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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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So an idea has been brewing in mine mind for a new series of articles. It's a series I don't have the time to initiate right now, but because it would involve another member of the community I'd like to gauge the interest within the community. The series would be called Nostaljourney; short for nostalgic journey. The basic premise is simple: Take a game that is nostalgic for one person and not nostalgic for another and get those two people together to play the game and discuss it and compare their experiences. The actual format that would be used for these two people to discuss the game is something I don't really have any solid ideas for yet, but perhaps my future partners will have some input on the matter. This is the part I really like about the series. Nostalgic games are generally old and sometimes even rare. If these articles require a non-nostalgic person that's never played the game before how are they expected to get a copy of it? Simple. Anyone chosen as the partner in a Nostaljourney is given a copy of the game for free, provided they can play it in a timely manner for the sake of the article. When the Nostaljourney is done they are allowed to keep it for eternity in hopes that it will become a nostalgic game them as well. If the game does not become nostalgic to them because of their personal fondness of the game perhaps the experience of simply creating a Nostaljourney article will give the game some sentimental value to them. The method for actually selecting a Nostaljourney partner is something I'm not sure about either. The Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 days are very much so the most nostalgic gaming periods of my life, so those would probably be games I'd like to start off on. Nothing is really final at this point, but if you couldn't tell I was considering doing my first Nostaljourney on Shenmue for the Dreamcast. Games like Sonic Adventure, Jet Grind Radio, Diddy Kong Racing, and Pilotwings 64 are all games that I would love to find any excuse to talk about. Game suggestions in themselves are something I wouldn't be against either. The idea of a reverse Nostaljourney is something I've considered too, where I would be the non-nostalgic partner playing a game I'd never touched before. Time to ask a stupid question: Anybody interested in the idea of getting free games they never had a chance to play?
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You would probably need more than one person. You might need a team of people. I'll sleep on the idea and PM you if I get any ideas. I doubt I could particiate but this idea is too awesome to not come into fruition. Especially for people like me who weren't old enough to really appreciate games like the aforementioned Shenmue or just didn't own an N64.
I know personally I've been playing MGS on PS1 for the first time and as someone who isn't wearing nostalgi-goggles it's been interesting to compare my own opinions with others.
There's emu's too. This could actually work out relatively well without much fuss. I'd at least be able to help out in the preproduction phase.
I know we have a hundred and one podcast right now but this could become a monthly podcast except with multiple people instead of two and have an even number of people with nostalgia and without.
It's your vision. I'm all over the place, I know. Good ideas get me excited.
Besides, it's never quite the same emulated. Metal Gear Solid is a game I recently played too, and honestly I thought it was pretty good (and in fact I thought it was better than all the other Metal Gear games I played afterwards.) The concept of turning this into a podcast I don't know about. Sounds like a lot of commitment, but the idea of getting more than two people was one I contemplated too.
The idea of getting Jim Sterling to tag team with me on old Sonic games was a funny idea that came to mind. I'm totally interested in all this "The UK loves Sega" thing he was talking about, and I'm totally betting he played Sonic R.
I'm all up for it , getting the games won't be too much of a hassle either. My only concern is if people have more NES - SNES memories rather than more recent ones then the "non-nostalic" will need to hunt down older games and consoles and that might end up pilling up in a lot of money. Some are lucky enough to have collections myself included but there's always a possibility of the majority of people not having the proper hardware to experience the games.
I'm not sure you want to embark into a not-emulator gathering either.
I don't think your earliest days of gaming are necessarily your most nostalgic. The issue of getting people hardware is an issue. Maybe there could be a policy where people are required to buy their own system but the game would be provided to them, or maybe there would be some centralized test subjects who had both a console and game bought for them, and they would be used repeatedly (at least more than once) because of the fact that they specifically have the required system after that point.
I don't think a Podcast would require more effort than a blog though.
anyways
What I fool I was. A poor fool.
It's crazy simple. Trust me. All you'll need is Skype, something with which to record Skype with, and Audactity. It's not very hard.
There's plenty of people you can ask around it 'round here.
As for podcasts , it's so fucking easy to make them you don't need to worry about it too much.
I'd totally love to put an original brick Gameboy in somebody's hands and watch their nostalgia shatter as they were simultaneously fascinated by the device and amazed they couldn't remember what a pain in the ass it was to use.
@Kraid: Boundaries at least at first might be the best idea, but the idea of actually going back and finding people who grew up with Atari and stuff getting us to play oldschool games sounds really interesting in itself for some day.
@Xyzliac: I'll take both you and Kraid's word on it that Podcasts are easy shit. I'll stay open to the idea of turning this into an audio ordeal. I've had a basic idea for selecting people to get the non-nostalgic treatment and receive games, though. Fairly simple, people have to write out why they're interested in playing the game. Some sort of submitted response would probably help screen people too, because it's not like I want to give somebody a free game and it turns out they're just some dick who doesn't know how to have fun with retro gaming and he just ends up shitting on everyone else participating.
Not that I think that happening on D-Toid is so terribly likely.
I personally need to blast some of my backlog before I can realistically talk about committing to writing or talking about specific games. For that same purpose I want to eliminate my current backlog so I can do Wryviews in a timely manner as well.
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Majora's Mask is my second favourite Zelda game under Wind Waker. =]
The only problem I see with that is a lot of people don't still own those games they're nostalgic for. Like I remember a particular Tom & Jerry on the Genesis that I still think is the shit to this day but no way on earth do I still own a copy. :P
Yeah I thought about that, and as I don't even have my N64 anymore the same applies for me. I don't really have a solution, but this could be an option for anyone that does.
Game nostalgia's actually something I've debated with people about on occasion (whether a game is actually good and still relevant or if it's just the nostalgia factor).
Awesome idea. Needs to happen somehow.
Would LOVE to take an opposing side of BulletMagnet or you Wry. :)
I do think shutting out emulation isn't a good thing. Motivation by giving the games for free is a good idea but it does seem like not having the console is a major problem for a lot of people here.
Also I'm a student with no job at the moment so I just can't afford any of the systems. I would so love to be part of this though so if the series comes through, I hope we can figure out a way. I could talk about many nostalgic games from both NES, SNES, Game Boy, PC and PS1 though.
Again, it'll probably be a while before we can get one of these really rolling. All the input's appreciated.