Vgbs Gaming Podcast

VGBS goes Live at A Video Game Room Expo in Chicago, IL. This is a live panel with the legendary artist Philo Barnhart who did the art, not only for Dragon’s Lair and its sequels, but for many Disney films and cartoons! We also have the craziest man in comics Charles Moisant of Silver Phoenix Entertainment on with us for good measure. We talk about all of our motivations and everything that got us to where we are and highlight Philo’s amazing career!  This is VGBS!

In this special event, Jeff was able to attend the 2nd screening of The New 8-Bit Heroes film out in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from filmmaker Joe Granato. How does this small punk rock facility do with this epic movie screening? Does it hold up to everything that was promised to Kickstarter backers? Listen in to find out!  This is VGBS!

This time on the Phobos we interview the craziest man in comics, Charles D. Moisant and his protege in madness, Brian K. Morris. Listen in as we talk in detail about their current and upcoming projects with Silver Phoenix Entertainment. We also go into the lore of a Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery that one of their comics takes inspiration from.  This Hobbycast consists of anything and everything we are interested in and obsessed with. While we have a main focus for each episode, we often will go over lots of other things we are interested in too; the sky is the limit! Anything we talk about on the cast, we look at in an insanely analytical way, breaking down details you might not notice and destroying the critics.

VGBS goes Live at ReplayFX in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a live panel with Greg Caldwell from Retrotainment Games, creators of Haunted Halloween ’85 on the NES. Listen in as we talk about our favorite 90s games and stories.  This is VGBS!

VGBS goes Live at TooManyGames in Philadelphia, PA. This is a live panel with ScottSquatch, RGT85, Dee&Dave, Vintendo Paul & Jordan Fringe. Listen in as we talk about our favorite SNES games and stories. We even throw Super Nintendo cartridges at a kid dressed as Batman as his father films it.  This is VGBS!

VGBS goes Live at Let’s Play Gaming Expo in Plano, TX. This is pretty much a live interview with the guys from Overdrive Reality where Jeff is talking about his books and some of his favorite games of all time.  This is VGBS!

Phobos is back again with another topic near and dear to us, professional wrestling! In this episode we go over our thoughts on the current state of wrestling and compare a lot of the different promotions that are out there, highlighting a lot of the best PPVs and matches from the past year or so. This Hobbycast consists of anything and everything we are interested in and obsessed with. While we have a main focus for each episode, we often will go over lots of other things we are interested in too; the sky is the limit! Anything we talk about on the cast, we look at in an insanely analytical way, breaking down details you might not notice and destroying the critics.

Daria is back for the Season 2 Finale! We talk about memories with the classic SNES Role Playing Game Super Mario RPG. Does everyone have fond memories of it? This one is destined to be a classic for sure! This is VGBS!

This week Jeff goes over his book projects past, present and future. There are a ton of literary ideas that he is trying to bring to fruition. Check out the episode and see what is coming up! This is VGBS!

In the epic trilogy of Haunted Halloween episodes, we continue chatting with Greg and Tim. This time we go into details about their upcoming game Haunted Halloween ’86, which is a direct sequel to the original. The game adds a ton of new features while keeping the aspects that made the first great! This is VGBS!

Continuing where Episode 46 left off, we interview Tim and Greg from Retrotainment Games who created Haunted Halloween ’85! We over-analyze Haunted ’85 and try to delve into the psyche of what drove these guys to create such a game. Tim and Greg are super cool guys and we are glad that we could have them on the show. This is VGBS!

This episode is the long awaited return of Bullshit Homework and we cover the NES Aftermarket “Homebrew” game Haunted Halloween ’85. What are our thoughts? Were we able to beat it? This is VGBS!

Both Jeff and Kyle attended MGC 2016 and there are some crazy stories! We go into how our panel came about the ridiculousness of a NintendoAge member getting arrested by the police! This is VGBS!

Episode 44 Topics: -NES Homebrew 101 -WWE 2K16 -General Wrestling Talk This is VGBS!

Episode 43 Topics: -NEO GEO MVS Pickups -Captain N: The Game Master -The Power Team -Kwirk – Gameboy -Puzzleboy – PC Engine -Displaying Famicom Games -Top Loading Tech vs. Front Loading Tech -Cannibalizing existing NES games to create new ones -The Nintendo Quest -New Gen Pickups: Fallout 4, Destiny, Halo 5 This is VGBS!

Episode 42 goes over the arcade culture and becoming addicted to buying games. What random paths will be venture down this time around? Tune in and see…  This is VGBS!

Episode 41 is here! We start this Box Art-centric episode talking about games that fooled us by the awesome box art. We then move on to good games hindered by their terrible/strange box art. Then games that have terrible box art and are indeed just that. We go into how we found out what games were like before the Internet and YouTube. How the Video Game crash actually affected gamers. Franchise Game Rental Chains vs Mom & Pop Rental Stores. And finally, what Retro Nintendo System has the best ratio of decent games over subpar ones.  This is VGBS!

This time around we talk about Make Trax, nominated by the legendary Walter Day. Did we like it or does this Pacman clone miss the mark? We also talk about a new direction for how we are handling the homework from now on and go into depth on some classic DOS games! Join us and let us know your thoughts in the comments.  This is VGBS.

VGBS goes Live at Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI. We go into the 1990s and what video games inspired us and tell a bunch of gaming stories. Throughout the panel, we ask the audience for their participation and give out free games and t-shirts. We also brought along former Senior Editor from EGM in the 1990s, Martin Alessi along for the ride.  This is VGBS!

In episode 40 we concentrate on some specialized greatness! We first cover the bucketlist collecting mentality, then we pick Daria’s brain on her favorite NES/Famicom RPGs. We go over gaming forum thread shenanigans and cover some NES multiplayer madness. Then we go into detail on how to deal with game room limitations and Jeff goes into his PlayChoice 10 Collection.  This is VGBS!