Shall we play a (video) game?

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Today we're talking all about video games,  both what they were like when we were kids and what they've evolved into. From Pacman to Space Invaders, Donkey Kong to Pitfall, and even the OG Pong, we're spilling the tea on our top three all-time favorite games from back in the day. Oh and admit it - whether you were rocking arcade adventures and console classics in the basement with your crew or diving solo into a computer classic, we were all  as competitive as our Facebook group. So, toss in that quarter and get those joystick skills warmed up, because this one's gonna rock!

Episode links

• Best Video Games That Defined Generation X
• Back to the Classics: Video Games Then and Now
• Best 10 Atari 2600+ Games to Feed Your Nostalgia
• Pizza hut Pacman table
• Pong
• Tabletop Pacman game
• Hotter than Mothers Music Tee shirt
• Dave & Busters Arcade
• Intellivision
• ColecoVision
• Handheld Mattel football game
• The Legend of Zelda
• Myst game
• Purple Game Boy
• Nostalgic gaming: how playing the video games of your youth reconnects you to yourself
• Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration
• Google Doodle Pacman
• Twitch
• Vibrating football game

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