Podcasts about Pink Gorilla

It's been a mild winter so far across Canada, will it last? Guest: Anthony Farnell, chief meteorologist, Global News Thousands of small businesses struggling to meet upcoming CEBA repayment deadline Guest: Kara Deringer, owner of the Pink Gorilla restaurant in Edmonton It could cost Ottawa $900 million to extend the CEBA repayment deadline, is it worth it? Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO, CFIB (Canadian Federation of Independent Business) Two New Brunswick men are acquitted 40 years after they were convicted of murder Guest: Ron Dalton, co-president of Innocence Canada Golden Passports: The big business of selling citizenships  Guest: Kristin Surak, Associate Professor, Political Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science; author of The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires Boy beats computer: How an Oklahoma teen crashed Tetris Guest: Vince Clemente, president of the Classic Tetris World Championship U.S. military's secretive spaceplane blasts off on possible higher-orbit mission Guest: Robert Hall, director of Operations Integration, COMSPOC

Julia Marie reads from her upcoming book Signals from My Soul: A Spiritual Memoir of Awakening.The Pink Gorilla is a story about following those signals even when you don't have any idea what you're to do, which direction to take, or where the destination is.It's a poignant tale about how we will get our heart's desire if we stay the course and have faith that the Universe DOES know what we want!Thank you for listening to Evolving Humans! For consultations or classes, please visit my website: www.JuliaMarie.usYou can leave your questions, comments and suggestions via Voicemail at https://www.EvolvingHumansPodcast.com.Who knows, perhaps your question or comment will be featured on a future episode! I can't wait for your questions or hear your feedback.

Welcome to Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious! On this episode of the podcast, recorded live from the Good Life Halfsy expo in early November, Sam Calderon joined Josh to discuss:Growing up in Minnesota and what's it like being a runner in that climate (2:12)Deciding to go after an OTQ after she finished college (9:44)Moving to Colorado to further her goals and what it's like being surrounded by that running scene (14:44)Lining up on the start line of the race where she'd qualify for the Olympic Trials (18:40)Waking up the next day (20:53)Will she chase after a goal like that again? (25:42)Being a new mom and how it's changed her relationship with running (29:01)What's her job as a coach? (33:59)What she's currently chasing (40:49)And so much more!Thanks to Pink Gorilla for having me at the Good Life Halfsy expo!Like what you hear? Please rate, review, subscribe, and share with a friend.Read Josh's weekly newsletter at chasingthreehours.com. Email Josh at chasingthreehours@gmail.com.Music, production assistance, and sound design: Ian AeilloCover art: Marissa Barton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious! On this bonus episode live from the Good Life Halfsy expo on November 4th, Josh had a chance to welcome close to two dozen runners to his booth to discuss their love of running, hopes and dreams for the Halfsy, and more.Kyle Quandt (:57)Morgan Mathis (1:50)Lana Wilkes (2:35)Kari Christensen (3:25)Mary Sinclair (4:42)Bennett Jackson (5:21)Caleb Korte (6:26)Morgan Smith (8:19)Miguel Nunez (8:58)Chris Petersen (9:57)Lincoln Arneal (12:06)Debby Kinney (13:09)Ryan McClure (14:13)Josh Hilkemann (15:01)Michael Mason-D'Croz (16:20)Jonathan Clark (19:29)Mark Onwiler (20:24)Renee Ruhlman (21:22)Stephanie Roberts (22:16)Thanks to everyone for stopping by booth 23 at the Good Life Halfsy expo! Thanks to Pink Gorilla for having me out there as well!Like what you hear? Please rate, review, subscribe, and share with a friend.Read Josh's weekly newsletter at chasingthreehours.com. Email Josh at chasingthreehours@gmail.com.Music, production assistance, and sound design: Ian AeilloCover art: Marissa Barton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kinsey Burke, known for her work at the Pink Gorilla game shop and the Metal Jesus Rocks YouTube channel, is now having new adventures on the other side of the planet. Having moved to Japan, she's keeping a travel log on her own Youtube Channel and acting as a producer at Chuhai Labs and VITEI Backroom. In this episode, Kinsey and I have a wild discussion on pairing down her Xbox 360 collection, pairing up my N64 collection, cultural shifts in retro game collecting, and the fun concept that is Cursed to Golf. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

Julia Marie reads an excerpt from her upcoming book Signals from My Soul: A Spiritual Memoir of Awakening. The story is titled the Pink Gorilla, and demonstrates the challenges that arise when we choose to live our lives inside out - and the rewards that come when we get it right!If you want to be placed on a special mailing list to receive ONLY updates about the book please leave her a message at the Evolving Humans Podcast website or her website.Special thanks to Nature's Eye from Pixabay for Slow Boat Meditation, the music bed I used for the story.Thank you for listening to Evolving Humans! For consultations or classes, please visit my website: www.JuliaMarie.usYou can leave your questions, comments and suggestions via Voicemail at https://www.EvolvingHumansPodcast.com.Who knows, perhaps your question or comment will be featured on a future episode! I can't wait for your questions or hear your feedback.

SEATTLE, Wash. — A very popular video game store, Pink Gorilla, is opening up another shop in Capitol Hill after having several break-ins in recent months, including an armed robbery just last month.Owner Cody Spencer told KOMO that he decided to open up another store because of the recent break-ins. “We're going to need to move quickly, this is too many too quickly and an armed robbery it's just too much all at once,” Spencer said.Just last month, an armed robber went inside their Pink Gorilla store in the Chinatown International District, where two employees were held at gunpoint. Spencer said they also had the store broken into four times in the last six months.“Before we can even implement new security measures they were happening again and again and again, I think we got broken into the back-to-back nights,” said Spencer.Support the showSign Up For Exclusive Episodes At: https://reasonabletv.com/LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople

In this episode we cover so much ground that I don't even know where to start. Pink Gorilla Games was robbed again for the 1 millionth time, Ikea lost they minds in a lawsuit, Bayonetta 3 Voice Actor went from Hero to Zero in the matter of weeks, and now digs herself deeper.  Including much more Pink Gorilla Games Robbed Again!!!Ikea sues Indie DeveloperGotham Knights Had A Denuvo MishapBayonetta 3 Voice Actor Facing Hate on Social MediaXbox 360 and RROD EpidemicCall of Duty MW2 NewsSupport the show

A popular game shop in the Chinatown-International District has experienced a rash of break-ins in the past year.The owner of Pink Gorilla says the business has been targeted around six times in 2022 at the shop off of S King St. Because of that, he is going to take even more measures to make sure the business is secure.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK

Hello again skele-friends! This week our intrepid Producer Grace was out visiting family (which is also why this is going up so late), so we asked our local Seattle friend Kelsey Lewin to swing by and fill in. If you're not familiar with Kelsey, she is a very active person in the gaming community - co-owner of local retro game store Pink Gorilla, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation, contributor to Minmax, and North America's premiere Wonderswan collector! In this episode Derek picks Kelsey's brain as they discuss moving to Seattle, finishing college, her short stint as a birthday party hypeman, and general YouTube history. Thanks to everyone who chatted with us live or wrote in with questions, we had some great ones! The next episode will be recorded August 15th, if you'd like to chat along too, support us on patreon to get access to the discord! Hope to see you then, stay powerful! Uncle Derek

Coming of age amongst Sacramento's gangs in the city's housing projects, Eugenia Carter witnessed and experienced countless violent crimes. Though she is still impacted by those experiences, Eugenia has managed to transform her past pain into medicine she uses to help others grow and thrive in similar situations through mentoring, dance, and teaching self-defense. She is also a talented fashion designer and the CEO of Pink Gorilla, a clothing line. Her story is about growth, tune in to hear how she found faith, choice, and inner strength.

Robert of the Classic Gaming Podcast stops by for an entire episode! We chat Paper Mario, 90's wrestling, and MMA. Alex has returned from his trip to Seattle where he grabbed some games at Pink Gorilla. What are your favorite 90's action movies? GO!Find Rob on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KingOctaviousFind Classic Gaming Podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/ClassGamesCastListen to Classic Gaming Podcast https://classicgamingpodcast.com/Find more of our work at http://www.polymedianetwork.comFind Travis on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/travplaysgamesFind Alex on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/snesdrunkSend us an email drunkfriendpodcast@gmail.comPlease rate   and review our podcast wherever you listen!Support the show

Tanya and Jonathan talk about the meaning of the word "woman" and tell all about their PAX triumphs and failures. New guests Rydia "Miz Silver" tells all about her master of curating live events for Nintendo and Kelsey from Pink Gorilla dishes on game preservation and the stress of owning one of the rarest NES titles of all time. And Daniel made a Boston's Favorite Son song! Again! Our guests on Twitter - Rydia: @mzsylver Kelsey: @kelslewin Shop at Pink Gorilla here: https://pinkgorillagames.com/ Support The Game History Foundation here: https://gamehistory.org/ Support this podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/ttwav

Ben and Linda of Pink Gorilla Events out of Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska come on the show to chat about the return of the popular relay on May 14 after a two-year hiatus. Ben talks about his creative side that led to the formation of the company and the relay in Nebraska in 2008. He also details the origins behind the Pink Gorilla name. Ben talks about the pandemic's effect on the company when only virtual Market to Market Relays were held in Nebraska in 2020 and 2021 and Iowa in 2020. The Iowa event for 2021 was canceled and he describes the reasons why. Ben also talks about the biggest changes in races he's seen since 2019. Linda and Ben mention some changes runners can expect with the Iowa race next month and how everyone had a big role to play on the Pink Gorilla team. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lance-bergeson8/support

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Kelsey Lewin is the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. When not collecting, digitizing, and archiving game history, Kelsey is co-owner of Pink Gorilla Games, a chain of two video game retail stores in Seattle, Washington. In this podcast, Kelsey and […] The post Polygamer #107: Kelsey Lewin of Video Game History Foundation & Pink Gorilla Games first appeared on Polygamer - A Podcast of Equality & Diversity in Gaming & Video Games.

Thank you for listening! Support the How Games Make Money Patreon Watch on YouTube Email: jeff.grubb@gmail.com (subject line: How Games Make Money) @HGMMShow @JeffGrubb Rate us on Apple Podcast Kelsey Lewin joins me to talk about running the Pink Gorilla game stores in the Seattle area. She explains what it takes to make that business work and how it has changed over the years. But Kelsey is also the co-director of the Video Game History Foundation, which dedicates itself to preserving the industry's past. She also shares how she came by her expertise through a long process of curiosity and doing the work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Daniel Karan is a fashion entrepreneur who owns the clothing brand Pink Gorilla. On this episode we talk about affirmations, subliminal messaging for success, and crushing it in all area's of life! If you're into self-improvement, this episode is a must listen! Support this podcast

Only WEAKLINGS use the bar! It's time to talk DDR and turn-of-the-century arcade glory with Pink Gorilla's Kelsey Lewin on the Top 100 Games Podcast with Jared Petty.

I speak to Kelsey Lewin, a video game historian and collector, retro games store owner, and self-proclaimed Wonderswan enthusiast, about the challenges — and also the merits — of researching and archiving the artefacts connected to games development and culture, both past and present. She also shares her insights on how the growth in retro gaming helps fuel interest in games history, why some of the most interesting stories are far beyond the typical narratives of games history, what quirky things we can find when looking into the Wonderswan and its inventor, the famed Game Boy hardware designer Gunpei Yokoi, and much more. Kelsey co-directs the https://gamehistory.org/ (Video Game History Foundation) with Frank Cifaldi, where the two of them have been doing amazing work in preserving and archiving the artefacts of games development and culture — not so much the games themselves, but rather more the packaging and documentation, the source code, the marketing materials, the magazines, etc. And she also co-owns Pink Gorilla Games, a retro games store located in Seattle. This is the fifth entry in a new series of interviews I'm running alongside the main show — every month(ish) I'll talk to a different person who's exploring games history, in one way or another, to learn about the many ways people are preserving the games industry's past as well as to further our understanding of how this wonderful medium (and the industry that's built around it) has come to be the way it is now. Interview conducted May 25th, 2020. Links I couldn't fit them inside the podcast summary character limit, so if you're interested you'll need to head to the episode page on my website: https://lifeandtimes.games/episodes/files/interview-kelsey-lewin.html (lifeandtimes.games/episodes/files/interview-kelsey-lewin.html) To support Kelsey and her work you can: https://gamehistory.org/donate/ (Donate to the Video Game History Foundation) Follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/kelslewin/ (@kelslewin) Subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfhjBPhPY41aHm4DAR4M6Q (her YouTube channel) Buy stuff from http://pinkgorillagames.com/ (Pink Gorilla Games) You can support me and my work by:  Subscribing to http://patreon.com/lifeandtimesofvideogames (my Patreon)  Donating https://paypal.me/mossrc (via PayPal)  Following me (https://twitter.com/MossRC (@MossRC)) or the show (https://twitter.com/LifeandTimesVG (@LifeandTimesVG)) on Twitter and Instagram (https://instagram.com/lifeandtimesvg (@lifeandtimesvg))  Buying my books — https://secrethistoryofmacgaming.com/ (The Secret History of Mac Gaming) is available now, albeit temporarily in digital form only (as it's now out of print) https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/the-secret-history-of-mac-gaming-expanded-edition (from Bitmap Books), while Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet (the subtitle got changed to "The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet") is still some ways off being finished out August 2022 and can be https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes/ (preordered from Unbound). I'll have a book/ebook version of my audio documentaries out soon.  And telling other people to check out my stuff.  Thank you to all of my wonderful supporters https://www.patreon.com/lifeandtimesofvideogames (on Patreon) for making this possible, but especially to my $10+ backers Seth Robinson, Rob Eberhardt, Wade Tregaskis, Eric Zocher, Simon Moss, and Vivek Mohan. You can help, too — a contribution as little as $1 a month makes a big difference towards ensuring this show has a bright future ahead of it. (And as a Patron you'll get to skip those pesky cross-promotions from other shows on my network, among various other bonuses like transcripts and extra content.)

For Episode 100 of Haken: An Animal Crossing Podcast, we invited Kelsey Lewin to be on the show! She has done incredible work and research into the Animal Crossing series. We talk to her about her start with the series, her role as co-owner of Pink Gorilla, her new position as co-director of the Video Game History Foundation, and of course, her thoughts on Animal Crossing New Horizons. If you want to follow any of Kelsey Lewin's many projects, be sure to check out: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfhjBPhPY41aHm4DAR4M6Q/featured Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelslewin Video Game History Foundation: https://twitter.com/GameHistoryOrg Pink Gorilla: https://twitter.com/PinkGorillaLLC Time Stamps: 0:05 - Introduction 3:29 - Kelsey's History with Animal Crossing 22:33 - Co-Owner of Pink Gorilla 36:52 - Co-Director of Video Game History Foundation 53:27 - Kelsey's Thoughts on New Horizons 1:09:48 - Miscellaneous Questions 1:23:37 - Haken's Islander Corner 1:34:12 - Outro Announcements Support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chuyplaysnintendo Join the Haken Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/wJTCMRK Get More Nintendo and Video Game Content Here: http://chuyplays.com/ Follow me on... Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChuyPlaysNTDO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChuyPlaysNintendo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuyplaysnintendo Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/chuyplaysnintendo Tumblr: http://chuyplaysnintendo.tumblr.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/haken-an-animal-crossing-podcast/support

Fight for the championship, ARGonauts! Pink Gorilla Games owner Cody Spencer joins us to talk about Nintendo World Championships, as well as the 1990 NES cartridge that happened upon his store. Learn about how this super rare game traded hands for $13,000. We also discuss Cody's store Pink Gorilla which he runs with MetalJesusRocks' Kelsey Lewin and their plans for PAX West. Plus we talk a bit about the fourth Nintendo World Championships which will soon air on television. Pink Gorilla GamesCBS will air the Nintendo World Championships starting August 25th Got a question, comment, or suggestion for the show? Email us or send a tweet! Check out our Patreon to help support the show and get cool perks along the way. Also, join our Discord room to chat all things retro gaming. See you there! Follow David | Follow Robert

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we continue our Castlevania discussion with the game that renamed a genre. We talk about the year it came out, the structure of the game, and then delve into its many surprising RPG elements. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: A few hours in Issues covered: games of 1997, the PlayStation cycle, where this game fits on the Castlevania history, sticking with 2D, pushing the transition to polygons, similarities with Super Metroid, the large number of relics, lacking map markers of any kind, needing to have made a map, spending a lot of time covering the map again, reasons why QoL doesn't get in, being primarily melee, adding action feel through melee, using the ranged subweapons, new subweapon mechanics for switching, changing into a wolf or bat (vespertilionize: a real word), being able to turn off relics, giving the player more options to customize the experience, offering too many options for player attention, the opening battle against Dracula, switching up characters, connecting the games, having slots for armor, leaning into the gothic with character design, being able to cast spells with combos, customization options that feel like classes, effects of leveling up, the history of adding RPG elements to games, RPG elements vs progression mechanics, making interesting choices about character, why the structure of Metroidvanias works for Tim, unification and motivation of mechanics and exploration, contrasting with open world games with lots of exploring, acquiring more verbs and designing to the addition of verbs, the resilience of the genre, mixing in these mechanics can work, the game you imagine vs the game you get, the reality of budgets, finding new features that weren't in the first game of a series, business forces, not living up to expectations, the expenses of development, wanting the developers to be excited about what they're doing, FPGAs vs software emulators and clone consoles, ultra-hobby options, having a wealth of options to play, preserving history, companies being poor at preservation. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Fallout, Goldeneye, Gran Turismo, Ultima Online, Jedi Knight, Mario Kart 64, Tekken 3, Harvest Moon, Myth: The Forgotten Lords, Final Fantasy VII, Riven: The Sequel to MYST, Dungeon Keeper, Final Fantasy Tactics, Curse of Monkey Island, Total Annihilation, Colony Wars, Age of Empires, Blade Runner, Westwood Studios, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, PlayStation, Tomb Raider, Soul Reaver, PSP, SNES, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, Wii, Koji Igarashi, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime (series), The Return of Samus, Nintendo 3DS, Metal Gear Solid 2, Arkham Asylum (series), Assassin's Creed, Dead Cells, Guacamelee, Axiom Verge (obliquely), Darksiders, Gothic Chocobo, Yooka-Laylee, Banjo-Kazooie, Mighty Number 9, Mega Man, Pokemon, Game Freak, Capcom, Jeff Gerstmann, Giant Bomb, Pink Gorilla, Starfighter, Star Wars: Racer, Eric Johnston, Jedi Starfighter, Republic Commando, Steve Dykes, Game Makers Toolkit, Mark Brown. Links: Super Mario 3D World's 4 Step Level Design Analysing Mario to Master Super Mario Maker The World Design in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Next time: Through Olrox https://twitch.tv/brettdouville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

In this weeks eipisode of Big Lip Radio, .The boys open the show with a little bit of lip service.They then dive into a bunch of Snacks!The guys then discuss the Pink Gorilla followed up with Pappa j giving Zmunyy his SNES classic. Tune in to find out how to win your own SNES. The guys the round off the show with some Movie Minute Review. Josh picks Point Blank on Netflix for this weeks Review. Webisite: https://www.biglipradio.comEverything is there!

In this weeks eipisode of Big Lip Radio, .The boys open the show with a little bit of lip service.They then dive into a bunch of Snacks!The guys then discuss the Pink Gorilla followed up with Pappa j giving Zmunyy his SNES classic. Tune in to find out how to win your own SNES. The guys the round off the show with some Movie Minute Review. Josh picks Point Blank on Netflix for this weeks Review. Webisite: https://www.biglipradio.comEverything is there!

Speaking UNCENSORED with BUGZ GUTTA. A Virginia born and raised rapper who now resides in New York City. Bugz aka The Pink Gorilla, has seen a lot, lived a lot and experienced a lot in his short lifetime which he expresses directly in his music. This episode will introduce you to Bugz if you didn’t know him previously and expose new things if you did. I was and am beyond excited for this sit down, as I am a huge fan of his music and after this conversation I am now an even bigger fan of the person. He speaks UNCENSORED about his time in jail, his music, his recent stint on the hit web series “The Circle NYC” and what's next for this music phenom who is also a strong advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. Bugz is straight up Just Going For It! Hope he inspires you to do the same! Intro and Outro music “What Cha Gonna Do” by Bugz Gutta available on iTunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on 1996 Game Boy classic Pokémon Red/Blue. We talk quite a bit about the early game, the way it solves age-old RPG problems with random encounters, and of course, our current mix of Pokemon before turning to feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up through Saffron City (in theory) Podcast breakdown: 0:45    Pokemon 55:48  Break 56:14  Feedback Issues covered: Bonnie Ross's induction into the AIAS Hall of Fame, our current Pokémon rotation, a few specific attacks on various Pokémon, some strategy talk, domesticating animals, how the game treats the Pokémon, random encounters and the grind, randomness and the disincentive to explore, the randomness as a loot box sort of mechanic, randomness as strength in collecting, Japanese cultural conservatism, whether or not they were deliberate in their random battle approach, the television show, sweetness and innocence and getting attached to particular Pokémon, transcending as a franchise, characterization and evolution, meta-strategies, the immensity of the game and multiplicity, rock-paper-scissors and simplicity of grasping it, the periodic table, learning the type table by osmosis or by study, talking about inventory management, a game where you are rewarded if you put your Pokémon into a flow state, running out of PP, finding ether in the wild, providing items based on need, getting into the strategy, an index of the creepiest trainers, memorable characters and repetition, trainers are great for previewing Pokémon, getting pushback and inviting it, talking about the Yakuza series, game preservation, games as a business, fighting preservation, poor preservation, emulation, improving on an old game, hidden numbers in RPGs, Pokémon as loot and as units, wanting variation, being based on games with dice, figuring out exactly how many hit points a thing has, the role of the Internet, a user corrects Brett on shiny Pokémon and on what level he was. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Bonnie Ross, 343 Industries, AIAS/DICE, Bungie, Halo, Microsoft, The Game Awards, Game Developer's Choice Awards, Waypoint Radio, Final Fantasy IX, Pokémon Go, Legend of Zelda, Pokémon Let's Go, Nintendo Switch, Breath of the Wild, Miles Truss, GTA III, LA Noire, Mike Vogt, Yakuza (series), MGS V, GameBoy Pocket/Lite, Giant Beast Cast, Chris Tiemeßen, PlayStation Classic, Sega Classics, SNK 40th Anniversary, Pink Gorilla, Virtual Console, Xbox One, NES Classic/SNES Classic, Zimmy Finger, Nintendo DS, PSP (PlayStation Portable), Diablo, Dungeons and Dragons, Ben "From Iowa" Zaugg, Gothic Chocobo. Next time: 7 Badges (after our end-of-year 'cast) Link: My Little Golden Book About Zogg Note: Although Brett said he hadn't worked on an RPG, what he meant was he hadn't worked on a JRPG. (Brett of course worked on Skyrim, Fallout 3, and Fallout 4.) @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Listen as Ms. Miller talks about the work she completes for her large client base and their extensive range of themed events. Her company's creativity knows no bounds with its centerpieces, walls, arches, sculptures, columns, ceiling decorations and mylar balloons for letters. "What's fun for us is when people give us a challenge or something we've never done before." She also reveals a simple truth: "Balloons just make people smile. No matter what you're going through, balloons make people happy. They add to the excitement." For further details, visit https://junescharf.wixsite.com/reaching-new-heights/blog/episode-13-pink-gorilla-balloons-events-founder-and-president

In this special episode Ben and Shane share their gaming convention pickups, sales, and much more. From Fatalities to Friendship we talk Mortal Kombat, Rampage, meeting fans, and the awesome Youtubers from the northwest.   BONUS Interviews with con organizer Jake Friedel and Kelsey Lewin of Pink Gorilla. Find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/videogamedads

Kelsey Lewin speaks with Pat about retro game collecting, running the Pink Gorilla game store, video creation, and more! Check out sponsor Dollar Shave Club - Get a Razor for $1 with Free Shipping and No Commitment! Check out sponsor That's It Fruit & Veggie Bars - use code NOTCOMMON and save 10%! Follow Pat on twitter @patthenespunk Help support this content: Patreon.com/PatContri Want to advertise with the Not So Common podcast? Or maybe you have a funny story to share? Email notsocommon@thepunkeffect.com Listen on Google Play! Listen on iTunes!

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we are just beginning a new and shorter series on Silent Hill 2. We set the game in its time period, and dive in quickly to the madness that brings us to that quaint little town, Silent Hill. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up through the end of the apartments Podcast breakdown: 0:37   Silent Hill 2 51:15 Break 51:45 Feedback Issues covered: revisiting our interview with Julian Gollop, Julian's mum, PlayStation 2 year one, dividing the critical audience with The Room, Konami firing Kojima and turning to other industry, Tim not knowing what the game was, campiness of Resident Evil, walking through the apartments in the dark, the fog and short draw distance, how the game starts, elegant narrative, putting you in the mind of the protagonist, grief, "early walking simulator," immediate tension and danger, psychological thriller and horror elements, the camera -- fixed vs semi-fixed, build-up of tension, no cognitive dissonance between player and character, id/ego/superego, economy of design, bold choices in controls, intention through controls, audio terror and musical stingers, PlayStation technology, fog particles and fill rate, interior darkness, Tim's television environment, complicity, bloody footprints, jump scares in RE vs knowing something's coming (via the radio), learning through failure with a jump scare, Riddle Difficulty, lock and key puzzles, Harry Mildred Scott, case of canned juice, examining objects, save game representation, red handkerchiefs, Pyramid Head's blood and gore, psychosexuality, the enemies with the legs top and bottom, Pyramid Head as Id, Ego in James hiding from the Id, fear of confronting the primal, contra Nemesis or other RE enemies, the other characters, hallway reuse, description of PT, difficulty and usability, building a game for yourselves, wider demographics, more conservative finances, maintaining the young perspective, finding the right difficulty for your goals, size of the space in Souls games, Silent Hill remaster, some technical concerns, horror is about what you can't see, emulating the original experience, streaming stuff over the web, playing on a CRT, having a lot to respond to, layering in unexpected variables in X-COM, picking classics, the stuff that sticks with you, the complexity of the Oblivion leveling system, Skyrim as aspirational leveling system. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Julian Gollop and the Gollop family, Fallout, Konami, Ico, GTA III, Metal Gear Solid 2, Jak & Daxter, Twisted Metal Black, Max Payne, Black & White, Halo, Silent Hill series, Team Silent, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Sam Barlow, Her Story, Silent Hills, Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro, PT, Resident Evil, Pink Gorilla, Twin Peaks, Stephen King, Alan Wake, Jacob's Ladder, Freud, God of War, Amnesia, Sega, Nintendo, Microsoft, Star Wars: Starfighter, Koei, Square, Capcom, Alone in the Dark, Gollum, Ingmar Bergman, Halloween, Michael Keane, Ashley Riot, Vagrant Story, Super Mario World, Oblivion, Skyrim, Dark Souls, Demons's Souls, X-COM, Wayne Cline, Dmitry Pirag, Organ Quarter, Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics, PlayStation Now, Cameron Hass, Final Fantasy IX, Planescape: Torment, Shadow of the Colossus, TIE Fighter, Phantasmagoria, Civilization, Final Fantasy VII, Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate. BrettYK: 4 1/2 TimYK: 46 Links: Brett on difficulty  Next time: Up to the Labyrinth @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Pink Gorilla Events is an independent event production company founded in 2008. Events that are owned and run by Pink Gorilla Events include the Market to Market Relay Series, Good Life Halfsy half marathon, Born & Raced In Nebraska 10K Series, Leprechaun Chase 10K, Cornfield Cornfield 10K and Harvest Moon Hustle 10K. They excel at creating unique, large scale hyper-local, signature running experiences that appeal to elite athletes as well as the casual fun-runner. On this episode we talk with Zach Harsin, COO of Pink Gorilla Events and one of the equity partners of the company. Learn how his previous company merged with Pink Gorilla, the unique way he approaches sponsorship, and why customer service is the ultimate marketing strategy.   Learn more at www.pinkgorillaevents.com or visit them on Facebook. 

Weeks in Review, Gaming Podcast: Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Lucas Arts, Retro Games, Pink Gorilla, Super Smash Video Games, Another Castle Video Games, Fan Boy Three, Influences in our Media lives

I've decided to celebrate the 400th episode of LEP by making up an improvised comedy story, just for fun. In fact, this is the long-awaited sequel to The Pink Gorilla Story from episode 125. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-78D 

Our first episode! We even broke an hour, wow.   Welcome to Game is a 4 Letter Word, and our first episode: PINK - It’s a Lifestyle, show notes. And a quick word if you happened to blunder onto this post somehow: I had an idea around Christmas to do a podcast, a video podcast at that time actually. While the video component has shrank, the general premise hasn’t changed all that much, which is to bring the great video game stories to people that like great stories, even if they don’t like video games, along with the beauty of design in games as well. Think of it as adding sugar (stories) to the medicine (the tech/design stuff.)  Each week we take a 4 letter word as inspiration for the episode.  (I know style guides would have me write 4 as four, but we’re talking about building a brand here, people.)  OK! Enough explaining. The Pink Links and the LikeLike:   Jo Paoletti’s work can be found at http://www.pinkisforboys.org/ where you can see an uncensored cover to her new book Sex and Unisex.  Pink Gorilla’s retro charm and games can be visited virtually at http://www.pinkgorillagames.com/ and they are now rocking 3 locations in the Seattle area! If you want to get into the real nitty gritty of the Donkey Kong case you have to read David Sheff’s Game Over, a ridiculously detailed history of Nintendo’s most glorious decade: The 80’s. Still no sign of the S.S. Donkey Kong, but if we ever get a photo, we’ll post it. I go to Connecticut sometimes, maybe I can sneak a peek. You can do it for Ducky and get Pretty in Pink at the same time other at Legacy Games http://www.legacygames.com/download-games/21/PC/Pretty+in+Pink and there’s even free trail. Check out Kevin Smokler’s website at, where else, http://www.kevinsmokler.com/ Brad Smith’s Moon8 is here http://rainwarrior.ca/music/moon8.html with links to listen and more. Here’s the passage about Quinty/Mendal’s Palace from the Famicom book. Did they do a fair English translation?  (John Water’s mustache now has two twitter accounts: https://twitter.com/johnwaterstache and https://twitter.com/jwatersmustache) Visit the the www.Femicom.org Museum today, and don’t forget to listen to Rachel Weil’s podcast - oh! It’s seem to have gone AWOL for now, but I’m sure it will resurface, and remnants are on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/femicom/ And now you - yes, you - can play Theresa Duncan’s Chop Suey and more thanks to Rhizome and some amazing cloud computing. Discover the magic at http://rhizome.org/editorial/2015/apr/17/theresa-duncan-cd-roms-are-now-playable-online/ In the Pink of Health with Show Notes   Pink was never going to be the first episode. I literally have a list of of nearly 200 episode ideas, some with 4LW (typing out 4 letter words gets old,) some without. Pink was not there.   Then my friend Matt (THANK YOU MATT!), who had expressed interest in helping out with the show, said he was going to Seattle and wanted to talk to the Pink Gorilla folks. This was actual action, not the meticulous planning and backsliding I was doing. Pink was formed, and I cast a net. The word of the show is haberdashery.  As I mentioned in the episode, I didn’t want this to be a girl game episode, and the Jo Paoletti interview was actually the first piece, meant to anchor the idea and explore gender binaries. As time went on, as you can see, I rethought the “no girl games” issue. You see, it wasn’t that I didn’t want to look at it, I just didn’t want to go with the obvious choice. Challenge expectations.  But with the Pretty in Pink game, I decided it really had to come back, full circle, and be discussed. I decided not to re-record my lines at the end of the Paoletti piece, and instead evolve the thesis as the episode went on, ending with the fabulous Rachel Weil.    The John Kirby piece, with him becoming the possible namesake for the pink puffball might seem like a little bit of faded trivia, but I do find it fascinating that Kirby (the puffball) was literally whitewashed for his US premiere, with the character being white on the box art, and it being a Game Boy game, he was just tints of green and yellow on the tiny screen. Today, he stands majestic and pink.   And yes, Mario is Jump Man in Donkey Kong, but let’s compress history, shall we? Pink Floyd is just a word link, but I still find it amazing.  I tried to synch the Moon8 version with original via YouTubeDoubler, but, the timing is a bit off… Brad did this project years and years ago, and it was covered in the press, even NPR got in on it, but part of G4LW, and I decided this early on, isn’t about being first, but being different, and at least try to bring the human story out a bit more.   (I realized retreading is not the devil, when my tote-bag world exploded, like when an episode of Radio Lab was a retelling of New York Times Sunday Magazine article I had read about Disney movies and autism. Likewise, when This American Life had a new David Sedaris piece, I bristled with excitement, but what’s this, I had read this essay myself in the New Yorker just a few months ago.)   As for the Pretty in Pink film ending… I knew there was a reason I liked Some Kind of Wonderful better.  I haven’t seen it since I was 11, but it may of had to do with Mary Stuart Masterson. Wearing boxer shorts with short hair. As for the John Waters/Pokemon thing, well, my pal Patrick Davison I think said it best when he listened to the piece, we had a conversation to deliver a bit of trivia.  He liked it. Did you? Here’s the English description of Quinty from the Famicom book:   Pink Slip We never did do a story on pink slips… maybe in Pink 2.0 Well, this went on for a bit longer than I expected. Thanks for reading, and if you haven't yet, please listen (and subscribe…. and rate and review, etc.) As always, you can follow me at @OtherWhiteTofu and Matt at @Sneakdoorbeta, and even follow the show @G4LWShow. Yeah, so we have a Patreon set up, but at this point, I’d rather get feedback than financial support. Some burning questions follow: What did you like? What didn’t you? Are you into games? Was something unclear? Who has more vocal fry, Ryan or Matt? Mail us at mail@g4lw.net or send tweets, or leave a comment below, if I get it set up in time. And if there’s a few random sound effects you heard in the episode that you are wondering about, check out the RSS and listen to episode zero, where I discuss some of the show’s leitmotif and for more background of how this show came together in the first place.   Next week we look at just WHAT a video game is. Again, the general idea is that the odd numbered episodes are going to be bigger, even smaller. We are doing this so we don’t die.          

The Retro Show - Artists that riff on a preexisting genre. We talk about Relay Recording’s latest sampler, on Vinyl. I ordered this at Broken Records and Beehives, and the shipped it! This was a great deal! We discuss black vs. pink vinyl on the latest Saint Paul and the Broken Bones release. Is there a lower noise floor on colored vinyl? Marshall talks about cleaning up dirty records with glue on the surface. We give some background about how we found Saint Paul and the Broken Bones. I pick, then they hit. They got played on The Spectrum on Sirius XM. We play “Don’t Mean a Thing” by Saint Paul and the Broken Bones. We’re not picking on things in records, we just hear stuff that most people don’t hear. We gush over Shannon and the Clams. We buy as much vinyl as we can at Lucky Records in Wooster. We play “Rip Van Winkle” by Shannon and the Clams. We play talk a BUNCH about Soma FM. Bagel Radio sent us a ton of great suggestions for retro sounding bands. If you are looking for something to listening to that is awesome, and new, and foreign, please check out Soma FM. We spin “Pink Gorilla” by White Fence, from Cyclops Reap. We arrive at the idea that this is probably not headphone music. We talk about my Uncle Paul, and all the records in his collection. This sounds like it should be on my Uncle Paul’s record collection.

Listen to Luke tell you a rather bizarre story about an adventure involving a pink gorilla and a number of other characters. I recommend that you listen to the story several times as a way of enjoying and understanding it more. There is a rambling introduction, then the story begins at about 17minutes. There is a transcript available here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/125-the-pink-gorilla-story/