Watch Out for Fireballs! 31: Arcades
Watch Out for Fireballs!
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🗓️ 18 October 2012
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grab the sticks and get to the bottom of why arcades are the best.
This episode is in the same vein as Episode 30. Recorded in person, both in-studio and in the field, Gary and Kole talk about arcade experiences in their entirety… from their smoky childhoods to their current-day selves exploring the arcade revival taking place in Portland, Oregon. Special thanks goes out to Ground Kontrol, the best goddamned arcade in Portland.
LINKS OF NOTE:
Blasteroids: www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7146
Hologram Time Traveler: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbl_23GwjJ8
Pryde of the X-Men: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEvVgjwGzNU
Lawrence of Arabia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)
AMBER Alert: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert
Cocktail Joust Cabinet: www.atariage.com/features/shows/o…humbnails/61.jpg
Willow Arcade Game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaEh6p6B_I8
Blazing Saddles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLNQv19YpG4
E-STIM: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_electrostimulation
Blood Wake: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Wake
The Goonies 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rbrC3CsRiw
Xbox Duke Controller: img260.imageshack.us/img260/8058/we…nspiration.jpg
Jarts: americantailgaterassociation.org/featured…8-hearts
Nibbler: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiOUAhzwIA0
Battlezone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctr54kopo8I
William Safire: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Safire
BurgerTime: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rnRRph4bcE
Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade -: groundkontrol.com/
Brave Firefighters: www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7212
Japanese Inputs: img213.imageshack.us/img213/2730/02…boonggahj6.jpg
ET Landfill: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial
Rock Revolution: www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/konam…-forgets-to-try/
The Earl of Lemongrab: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQaqLmpPO14
Just-World Hypothesis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis
Special When Lit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtj7D_yCJU
“Discover the Forgotten Masters” - PAX 2011: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMltRkgTqRg
Cthulhu Mouth Dogs: www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/OES.jpg
Galaxian 3 Cabinet: media.nerdblerp.com/uploaded/2010/1…galaxian3t6.jpg
Transcript
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| 0:28.0 | that the |
| 0:27.0 | Oh, |
| 0:28.0 | that the |
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| 0:30.0 | Oh, Oh, This is Cole Ross. You're listening to watch out for Fireballs. It's a retro video games podcast. |
| 0:48.0 | And this week we are talking about arcades in their entirety. |
| 0:52.0 | Yes. Yeah. The wire. about arcades in their entirety. |
| 0:53.0 | Yes, yeah, the widest possible scope of an episode. |
| 0:58.0 | So it's just kind of a special episode about arcades, taking the opportunity that we're in the same room together to kind of talk about a more general |
| 1:06.0 | subject and it doesn't hurt that both the Portland Retro Gaming Expo which we just did and Portland |
| 1:10.7 | Oregon itself has a fantastic arcade experience attached. |
| 1:14.8 | Yes, very much so, both of which are strongly centered around the establishment, |
| 1:18.4 | ground control. |
| 1:19.4 | What you have to say is one of the, one of the finest places I've ever been to. |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah, ground control was a reason I moved out here. |
| 1:27.0 | And ground control, so it is a bar, |
| 1:30.0 | so full service bar, with very good prices on drinks, drinks you know and as a man who drinks |
| 1:34.7 | positive it is a and then it is also a two-story arcade |
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