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Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast

Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast

Eddie Inzauto

Leisure

Frequency: 1 episode/21d. Total Eps: 82

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Smashing Bricks is a retro games podcast in which aging gamers look back on games from 20 or more years ago, with each episode following a replay of one spotlighted game. Host Eddie Inzauto and guests talk history and discuss the newfound appreciation—or perhaps disillusionment—resulting from these book-club-style revisitations. Crank the nostalgia dial up to 10 and get ready to start...Smashing Bricks!
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Smashing Bricks 33: Banjo-Tooie

Season 3 · Episode 33

lundi 14 octobre 2024 • Duration 01:18:34

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 next month!

Smashing Bricks Bonus Round Episodes are now available to all Fire Flower tier (and higher) Patreon Patrons! These amazing episodes post on the 28th of each month, and I really want as many of you to hear them as possible, so I've made it easier to be a part of that audience! Be sure to check them out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.smashingbricks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Smashing Bricks has a Discord server! Follow this link to join our community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.smashingbricks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠playlist.smashingbricks.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠amazon.smashingbricks.com⁠⁠⁠

And again, if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and even get yourself some brand new bonus episodes, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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SB Bonus Round 32.5 Preview: Top 5 (Or More) XBLA Games

Season 3

samedi 28 septembre 2024 • Duration 05:56

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 encourages you to support the show on Patreon!

⁠patreon.smashingbricks.com⁠

This month's episode on Number None's Xbox Live Arcade game, Braid, had me thinking about what the best XBLA games of all time were, so Jason and I put together a list of our favorites for you. There are categories, honorable mentions, our top 5s, and more! Check out Patreon for the full episode.

And please comment in the Discord about YOUR favorite XBLA games. There's a channel for Bonus Round topics now! ⁠discord.smashingbricks.com⁠

Smashing Bricks 28: Demon's Souls

Season 3 · Episode 28

mercredi 15 mai 2024 • Duration 01:13:17

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 miss the brand new monthly Bonus Episode announcement in today's episode!

Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to join our community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and even get yourself some brand new bonus episodes, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 27: Pokemon Red and Blue

Season 3 · Episode 27

lundi 15 avril 2024 • Duration 01:22:55

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 games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 26: Final Fantasy IX

Season 3 · Episode 26

vendredi 15 mars 2024 • Duration 01:10:02

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 community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 25: Sonic the Hedgehog

Season 3 · Episode 25

jeudi 15 février 2024 • Duration 01:13:16

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 this link to join our community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Season 2 · Episode 24

lundi 15 janvier 2024 • Duration 01:10:18

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 server! Follow this link to join our community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 23: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Part 2 - The Retro Replay)

Season 2 · Episode 23

vendredi 15 décembre 2023 • Duration 01:18:57

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 legacy, as well as our personal histories with the game.

Make sure you listen until the end of this second part of the podcast 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 games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 23: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Part 1 - History and Legacy)

Season 2 · Episode 23

vendredi 15 décembre 2023 • Duration 01:05:29

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 experiences and evaluations.

Make sure you listen until the end (of Part 2) 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 games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Smashing Bricks 22: Gradius Collection

Season 2 · Episode 22

mercredi 15 novembre 2023 • Duration 01:09:03

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 link to join our community and chat about games, the podcast, and anything else your heart desires! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/gfnpx62JzS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You're invited to join the discussion with your comments on our current and upcoming titles or any past game we've played. You can also make suggestions for games you'd like to hear about on future episodes! Check out the Smashing Bricks Playlist and help me fill in the gaps, or let me know that a game that's already on the list is a must-play for the show!

Here's that link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5kxVLc12amW4gbG80DzhEItUNmUi-Mh9yiKdfncJuM/edit?usp=sharing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

And if you'd like to go above and beyond to support the show and help make it better and add more content, donate a few bucks a month via Patreon:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/SmashingBricks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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