We have made it another hundred episodes! For the past few mile marker episodes Ive been focusing on people that have helped me on my podcasting journey and helped make the show what it is and this episode's guest is no different. I am joined by probably my favorite podcaster of all time for this episode, Matt Gourley.

Matt and I talk about how he got started in podcasting, unexpected challenges in podcasting, how he became a part of Conan O'Brien's podcast and we are even joined by a famous deceased author!

Matt was absolutely wonderful and you should go listen to his plethora of podcasts. Superego, I Was There Too, James Bonding, With Gourley and Rust, Pistol Shrimps Radio, Mallwalkin', Bonanas for Bonanza, Keys to the Kingdom, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.

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End Song: Fakebit Love
Artist: Malmen
Original Composer: N/A
Album: Fakebit World
https://malmenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fakebit-world

End Song: Sugar Flow
Artist: Malmen
Original Composer: N/A
Album: Fakebit World
https://malmenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fakebit-world

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The moblins are revolting! For the penultimate episode of Dexter and I's look into the Legend of Zelda cartoon we are breaking down episode 12, "The Moblins are Revolting!". I won't sugar coat it, this is probably the worst episode of the Zelda cartoon in a while. Not even the legendary horror icon Elvira could save it either.

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Shout-out Song: Dark World
Artist: Joshua Morse
Original Composer: Koji Kondo
Album: Zelda Funk
https://gamechops.com/zelda-funk/

End Song: Hyrule Castle
Artist: Joshua Morse
Original Composer: Koji Kondo
Album: Zelda Funk
https://gamechops.com/zelda-funk/

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I obviously love video games and one thing that I wish there was more of a focus on in the online gaming discourse is what other benefits we get from gaming besides the social aspects and hand dexterity etc. In this episode I got to chat with friend of the show Nadia Oxford about her recently released book "From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling" from Retro Game Books, which dives into an element of what I mentioned prior, video games teaching us about media in ways we may not expect.

I had a lot of fun chatting with Nadia about her book, about what videos have taught her about storytelling and writing and about who she hopes this book will appeal to. Please go check out her book, its funny, insightful and a wonderful read all around.

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Shout-out Song: ABCDE 12345 (Password Screen)
Artist: ABSRDST
Album: Boss Beats
https://gamechops.com/boss-beats/

End Song: Time Stopper (Flash Man)
Artist: ABSRDST
Album: Boss Beats
https://gamechops.com/boss-beats/

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I usually focus on individual games on this show but every now and then I like to take a look at a genre of games (sub genre maybe?) This week on the show I am joined by Jenny Windom who works at Wholesome Games and is one of the people who organizes their Wholesome Games Direct showcase and Wholesome Snack showcase every year. I ask her what to her makes a game "wholesome"? Is there such a thing as too wholesome? How do they curate their game selection? And also if there was a sandwich named after her, what would it be!? This episode was a wholesome delight to record and I hope you all enjoy it!

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Shout-out Song: Lullaby
Artist: Snail's House
Album: Ordinary Songs 3
https://0101.bandcamp.com/album/ordinary-songs-3

End Song: Astro Soda
Artist: meganeko & Rymdkraft
Album: N/A
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This episode was recorded LIVE on twitch! This is a rare solo episode for me. I took my panel on the history of James Bond in video games and did a live recording on twitch of it with the presentation! Learn all about Bond's journey through video games and how as the medium has evolved so Bond in games.

Shout-out Song: Necros Attacks
Artist: Rich Douglas
Original Composer: The Pretenders
Album: The Spy Who Chilled Me (A James Bond 007 Lofi Project)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-spy-who-chilled-me-a-james-bond-007-lofi-project/1808713529

End Song: First Light
Artist: Lana Del Rey
Album: 007 First Light Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPy8rDmPLM

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The console wars of the later '80s and early '90s is the stuff of nostalgia legend. Sega and Nintendo duking it out for video game dominance. While the Genesis/Mega Drive vs the SNES is remembered the most fondly from that era there were other consoles that went head to head as well.... Handheld consoles...

But they all had their lunch money stolen by Nintendo still. Womp womp. However, even in losing to Nintendo's Game Boy there is still a lot you can learn and appreciate about the "loser" handhelds of that era. On this episode of Still Loading I am joined by Gen Moonen from the Fun and Games Podcast to talk about the Sega Game Gear.

In this episode we dive much deeper than this console's battery life (woof 5 hours on 6 AAs). Gen and I talk about why this system is better than people give it credit for, what it did well and what it (obviously) didn't do well and what there still is to explore on the system.

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Shout-out Song: Chance Meeting
Artist: Karl Brueggemann
Album: Micropower
https://karlbmusic.bandcamp.com/album/micropower

End Song: On the Bubble
Artist: Karl Brueggemann
Album: Micropower
https://karlbmusic.bandcamp.com/album/micropower

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This month's cartoon episode features a lot of Brooklyn. And by a lot I mean a lot of talk and you barely see any of it. My co-host with the mo-host Dexter Morill is back and we have koop of a time chatting about all of Koopa's insults, bizarre pipe shapes, Mario flying and much more!

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Shout-out Song: The Flower Garden
Artist: Coffee Date
Original Composer: Koji Kondo
Album: Mario Tape
https://gamechops.com/mario-tape-super-mario-lofi/

End Song: New Super Mario Bros.
Artist: Coffee Date
Original Composer: Koji Kondo
Album: Mario Tape
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Punch a Nazi month is coming to a close once again and to round it out this year I am joined by games writer and journalist Justin Grandfield to talk about Medal of Honor: Allied Assault!

What makes the old Medal of Honor games so special? Are they able to walk they fine line of reverence for our past while also not glorifying it? Is it still a kickass first person shooter!? Justin and I dissect all of this and more in the finale of Punch a Nazi month. This game was the Medal of Honor game that had eluded me for many years. I only had the console games in the series and was desperate to get my hands on this and play it. When I finally did it did not disappoint.

Play. This. Game.

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Shout-out Song: Road to Tobruk
Composer(s): Michael Giacchino
Album: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Soundtrack
https://youtu.be/7sDnZiTT-vU?si=HJngZ-7ZQePniTWN

End Song: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Main Theme
Composer(s): Michael Giacchino
Album: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Soundtrack
https://youtu.be/-kWeJ9ywQJM?si=cboU5FzTkG8mY8Fs

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