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Welcome, one and all, to the very first edition of The Wrap. This is an episode of SNEScapades where we look at all of the leftover games from a particular month that we didn't feel was worth one-third of an entire featured episode. Why did we decide to start doing this? Well the first two games on the docket have a lot to do with that. Actraiser 2 is the game that nearly broke Chase and Biometal was so dull that Emmy questioned whether she could continue talking more than a few minutes about every single game on the system. So congratulations Actraiser 2 and Biometal for being so awful and bland respectively that we changed the entire format of our show. We also discuss (briefly) Championship Pool, International Tennis Tour, Lamborghini American Challenge, NHL Stanley Cup, Steel Talons, Super Battleship, Super Putty, Super Tecmo Bowl, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Time Slip, Tony Meola's Sidekick Soccer, and We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story. Whew, that's a lot of games, and we still managed to keep this episode a pretty typical length. We hope you enjoy this rapid-fire format for getting through the less-interesting stuff.
2 hour and 34 minutes The Sponsors Thank you to Underground Printing for making this all possible. Rishi and Ryan have been our biggest supporters from the beginning. Check out their wide selection of officially licensed Michigan fan gear at their 3 store locations in Ann Arbor or learn about their custom apparel business at undergroundshirts.com. Our associate sponsors are: Peak Wealth Management, Matt Demorest - Realtor and Lender, Ann Arbor Elder Law, Michigan Law Grad, The Phil Klein Insurance Group, Winewood Organics, Human Element, Venue by 4M where we recorded this, and The Nose Bleeds, which is the Sklars Bros' reboot of Cheap Seats on UFC Fight Pass. 1. Offense vs Rutgers Starts at 1:00 Traditionally, this podcast has always started without Lou Holtz, but we challenge him to come here. JJ kept the ball a lot, it felt like Michigan took this game seriously. We're starting to get worried about Donovan Edwards' run game, he's leaving yards on the field. Blake Corum looks like he's all the way back, though, the offensive line will probably grade out well overall. LaDarius Henderson was playing on and off. It feels like we're at the floor at tackle as far as preseason expectations go, we're in game four and don't know who the starters are. JJ's first few throws were questionable or inaccurate, but then he leveled out. When's the last time they threw a tunnel screen? Semaj Morgan looked good but he's small out there. We think the cyan worked? The flea flicker was from Super Tecmo Bowl. Get Trente Jones the ball! The amount of times JJ ran felt about right also, good that he always got out of bounds. Max Bredeson's blocking has been great. [The rest of the writeup and the player after THE JUMP] 2. Defense vs Rutgers Starts at 39:34 Rod Moore lets a 69 yard touchdown get by and then gets benched for a bit, Quentin Johnson came in and looked pretty good again. Rutgers got the edge a couple times. The only other time they were able to move the ball was when Wimsatt was possessed by the ghost of Unstoppable Throw God Trevor Siemian for half a drive. Rutgers couldn't move the ball against the starting defensive line but were able to push the backups around. Linebackers played great, Mike Barrett looked like a fully weaponized middle linebacker. Haussmann had a really good game, Junior Colson is just not making mistakes in the run game. Mike Sainristil absolutely dump trucked Junior Colson during his interception. Everyone thinks the play is dead except Mike Sainristil and Kenneth Grant, who is impossibly fast for his size here. Michigan defeats the number one thing Rutgers had, which was a running back lead block for the quarterback. Rutgers felt like a much more functional football team this year. 3. Hot Takes, Game Theory, and Special Teams Starts at 1:00:38 Brian's Hot Takes voice was actually just a Ryan Day impression this whole time. Aussie punters are annoying, we don't like it. Thaw needs to get to that ball, someone else should be spotting it. Tommy Doman kicked a punt that still hasn't landed yet. The officials had a day, good thing it was a Ref Day in a game where it didn't matter. The Loveland first down was really bad, they marked a clear 3rd and 1 from Donovan Edwards short, they called a pass interference after a receiver gave up on the route. Why do you hate Michigan, KYLE?! They've been slow out of the huddle and had to call timeouts twice. Kalel Mullings could very well be the starter next year, and maybe even take some carries away from Edwards this season. 4. Around the Big Ten with Jamie Mac Starts at 1:27:45 Ohio State - 17 Notre Dame - 14 Defensive battle with a lot of drives that end on 4th down. Notre Dame bottles up Ohio State's passing attack and short yardage runs. Sam Hartman throws every possible 4 yard pass en route to 175 yards. The ending was wild and is discussed. JTT and Sawyer look like they haven't developed at all but Notre Dame has two great tackles. Notre Dame puts 10 guys on the field for the final two plays. The way Ohio State runs this game is how they lose to Michigan. The bad half Ryan Day was referring to was not even the one we were thinking of. The Lou Holtz thing is even funnier in context. Nebraska - 28 Louisiana Tech - 14 Nebraska's QB had more rushing yards than passing yards. They've discarded the forward pass, as God intended. Nebraska has a 330 lbs defensive tackle that wears zero. This next game will be a test for Michigan's rush offense, Nebraska may give Michigan some answers about where they are. Maryland - 31 Michigan State - 9 George Blaha said what?? Michigan State turned it over FIVE times, even though they outgain Maryland. There were some positive signs that they might be able to hang with some of the middle to lower tier big ten teams but we also saw what happened against Washington. It might be a worse sign for Maryland. Penn State - 31 Iowa - 0 Cade McNamara, 5-14 for 42 yards. Iowa's running backs combine for 27 yards. Penn State runs almost 60 more plays. It's about if Kirk Ferentz is getting fired at this point, not just Brian Ferentz. Four first downs to four turnovers, the stats just keep getting worse. Not sure you can extrapolate much from Penn State's defense in this. Penn State ground game was bottled up, passing game seemed fine. Indiana - 29 (4OT) Akron - 27 Indiana's safeties are terrible. Akron outgains Indiana 474-282. Indiana has combined for 8 rushing first downs against three FBS teams this season. Akron is a bad MAC team. Illinois - 23 Florida Atlantic - 17 Illinois outgains FAU 510-353. Still a little skeptical of this Illinois team but they looked a lot better in this game, even got out of a scoring hole. They're not good but they don't seem dire. Northwestern - 37 (OT) Minnesota - 34 Northwestern comes back from a 21 yard deficit and gains 492 yards. AJ Henning has a game tying touchdown. These are the games Minnesota usually takes care of and helps them eek out 8 wins. Doesn't look like that will be the case this year. Wisconsin - 38 Purdue - 17 Tanner Mordecai had 13 rushes that weren't sacks. Wisconsin is probably going to sleepwalk to the division title because nobody else is even trying in the West. MUSIC: “Bug Like An Angel”— Mitski “Rock 'n Roll With Me”— David Bowie “Let's Go Out On The Town”— Cut Worms “Across 110th Street”
This week Brian Breaker is joined by The Knightrider himself, Michael Knight! And together they step on to the gridiron to play Super Tecmo Bowl! Will find they find victory? Find out, because it's BRIAN BREAKER VS. Super Tecmo Bowl!
Episode 1 -- Eggnogg'n to Victory Opening [00:00:00 - 00:00:25] Introduction -- An introduction to the host of Support Your Carry -- Josh aka Ktulue. His past experience, favorite genres (everything) and games to play (Halo, Forza Horizon), and mediums (PC and Xbox One) on which he plays video games. [00:00:25 - 00:02:22] Expectations -- Josh will detail his expectations for this show, why he is doing it and what you as a listener can expect from his ramblings. [00:02:22 - 00:03:45] Introduction to Co-Host -- This week's co-host is Steve, Josh's closest and longest friend. Throughout the show, Steve is also referred to as Brother, since that is how both hosts call each other in real life. Steve also opens up about his favorite genres (RPG), favorite game (Zelda games), and his favorite medium (Xbox One). [00:02:22 - 00:10:00] Recent Plays -- Steve has been hooked on Star Wars Battlefront 2 for the past two weeks. Josh, meanwhile, has been playing through the Forza Horizon series, Star Wars Battlefront 2, and Unreal Tournament 2004, among other games. [00:10:00 - 00:16:30] Sacred Cow -- Porting old games to new devices. Josh and Steve discuss whether they like or not their original Xbox games coming digitally to Xbox One; Nintendo releasing the new NES and SNES condensed systems; as well as, emulators that are available. They wrestle with wonderment of what one can possibly find in the future with this current trend. [00:16:30 - 00:30:50] Holiday Memories -- While Josh sips his eggnog, listens to Steve talk about his favorite gaming holiday memories of playing Super Tecmo Bowl. Josh, while he can't remember a precise holiday memory specifically like Steve (too much eggnog, perhaps), recounts his favorite memories of having Halo LAN parties. [00:30:50 - 00:45:16] Trash or Cash -- Zombie Vikings by Zoink Games. Originally released Q4 2015 for PS4, PC and Wii U.; 2/21/2017 for Xbox One; 12/7/2017 on Steam. $20 originally; Steam $15 / $1.19 on sale through Jan 4th, 2018; Xbox $12 / $8.39 w/ gold through Dec 26, 2017. 1-4 player local and online co-op brawler a-la Castle Crashers in which Zombie Vikings (players) must go on an adventure to retrieve Odin’s eye--which was stolen by Loki. Pros: Art Work, Sound Track, Parallax Scrolling Environments, Well Developed Story Cons: Story via Cut-Scenes (too many), Humor, Bugs Verdict: Cash -- buy if it’s on sale, worth the $10 or less buy. [00:45:16 - 00:56:51] News Dump -- No big releases are happening over the next few weeks (until mid January), but the coveted Steam Sale started on 12/21. Josh and Steve also talk about the "recent" micro-transactions scandals for Star Wars Battlefront 2. [00:56:51 - 01:11:23] Closing -- Attribution of using Christmas Spirt by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com during the Holiday Memories segment. And special thanks given to Carol of Moonlover Visual Arts for producing all the amazing art for the show. [01:11:23 - 01:12:10]
Matt Bok is back yet again (again!) for an extra long, extra special episode. (Check out episode 16 and episode 26 for his previous episodes). Just in time for the holiday season, we discuss the SNES Classic, NES Classic, Nintendo Switch, Atari Box, and other stuff. Tons of show notes: The NES Classic and SNES Classic Virtua Racing (used the "SVP" chip) Panzer Dragoon Super Mario Advance series Super Mario Advance = Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Advance 2 = Super Mario World Super Mario Advance 3 = Yoshi's Island (aka Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) Super Mario Advance 4 = Super Mario Bros. 3 SNES had a "mode 7" feature, you can learn about it and F-Zero in this video by Jeremy Parish Games that Matt mentioned as notable "omissions" from the SNES classic: Donkey Kong Country 2 Donkey Kong Country 3 Super Mario All-Stars Zombies Ate My Neighbors Super Tecmo Bowl Earthworm Jim TMNT IV Super Star Wars NBA Jam Super Tennis NCAA Basketball Super Play Action Football NHL 94 NBA Live 95 The SNES Classic has indeed been hacked, and there was a message left by Nintendo The Ataribox. As of today, there is a "trailer" and a few photos. That's it. Ouya The M2 (from Matsushita Group, which is now known as Panasonic) Press conference about the M2 at E2 (1995) Micro Center is a computer store. Blade Runner 2049 trailer (which features the Atari logo) Might be a good time to brush up on your Atari history RetroN 77, by Hyperkin Vectrex Check out episode 035 with my brother Nathan to get some idea of why old consoles don't work so well with newer TVs. Nintendo Switch The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Super Mario Odyssey The "Mario game on the Wii U with the cats" I assume refers to Super Mario 3D World Is Game Boy Classic next? Books by Matt Bok: Anger, Theft, Murder, and Other Niceties The Meaning of Being Lonely Broken People Check out some videos of Matt Bok's standup comedy Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical. Theme music is "Crosscutting Concerns" by The Dirty Truckers, check out their music on Amazon or iTunes.
Please welcome our guest this week, his name is Thomas Jenkins and he is the owner of TecmoCleveland.com, we talk about the big Super Tecmo Bowl tourney happening in Cleveland. We also get into Sega and from what it seems their final push, Project Scorpio is revealed a little, new show on FXX, and is GameStop selling drugs now? Not exactly, well you'll see what I mean on the Game Fix Podcast. Enter the code GameFix17 when you register for the Tecmo Cleveland Tournament and receive 30% off registration. Visit them online at TecmoCleveland.com Follow us @GameFixShow
In this episode Greg is joined by Phil, AKA the No Swear Gamer, host of the YouTube show of the same name and the Atari 7800 Game by Game podcast as they discuss their love of football and the three Tecmo Bowl games that were released on the SNES. Any questions, comments, etc. can be let on the FB page or sent via e-mail to the snespodcast@yahoo.com
Johnny B is joined by his overzealous offspring, Zane Bell for some old-fashioned father/son bonding. The two discuss the Zimmerman verdict, a news show in Oakland that had a phonetic mishap, Zane's love life, can the Brandon Bears win another National Title? We'll discuss, and yet another crazy fishing trip. It's like Super Tecmo Bowl, but totally different.
In episode 4 we look at the game "Super Tecmo Bowl" for the NES. We run through and discuss the game.