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Ty Schalter & Aidan Moher

Ty Schalter (VICE, FiveThirtyEight) and Aidan Moher (WIRED, Vulture) review what rocked and what sucked about the classic video game magazines that inspired them to become professional journalists, authors, and critics—and what they can tell us about today's digital media and games.

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  • S2 · E10
    Tuesday · 1 hr 46 min

    PSM 63 - Kingdom Hearts [S2E10]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/28f939d8-b160-47f0-92c6-e885159b5156 THE KINGDOM HEARTS GOOGLE DOC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQgJT19xfHJtEnIiZ-c55ClvAXn95ODUQBDYFtWF8GtPzHvTUTQhbH3brFk290zaQ/pub THE KINGDOM HEARTS...

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  • S2 · E9
    August 12 · 2 hr 2 min

    Edge 113 - King of Fighters EX [S2E9]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/Edge_Gaming/Edge%20Gaming%20Magazine%20113/mode/2up PIXELS & POLYGONS QUARTERLY + ANNUAL COLLECTION:...

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  • S2 · E8
    July 28 · 1 hr 43 min

    Pocket Games 7 - Mario Kart Super Circuit [S2E8]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ebc34b2b-4088-4e7c-bc69-12e3a7a9f129 Stop Skeletons From Fighting’s “My 2 Year Journey to Solve the 30-Year Myth of Faceball 2000” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2AG-gAuS-U&t=6058s ...

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  • S2 · E7
    July 14 · 1 hr 5 min

    Nintendo Power 154 - Sonic Adventure 2 Battle [S2E7]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a8041ebf-095f-4bb9-b2bd-57702a22aff0 SONIC ON THE COVER OF NINTENDO POWER?? Special guest host https://linktr.ee/voidburger joins Ty to revisit Nintendo’s legendary in-house publication during its...

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  • S2 · E6
    June 30 · 1 hr 45 min

    GameNOW Vol. 2, Issue 4 - Super Smash Bros. Melee [S2E6]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ac4194d5-23d7-46fe-b6e2-0f364600532a Super Smash Bros. Melee is Nintendo’s tightest, deepest, most technically rewarding fighting game of all time, with an active playerbase and tournament scene still...

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  • S2 · E5
    June 17 · 1 hr 25 min

    XBOX Nation 3 - Panzer Dragoon Orta + World Series Baseball [S2E5]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/69555def-0cd8-4b5a-b4d2-3d324c7863f4 Console exclusivity was the talk of this recent Summer Game Fest, and Aidan and Ty start off the episode with a discussion of their most badly missed-out-on...

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  • S2 · E4
    June 3 · 1 hr 49 min

    Game Informer 101 - Final Fantasy X [S2E4]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-105-january-2002 (sped-up audio was Ty's fault; it's been fixed!) FINAL. FANTASY. X. After the final PS1 release was a mechanical, graphical, and literary callback to the deepest roots of...

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  • S2 · E3
    May 19 · 1 hr 31 min

    XBox Official Magazine 2 - Halo + Munch's Oddysee [S2E3]

    ISSUE LINK:https://archive.org/details/next-generation-24-dec-1996/NextGen%2085%20Jan%202002/https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/official-xbox-magazine/official-xbox-magazine-issue-2/ XBOX OFFICIAL MAGAZINE: MAGAZINES EVOLVED. We had to stay in...

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  • S2 · E2
    May 5 · 1 hr 37 min

    EGM 150 - Metal Gear Solid 2 [S2E2]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-150-january-2002/mode/2up January 2002 was all killer, no filler! EGM kicked off the new year by revisiting their Top 100 games of all time, and we take a look at the changes...

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  • S2 · E1
    April 21 · 1 hr 1 min

    NextGen 83 - Pikmin [S2E1]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/next-generation-24-dec-1996/NextGen%2085%20Jan%202002/ SEASON TWO: RISE OF THE CORPOS has arrived! We've skipped forward in time to the dawn of a new era - where the dorky world leader in business software,...

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  • S1 · E27
    April 7 · 2 hr 29 min

    Video Game Fantasy Draft with "My Life in Gaming!" [S1X3]

    Four people, five rounds, and all the best video games of 1995-1997!  Coury and Try from https://www.youtube.com/@mylifeingaming join us to snake-draft our way through the Generation Gap--building four 'teams' of five games each released across all...

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  • S1 · E25
    March 10 · 1 hr 21 min

    Audience Q&A! - "Generation Gap" Season Extras [S1X1]

    We told you to ask us anything, and you did! Our Season 1 wrap-up continues with a special AMA/Q&A. From assembling our own ultimate mid-90s gaming mag Voltron-style to talking through how we handle offensive/problematic content, we answered all...

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  • S1 · E24
    February 24 · 1 hr 50 min

    Season 1 Finale - Every Final Fantasy VII Review [S1E24]

    The grand finale of Season One is here! Our coverage of the 1995-1997 “Generation Gap” ends with a blowout review of (nearly) every (English-language print) review of Final Fantasy VII that we could find. Starting with a quick look back at the first...

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  • S1 · E23
    February 10 · 1 hr 35 min

    Game Informer 53 - GoldenEye 007 [S1E23]

    ISSUE LINK:https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_36https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-53-september-1997/mode/2up EGM DOCUMENTARY BY MY LIFE IN GAMING & GAME SACK:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E010OPY1Tzw Everybody’s...

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  • S1 · E22
    January 27 · 1 hr 35 min

    NEXT Generation 36 - The Sega Saturn S1E22]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_36 It’s time to review…the consoles?? NEXT Generation issue 36 marks the start of the magazine’s third year–and they’re not only calling winners and losers of the console generation the...

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  • S1 · E21
    January 13 · 1 hr 22 min

    PC Gamer 37 - Magic: The Gathering [S1E21]

    ISSUE LINK: https://www.retromags.com/files/file/6814-pc-gamer-issue-037-june-1997 One of the world’s biggest, hottest developers took an unprecedented dive into the rich fantasy world of one of their beloved gaming IPs, and pulled strings to get its...

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  • S1 · E20
    Dec 30, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min

    GameFan Volume 5, Issue 12 - Quake (Saturn) [S1E20]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/GameFan9700/GameFan%20Vol.%205%20-%2012%20%28Dec%201997%29%20Quest%2064/page/n112/mode/1up MOLLIE L. PATTERSON'S OLD LETTER TO DAVE HALVERSON (she's since said she's cooled down quite a bit, and they're on...

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  • S1 · E19
    Dec 16, 2025 · 1 hr 39 min

    EGM 100 - The 100 Best Games of All Time [S1E19]

    ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9e656342-878a-4098-9f49-0ca4dc313cb2 It's a huge episode for a huge issue: EGM No. 100!  Aidan and Ty go through the magic of Christmastime gaming, before settling in to a nice long trip through this...

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