Note - This episode originally aired in May 2024. I've decided to add all Bonus Round episodes, sequentially and on a 14-month delay, to the main feed, so that EVERYONE can enjoy these fun, classic gaming banter sessions. Patrons will still get NEW Bonus Round episodes every month. Bonus Round 42.5 - Our Top 5 JRPGs just went live a few days ago, so if you'd like to catch up, head over to Patreon and support the show at the Fire Flower level or higher. www.patreon.com/smashingbricks ~~~~~~~~...
Jul 01, 2025•53 min•Ep. 28
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we head back to 1989 to gather 8 melodies and sing an alien into submission in Earthbound Beginnings (aka Mother) for the Nintendo Famicom. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Jason Fanelli as we fight a multitude of random battles in this 8-bit JRPG. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now available to all F...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 42
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we spend 3184 Rupees in 2002 money to pay some weirdo to decipher maps in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the Nintendo GameCube. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and regular guest Anthony LaBella as we sail the Great Sea in the most infamously cartoony Zelda game ever made. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now avai...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we live the entire geological history of earth (but specifically the year 1992) in E.V.O.: Search for Eden for the Super Nintendo! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and regular guest Anthony LaBella as we evolve into dozens of creatures in this unique, 16-bit side-scroller. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now available to ...
Apr 14, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 40
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we travel back to 1998 and we play the closest thing to single-player Advanced Dungeons & Dragons on our PCs via BioWare's Baldur's Gate! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest James Carter of the Cane and Rinse podcast as we explore the Sword Coast of the Forgotten Realms! Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes ar...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we're revisiting 1993 and the world's very first Doom Clone! It's...well, it's DOOM for MS-DOS! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Kyle Stallock of the brand-new Endgame Recap podcast as we fight the demon hordes of Hell on Mars in this seminal first-person shooter. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now av...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 38
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we're revisiting 2004 and the era of chicken-chasing and salad-dodging in Fable for the Microsoft Xbox. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Leon Cox of the Cane & Rinse podcast as we check the guild for a new quest card in this 3D action RPG. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now available to all Fire F...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 37Ep. 4
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we're heading back exactly 36 years to Christmas Eve of 1988 to defeat the evil Dr. Wily and his Robot Masters in Mega Man 2. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Brian Brandes as we embody the Blue Bomber himself, Mega Man, in this classic Capcom NES game. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now available to ...
Dec 24, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we're heading back to 1996 to hunt for mysterious, ancient treasures in Tomb Raider for the Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, and...what the heck is that?! A DINOSAUR?! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Anthony LaBella as we very carefully line up Lara Croft's jumps in this historic action/adventure/platforming title. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next mon...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we head back to 1991—the golden age of coin-ops—and 491...ish?—the golden age of Camelot—in Knights of the Round for the Arcade...aaaand Super Nintendo! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and Auroch Digital's Peter Willington as we hack, slash, and fail to block incoming attacks in this side-scrolling beat-em-up game with swords! Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! Sm...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 34
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we're headed to the year 2000 to stop a reanimated witch skeleton from zombifying a cast of cuddly characters in Banjo-Tooie for the Nintendo 64! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest and Editor-in-Chief of GamesIndustry.biz James Batchelor as we collect a shameful number of jigsaw puzzle pieces in this 3D platform adventure. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of n...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Hey Retro Gamers, welcome back to Bonus Round! These monthly podcast episodes are Patreon Exclusives and available at the Tanooki level of support or higher. Each month, my guest and I will put together some sort of list, ranking, or otherwise fun conversation, usually related to that month's main episode. These wil be released on the 28th of each month, and hopefully will be the dessert you've been missing after the main course episode two weeks earlier! Enjoy this short preview. I hope it enco...
Sep 28, 2024•6 min
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks we travel back in time to 2008 and then travel back in time repeatedly—perhaps too much—in Braid for Xbox Live Arcade. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Jason Fanelli as we takle some of the toughest time-bending platforming puzzles in this landmark title from Jonathan Blow and Number None. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! ALSO: Don't forget th...
Sep 14, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Hey Retro Gamers, welcome back to Bonus Round! These monthly podcast episodes are Patreon Exclusives and available at the Tanooki level of support or higher. Each month, my guest and I will put together some sort of list, ranking, or otherwise fun conversation, usually related to that month's main episode. These wil be released on the 28th of each month, and hopefully will be the dessert you've been missing after the main course episode two weeks earlier! Enjoy this short preview. I hope it enco...
Aug 28, 2024•5 min
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, it's 2001 and we've crash landed on a strange and mysterious planet in Pikmin for the Nintendo GameCube! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and special guest Mason from Game Boys in the Wild as we enlist the help of adorable plantimals to explore and locate our lost ship parts in this unique take on the real-time strategy and puzzle genres. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of ne...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Hey Retro Gamers, welcome back to Bonus Round! These monthly podcast episodes are Patreon Exclusives and available at the Tanooki level of support or higher. Each month, my guest and I will put together some sort of fun list, ranking, or otherwise fun conversation, usually related to that month's main episode. These wil be released on the 28th of each month, and hopefully will be the dessert you've been missing after the main course episode two weeks earlier! Enjoy this short preview; I hope it ...
Jul 28, 2024•8 min
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we experience the psychological horror of Silent Hill 2 for the PlayStation 2. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and special guest Nolan from New Game Plus as we follow the guidance of a bizzare letter beckoning us to the town of Silent Hill in this 2001 horror game from Team Silent and Konami. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 14th of next month! ALSO: Don't forget that Smashing Bri...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 30
Hey Retro Gamers, welcome back to Bonus Round! These monthly podcast episodes are Patreon Exclusives and available at the Tanooki level of support or higher. Each month, my guest and I will put together some sort of fun list, ranking, or otherwise fun conversation, usually related to that month's main episode. These wil be released on the 28th of each month, and hopefully will be the dessert you've been missing after the main course episode two weeks earlier! Enjoy this short preview; I hope it ...
Jun 28, 2024•9 min
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we use the force...and blasters...and LIGHTSABERS in Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and regular guest Kyle Stallock as we follow the trials and tribulations of Kyle Katarn in Raven Software's 2002 first- and third-person shooter/action game Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast for the PC, GameCube, and Xbox. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next mont...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Hey Retro Gamers! Welcome to Smashing Bricks Bonus Round! This is a new addition to Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast, and will be available in full to Patreon supporters contributing at the approriate tier. The main podcast feed will include short previews like this one to give you an idea of what to expect, and hopefully encourage you to join in on the fun via Patreon. You can see all of the details about becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/smashingbricks "I've got favorite SoulsBourneR...
May 28, 2024•8 min
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we lull the Old One to its eternal slumber in Demon's Souls. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and regular guest Anthony LaBella as we explore the lands surrounding the kingdom of Boletaria, slaying demons and collecting powerful souls in FromSoftware's 2009 action role-playing game Demon's Souls for the PlayStation 3. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! ALSO: Don't...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we've gotta catch 'em all in Pokemon Red and Blue. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and Eric from The Board Game Dojo as we strive to be the very best, like no one ever was, in this 1996/1998 Game Boy game from Game Freak and Nintendo. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to join our community and chat about...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we embark on an journey of existential proportions in Final Fantasy IX. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Jason Fanelli as we go on an epic adventure to save the world of Gaia in Square's 2000 RPG, Final Fantasy IX, for the Sony PlayStation. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to join our...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we're spiny, spinny, speedy, and blue in Sonic the Hedgehog! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and Leon Cox of the Cane and Rinse podcast as we navigate loop-de-loops, springboards, bumpers, spike pits, lava pools, and enemy robots in 1991's Sonic the Hedgehog for the SEGA Genesis. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow ...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we're heroes in a halfshell, and we're green! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Mark Besada of the Board Game Barrage podcast as we use our swords, bo staff, sais, and nuchucks to fight the foot clan and defeat the evil Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES! Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord serv...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we seal away the evil Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and James Carter of the Cane and Rinse Podcast as we recount our retro replay experiences with Nintendo's Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64. This will be "Part 2: The Present" of this Podcast of Time, a season-ending, double-length episode. "Part 1: The Past" is also available on the podcast feed and features Ocarina of Time's history and leg...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we become the Hero of Time in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and James Carter of the Cane and Rinse Podcast as we delve into the history and legacy of Nintendo's Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64, as well as our histories with the game. This will be "Part 1: The Past" of this Podcast of Time, a season-ending, double-length episode. "Part 2: The Present" will follow immediately with our retro replay experien...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we lose all of our virtual quarters in Gradius Collection! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Anthony LaBella as we pilot the Vic Viper space fighter ship through a series of 5 games in Konami's 2006 compilation release, Gradius Collection, for the Sony PSP. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this ...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Happy Halloween retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we monitor a closed-circuit surveillance system to safeguard a teen slumber party in Night Trap! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Kyle Stallock as we uncover the mystery of the missing kids at the Martin Winery Estate in Digital Pictures' 1992 FMV game, Night Trap, for the SEGA CD. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks ...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we combat the paranormal in New Ghostbusters II! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Peter Willington as we zap and trap all over New York City in the little movie tie-in that could, HAL Laboratory's New Ghostbusters II for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Next Episode: An extra biweekly episode in just two weeks! A Halloween Special Episode: Night Trap on SEGA CD with Kyle Stallock! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play throug...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 20
