Episode 201

Talking video games with our NJ friends….
Joe Santulli, co-founder of Digital Press, Classic Gaming Expo, and the Video Game History Museum.
Frankie V, member of the Digital Press Podcast.

In this episode:

• celebrity deaths (Sally Ride, Leroy Neiman, Rodney King, Ernest Borgnine, Nora Ephron, Sherman Hemsley, and Sage Stallone),
• Steve Martin and Steven Seagal doing bad Italian accents,
• the lights turned out on Bruce Springsteen’s concert with Paul McCartney in London,
• High Score (2006) documentary (watch on Hulu),
• Missile Command,
• was The King of Kong (starring Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe) a fraud?,
• a YouTube video featuring accusations by video game record holder Dwayne Richard,
• former and current Donkey Kong champs Tim Sczerby and Hank Chien,
• the Twin Galaxies video game record board,
• would a dog raise a human baby?,
• What Ever Happened To? (Teri Hatcher, Lauren Graham, and Carlos Mencia),
• Gallagher does a GEICO commercial (video),
• Sugar Daddy and other bad hard candy,
• annoying door-to-door cable television salespeople,
• knowledgeable forum dslreports.com,
• Dolph Lundgren is actually a chemical engineer,
• Fred Willard may or may not have pulled a Pee-wee Herman,
• Rob invented dine-in movie theaters,
• poor presentation of a film at an AMC theater,
• interview with founder of Digital Press Videogames Joe Santulli,
• his decision to go from game collector to retailer,
• what does his wife think of his collecting?,
• Atari Airborne Avenger pinball wall art (photo),
• what you’ll find in the Digital Press store in Clifton, NJ,
• rare and unique items “in the wild” traded into the store,
• video game grading services,
• monthly NAVA (North Atlantic Videogame Aficionados) gatherings,
• the concept behind the Video Game History Museum,
• is the future of gaming fully downloadable content?,
• promoting the community aspect of gaming,
• our interview with Frankie V. of the Digital Press Video Game Podcast,
• gory horror arcade game Chiller by Exidy,
• Atari Lynx,
• great Lynx games like Electrocop,
• is Sony’s PlayStation Vita this generation’s Lynx?,
• the open platform game system Ouya,
• a return to hobby-developed gaming like in the 1980s,
• Android and iOS gaming vs. traditional portable consoles,
• and “crowdsourcing” via Kickstarter.

Visit dpvideogames.com for more information on the Digital Press store and the audio/video podcasts!

Pictures taken during the July 28, 2012, NAVA gathering at Digital Press in Clifton, NJ:
Flickr – Digital Press in Clifton, NJ 7/28/2012

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