J.A. Laraque – Page 16 – Obsolete Gamer

Is Destro Black

We didn’t look at a Wiki page or search the internet, we just played with the toys and watched the television show and wondered if Destro is a brotha.

Geek Salad

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Geek Salad 005: Gencon Boardgame Breakdown

Randy breaks down some of his favorite board games showcased at Gencon. J.A. reviews West of Loathing.

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Star Crusade beginers breakdown

J.A. breaks down his experience playing the beginning matches in Star Crusade.

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You don’t get the show #27: They should have never gave you gamers money

Micro-transactions have been around for quite a while now, but in this episode we talk about some of the more terrible micro-transactions in the gaming industry. We also have a new segment to replace our, Clickbait Segment called, totally not a Clickbait segment where we take a look at the very odd game, Panty Party.

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Pedro Guerra on keeping expectations in check with your indie gaming team

Indie game developer, Pedro Guerra shares some advice for first time indie developers.

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Pokemon: A tale of Cockfighting and Child Abandonment

We breakdown the truth behind the Pokemon universe.

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Clickbait Countdown Show: Let’s get dirty!

In this episode we take a look at some of the most sexy video game adds of the last decade. We also look at House Party, a game about hooking up that was so raunchy that Steam forced the developed to censor the game. Stepping away from gaming we visit the sexy mud pit at the Polish Woodstock and finally J.A. investigative reporting on his experience with the gaming hook up site Shag a Gamer.

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Blair Reyburn on breaking gaming stereotypes

Blair Reyburn from Evolve labs discusses various gaming stereotypes.

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Gamer Profile: Richard Garriott

Richard Garriott de Cayeux is an English-American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is also known as his alter egos Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa.

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What Greg Street is like on a gamer cruise

During our interview with Greg Street, Lead Designer of League of Legends at Riot Games we talked about the first ever gamer cruise and what kind of person Greg is when on a cruise.

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Gamer Profile: Walter Day

Walter Aldro Day, Jr. is an American businessman, historian, and the founder of Twin Galaxies, a video game related company. Day is an authority on video game scorekeeping records who in 2010 retired from the industry to pursue a career in music.

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You can kill someone with a Transformer

While looking at some of the best toys ever, J.A. and Randy realize you could be a man to death with the classic die-cast metal Transformers.

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Johnathan Fatal1ty Wendel on Overwatch and tips for Streamers

In our interview with Fatal1ty we talked about some of the current games he plays on his Twitch stream and he provides streams with some tips to maximize viewership.

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The Obsolete Gamer Show: Aaron Varkonyi (Aliens go Homerun)

We talk with Miami native, Aaron Varkonyi, developer of, Aliens go Homerun an innovative and interesting take on the classic game, Breakout. We talk with Aaron about his game, being a developer in South Florida and his upcoming game, Wonder Wickets.

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Did they have a black My Buddy?

J.A. and Randy discuss some of the best toys of the last 35 years.

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Geeking out about Crimson Skies with Jordan Weisman

Ignacio has his geek out moment expressing his love of Crimson Skies to Jordan Weisman.

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You don’t get the show #26 Podcast

With all the sales on games, toys and electronics this summer we decide to celebrate Christmas in July by looking over the top Christmas toys from the 80’s to today. From Transformers to the BeyBlades, we reminisce about our favorite toys, watch some weird toy commercials and try to remember why some of these toys were popular.