The Taste Test: Retro gaming with flavour!

The Taste Test returns with more spooky games, and who better to deliver horror hilarity then our guest Sheldon from the Graveyard Shift Horror With Sheldon and Mike podcast. Brandon is out celebrating Weed Day so it's just Ivan keeping Mike in line.

This year we review:

Ghostbusters 2

Gremlins 2

Castlevania 3

Enjoy :)

We were requested to cover Short Order / Eggsplode by listener Jason Wells, but due to technical difficulties we couldn't play it. So rather than face this with any other power pad game, we decided to cover EVERY power pad game and the power pad itself.

We get distracted with Canadian culture, and other beaver talk, and some impromptu karaoke and blasphemy. and then Brandon reveals he's reading Mike's notes, poorly. We take numerous stabs at Japanese culture and each other as well. Brandon experiences lag that you won't hear cause we record our tracks separate, but the banter is good so we kept it.

This is either our worst or best. Enjoy

Ivan gets promoted to Sous-Chef as Brandon is out with a case of working his actual job

Today's offering is Dick Tracy for the NES, a game that took on a lot of risks and didn't hit all the marks but offered a unique experience

Todays offering is Ninja Gaiden, the NES classic. Renowned for its challenge, can the Taste Test crew withstand the challenges of a true ninja? No. We can't.

We got a gift for you fine listeners! We get dangerous on the Taste Test as we serve up roast duck and talk about the terror that flaps in the NES, and if it holds up.

Mike and Brandon are back with the Taste Test, and we have pressed previous PWP guest Ivan K into service. We tackle the Belmont Curse and share our harrowing adventures during the horrible nights to have it.

We are back. Well at least the Taste Test. Ben from the Playing With Power Podcast asked us to do a Sega RPG and we went with one of the best regarded, Phantasy Star 4. It was ... divisive. Mike loved it and Brandon. Well have a listen and see how Brandon gets the story.

so this episode is dedicated to Ben. for all it's worth.

We finished our review but there was so much more banter we couldn't have a single outtake. There's just someone in Zelda that grabbed Brandon's heart and mind and couldn't let go. We create a new spinoff of Zelda featuring a minor character finally given their time to shine.

We continue the epic legend of Zelda. Can Mike bring Brandon around to the right side of the Triforce? Stay Tuned!

We tackle the big kahuna. The original Legend of Zelda. This game divides the boys and tests the tasters. can our friendship survive this schism? This coverage led to WAY more discussion than expected so we carved it up to prevent choking on too much audio :)

and is that a girl in the intro?

This time we cover Rygar, the yo-yo warrior, and Metal Storm the laser sword robot game! Mike starts dabbling with Sound effects. The results speak for themselves.

We took 2 side dishes as our main course this time as each game was too small to discuss on its own. Lode Runner and Gun.Smoke get their due.

Brandon fought the hazards of the Canadian wilderness to join Mike live in the studio (Mike's Room) and have a blast as we join Firebrand in this episode and discuss the ramifications and true natures of his quest. Hope you enjoy!

Hey there fellow game diners, we take a lesson in other cultures by playing this super fucked up game.

Zombie nation

You play a floating severed head on a whirlwind tour of the Americas and stopping a zombie attack, perhaps. We have no idea what this game is. but damn glad we played it so we could witness the ending, and talk about it at least.

Happy Halloween Loyal Listeners!

We sink our fangs into these unsuspecting games and go for the Juggalo vein with savage reviews and fervor as we take on 4 games in hopes of something sweet.

We review:

Monster Party
Friday 13th
Fester's Quest
Monster in my Pocket

Happy Halloween!

We take on the Lord of Darkness with a whip in one hand and wall meat in the other!

We open up the podcast with a wretched game that frustrates us. so it's a great start to the show. Enjoy hearing Mike and Brandon fumble and learn more of each other.