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Sean and Vinnk take to their microphones about the latest video game news, review Future Retro titles, and lament their growing Pile of Shame. Produced by That's Orange, LLC. Updated Fridays...

A friend of the show passed away last November. She made games that shaped our childhoods, and graciously offered her time for an interview...

It used to be true, and still is to some extent, that visiting a video game store in Japan is a rite of passage for foreign visitors to Japa...

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Sean sent Vinnk a blu-ray copy of The Last of Us for Christmas with the expectation he'd rather watch the show than play the game. However,...

Vinnk and SeanOrange pixel art by Louis Lloyd-Judson: https://louistrations.co.uk . This podcast is brought to you by the Nerd & Tie Podcast...

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It's no secret that we're big fans of Homestar Runner here at Famicom Dojo, so when Vinnk had the chance to see a live wrestling match in Fu...

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It's 1999 again on Nintendo Switch, with the release of an update to a cult classic: Samba de Amigo: Party Central. Will the Switch's motion...

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In our accidental crossover episode with our new podcast Two Boobs Watch the Tube, we talk about video games, but quickly sidebar into movie...

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Nintendo is shutting down the Wii U and 3DS eShops in 2023, and there won't be any last-minute reprieve like Sony gave to the PS3 and PS Vit...

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We answer your lingering, burning questions. What are our favorite podcasts? Well, we break them down for you. And more!Vinnk and SeanOrange...

The video game market can be unpredictable, and the last year has proven that even well-founded leaks are unreliable in the face of global c...

We share our favorite Christmas memories past and present, and answer whether we'll ever get tired of gaming... or if modern gaming will jus...

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This week we're following up the main episode by answering your questions about the value of remakes, how Nintendo's marketing practices, ho...

Vinnk and Sean talk about the insane auction prices of some not-very-rare (but sealed) physical retro games, and the value of remakes. In Fu...

We celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Famicom Dojo Video Game Podcast by answering your questions!"One More Continue" and "RPG" theme son...

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Most games are made with some kind of crunch to meet sales targets and match up with buying patterns, but sometimes the motives of publisher...

Video game sequels weren't like movie sequels. Technical improvements and customer feedback almost always mean better games, and more money...

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Why do some video game genres endure, when others fizzle out? What happens when one of the genres that dies is one that you really happen to...

Gone are the days that shipping a game meant it was "done", and the development team would move on to a new project. In the 2020s, like othe...

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When we last talked about the various video game ratings systems, we concluded that they were useless. Now that we're older and wiser, our p...

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We're still stuck at home (well, some of us are), wondering how the closure of non-essential businesses is will affect not just giant video...

Vinnks catches up Sean on all the TV shows he's been watching with his kids, plus some shows he's been interested in since Quarantine Vinnk...

Wisconsin has been on lockdown for about five weeks now, with at least five more to go. What do do in the meantime? Play video games and red...

Mythic Quest is Vinnk's new favorite show (after The Good Place ended), which he was suddenly reminded of when talking about Mystic Quest's...

Some of the most interesting deviations between US retro games and their Japanese originals are the decisions made when they were localized...

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Nintendo buried the lede in its latest Nintendo Direct with the announcement of its 16-bit offerings on the anniversary of its Nintendo Swit...

When we asked our Patreon supporters what they wanted us to podcast about, the answer was pretty unilaterally a topic about our first import...

Sean and Vinnk take to YouTube to chat with viewers and listeners like you about the state of Famicom Dojo, our plans for future videos and...

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