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PODCAST

Old Gamer’s Almanac

Matt Martens and Hunter Donaldson

The definitive ranking of all every video game, every week at a time. If you work in the gaming industry, please stop making games while we catch up.

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All Episodes

36:15

Bonus: Elden Ring Expectations

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/03/03

Elden Ring is the game everyone is talking about and we want to feel included! The structure of this show prevents us from probably doing an episode on this game for many months because we would like to have both actually played it, but we didn't want that to stop us from getting to ignorantly yell about it. So join us on this journey as we all start Elden Ring and maybe you can help Matt not suck at it along the way. Lord knows he needs all the help he can get. Music by nightcorey

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01:12:37

Katamari Damacy (2004)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/03/01

It's been all peaks and valleys this last month over here on OGA, and we round it off with top billing: Katamari Damacy. This is a deeply original game that checks every box. Level Design, atmosphere, humor, music. It's all rolled up in there and the mass is quickly breaking beyond the scope of the list. This game is the barometer by which we establish friendships, folks. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at)

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58:36

Killer Instinct (1994)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/02/22

It's our first venture into a proper fighting game and we lead with a tragic story from Matt's past. It's the genesis of Matt's anger towards video games and the game that turned him off of fighting games. Will nostalgia redeem this derivative classic? Mentioned: Fight On: The Killer Instinct Story Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our main Discord (Space Cats Peace

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01:08:48

Forza Horizon 5 (2021)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/02/15

CARS. We're big gear heads over here, just like our dads and their dad's before them. Love them cars. Or at least I love it when I have near infinite cars available to me via Wheel of Fortune style prizes and when driving those cars around recklessly awards me a limitless amount of points. Car games rule and this is an especially good one. I just wish it was more like a dad that wanted me to learn about cars. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the

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01:05:20

Jet Set Radio (2000)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/02/08

Video games are finally cool. We now live in a time where everyone knows graffiti is art, but in 2000, society was still up in the air. The jury is still out on whether roller blading is cool, but I contend that this is just another way Jet Set Radio is well ahead of the curve. This game is cool, cops are rubes, and SEGA is the best video game company. No further questions. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at)

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01:05:09

Sonic Adventure (1998)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/02/01

The beloved franchise crashes hard. This is a game we were not excited to play, and it continued to disappoint. We're racing to the bottom with 1998's Dreamcast classic Sonic Adventure. Horrible animations, clunky level design, and mind blowing and spectacular music. This one wants to fly high... Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our main Discord (Space Cats Peace

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58:55

Inscryption (2021)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/01/25

Today we take a stab at another 2021 release, Daniel Mullins' Inscryption. It received a lot of praise this year, but it's also quite hard to look up much about this game because it's twist and turns are so integral to the experience. So go play it! You don't need us. But we're gonna flap our mouths for about an hour about this game anyways. Enjoy? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to

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51:19

Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/01/18

Sega was doing just fine as a company, but a bunch of executives met in a board room one day and said "Gimme one of them Marios." The mascot race was on, and their answer was...a blue hedgehog that runs very fast. It's hard to understand how anything gets made, but this is definitely up there on the list. Please enjoy our dissection of the birth of Sonic. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come

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58:33

Solar Ash (2021)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/01/11

This is, hopefully, the conclusion of the running joke about Matt really really really liking Hyper Light Drifter. Solar Ash is the follow-up from developer Heart Machine, and while it shares a lot of the same colors, so much of the game is very different. It's a mixed bag of style and tone and it's time to decide if Matt has a new second favorite game. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come

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01:16:27

Final Fantasy 7 (1997)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2022/01/04

We here in the new year and we have a reignited resentment for this list and how to play this game. That's because we're tasked with ranking Final Fantasy 7 and we cannot imagine a more undesirable job. This game has been talked about to death and is regarded by many as one of the best games of all time...but Matt doesn't understand JRPGs because he's a basically a wet noodle. Will we ever be forgiven for this? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the

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01:04:26

2021 Year End Special [w/ EJ]

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/12/27

It's the end of the year and we were too busy celebrating to play any video games. So as a fun beach episode, we present to you three separate rankings and them some stupid hodge-podge super ranking that literally doesn't make any sense. Enjoy this silliness with your grandmother. She'll hate it. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our main Discord (Space Cats Peace

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57:07

Papers Please (2013)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/12/21

Glory to Arstotzka! This week we get to discuss a "game" that definitely doesn't have "anything" to "say" about "life." It's just a fun romp through a fantastical setting. Keep your politics out of my video games, am I right? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our main Discord (Space Cats Peace Turtles).

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01:11:17

Celeste (2018)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/12/14

Help. My life has been changed and I'll never be the same again. We're talking about an undeniable triumph of a game: Celeste. I don't know what to do with my hands. I'm shaking. It's so good and the idea of lessening its value by even putting it on our stupid list fills me with unimaginable dread. Will this show ever be the same? Maddy Thorson on is Madeline canonically trans? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at)

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01:08:40

Halo 3 (2007)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/12/07

Another series in the bag! Well, at least one arc of the Halo franchise. There's plenty more Halo games to eventually cover, but we finished the fight and it's time to evaluate how this trilogy stands up to THE LIST. This is the most polarizing of the Halo games, with a multiplayer we adore but a single player we loathe. What can all of that mean for it's inevitable ranking?? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at)

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01:16:31

Metroid Dread (2021)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/11/30

We get to tackle a new game! Well, new to us. Seeing as we aren't fancy press that get copies of games early, this is about as fast as we can churn out an episode about a new release, but this one is very exciting. Metroid is one of Matt's beloved franchises, and an genre where Hunter tends to like other entries. So where will the most recent entry fall amongst all the other games replicating the style this series helped establish? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your

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01:30:35

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/11/23

It took some time, but we did it! Our first series is under our belt. Mass Effect 3 has a wild history given the state it was released in and how it was changed over time. How much of that plays into what it's like to play the game in 2021? How does it stack up against 1 and 2? More importantly, how does it stack up against Out Run and Hyper Light Drifter? Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come

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48:24

Donkey Kong Country 3 (1996) [w/ Jamie Carbone and...

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/11/16

This week Hunter is joined by two fellow Portland comedians to discuss the 1996 classic Donkey Kong Country 3. Or at least, they try to discuss, but it's hard to keep these boys focused. There's a lot of stuff in here about Xbox Gamer scores too, and I hope you find it as hilarious as Matt did while editing. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our main Discord (Space Cats Peace

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01:09:00

Halo 2 (2004)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/11/09

We're continuing our journey through Xbox's golden child with Halo 2. Among the most "hyped" games of all time, it was hard not to be swept up in the furor surrounding Halo 2. But can that excitement extend into 2021? Only THE LIST can decide. Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or come talk to us on our main Discord (Space Cats Peace Turtles).

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01:08:36

Quake (1996)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/11/02

We were very excited to talk about this incredible, classic first person shooter. While Quake follows in the footsteps of some other monumental games, it still defined some aspect of the genre that you can still feel present in most modern games! If you've played pretty much any id Software or Valve game, chances are Quake feels deeply familiar to you already! Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at) gmail(dot)com. Or

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01:00:01

Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)

Old Gamer’s Almanac ·

2021/10/26

We haven't finished the Mass Effect series yet, but in preparation for this year's Halo Infinite release, we're playing through the original Halo trilogy! Today starts with our most nostalgic entry, Halo: Combat Evolved. This also firmly establishes the Bro Arc, which is apparently taking us through to the end of the year. We'll have to have a weeaboo cleanse in 2022 Music by nightcorey. https://soundcloud.com/nightcorey Email us your thoughts on the ongoing list at oldgamersalmanac (at)

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