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If a Game Store DOES THIS, LEAVE IMMEDIATELY | 6 RED FLAGS

Metal Jesus and Kelsey Lewin share the annoying things video game stores do that make us want to turn around and just LEAVE!

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Arcade Regiment

Arcade Regiment specializes in video game content. Bred in Canada, ProducerGuyPhil aka “PGP” along with fellow contributors “Captain Clutch” and “ToxicVolumeChick” or “TVC” were born with controllers in their hand and have been happily gaming ever since. ProducerGuyPhil is a …

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Hard 4 Games

Hard 4 Games is a group of Detroiters who started out by gaming in their parent’s basement and taping it. In 2009 they decided to bring their reviews, personality, and NBA JAM to the unwashed masses of the internet realm. …

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Arcade USA

  William “Willie!” Culver has been with video games from the earliest days, his first game ever played was Computer Space at Arnolds Park in Iowa back in 1973. That early exposure to videogames resonated with Willie! and started him …

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Bad Grafx Gamers

Jay & Buzzy AKA the “Diaper Dicks” travel throughout the United States on their quest to sell some ole videyer games. Being collector’s first they got tired of the price gauging by retro game stores and wanted to help collectors …

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Hagen’s Alley | Jeffrey Wittenhagen

    I’m Jeffrey Wittenhagen, or thesubcon3 around the gaming community. I am an avid retro video game player, writer and collector. I am a published author, with multiple books under my belt and I have written for a few …

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Slope’s Game Room

DJ Slope of Slope’s Game Room is here to take you back to the old school… Here comes the rewind! DJ Slope (Dan) like’s to look deep into the history of some of gaming’s most iconic (and not so iconic) …

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Dee and Dave

Dee and Dave are the jokesters of the retro gaming scene. They spend their days climbing into gamestop dumpsters and filming their game hunting show, “The Game Jerks.” From lets plays to hosting the Gaming Central Podcast, everything they do …

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Star Fox 2 – SNES – Game Night – KWKBOX

Kevin and Eric play the unreleased direct sequel to Star Fox for the SNES.  Will they find out why it was unreleased after playing it? Game: Star Fox 2 Platform: SNES Year: 1995 Check us out on ► http://dev2017.gamester81.com/kwkbox Follow us …

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KWKBOX

  Kevin from KWKBOX started playing video games at very young age.  His first console was Intellivision with which he spent many hours playing BurgerTime.  His true gaming passion triggered when he got the NES with Super Mario Bros in the 1980s.  In …

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What’s In Your Game Room

What’s in your game room is a show that mainly focus’s on the southern Ontario gaming community showcasing their personal video game collections. They like to see what rare or nostalgic game they take pride, the game room layout and …

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RetroGamingTube 85

Our story begins on July 4th, 1985 in Bridgeport Connecticut, when Shawn “RetroGamingTube 85” Long entered the world. Exposed to the NES by his Uncle at the age of 4, a love affair with video games was created and still …

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NESRomancer

  NESRomancer (or Shaun) started gaming as early as he can remember on the Atari 5200. Based between Stockholm, Sweden and Sydney, Australia, he has toured Europe and Australia as a musician for nearly a decade in a number of …

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Shauntendo64

  Shaun has enjoyed video games ever since he was young. He began game collecting 15 years ago with aspirations of a complete NES collection. Since that time he has amassed over 700 titles, and expanded into collecting for many …

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Media Glitch

  Joel Vallie is a film director, and the host of the show, Media Glitch. Media Glitch airs on TV in the state of New Mexico and on YouTube. He has been playing video games sense he was knee high …

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Cygnus Destroyer/The LJN Defender

Some may refer to him as an “idiot who doesn’t know what good games are”, but most people know him as Cygnus Destroyer, The LJN Defender, or just simply Matt. Like many children of the ‘80s, Matt’s video game journey …

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Girlfriend VS

  She’s British. He’s American. They’re in love. Just add video games. The concept for ‘Girlfriend VS.’ came to life in early 2014 when this cross cultural couple decided to take it to the next level. That’s right… a YouTube …

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Midwest Retro Gamers

  Retro Eric and Retro Mo met each other in 2006, but they have been gamers all of their lives.  Eric started gaming when he received his first NES system at the age of 6 years old.  He loved that …

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PixelTunesRadio

Video game music. You love it. We love it. So why not share that love in an hour-ish long podcast radio show? PixelTunes Radio is your one stop shop for fun, engaging conversation about video game music, the composers and …

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Maximpact24

  Terror from the Man-Cave! It’s another reviewer and lover of retro games! Will Cartier has been a rabid fan of everything Nintendo for almost 30 years! He does various videos stemming from pick-ups, let’s plays, as well as Top …

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bizzNES17

On his fourth birthday, Justin of bizzNES17 played his first video game: Street Fighter II on the Super Nintendo.  Although the NES and SNES were a little before his time, these were the main systems that Justin played while growing …

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Grimsie42

Scott “Grimsie42” Zientek  has been playing and collecting games ever since he was a child. A few years back he decided to chronicle his journeys in collecting video games on his YouTube channel Grimsie42. In addition to pickup videos, he also offers …

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AlphaOmegaSin

AlphaOmegaSin started gaming at the young age of 4 whenever his parents brough home his first game cosnole, the Nintendo Entertainment System. At which point he started playing Mario, Ninja Gaiden, Contra, Zelda, Castlevania, and many other tried and true …

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Weekend Game Guy

  Chris “Weekend Game Guy” Long has been a part of what some might call “nerd culture” for as long as he can remember, and he got his first video game console when he was three (a hand-me-down Atari 2600). …

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The Game Quest

Wood’s parents bought an NES at the same time he was born and for as long as he can remember he grew up playing it and loving every moment of it. Ever since then his love for Nintendo and Gaming …

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Kimble Justice

Kimble Justice was phenomenally gifted as a child – he was able to solve complex math problems at the drop of a hat and read adult books without a second thought.  His parents bought him a ZX Spectrum in the hopes …

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8biteric

Eric “8-Bit Eric” Perez started playing video games at the age of four when his older brother bought a Sega Master System. From there he was instantly hooked on playing anything he can get his hands on. Shortly after, his …

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Nate “ReZ” Moore

  Nate “ReZ” Moore has been a gamer as long as he can remember. Growing up, he’s always ben close to the NES, SNES and N64, but reaching the PS2 Era he expanded out see what Sony and Microsoft had …

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Gaming Arena Central Podcast

Five gamers from across Gaia: Erek, Solider First Class. Scott, Flower girl from the slums, Seth Member of Avalanche, Austin, black guy with a machine gun arm and Jordan, Shinra science Experiment UNITE to take on gaming evil one bad …

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comicconreviews

Ryan is a 23 year old from England UK, and grew up playing the Nintendo, SNES, N64, & Sega Mega drive with his friends.  His first console was the Game Boy colour. In recent years Ryan became interested in studying …

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Miketendo-DYHPTG

Raised on an NES, Saturday morning cartoons and sugary cereal, Michael Levy was your average 80’s kid growing up. Despite having odd obsessions with bears, peanut butter, zombies and Tifa Lockhart, Michael “Miketendo” Levy is actually a pretty normal guy. …

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MichaelBtheGameGenie

Michael Burry “MichaelBtheGameGenie” has been playing and collecting video games for over 24 years. Michael first realized his passion for gaming when he received his first system (the Nintendo Entertainment System) and Super Mario Bros. 2 for his 8th birthday; …

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CrosroadsReviews

  “Erek Ladd a.k.a. “CrosroadsReviews” is all about three thigns: games, music and videos. Ever since his introduction into the vast world of video games in the wonder year of 1996 with Super Mario 64, gaming has taken over.  In …

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Video Game Sellers

  Scottsquatch is the creator of the YouTube show Video Game Sellers. The idea of the show came after he had been purchasing and trading games with vendors at a local flea market in Florida. Some of sellers gave really …

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16BitBrothers

    The 16BitBrothers are four good friends that have been playing games together for over a decade. They have been big fans of the retro YouTube community for some years, and in November 2012 decided to try and make …

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Living in 8 Bits

Living in 8 Bits is the product of Mixed Nuts Productions, a group of South Jersey Filmmakers.  The series takes the logic of nostalgic retro video games and applies it to real life through sketch comedy.  The group has been together …

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TigerClawTV

  Alex started TigerClawTV in 2008 under the name “Critical Failure”. His web series was originally hosted by a crude cartoon face and included indie PC games and obscure freeware titles such as “Cat Poke” and “A Mini Falafel Adventure”. …

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GlennPlant

  “GlennPlant” has been playing video games for as long as he can remember. From playing Mario on the NES for the first time at his friends’ house, to getting his first console the Sega MegaDrive with Sonic at launch. …

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TheNesPursuit

    Aaron Stapish and Ricky Avila both grew up in Southern California, and both were raised up mainly playing the NES followed by the Super Nintendo. The two have a real love for games and play almost every night, …

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Guru Larry

    “Guru Larry” Bundy Jr has been playing games for over 31 years, ever since he obtained a hand-me-down Atari VCS from his older brothers. Quickly learning at an early age the adage, “It’ll help me with my school …

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GaminTank

  Frank A.K.A. GaminTank, who comes from Southern California, was introduced into gaming at the end of the 16 bit wars between SEGA and Nintendo. His first played console was the NES, with Super Mario Bros. as his introduction into …

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Retro Active

Not unlike many people still wrapped up in retro gaming Kevin started gaming at an early age with his first memories being ones of trying to shoot pixelated aliens down on his Atari 2600. His family later got a NES …

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The Gaming Shelf

  The Gaming Shelf As far back as he can remember, Taylor’s always had a game controller in his hands. Starting with classic Mega Man and continuing into the modern age with games like Uncharted, there’s always been a game …

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Arcade Impossible

  Gregg and Mike have known each other for over 20 years, and they’ve been gaming the whole time. Gregg’s first gaming experience was playing Pitfall on the 2600 with his mother at the age of three.  Mike’s gaming craze …

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Quickfreeze4

  Cliva “Quickfreeze4” grew up doing two things, playing video games and drawing cartoons/superheroes. His very first system was the Nintendo Entertainment System given to him by his parents after needing stitches in his chin, which left a scar. Throughout …

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RetroGamerVlog

    Michael Lottner, a.k.a. Retro Mike, is the star of his own channel, RetroGamerVlog.  He is a young fan of classic games who was introduced to his first console the NES at his country home when he was only …

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NESComplex

  Chris “NESComplex” has been blasting aliens and saving princesses since he was seven.  His first gaming memory is “hitting a white dot into a rainbow wall” in Atari’s Breakout, but his passion began when he was given a Nintendo Entertainment …

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Hello Comics

    Fernando Sebastian is a Spanish Audio-visual producer living in  Canada. His passion has always been video games.  Inspired by the Angry Video Game Nerd, Happy Console Gamer and the All Gen Gamers crew, he started his channel in …

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Max $terling

  Max $terling is a Rapper/Producer, Indie Film Director, and Video Game Addict. His addiction began in the early 80’s by playing games like “Space Assault (a modified version of “Space Invader”)” on the TRS-80 Color Computer 2 (his first …

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Razor

John “Razor” Rowberry first got into gaming in the early 90s when he was very young, his first experience with the world of gaming was with Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Desert Strike on the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), later …

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16bitbrit

    A British Nintendo baby, the first console Adam ‘the 16bitbrit’ owned was a NES that his parents’ purchased for him one Christmas. He surrendered hours to Super Mario Bros 3 and marble madness…yes, marble madness 🙂 His “Nintendoholicalism” …

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Charge Back Forward

View all posts by ChargeBackForward → Terence hails from the tough streets of Raccoon City, where he co-founded CHARGE BACK FORWARD in 2010.  When he isn’t eating large amounts of red meat, Terence enjoys playing adventure, survival horror, fighting, music, puzzle …

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Metal Jesus Rocks

View all posts by MetalJesusRocks → The Metal Jesus is a long-haired rocker dude who used to work in the video game industry back in the 90′s at Sierra On-Line (publisher of PC classics like Quest for Glory, King’s Quest, Leisure …

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Jumblejunkie

View all posts by jumblejunkie → Tim AKA jumblejunkie blames the start of his gaming addiction to his parents when they went to Sears and bought him an Atari 2600 Jr with Donkey Kong Jr. Over the years he grew a …

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Jason Delacey

View all posts by JDelacey → Jason, who was raised in Scotland, but currently lives in merry old England, has been gaming for around 25 of his 30 years of life. Started off by the Atari 2600 and the classic ZX …

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Chipsturs

Chipsturs (Video Games with James)  View all posts by Chipsturs → James, from England UK, has been gaming ever since the age of 6, all thanks to his grandparents who owned a Magnavox Odyssey 2 (also known as the Philips Videopac …

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Vintage Video Game Geek

View all posts by vintagevideogamegeek → The Vintage Video Game Geek started his no-budget YouTube channel in early 2009 to document his personal experience growing up with video games.  Vintage focuses primarily on console gaming from the 2nd through 6th generations. …

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Jason “TheEMUreview” Heine

View all posts by TheEMUreview → Acclaimed Musician/Audio Engineer, Video Game Collector, and Technology Guru are just a few elements that make up Jason Heine. Jason produces “The Emulator Review Show” on YouTube as well as produces the weekly “All Gen …

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MAMECADE

Retro Gaming, hosted by John Pio focuses on forgotten and not so forgotten classic Arcade games of yesterday. Each episode gives you an insightful review of the game as well as commentary, game history and a little humor thrown in. …

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Jimmy Lotsofgames

View all posts by Lotsofgames → Jimmy got into gaming when he was first introduced to an NES. This love for gaming has continued with each generation of consoles. Currently Jimmy is busy balancing school, work and family life. Being able …

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Squid Gaming

View all posts by SquidGaming → Lydia started up Squid Gaming in October 2010 and has never looked back. She’s happy to play any game she can get her hands on, as long as they’re not too scary (she’s a total …

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Gamester81

View all posts by Gamester81 →  John “Gamester81” Lester started playing video games at a very young age.  His first ever console that he played was a ColecoVision, quickly followed by an Atari 2600, and his passion for video games hasn’t …

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