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in RetrofectaEpisode 014: Yoshis Island
What happens when you take a Mario game starring….not Mario? Welcome to Yoshi’s Island, definitely one of the weirder sequels (prequels?) to a previous game we’ve played through. Kurt and Kenneth have a lot to unpack with this game, especially including why they were having a hard time getting into it when each of it’s […] More
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in Bam!Pow!TVS02E39: Its Mario Time
So it’s been a heck of a week. Apparently half the people we know were born in the first week of July, plus we had to have drinks for America’s birthday as well! Due to that, the BPTV team is taking a week off to recover so we thought you might enjoy an episode of […] More
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in RetrofectaEpisode 11: Super Mario Land 2
Kurt and Kenneth are almost out of the 4 bit generation as we power through Six Golden Coins worth of adventure. Picking up right after Mario Land 1’s story, we help Mario get his castle back from the debut character Wario and then we chat about it! Come listen to what we think of Nintendo’s […] More
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in RetrofectaEpisode 10 – Link to the Past
It’s finally time! After months of saying “well this was a decent game but I can’t wait until we hit Link to the Past” we’re here and Kenneth’s trying not to gush too much. Come listen to our ramblings about Zelda’s timeline, which items we’re glad to see added in, our nitpicks with the game, […] More
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Episode 08: Super Mario World
It’s a new year and a new system for Retrofecta! Kurt and Kenneth are back to start 2017 out with potentially the most difficult game to talk about yet as….we may just love it too much. There’s probably a negative comment in the ‘cast somewhere but even we’re not sure! Tune in for cape feathers, […] More
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in RetrofectaEpisode 7: Super Mario Bros 3
Come say a fond farewell to the Nintendo with Kurt and Kenneth as they wrap up their first console this month. They’re back for Super Mario Bros 3 and there are many thoughts and feelings! Is this their favorite Retrofecta game yet? Why the heck did it take so long to ship between the Japanese […] More
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in RetrofectaEpisode 6: Super Mario Land 1
It’s Retrofecta’s six month anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with our first Gameboy game! Join us as we travel with Mario (sorry Luigi, you’re sitting this one out) to Sarasaland because Tatanga’s trying to take it over. Can a Mario game hold up if Miyamoto didn’t develop it? Will a game developed […] More
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in RetrofectaEpisode 5: Super Mario Bros 2
Take some mind-altering substance and tune in for a trippy adventure through Mario’s dreams. Join Kurt and Kenneth as they play through the second sequel in Nintendo’s trifecta; it looks like Nintendo is really starting to hit their stride at this point. Can a game initially created for Fuji Televisions hold up when it’s converted […] More
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05 – Edge of Nintendo/Game.Ride.Repeat
Alex and Justin compare the American movie “Edge of Tomorrow” to it’s counterpart, the Japanese manga “All You Need is Kill.” Turns out there are a lot of differences. They also talk about Square Enix using the new DirectX12 graphics programming interface and what the tech demo showed them, before moving on to the possibilities […] More
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John Pingel