The Pocket Arcade and Retro Podcast
Join Neil Cairns and Marc Bell in a pocket sized dose of arcade and retro game discussion! Neil and Marc discuss barcade events and competitions, console games, arcade games, pinball, computer games, and the general culture around gamings best times.
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Episodes
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
The male bag delivers a meaty package this episode. Everyone knows the gobby bros love a good phallus, and so they go deep on the concept of the Sunk Cost Fallacy. What does that mean in terms of gaming, and more specifically, how Neil and Marc see that impacting, or not impacting, their strategies and gameplay.
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
In this episode of PARP, Neil catches a whole bunch of EVO and provides his thoughts on Mortal Kombat 11, Melty Blood, King of Fighters, and Street Fighter 6. While Marc picks up some super rare games like Great Giana Sisters and Avenger on the C64, and watches the big one get away with one extremely rare game lost to the sands of time (lost in the post)...
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Saturday Aug 05, 2023
Hot off the presses world records, competition results, as well as the usual stuff that Neil and Marc have been up to. The guys also talk about their pile of shame - games that are gathering dust and not getting the love they deserve. All in this pocket sized episode!
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
The big BPAC wrap-up episode! Neil and Marc are still recovering from nearly two weeks of drinking, talking, and playing games, but they are back to finish up the winners and grinners of the competitions, as well as their own personal highlights of this enormous event. The post BPAC blues are real, so time to start counting down the days to BPAC 2024!
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
The Ghost Bros, in person! At least, for them... Neil and Marc catch up face to face to record episode 36 from the floor of the mighty BPAC! The guys discuss the first few days of competitions and catchups, and then are unexpectedly joined by a few walk ins: Geoff Sutter of the Pressing the Points Podcast, and Dennis Edmunds of the Play It Up Podcast. Don't you just love it when you randomly fall into a threesome!
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
A massive arcade episode! Neil and Marc discuss their top 5 arcade games of all time, and then talk about the recently revealed list of games for the Australian Arcade Championships 2023. All 25 of them!
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Neil plays a bit more DK and has some revelations in Spectar. Marc gets nowhere in setting up the Betsu / OSSC arcade capture and has a rare piece of Nintendo arcade history arrive. Then the guys chat about a bunch of tournaments and results, and the announcement of Karl Jobst coming to BPAC 2023!
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Neil almost squeaks out a new record score for Donkey Kong at Netherworld, Marc messes about with a Betsu, OSSC and an Elgato (whatever that means), and the final wrap on the 'in the spirit of the game' topic. Keep it in your pants!
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
This week Neil and Marc dig into the idea of "not in the spirit of the game". What does that mean, and is it even a valid stance to take in the context of high level play? They'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject too so email pocketarcadepodcast@gmail.com !
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Getting drunk, losing teeth, getting PBs, and anticipation for BPAC. Just another week for the Ghost Bros!