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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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  • Avg 1 hr 37 min
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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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