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It is the end of another year and, as is tradition over here on the Still Loading Podcast, I am joined by my good pal TJ from Tapes of Trepidation and The Hodder Show. We talk about our top 10 most popular episodes of the year, what our goals are for next year and more! It's always a blast looking back on the year and seeing what all has happened. A HUGE thank you to all you wonderful listeners who have stuck along for the ride and made it a great year. I cannot thank you all enough. Follow Tapes of Trepidation on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/tapesoftrepidationpodcast/ Shout-out Song: Fisherman's horizon Artist: Rifti Beats Album: Chocobo & Chill II https://gamechops.com/chocobo-and-chill-2/ End Song: Staff Roll Artist: Helynt Album: Mario & Chillhttps://gamechops.com/mario-and-chill/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloa

The Mario Super Show is back with episode 5 and let me tell you this one is anything but tame. Dexter Morrill joins me to dive into the episode  as usual and boy howdy does it go places. This episode features the fastest mouth in the south, Mark Twang, a goomba carrying a plate-o-chicken and much more! Follow Dexter on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/dextermorrill.bsky.social Shout-out Song: Good Egg Galaxy Artist: Helynt Album: Super Lofi World https://gamechops.com/super-lofi-world/ End Song: Manta Ray's Reward (Super Mario 64 (Dire, Dire Docks)) Artist: Joshua Morse Album: Arcade Attack! https://gamechops.com/arcade-attack/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

The Commodore 64 is one of those systems that feels simultaneously ubiquitous and also unknown. It was the best selling home computer in the 80's and is loved the world over by a large group of passionate fans. But outside of that group it feels largely forgotten in the annals of gaming history. This episode is a small step in correcting that. I'm joined by game design professor and author Jesper Juul to talk about his recently released book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64", which is a book that aims to shed more light on one of the most important computer systems in not only gaming history but also computer history. Jesper and I have a wonderful conversation about why this book is needed, what kinds of things can readers expect to find in the book and some of my personal favorite sections. Maybe we just had a little too much fun with this conversation as well. Follow Jesper on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/jesperjuul.bsky.social Check out Jesper's website! https://www.jesperjuul.net/ Bu

The finale of the World of Warcraft series is here! Joining me to discuss the second expansion of the game are two wonderful returning guests! First is Ryan Kern of the newly formed Pixel Resistance Podcast (Follow on BlueSky HERE). Second is tech journalist, YouTube and author Matt Smith! We gather to talk all about The Wrath of the Lich King, how it was kind of the last hurrah for "Classic WoW" and how Blizzard learned various lessons from the previous iterations of the game and how it propelled the game (for better or worse) into it's next phase of existence. Follow Ryan on Threads! https://www.threads.net/@paaperclips Follow Matt on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/mattontech.bsky.social Check out Matt's website! https://mattontech.me/ Buy Matt's book on Everquest! https://bossfightbooks.com/products/everquest-by-matthew-s-smith Shout-out Song: Invincible Artist: Eldorias Album: N/A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HltvffCEpSU End Song: No King Rules Forever Artist: J. Benjamin Scott Album: N/A https://jb

The World of Warcraft followed up it's wildly successful launch with an equally successful and important decision. They released an expansion. Joining me to talk about the first expansion in WoW's long history is friend of the show Mick Arcade! We talk about our thoughts on the new races added, the new zones, flying and much more. Make sure you come back next week for the finale in my 3 part World of Warcraft series in honor of it's 20th anniversary! Follow Mick on Twitter! https://twitter.com/mickarcade Shout-out Song: The Burning Legion Artist: Russell Brower Album: The Burning Crusade Soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYLkENCsZQ End Song: Karazhan Theme - Piano Cover Artist: Eldorias Album: N/A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUBX0LJ85gQ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

World of Warcraft is 20 years old! It's hard to believe Blizzard's wildly successful MMO has been around for that long but here we are. In this first episode of a 3 part celebration of World of Warcraft, I am joined by friends of the show Jamie and Tristan! Tristan is the one who got me into WoW so I am so happy to have him back on the show after a long time and Jamie is one of the biggest WoW fans I know. We discuss some of the history surrounding the game, our favorite memories, which zone we liked to hang out in, Barrens chat and so much more. Check back next week for an epsiode on Burning Crusade! Shout-out Song: Heart of the moon Artist: katethegreat19 Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02929 End Song: Legends of Warcraft Artist: PSK Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04122 Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

The 3rd pillar is officially 20 years old now! That's hard for me to stomach personally. I still feel like the system can't be that old but here we are. Joining me not to talk about feeling old but to celebrate all things Nintendo DS is author Aidan Moher and podcaster Bill Barber of the Gaming & Collecting Podcast. We had a wonderful conversation talking about the history of the console, it's legacy overall and also how much we wish game devs would try new ideas out like they did on the DS. Come celebrate 20 years of the DS with us! Follow Aidan on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/aidanis.fun Follow Bill on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/gandcstudios.bsky.social Shout-out Song: DSi Shop (Remastered) Artist: Bedrock Solid Album: N/A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsGQ-O9lEcA End Song: Where It All Began (Pokemon Lab from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl) Artist: Chris Kohler Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04272 Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check

Magic Ensues! This week the co-host with the mo-host Dexter Morrill returns to talk about the 4th episode of the Legend of Zelda cartoon. This was arguably the best episode of the show so far and that's not saying much cause so far the Zelda cartoon as been tough for us to watch. But never the less we talk about how magic ensues, wall witches, Gibdas and more! Follow Dexter on Twitter! https://twitter.com/dextermorrill Shout-out Song: Overworld Artist: Dj Cutman Album: Triforce of Bass https://gamechops.com/triforce-of-bass/ End Song: I Am Error Artist: Dj Cutman Album: Triforce of Bass https://gamechops.com/triforce-of-bass/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

It's a surprise BONUS episode! Over on my patreon for the last 2 years I've been doing a James Bond movie podcast called Still Bonding. All 25 Bond films have been covered and discussed in depth on there and I figured the best way to wrap the whole thing up was to do an "official" Bond movie ranking episode. Joining me to rank all 25 James Bond films are friends of the show Mel (birb.jamesbirb on Instagram) and Chris (britishbondaddict on Instagram). It took us nearly 4 hours to rank all of the films and this entire episode is not only out on Patreon like usual but also completely out in it's entirety for non-patrons! Follow along with our rankings and tell us what your personal Bond film ranking is. Follow Mel on Instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/birb.jamesbirb/ Follow Chris on Instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/britishbondaddict/ If you liked this episode and want to here ALL of the Still Bonding episodes sign up for my Patreon at the $5 level and get access to all 26 Still Bonding episodes a

From one patron poll to another! This week's episode was also voted for by my patrons for one of my quaterly patreon polls. This past quarter's theme was all boomer shooters. There were a lot of great games that could have won too, including the original Doom. But Warhammer 40000 Boltgun beat out the rest and joining me in all its space marine glory is friend of the show Ryan Kern. We talk about how the boomer shooter genre feels like it's been making a comeback, how this game shows off it's retro aesthetic and which weapons are arguably the best. It was a wonderful conversation about a game probably not a lot of people know about! Please note the music listed below is from the Boltgun soundtrack however that music is basically samples/snippets originally from the rock band D-Rok. If you would like to listen to D-Rok's only album please see below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGlza-6TwvE&list=PL4cW4wDSrvYODcM7VnzqfR9FPF6nMmlRD&index=1 Shout-out Song: Rock for the Emperor Artist: D-Rok Album: Boltg

To wrap up the first ever backlog month I am joined by friend of the show Mick Arcade to talk about Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII! This game brought out some varying emotions in me. At some points I really enjoyed my time with the game and was happy it got chosen. And then at other points I was frustrated beyond belief with how the story unfolds. But with this mix of feelings is it still worth playing Dirge of Cerberus in 2024? Is this really the most Nomura-ass game you will ever play? You will have to listen to find out! Follow Mick on Twitter! https://twitter.com/mickarcade Shout-out Song: Ahead on Our Way Artist: Rifti Beats Album: Chocobo & Chill 2 https://gamechops.com/chocobo-and-chill-2/ End Song: Final Fantasy VII feat. PianoDreams Artist: Rifti Beats Album: Chocobo & Chill https://gamechops.com/chocobo/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! http

Another hole in my backlog is filled! Well sort of. I'm joined by my original cohost with the mohost Justin to talk about the Sega classic ToeJam & Earl! This game was the only game I was not able to beat for backlog month. What was it about this game that made me not be able to finish it? It ended up being tough for me to answer but Justin and I break down a lot of the facets of this iconic game and what we felt ultimately still holds up and doesnt hold up all these years later. Follow Justin on Twitter! https://twitter.com/kitsuninjya Shout-out Song: Bumpin' Artist: Joshua Morse Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01735 End Song: Wake Up! Artist: Jake Kaufman Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00435 Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

Episode 2 of Backlog Month features vampires, werewolves and mysterious organization! This week Phil Morgan from the Deleted Saves Podcast returns to the show to talk about the Order 1886. We take a look at why this game didn't review well, why it holds up better than you think it would and much more! Please note this was recorded WAY before the news of Ready at Dawn at closed down. This makes this episode a little bittersweet. Check out Deleted Saves! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deleted-saves Follow Phil on Twitter! https://twitter.com/DeletedSaves Shout-out Song: Samus Shuffle [ Game Start Music ] Artist: bLiNd Album: Chozo Legacy https://gamechops.com/chozo-legacy/ End Song: Kindred (feat. Jillian Aversa) [ Lower Maridia ] Artist: bLiNd Album: Chozo Legacy https://gamechops.com/chozo-legacy/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/st

The first episode of the first backlog month is here! Four random games were chosen by my wonderful patrons and the first one being covered is Donkey Kong Country! Helping me discuss all of the blast barrels, aquatic ambience and golden bananas are returning friends of the show Dave Pietrangelo and Jiggylookback from Remember 64! This was my first time playing through the game in it's entirety. Does it hold up? How did I feel experiencing it for the first time all these years later? Listen and find out! Follow Remember 64 on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Remember64show Follow Jiggylookback on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jiggylookback Shout-out Song: Cave Beat (Donkey Kong Country (Mining Melancholy)) Artist: Joshua Morse Album: Arcade Attack https://gamechops.com/arcade-attack/ End Song: Welcome to Club Kong (DK Island Swing) ft. brentalfloss Artist: halc Album: Club Kong https://gamechops.com/club-kong/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by

Back to back interview episodes? This week I am joined by author Daryl Baxter to talk about his recently released book "50 years of Boss Fights"! One of my favorite parts of games is the boss fight so having a whole book celebrating that? I was all in. I had a wonderful conversation with Daryl about why he chose to write the book, his infleunces and his favorite boss fights! Follow Daryl on Twitter! https://twitter.com/darylbaxter Buy 50 Years of Boss Fights! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/50-Years-of-Boss-Fights-Hardback/p/50605 Shout-out Song: Boom Town Lounge Artist: Shane Mesa Album: Mother 4 Soundtraaaack!! https://gamechops.com/mother-4-ost/ End Song: Lead Poisoning (Bubble Man) Artist: ABSRDST Album: Boss Beats https://gamechops.com/boss-beats/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

One of the things I need to more on the show is interview indie game devs and this week's episode is my first attempt in a long while to do that. I'm joined by Australian game designer Sam Leitch to talk about his upcoming game Wren's Resurgence. Sam was incredibly kind and asked for feedback on his demo during the recording! It was a really fun experience for me to get a small peak behind the curtain of indie game development and I hope you all enjoy it as well! Follow Sam on Twitter! https://twitter.com/SoliloquyGames1 Check out Wren's Resurgence on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2728260/Wrens_Resurgence/ Shout-out Song: Aerith's Theme Artist: Dj CUTMAN & Azodi Album: N/A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H2LCB6_GQQ End Song: Disco Absolution Artist: Chjolo Album: N/A https://gamechops.com/disco-absolution/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https:/

PIDGET! Who ever thought Pokemon would appear in the Mario Super Show numerous years before Pokemon were invented!? Ok there isnt actually any Pokemon in the show but there are Pidgets from Mario 2 and they say their name's like they are from Pokemon so that counts right? Dexter Morrill and I break down episode 4 of the Super Mario Super Show. This episodes features, Marianne, Luigeena, harems and mirages. What more could you ask for!? Follow Dexter on Twitter! https://twitter.com/dextermorrill Shout-out Song: Fossill Falls Artist: Helynt Album: Mario & Chill 2 https://gamechops.com/mario-and-chill-2/ End Song: Mario Overworld (Super Mario Remix) Artist: Ben Briggs Album: Smooth McGroove Remixed https://gamechops.com/smooth-mcgroove-remixed/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod

It has been 25 years since the Sega Dreamcast came out. And while the system may have been short lived it's impact is still felt today. Joining me to talk all about Sega's final home console are my friends Andrew from The EXP Point and Coury from My Life in Gaming. We talk about Sega's follies leading up to the Dreamcast's launch, what the system did right and how unfortunate timing ultimately doomed the system. We also count down Andrew's top 10 Dreamcast games! Follow the EXP Point on Twitter! https://twitter.com/theEXPpoint Follow My Life in Gaming on Twitter! https://twitter.com/MyLifeInGaming Check out Here's My Question for You! https://linktr.ee/heresmypodcast Shout-out Song: Escape From The City (From “Sonic Adventure 2”) Artist: Qumu Album: Spindash 3 https://gamechops.com/spindash-3/ End Song: Chao Garden (From “Sonic Adventure 2 Battle”) [feat. Breakbeat Heartbeat]  Artist: Dj CUTMAN Album: Spindash 2 https://gamechops.com/spindash2/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/s

We all have backlogs. I usually pick games from it for my Patreon polls to help me work through it steadily. But sometimes I just pick a game off of it with no intention of playing it for the show and then I enjoy it so much I feel like I have to. Alan Wake was one of those games for me. Joining me on this episode are Phil Morgan from the Deleted Saves podcast and Matt aka Stormageddon to break down Alan Wake from Remedy Games. This episode delves into some heavy topics, expecially later on in the episode so please note the content warning below along with the time stamp for where that portion starts. Content warning: Suicide, Self Harm 1:47:19 Check out Deleted Saves! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deleted-saves Follow Phil on Twitter! https://twitter.com/DeletedSaves Check out the Fun and Games Podcast https://twitter.com/funandgamespod Follow Matt on Twitter! https://twitter.com/dj_stormageddon Shout-out Song: Tonberry Takeout (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles) Artist: Chjolo Album: Halloween http

WHERE IS SHE!? This week on the show it's all about the Dark Knight himself, Batman. I'm joined by one of my closest IRL friends Heather! Heather is one of the biggest Batman fans I know so I had to have her on the show to talk about her favorite super hero. We talk about our favorite elements of the game, we ask if it still holds up and we also imagine what would it be like if Batman brought the wrong explosive gel with him while fighting crime. Follow Heather on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/mashums/ Shout-out Song: Bonetrousle Artist: Flexstyle Album: Skeleton Brothers https://gamechops.com/4476-2/ End Song: Megalovania Artist: Flexstyle Album: Skeleton Brothers https://gamechops.com/wii-chill/ Get Still Loading Podcast merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod