Hello gang, and welcome back (finally) to an all-new episode of The Arcade! We’ve been away for the last few weeks, so we’ve got a bit of catching up to do. As always, this episode starts with the Ludicrous Leadoff, which this time has us talking about yet another Pokémon card that sold for wayyyy too much money. We keep the money talk going while also discussing a common theme so far in 2022: mergers & acquisitions. We’ll discuss the announced plans for Epic Games to acquire the website Ban...
Mar 06, 2022
Hi gang, and thanks for returning to The Arcade. We start this all-new episode off two with Ludicrous Leadoffs, the first of which has us talking about a classic episode of The Simpsons! I mean, any excuse to discuss a classic episode is alright with us. Specifically, we’re talking about the “22 Short Films About Springfield” from the show’s seventh season as one segment from it has been turned into a point-and-click adventure game available to play now. In the second Ludicrous Leadoff, we spend...
Feb 06, 2022
Hey to all you cool cats and welcome back to The Arcade. We start this all-new episode off with the two craziest stories from the last little while in our Ludicrous Leadoffs. First up, we let you know about the newly announced biopic about “Weird Al” Yankovic that’s set to star Daniel Radcliffe. In the other Ludicrous Leadoff, (which doubles as our first meaty news story), we talk about Microsoft’s announced acquisition of Activision Blizzard. We’ll break down the details, what might happen to c...
Jan 23, 2022
Come one, come all, as we here at The Arcade return to you for the first time in 2022! We hope all of you out there managed to survive the holidays, as well as the past 12 months, and are glad that we can be back together again. On this episode, we look back at the year that was 2021 with a focus on some of its bigger stories. In a strange twist, none of the big stories actually involve video games. I guess that just shows what a strange year it was, huh? Instead, we’ll discuss the rise of GameS...
Jan 09, 2022
Come on in everybody, and thanks for joining us on The Arcade’s 15th annual Christmas Music Special! The M.O. for this show is to bring you music for the season you probably haven’t heard before. And boy howdy, do we deliver on that once again this year. Kicking off this year’s show is the Ludicrous Leadoffs, which are themed around internet humor and Christmas comedy. What falls into that category, you might ask? Well, Jon Lajoie for starters, followed by Garfunkel & Oates, the band My Dick...
Dec 19, 2021
Hi gang, and thanks for joining us once again after an unplanned week away. We start this week’s episode off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs that are both video game-related! Truly, a strange occurrence. In the first Ludicrous Leadoff, we attempt to understand why a new game is being released for the Wii U eShop, (because that’s a thing that’s happening), followed by learning about a mod for Skyrim VR which lets users cast spells using only their minds. The gaming news portion of the show starts wit...
Dec 12, 2021
Hello world, and thanks for plugging us into your earholes! We start this episode, as always, with the Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first story, we let you know how you can make a cool $200,000 simply by letting a robot walk around wearing your face. In the second Ludicrous Leadoff, we discuss what sure sounds to us like a scam with news of a company selling a virtual tract of land for over $2 million. Speaking of things that sound to use like a scam, we move out of the Ludicrous Leadoffs with an ...
Nov 28, 2021
Hey party people, thanks for tuning in for more Arcade goodness! This week, we open the show with fraud-centric Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we have a chuckle about a man who is now being charged in the USA for using his emergency business loan to buy a Pokémon card. In the second Ludicrous Leadoff, we talk about a software developer from Australia who has scrapped together a whole bunch of NFT’s and made them available for download on something called The NFT Bay. Moving on from the scammy...
Nov 21, 2021
Hey gang, and welcome back to The Arcade for our first episode in the month of November! On the episode this week, we feature a rundown of mostly business-related gaming news items. First up is our Ludicrous Leadoff where we discuss recently announced plans for the FaZe Clan e-Sports gaming team to become a publicly-traded entity on the New York Stock Exchange. After that, we discuss a very big acquisition from the company behind the Unity engine as they’re acquiring the Weta visual effects comp...
Nov 14, 2021
Come one, come all and listen if you dare, to our Halloween show that will give you a scare. The plan this year is to make Halloween killer, with songs aplenty that give you a chiller. We play tunes about people who like to kill, all to give you people a great big thrill. There’s music about psychos and songs with horns. There’s even a song about that dreaded candy corn. So open your ears and let the sound flow in between as we bring you this show for Halloween. Continue reading →...
Oct 29, 2021
Hey gang, and thanks for joining us once again. On this all-new episode of The Arcade, we start things off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs. First up, we cover already traveled ground as once again, somebody on a message board has leaked classified military documents to try and win an argument on the internet. In the second Ludicrous Leadoffs, we discuss being able to buy games for the Intellivision Amico, even though the system itself isn’t even close to being released. With the opening ludicrousnes...
Oct 17, 2021
Ahoi hoi, friends, and thanks for joining us on another new episode of The Arcade. We start this week’s show, as usual, with our Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we share what name you cannot use for your character in Amazon’s recently released MMO, and, in the second, we discuss the newly announced voice cast for the Super Mario movie. After that, we continue by giving our thoughts on the most recent Nintendo Direct video, giving our thoughts on the N64 and Sega games coming to Switch online, ...
Oct 03, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Welcome one and welcome all to another new episode of The Arcade. We start this week’s show off with two news items about gaming-themed collectibles going for some pretty healthy prices, followed by the announcement from Razer about their plans to make finger condoms for mobile gamers. With the Ludicrous Leadoffs out of the way, we move on to discuss the new stage of the lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games; that being Epic Games filing to appeal the judge’s ruling handed down last week. After t...
Sep 19, 2021
Hey all you cool peoples, thanks for joining us on an unintentionally super-sized episode of The Arcade! We start the show off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs that are, once again, focused on NFTs. In the first, we share news of what may, (or may not), have been a fake Banksy NFT that sold for a six-figure sum, while in the second, we try and wrap our heads around the $24 million price paid for a collection of bored ape NFTs. Somehow, we manage to squeeze in an additional Ludicrous Leadoff, this tim...
Sep 12, 2021
Hey y’all, and thanks for joining us here for more Arcade audio goodness! On the show this week, we start off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs focused on really expensive collectible items. In the first story, we discuss the record price that was recently set from the sale of a Honus Wagner baseball card and, in the second story, we share how much an unopened box of Legend of Zelda for the NES was auctioned off for the Goodwill in America. In our news portion of the show, we relay the story of EA act...
Aug 29, 2021
Hey y’all, it’s good to be back with you after a brief absence last week. On this new episode, we start off, as always, with two Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we’re talking once again about NFT’s as there’s quite possibly a new low for what useless piece of digital art people will now buy. And, in our second Ludicrous Leadoff, we have a Science Goes Crazy story for you as scientists have now been able to grow small brains in a lab that have developed very basic eyeballs. With all the lunacy ...
Aug 22, 2021
Hey gang, it’s good to be back with you after a few weeks away. We kick this episode off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs centered around Super Mario Bros. From the NES. In the first, we share news of a ridiculous new speedrun record that was set in the game, blindfolded. In the second, we fill you in on the sale of a classic copy of Super Mario Bros. setting a record for the highest price paid to date for a classic video game. After all the Super Mario Bros. news, we stay on the Nintendo train by di...
Aug 08, 2021
Hey gang, let’s dive into some new Arcade audio goodness! Kicking off the show this week is our two Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we discuss the extent that one military game fan went to in order to win an argument online. In the second Ludicrous Leadoff, we recap some of the ridiculous prices paid for some classic games last week at Heritage Auctions. In the news portion of this episode, we start with the story that so made plenty of headlines, the news of Valve releasing their own portable...
Jul 18, 2021
Hey gang, and thanks for listening to another episode of The Arcade! We start this week’s show with three ridiculous Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we pass along a news story about a businessman in the tech world who wants to launch a worldwide universal basic income. Sounds good, right? Maybe it sounds almost too good to be true? Well, it probably is because all the guy wants is to scan your retinas in exchange for a crypto UBI. Staying on the topic of money, we have two Ludicrous Leadoffs a...
Jul 11, 2021
Hello all, and welcome to our last episode for this month of June. We start this show with two Ludicrous Leadoffs, both of which focus on money. In the first, we share the story of a rare Atari 2600 game being found in a bit by Goodwill and eventually selling at auction for a good chunk of change. In the second Ludicrous Leadoff, we fill you in on how much the recent charitable bundle from Itch.Io raised for Palestinian relief efforts. In the meat & potatoes gaming news of the show, we start...
Jun 27, 2021
Hey all, and thanks for joining us for our E3 2021 recap show! Before diving into the big news and notes from this year's event, we start with the rarest of all things... an E3-themed Ludicrous Leadoff! Yes, Microsoft took time during their event to announce they'd start releasing an Xbox branded mini-fridge, so you just know we have to have our say about that. From there, we dig into the Nintendo E3 Direct video with its reveals and announcements of a new 2D Metroid game, a new WarioWare game, ...
Jun 20, 2021
Hey all, and welcome for more Arcade goodness after an unplanned week away. This episode is a bit of hodge-podge, but starts the same way as every other episode, with the Ludicrous Leadoffs! In the first Ludicrous Leadoff, we discuss the odd-shaped Chicken McNugget that sold for wayyyy too much on eBay, while in the second, we share details of the $200 million lawsuit that was recently presented to Roblox. After the Ludicrous Leadoffs, it's time for a bit of hardware talk as we have the release ...
Jun 13, 2021
Hey gang, thanks for joining us on this all-new episode! We start things off with not one, but two NFT-themed Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we share news of Dan Harmon and Fox working together on a blockchain-centric animated series, while in the second, we have another example of NFT's jumping the shark. In the regular gaming news portion of the show, we discuss Valve reportedly building a Switch-like handheld device of their very own. After that, we talk about Nintendo's Switch with news c...
May 30, 2021
Howdy, y'all, and welcome back for more Arcade audio goodness. As a special treat, we've got a super-sized episode for you this week! We start off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs which has us discussing Flappy Bird being reincarnated as a MacOS notification, followed by having a chuckle over how the Apple vs. Epic Games trial got started. Speaking of that Apple vs. Epic Games trial, we discuss one of the bigger revelations to come from it so far, that being the reveal that Fortnite has made over $9 ...
May 08, 2021
Hey everybody! It's a brand-new episode for a brand-new month here at The Arcade. This week, we start off two more Ludicrous Leadoffs focused on large sums of money. In the first, we have the details on yet another Pokémon card selling for a six-figure sum, while in the second, we let you in on how much a very limited edition is selling for on eBay. From there, we have more money-related gaming stories beginning with Sega recently announcing a deal to wade into the NFT waters later this summer, ...
May 02, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Ahoy hoy world, and welcome back for more audio-based good times here on The Arcade! This week, we start the show off with two very different Ludicrous Leadoffs. In the first, we discuss what video game franchise is being turned into Mister Men and Little Miss books, while in the second, we share the incredible news of NASA being able to create oxygen on Mars. Turning to the video game news, we give our thoughts on the International Olympic Committee announcing their own eSports event ahead of t...
Apr 25, 2021
Well hi there world, and thanks for coming back. On this episode of The Arcade, we start things off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs centered around everybody's favorite new buzzworthy tech acronym, NFT's. First, we share news of an Edward Snowden portrait NFT going for over 2,200 Ether before moving on to discuss the shameless attempt at a cash grab NFT being done by the duo behind the song “Pac-Man Fever” from the 1980s. After the NFT talk, we move on to discussing real dollars and cents with word ...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Welcome one and welcome all to our first show for the month of April! We start this show with several stories in our Ludicrous Leadoffs. First up, we discuss the shell of Atari getting in on the NFT craze by selling a bunch of Centipede-themed pieces before moving on to share some crazy, just stupid, six-figure prices that were paid for a Pokémon card and a rare, early copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES. Following the talk of large sums of money, we share news of Sony shutting down the digita...
Apr 11, 2021
Howdy, gang, and welcome back for yet more Arcade fun and excitement! On this episode, we start things off with two Ludicrous Leadoffs centered around unusual branding partnerships with video game characters. In the first, we tell you how Pokémon are being used to try and protect you from the sun, while in the second, we talk about Pringles inventing a new flavor of chip based on a bird from the Halo franchise. After the opening funny business, we discuss a huge release of prototypes and early v...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 50 min
Hey gang, and welcome back for more audio adventures! We start this week's show with two Ludicrous Leadoffs pulled from the increasingly popular world of cryptocurrency. In the first, we discuss Atari's plans to launch a cryptocurrency casino and, in the second we give our thoughts on the digital art piece that sold at auction for a whopping $69 million. Speaking of big-money deals, that leads nicely into our first “regular” news item, which is Microsoft closing the deal to officially acquire Ze...
Mar 21, 2021
