We are kicking off 2026 with a giant episode! Joining me are friends of the show Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover Podcast and Mick Arcade from Nerd's Cant to help me rank game console controllers. The inspiration for this episode came from Bitmap Books, who was kind enough to send all of us a review copy of their recently released book Trigger Happy. Trigger Happy is a visual compendium of game controllers so we figured what better way to celebrate videogame controllers than to do a big ranking episode.

We ranked 19 controllers from the NES up to the PS4/XB One/Switch. If the episode already wasn't about 3 hours long we may have considered ranking more. Anyway. Which controller is the highest ranked? Who has the hottest controller take? Listen to the episode and then share your thoughts on our rankings or share your own with us on our socials!

Check out Trigger Happy from Bitmap Books!
https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/trigger-happy-a-visual-celebration-of-video-game-controllers

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Shout-out Song: Seaside
Artist: Hyper Potions
Original Composer: N/A
Album: N/A
https://chompochompo.bandcamp.com/track/seaside

End Song: Snowball Fight
Artist: Hyper Potions
Original Composer: N/A
Album: N/A
https://hyperpotions.bandcamp.com/track/snowball-fight

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We have come to the end of 2025 and it is time to look back on all the good and bad of the year. And let's be honest, at least here in the US, it was a lot of bad. But the podcast was still a lot of fun so all of that was good! Joining me to look at it all is my brother from the Great White Nort, TJ Hodder of the Hodder Show and Tapes of Trepidation.

We list our most popular episodes, talk about our favorite experiences, share which countries listened to our shows the most and much more!

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https://www.instagram.com/tapesoftrepidationpodcast/

Shout-out Song: Moon Garage
Artist: halc
Original Composer: Asuka Sakai
Album: Ridge Racer Arrange
https://gamechops.com/ridge-racer-arrange/

End Song: Road Trip
Artist: Joshua Morse
Original Composer: Asuka Sakai
Album: Ridge Racer Arrange
https://gamechops.com/ridge-racer-arrange/

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HAVE YOU PLAYED ATARI TODAY!?

Well I sure did. This episode was recorded LIVE at Atari Party 2025! I sat down and chatted with a bunch of cool people and asked them about their Atari memories, Atari Christmas memories, what they love about Atari Party and of course I ask them if they had played Atari today.

I got to chat with so many cool people so please go give them a follow and check out their stuff below!

Ryan Kern
-paaperclips(at)gmail.com

Pete Fletcher
-Bluesky
-Mastadon

Atari Spot Rob
-atarispot(at)gmail.com

Kevin Bunch
-Bluesky
-YouTube
-Buy Kevin's book Here!
-Website

Nathaniel Lockhart
-Bluesky
-Instagram
-Memory Machine Podcast

Ferg
-Bluesky
-Facebook
-2600 Game by Game Podcast

Shout-out Song: Miranda's Last Dream
Artist: Ultrasyd
Album: Chipsters EP Remastered
https://ultrasyd.bandcamp.com/album/chipsters-ep-remastered

End Song (and Interstitial song): :)
Artist: Ultrasyd
Album: Who Cares
https://ultrasyd.bandcamp.com/album/who-cares

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