54th: Celebrating Uncle Don
January 8, 2022
We celebrate the life of Uncle Don by discussing some of the things he enjoyed, and remembering the positive influence he had on Paul.
Before that though, Joecember shows Sean just how weird and kinky Cobra is. Copperhead has a very odd leather jock strap, and then there is Dr. Mindbender, and it only gets stranger from there.
First, we remember Keith Courage in Alpha Zones on the TurboGrafx-16. It is a weird game that involves fighting good fortune cats, with bonus points for the gold ones. That’s just the overworld. In the underworld, Keith Courage becomes a mech fighter with an array of weird weapons to fight all manner of strange enemies.
We are able to relive these old games by watching people play these games on YouTube, which can sometimes be more enjoyable than actually playing the old game.
Second, we remember fireworks from our youth. It was always exciting when we got our hands on the good fireworks. Nothing stokes a young teenager’s pyromania like the really good fireworks. Now, when your uncle builds his own bombs, that ramps all of that up to eleven!
Third, we talk about Battlestar Galactica! This show seems like it kicked off the current golden age of television storytelling that we have experienced for the last 15 years or so. On top of that, it was just a really great show, so Sean shares his memories of enjoying the show to entice Paul to get on the ball and watch it!