform
Alice: Madness Returns - Multiplatform
Dead Rising 2 - Multiplatform
Radiant Historia - Nintendo DS
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Nintendo DS
Ace Attorney Investigations - Nintendo DS

Wryviews are my personal review series where I try to do things different from the norm by asking myself how well the game achieved its goal, instead of if I liked the game or not. Wryviews are a personal challenge to stay objective and identify who would enjoy a certain game, rather than complain about who wouldn't. I feel that being a good reviewer entails being able to identify each game's audience.


Mega Man and Bass - Gameboy Advance
Maken X - Dreamcast

Gemnalysis is a series where I hunt down lesser known or neglected games and make a case for playing them despite the fact that they're older. Instead of flat out reviewing these games I look at them from the perspective of a collector and go over the game's history, and special trivia it may have.


Boss Battle - Mark of the Wolves
Boss Battle + Final Match - King of Fighters 98

Fatal Impact is a series of community tournaments revolving around SNK fighters; rather, it was. I happen to host the tournaments, but only once in a blue moon when I have the free time. I accept any and all callers, though I am not an entrant. Instead I am a trainer who organizes my entrants and helps to improve their game while introducing them to new and lesser appreciated fighting games.

The Fatal Impact tournaments will likely not continue until SNK releases games with better netcode. With recent promises from Atlus, King of Fighters XIII is likely to become the next big Fatal Impact game.


King of Fighters 94
King of Fighters 95
King of Fighters 96
King of Fighters 97

The King of Fighters Love Letter is a series dedicated to the storyline and history of SNK fighting games. Many people don't know anything about SNK in general, and with King of Fighters XIII on its way I'm going to bring everyone up to speed on the story in the series thus far.

Now that King of Fighters XIII has an actual release date this series may continue beyond the first story arc (Orochi Saga), but it's difficult to find solid information on the series' backstory.





Podsumaki Episode 09: Mortal Kombat Special
Podsumaki is a fighting game podcast that I hosted on and organized. There was a lot of random smack talk but it was a fun show. Currently it's on hold and none of the hosts are sure if it will ever come back. Our last episode was our highlight, where we spoke with three of the best Mortal Kombat players in the US and discussed the Mortal Kombat community and the upcoming game. If you were to listen to any one episode of Podsumaki, I'd recommend it be this.

The Top Three Things "Gamers" Should Care About Less
Somebody on Call of Duty: Black Ops screamed at me for not being good enough at the game, even though I wasn't on his team. Thanks to that I decided to write an article on some of the biggest problems with the gaming community, mostly their inability to care about things that actually matter.

Tainted Beauty: The Death and Rebirth of a Genre
What we have here is an article revolving around the 2D fighting game genre, the path one must go through to become good at the games, and all the obstacles in the way of this that I feel eventually led to the temporary death of the genre prior to the release of games like Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue.

Wry Guides: Goozex Training Manual
Wry Guides are a series where I try to educate the people of the community by writing about something that I in particular know a lot about. More than anything else though, it's just me unleashing a bad pun upon the world.

Top 11 Dreamcast Games You Probably Didn't Play
In this article I recap my experience as a guy who loved the Dreamcast, because he grew up with it as one of his primary forms of entertainment. The games listed aren't the popular and trendy choices so much as the lesser played B-list and C-list games that only true Dreamcast veterans touched.

Hey, I liked it: Mega Man VII
Hey, I liked it was a series where I reflected on games that I'm fond of that weren't appreciated by many people. As opposed to Wryviews which are meant to be impartial, this was a much more personal series. This series might continue some day but I could really not think of a bigger black sheep game than Mega Man VII.

Wry's Dreamcast Homebrew Guide: Pre-Brewed
There was a time when I was extremely, extremely into my Dreamcast. I didn't just play tons of regular games that I found on sale, I also researched the wealth of bootleg Dreamcast programs. These days I'm a collector and I'm not concerned with unofficial software. I'm too busy playing games I actually own. Still I created a quick guide to some of the easiest and best programs available for the Dreamcast that can be used with no hassle.

Untapped potential: Stop breaking my balls
I suck at games: But not forever
My Expertise: The Grand Jackass of Obscurity
Nothing is sacred: Sequels
Groundhog Day: Can you feel the sunshine, Sonic?
I started writing about games roughly a year and a half ago, and since then my viewpoints and my writing style have changed. Destructoid's Monthly Musings were a good way for me to get started when I didn't have many article ideas. These are all the ones I wrote that were promoted to the front page. I'm not super proud of them anymore, but if you want to see my writings evolve a little bit you can compare these to my more recent articles.
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is on the way and it looks pretty damn cool. In celebration of this we'll be playing and discussing Resident Evil 2, that game where the actual Raccoon City outbreak occurs. Welcome back to Nostaljourney. For those of you who don't recall, Nostaljourney is a donation based podcast where we give games to community members who never played them, then use their fresh perspective to help determine if a nostalgic game has aged well. The nostalgic members of the cast bring forth the enthusiasm and the non-nostalgic members bring us the harsh truth.

Nostaljourney's a show that openly embraces sidetracking and talking about the good old times, because that's what nostalgia's all about. We are not the least bit formal and there's no real schedule when recording. Wry Guy will occasionally help direct the flow of conversation and that's it. Today we're looking for two members of the community to join our crew.



Here's how you audition:

Introduce yourself to the cast. Tell us about yourselves and why you want to be on the show. There's no need to be formal. In particular we'd like to hear about how familiar you are with the game in question or why you're interested in playing it. At the end of the day the cast will talk about who they liked and pick someone to be on the show. It doesn't matter if you've played the game or not. We'll be looking for fun people that are both familiar and not familiar. If you're too broke to get a copy of the game for yourself don't let that stop you. If the cast likes you enough we'll make sure to give you a copy of the game anyway.

You must have time to dedicate to playing or replaying this game.
Once everyone is finished. You need to be able to free yourself up on a single Saturday to record.
You will need a good headset and a Skype account. Gaming headsets work wonders.



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Holmes will show up this time. He swears! I have a comedy script written up for the occasion.
Luckily, I haven't yet completed this one either. The last time I played it was about 10 years ago, and all I can remember from it is Nemesis jumping through a window and chasing me. I'll have time to play it and be free on any Saturday as well.
Yeah boyyyeeeee! Totes excited.
If I had to choose between rescuing Resident Evil 2 or the family pet from my burning home, Raccoon City would get my vote; it could save me a fortune in cat food.

I am ridiculously excited for this.


Tom Jones of European Land is hella excited!
@smeagleton: Try and introduce yourself a bit if you can. There are actually spots open this time.

@Uber Mashu: Is that excitement to try and get on the show or excitement to listen? Just covering bases.

@Stevil: Where the fuck is European Land? Jesus, I thought you were from the UK.
Would love to play this game, however...

Me and my experience with RE2

I'm pretty sure anybody else on this site is more qualified than I to play it.
@Wry: Genuine excitement! My shyness is far too crippling to appear on your show. :)
*to listen.

(This isn't a double post. I just have two avatars.)
9 comments only one hit. If you need a 7th crewman I'll throw my hat in the ring.
I played Resident Evil 2 for five minutes once... and decided I was never going to play it again. I'd rather play TRAG if I was gonna be forced to play a crappy tank controlling PS1 game...

Of funny note though, I also have the N64 version of RE2 sitting around as well.
Hey guys! My name is Ryan, and I've been playing through Mercenaries 3D since Saturday (a store broke street date), and so I guess I've been in a bit of a Resident Evil mood. The first RE game I ever played was actually Code Veronica on Dreamcast (I got to the last disc, but I didn't finish it), and since then, the only other one I've played is RE4 (and now, Mercs 3D).

So yeah, there's not much of a reason why you'd choose me over anyone else, but I'm a cool guy who loves games and who happens to have been playing a Resident Evil game lately... anyway, let me know if you need a Ryan for your podcast. :D
Okay, just thought maybe the introductions were in a PM or something...

Allan's the name, Resident Evil 2's your game. Fooor noooow (jk!). I'm possibly horrible at introductions, but I do know I loved Resident Evil 4 and 5. Like I said before, I have played RE2 previously but I was probably under 10 years old when I did, so I could neither complete the game, nor progress very far at all.

I also haven't played any survival-horror titles yet this year, so I'd say I'm ripe for the picking. I can be nervous and/or shy at times, but I'll try my best to ignore those qualities.
Hi guys, I'm Roberto. I started out the Resident Evil series with RE4 and have loved the ones that I've played since then. I've never played any of the original RE games on the PS1, but I did play the REmake of 1 and Zero. I'd love to play through 2 and discuss the game with you guys. I'm curious to go through Leon's first journey as he's my favorite RE character.

Whether or not you guys pick me I love the podcast, it's always a fun listen.
I would love to be a part of this, as I never played a RE game besides 4. But my schedule kind of sucks for recording. My weekends are basically Wednesdays, Thursdays and every other Friday.

I believe everybody listed knows me, but I be ScottyG. Been fairly active in the community for over 3 years now, helped run PC FNFs during the heyday of TF2 (as well as the supplemental Team Fortress Tuesdays) and a fairly longtime member of the CBlog Recapper team. Been a gamer for longer than some people on this site have been alive, going on 23 years now. Love shooters, platformers and general twitch games (<3 Pac Man CE DX), but will always have a soft spot in my heart for old school pc adventure and space shooter games.

PS: you really REALLY need to do an episode on Star Control (at least 2). :)
@Scotty: The cast has already been selected this time around, and if you can't make Saturday that's an issue in itself. Maybe in a future episode we can work out the day to be one you're available, so long as you let me know quick you want to be on the show.

As for Star Control, I can't say I'm familiar sir. Feel free to enlighten me, but keep in mind until the show picks up a bit I'm trying to stick with "relevant" games. Stuff that have sequels or high public interest going on. Obscure stuff is welcome a little later down the line.
Hey, I'd love to get on this podcast, I'm a big fan of the resident evil games, and I'm working my way through 2 at the moment. I reckon I could bring a viewpoint of someone going through it for the first time to the podcast, plus I have a good knowledge of the rest of the series. Really looking forward to experiencing the series at what seems to be perceived as its best
You sir have broken my heart. Not because of the show, I understand that, but because of Star Control. Sure it's a 20 year old series really only known to PC games (unless you played it on the Genesis or 3DO...), but the second installment has been praised as one of the greatest games of all time by both IGN and Gamespot. I will make you see the light good sir!

If you wanted to stick to those kinds of titles though, older Duke Nukem games would be another suggestion. Even if just to compare and contrast to DNF. :)
Admittedly a Duke Nukem episode could be interesting. You may have discovered the next episode, sir.

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