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KnockBack: Wave V Topics Revealed (Get Your Questions/Comments/Memories In!) (Patreon)

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2018-10-04 22:51:42
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Hey All!

I hope that this posting finds you and yours very well.

It's that time! I'm pleased to reveal the next 9 topics that will be covered on CLS: KnockBack. Dagan and I will be recording this wave between October 13th and October 16th in Santa Monica, and we're stoked to reconvene.

Here's what we're thinking, topic-wise. Episode numbers are tentative, and don't necessarily reflect the order in which the episodes will be published.

Episode 36: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Episode 37: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Episode 38: Lunchtime and Recess
Episode 39: The Music of our Youth
Episode 40: Caddyshack
Episode 41: Disney Animated Films (1937-1959)
Episode 42: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Episode 43: The Back to the Future Trilogy*
Episode 44: Nintendo vs. SEGA*

* - This is a Patron-selected topic.

It's entirely possible we do a yet-undetermined tenth topic, but we're not certain we're going to have the time. We're getting back together in Philly in December, though, so there's no need to cram too much in.

Okay, so now that the topics have been established, it's time for you to participate as much as or as little as you'd like! In the comments below, leave your thoughts, memories, questions, comments, concerns, or whatever else about one, two, or more (or all!) of the topics given. Just make sure to clearly identify what subject you're talking about. We'll then use your postings on the episodes we record... it's that simple!

Remember: Your collective level of participation in KnockBack is totally up to you... so if you can/want to, please take the time to participate! It makes the shows better and more dynamic, I think. =)

Thank you, as always, for your support. -Colin

P.S. This wave should completely catch us up on fan-chosen topics, except the one that most recently won (in the recent tiebreaker, no less): PlayStation 2. Expect that in Wave VI or VII.

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Anonymous

The Music of our Youth Colin and Dagan, You've mentioned that band Brand New on multiple episodes. Brand New is my favorite band of all time and has helped me through some rough times in my life. What's your opinion on the band throughout the years? Personally I've loved everything they've ever put out, but I'm not a huge fan of Science Fiction. Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

Anonymous

Back to the future: do you think that they should remake the back to the future movies?

Jason Bolla

Castlevania: I remember grabbing this for $10 unopened at a Blockbuster years ago. I beat the game (I thought), and quite a while later watched my younger brother play through it and flip the castle. I somehow got the credits without flipping it... I was amazed.

Anonymous

For the lunch time and recess episode you have to talk about getting put on wall when you got in trouble! Also the weird school rules that crop up from the students. In my case pokemon cards were banned because we played for keeps.

Jeremy Cochran

Hey guys....better recess game, Kickball or Forusquare? (The answer is Foursquare BTW) Keep up the great work, you two are the best...thank you for what you do!!

Alex Ball

Willy Wonka Question: I may be alone, but re-watching the movie recently I firmly believe Grandpa Joe was an asshole. He’s spending money on tobacco when the family is eating cabbage water for dinner. He hasn’t moved in 10 years, but his grandson wins a contest and he’s dancing around. He disobeys rules like drinking the floating soda, almost costing Charlie the grand prize. Then at the end, he goes if I’m not getting chocolate I’m getting some money from Slugworth. Do you agree?

John the Nabo

Symphony of the night: Greetings, I only really found out about SOTN a few years ago and quickly became one of my all time favorite games, especially if you play as Richter Belmont, it not only plays much more like a classic castlevania but is also surprisingly challenging. Have you ever played as Richter and what do you think of it?

Michael Morris

“The candy man can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good” Such a great movie.

Anonymous

Dude, you should so post the Castlevania episode the week it comes out on the PS4 and season 2 drops on Netflix.

Tyson Williams

Back To The Future: When I was younger I liked Part 2 much more than Part 1, but I rewatched 1 at some point and realized how much better it was than the other 2 movies. Maybe because of how much more wild and out there 2 was, it appealed to my younger mind. Do you guys experience that ever with a movie game or book?

Anonymous

Wow this is a great batch of topics!

Owen

Episode 42 - Link to the past - It's not often I get to express my thoughts on LTTP, but it had a huge impact on my young life. I was 8 or 9 when I first got to experience this game. I was home schooled, didn't have any friends, and here comes this little 16 bit hero that I get to name, and all of a sudden. Owen is tasked with saving the world from the evil Ganon. It was the first game I ever played where I felt I was apart of it. Even if I didn't have friends, but that didn't mean I couldn't save the world. Made me feel special every time. I don't know how this game impacted you, and I know the episode is about LTTP. but I'm curious if either of you have a game that had a large impact on your life.

Anonymous

Cant wait for the Castlevania episode.

Tyson Williams

Link to the Past: it’s one of my favorite memories of playing games as a kid, I still replay it from time to time and I’m still mystified when I find the master sword in the lost woods. The beginning of the game actually sort of scared me when I was a wee lad, it was so atmospheric and dire.

Greg Ohlenforst

Willy Wonka: If each of you guys were one of the bad kids that received a golden ticket in addition to Charlie, what is your fatal flaw that would cause your demise and how would that demise play out within the factory?

Alex Ball

Disney Discussion: I love Disney. I own most of their classic animated catalogue. I always found it intriguing that Disney stories usually had a female antagonist. That doesn’t usually happen, but Disney really had it a lot. The Evil Queen (Snow White), Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty), The Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland), The Wicked Stepmother (Cinderella), Madam Mim (Sword in the Stone), etc. What are your guys’ thoughts on why this might be?

Anonymous

Music of our youth: Hey guys. Considering my favorite genre of music is heavy metal(primarily 80’s metal i.e Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc.) I would love to hear your take on metal music in the 70’s and 80’s. This era saw the New Wave of British Heavy Metal as well as the rise of a lot of great American metal bands. I am curious if this genre resinated with you two growing up. Thank you guys and keep up the great content!

Tyson Williams

Willy Wonka: I read the road dhal books when I was little along with many of his other books and they’re really fantastic and wonderful stories. But the Willy Wonka movie I think was better than the book. I feel it was almost perfect, my only gripe being that the grandpa takes that 180 turn at some point and pressures Charlie into drinking the fizzy soda pop when the rest of the movie the grandpa made sure to tell Charlie to listen to the rules and not be stupid like the other asshole kids. But the fact they did consume the fizzy pop soda was important to the climax of the movie but I feel they should have gotten them to do it without breaking grandpa bucket’s character

Brian Borlaug

Greetings to you both! A Link to the Past, what a game. This is most definitely a top 3 or 5 game for me. I remember renting the game, deleting those other poor saps saves, and just being in awe of what they had made. I was so confused as a child as to what to do, even getting lost in the beginning and not knowing how to get in to the castle. That game taught me so much about how to play games and gaming design overall. I kept finding new things every time I played it. Once we finally owned it, I dumped in way too much time. I still remember finding new things out about the game in Nintendo power. Getting the upgrades for the sword, shield, arrows, tunic, etc. seemed so insane to me, but made so much sense as you played along. The menu screen full of items (shout out to catching fairies in the bottles for revives),the dungeon design, the boss design, I could go on. I love this game more than Ocarina, but only as a personal preference. I beat the game again when the SNES classic came out and my God it was like riding a bike, I remembered everything. I don't know if I'll ever get that fresh feeling again, but how about that first moment when the dark world opens up? Like holy shit, there's a second world!? Final question, what was your favorite dungeon?

Joe Lawson

Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory was the most terrifying thing my chubby 6 year old ass ever saw. That smug mother fucker was a Charlie Manson level evil mastermind. He didn’t kill the children himself, he just set the trap and smiled as he watched them endure increasingly gruesome fates. At best he would feign remorse and drop a cheeky one liner as he shooed their grieving parents back out onto the streets. How do we stop this fucking psychopath?

There’s No I in LLC

Episode 38- Afterschool we got to play outside while waiting for the bus. One day I strained my ankle playing football. I went to go rest on these benches at the bottom of hill. However my brother and his friend came, and I thought they were checking on me. Lo and behold they started beating my ankle with these thick, not exactly logs but bigger than sticks,pieces of tree! Anyways after they were satisfied I got to climb the stairs and hobble over to the bus and go home. Any stories about playground betrayal?

Michael Candelaria

Episode 53 - Back to the Future trilogy First off, Heeeeyyyy guuyyyyys Secondly this is my favorite trilogy and I happen to like all the movies the same, why do you think 3 gets such a hard time from people. Lastly, what's your stance in the Clara Clayton Paradox.

Alex Ball

BTTF Question: What would you do if you had a time traveling Delorean? Where is the first place/event you would go to see? Would you stay in different time period?

Joshua McGee

Hello Colin and Dagan, Do you remember what the day was like when you first experienced Castlevania: SOTN? I remember my first experience with the game was the year it came out, but on Christmas Day- I was 10 years old. My uncle was the first in the family to get a PlayStation, which he received on xmas and the next gift he had opened was SOTN. I remember he literally freaked! My uncle was a very animated person who shouted “OH FUCK YES!” after opening this gift in front of numerous other family members. He is the one that exposed me to castlevania way back on the NES. Through the years we had finished 1,2,3, super castlevania IV, Dracula x and bloodlines together upon their release dates. We proceeded to immediately set up the PlayStation, and start playing SOTN non-stop. After a couple of days we thought we had finished it and then discovered the inverted castle and were blown away! What are your favorite areas/bosses in the game? Favorite music in the game? One of my most fond memories that stuck with me long after I played it is that damn Librarian! “HEH HEH! THANK YOOOOO!!” Still my favorite game in the series, I am excited to experience Castlevania: Requiem at the end of the month and just in time for Halloween! I apologize for the lengthy comment, but I was so excited when seeing this was going to be one of the topics of knockback! Keep doing what you guys do best- I love knockback and I never want it to end 💜💜💜💜💜

Anonymous

Lunchtime and recess was always a highlight of my childhood. I can still remember the teatherball was always the big attraction and duking it out to see who was the champion. We even had an ultra serious ruleset and championship belt. Did you guys have any similar competitive games you guys made up on the playground? Nintendo and Sega was always an interesting battle. The dreamcast to this day remains one of my favourite systems of all time. Do you think there was anything else Sega could have changed with the dreamcast to survive or was the writing just on the wall?

Jakeytar

The Back to the Future trilogy is my favorite film series. The first one specifically is a near perfect movie in my eyes. My favorite aspect is Alan Silvestri’s magical film composition. I’m instantly taken back whenever I hear it, do you guys have any similar film score nostalgia (ala John Williams perhaps)?

Alex Ball
>>16053341

Robert Zemeckis has said as long as he’s alive, he will never give the rights to do it.

Everyday Patrick

Recess... My school playground experiences can be divided up into sections. First and second was was almost exclusively wall ball. Second and third was tetherball. Fourth grade and after was a mix of D&D goofiness with my bookish friends in the morning, and then basketball for the long recess after lunch. I even got in my first fight on the playground after a kid pantsed me in sixth grade. We’re you guys ever involved in elementary school “rumbles?”

Tyson Williams

Music of my youth: I was born in 2002, although my dad who was born in 70 was really into music and music collecting. So for as long as I could remember we had this giant case full of music cds he’s collected, down in the basement. All the music was ripped onto iTunes of course and we had this massive library. I grew up with the early 00’s music a bit but most of the music I listen to and am most fond of is 70’s and 80’s stuff. Although my dad planted a seed of a love for all kinds of music because he really loves pretty much any genre. So I started to get into certain older groups myself that even he didn’t really get too deep into. Like I was obsessed with the Beatles and Beach Boys, Elvis Presley. I also started getting into old school Jazz, and Soul, classical, old school hip hop. And I rarely enjoy modern groups, which I guess kinda sucks because I’m the one with my peers that’s always wishing we were listening to something else and I don’t want to come off as pretentious or whiny but sometimes I think they perceive me that way anyway because I’m always not liking what is being played lol. Like my dad likes modern music more than I do for the most part.

Everyday Patrick

A Link to the Past... I love this game, but Link’s sprite with the seemingly pink hair always bothered me. It always made no of cotton candy, or a clown wig. What do you guys think? Which Link design from the series do you think is best?

Jeremy Brokos

So stoked to hear about your takes on the music of your youth. Growing up in the early to mid-2000's, it was all about the R&B and Hip Hop of the era that I was infatuated with. So much so that I enjoy listening back to many of these songs and artists now to remind me of a simpler time. Dancing at awkward middle school dances, listening as I worked on homework, or playing with friends at summer camps all come to mind when I hear these songs. Usher, Ciara, Missy Elliott, and Ludacris to name a few. Not to mention the surge of the boy band with N'Sync and Backstreet Boys. Reminds me of simpler times. Keep up the great work, gentlemen. It does me well to hear you.

Anonymous

Hi, Colin and Dagan! I really love the show and your relationship reminds me a lot of me and an older cousin that introduced me to lots of cool games and things when I was little, which is very special to me. My questions are about SOTN and ALTTP Symphony of the Night: This is easily one of my favorite games of all time and I’m very excited to replay it alongside Rondo of Blood on the PS4 (hopefully with a decent trophy list). Would you guys consider SOTN a perfect game in terms of design, progression, levels and all that? I think it does some very smart and interesting things, like how Alucard loses all his gear in the beginning of the game (a moment that reminds me of Mega Man X in the sense that you see how you’ll be THAT powerful later on in the game) and how mindblowing it is when you realize everything in the castle was designed to work upside down. Plus, you guys have any favorite areas music-wise? A Link to the Past: People often compare ALTTP with Ocarina of Time and talk about how the former is a foundation for the latter. Do you guys agree with that? And which game strikes you as better or more special? That’s it. Keep up with the great work, guys! <3

Anonymous

Willy wonka: Hi guuuyyss, long time listener first time caller . Just a quick question how many nightmares did you have from the tunnel scene? That movie was one of my top childhood horror movies. Also please note grandpa Joe is a freeloading asshole - thanks for your time.

Tyson Williams

Lunchtime and Recess: I just wanna shoutout to my gradeschool buddy, Connor, he always led and organized us to play tag or freeze tag or some other variation. He was super chill and nice and he totally rocked a surfer look like a tiny surfer man boy. So Connor if you’re out there, I hope your well man

Jeremy Brokos

I know that many tend to believe that the first Back to the Future is their favorite of the 3, but I feel as though I buck the consensus when I say that I would be more likely to watch the third over the other two. Maybe it's the old west setting, but I've always had a soft spot for this film that I feel isn't typically reciprocated by others. Is this sentiment shared by either of you? Do you feel it doesn't get as much respect as the others?

strawhatninja

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: If you were one of the kids who got invited to the factory what would've your weakness/downfall be or would you be perfect like Charlie?

John Ceccarelli

Castlevania: SOTN. When this came out on Xbox 360 Arcade, a friend recommended it to me. It was the first game I even beat in a single sitting, I must have played this until 4am because I just couldn't put it down. It introduced me to the entire Metroidvania genre (even though I didn't play Super Metroid until many many years later). "Beating" the game for the first time and realizing there was an entire new castle to play through was mind blowing, and quite simply a marvel when it comes to design. What were your first experiences with the game, especially transitioning from a level-by-level structure akin to C1, C2, and C4?

Anonymous

Back to the Future is my favorite movie of all time. In my opinion it’s everything a movie should be: memorable story, great characters, stands the test of time(no pun intended), and is infinitely re-watchable. My personal rankings of the movies are 1, 3, then 2. If I have to say a criticism of the trilogy, is that they essentially made the same movie three times, but I think it says a lot about how good the movies are that despite that I still love them.

Anonymous

Re: Music of our Youth What’s up MoBros?! Every so often I give new music a try but I always circle back to the same opinion: It’s garbage. I grew up enjoying the music of the 80s and 90s during the hay day of MTV. Am I allergic to new music because I’m missing that connection with the artists via music videos or is it simply because music stop being fun after turning 30? Love the show!

Jason Bolla

Willy Wonka: favorite line/scene from Gene Wilder? I turned the movie on the other day since it was on TV and decided to watch something else until the Golden Ticket song - at that point the movie is pure perfection. You LOSE!

strawhatninja

Lunchtime and Recess: I remember a few things during elementary school during lunch like my friend splatting my go-gurt all over the wall or my lunch box being bigger then me. During recess I remember playing a game called Red Rover which sucked as a small skinny kid. Basically you hold hands, form a line, and spread out. You then call out the name of a kid who tries to break through what he thinks is the weakest arm link. If you hold him you win, but if he breaks through the people whose arms he broke through are out. Diabolic I know.

Craig Gunter

Some of you guys are so young! I was born in 79 so I grew up in the 80s and 90s and was in high school at the height of grunge. I found my place though in the metal scene which is still my fave today even though I can appreciate other scenes. I’m a teacher now and get exposed to lots of stuff teenagers are into now and frankly most of it is real bad.

Jeremy Brokos

Really interested in hearing your thoughts on lunchtime and recess. I always remember being really excited for Tuesday lunches because my school served this great chicken nugget meal for lunch that day. I also remember having to literally sprint from fourth period to the lunchroom my 9th grade year because all 1600 students ate at once that year, so it was either get there quick or eat in the last 10 minutes. Recess brings back memories of kickball mostly as this was our preferred game of choice. My greatest memory comes from first grade when I tripped over the ball and grinded my face into the asphalt leaving quite the scab for some time. I can still remember that last full day of school in 6th grade going out to play recess and stopping dead in my tracks realizing that this would be the last day that I ever have recess. I don't think about those days often anymore, so thanks for giving me a reason to. Keep up the great work, gents.

Jason Bolla

SEGA: Any games you guys missed out on that you have since jumped into? Standout Genesis games for me were the Phantasy Star series, Beyond the Oasis, Landstalker, Dynamite Headdy, Castlevania: Bloodlines, and Ristar.

Craig Gunter

The Sega series for me was Streets of Rage!

strawhatninja

Disney Animated Films (1937-1959) : My favorite film from this era is definitely Peter Pan. As a young boy growing up, the thought of getting old and not being a kid anymore was scary. Who wouldn't want to stay young forever and be able to fly and smoke weed with the Native Americans. What did you guys think of Peter Pan as a film?

strawhatninja

Nintendo vs. SEGA: I always had Nintendo consoles growing up starting with Super Nintendo and continuing from there. I was always jealous of my friends that had a Genesis because I thought he was so coo. Thank goodness my parents were smart and kept me on the Nintendo path, because looking back Sonic really sucks and Mario is superior in every way.

Marc Elfering

Willy Wonka This is the first movie I can recall watching as a child. My grandfather watched this movie with me countless times. We would rent it from the library and I started grabbing all the other Roald Dahl books (The Twits was my favorite) when we'd rent the VHS of Willy Wonka. I love the movie for how fun and whimsical it is but it also brings me so much joy to remember those times with my grandpa (he passed away suddenly last year). Excited to hear your guys memories and others as well. Really love listening to you and Dagan reminisce, all the best guys!

Anonymous

Hello gentlemen, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is my favorite video game of all time, and was one of the first games I got for my PlayStation in 1997. I'll never forget opening it at Christmas and being awestruck by the cover. I hadn't asked for or even known about the game before getting it, so I don't know what compelled my parents to purchase it for me but I'm glad they did because I fell in love with it. My 10 years old brain had a difficult time comprehending the opening of the game being the ending of the previous game, which I had also never played or heard of. Since that boss fight is basically impossible to lose it set my expectations that the game would be remarkably easy. I was wrong. That said, having since played Rondo of Blood, I love that SOTN is a direct continuation of that story. What are your thoughts on how the story of Symphony continues that of Rondo of Blood.

Jono Pech

Willy Wonka: What's worse, Willy Wonka's complete disregard for occupational health and safety, or building his empire with illegal foreign workers paid in chocolate? And how many Oompa Loompas died from these terrible workplace conditions? I'm half kidding of course, but apparently Roald Dahl originally depicted Oompa-Loompas as African Pygmies. I can see why that was changed.

Isaac Senesi

Back to the Future Trilogy: Colin, as you've previously shared, I know you hold a pretty big "Let's stop with the sequels/remakes/etc." stance. And I would tend to agree with you pretty wholeheartedly. But as a fun 'what if' I would love to hear from you and Dagan on if there HAD to be another new BttF movie made, what would you have it be and why? I feel like I've worded this terribly so let me try and simplify it - gun to your head, you HAVE to make a new BttF movie, but you have complete creative control. What's your idea for the film? How do you make it as good as possible? Reboot? Sequel? Follow Marty's kids? Pitch away! Thanks guys, love the show! You rock.

Anonymous

Back to the Future 2 is the weakest film in the series and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees

Francis Bryan

Music: I'd love to hear some of your guys favorite bands from your high school years. The bands that were huge in that time of my life, the bands of my generation, are still on my Spotify Playlist today. I have fond memories of skipping school and driving around with my buddies listening to White Zombie, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, NIN, and Pearl Jam. Also what was your first concert? Mine was Aerosmith on the Nine Lives tour in the Mid-90s. Keep up the great work guys!

Anonymous

School lunch and recess: pizza day was always the best, and getting picked last for kickball was worse than death. Also, the “move back” when you went up to kick made you feel like the absolute shit

Francis Bryan
>>16054384

Totally agree with you. The last bands I really got into were The Strokes and The White Stripes. I kinda stopped listening to new artists once I hit 30. I think it's normal. You connect with the artists of your youth.

Anonymous

Back to the future trilogy: I remember being enamored by the settings in these movies, and the excellent characters. I was always fascinated by the idea of time travel and I believe that these films played a big part in fostering an interest in science and technology that still holds true today.

Francis Bryan

Hi guys! How bad would Back to the Future have been if they didn't replace Eric Stoltz with Michael J. Fox shortly after filming began? While Stoltz is a fine actor, I can't imagine anyone else as Marty McFly.

Mr Bro Bot Brian

Hey Colin and Dagan, Love the show and been following you Col since your ign days. I always appreciate your opinion. Dagan, you’re ok (I kid I kid) my question is this. With Back to the Future 2 predicting various technological feats that we see today, what technology that was in the second movie that’s not real would you like to see come to fruition? Thanks again for the show and keep them coming. Brian

Matthew Major

Hi Boys!! My friend and I love Willy Wanka one of the greatest movies ever made. My question for you guys is do you feel that this movie should also be known for its soundtrack. Some amazing and unforgettable songs. Thank you both so much for Knockback it’s the best podcast you have ever done hands down. P.S some of the best movie quotes as well: “Two I can’t figure out just two. Let’s say you have two hundred.”

Eric Wilson

Back to the Future - Near the end of the movie, Marty arrives back in 1985 and races towards the parking lot to prevent Doc’s death. He gets there just in time to realize that he has failed. He also sees Marty-B hop in the DeLorean and takes off into the past. What the fuck is going to happen to Marty-B? I love this movie but that part puzzles me. Is Marty-B going to have that same adventure again (in 1955), just to arrive back home in 1985, back at the parking lot to find nobody there? And then what? there’ll be two Martys occupying the same timeline? Fucking time travel, man.

Will Hahn

Hey Colin and Dagan! You both are doing such a great job with the show and Dagan is such a natural at podcasting. My question is for The Music of Our Youth topic. When I was little, my parents had tons of CD’s in the car and would play music from all over the place on long car rides when we’d go on trips and I felt that really heightened my music taste today. We’d listen to Dave Matthews, Queen, and the Songs About Jane album from Maroon 5 over and over again. I look back at those times being very nostalgic for me and it reminded me of some of the best times of my childhood. My question for you: What music, songs, or albums reminded you of family and just being together with each other? Keep up the great content, guys!

Tyler

Lunch and Recess: did any of you guys suffer a severe injury while playing at recess? I remember in 4th grade playing four-square. I was in square 3. The guy in square 1 “cherry bombed” me (slamming the ball out of play, requiring me to hurry and get it within 10 seconds). The ball was soaring through the air. I was back pedaling while keeping my eye on the ball. When the ball over shot me I quickly turned to run for it....whack. Ran face first into a basketball pole. It knocked me completely out cold. Shattered my front tooth and was completely concussed.

Anonymous

Lunchtime and recess: Hi Colin and Dagan, my own memories of those years having lunchtime and a separate recess time for unsculpted free play are quite powerful and, I might say, helped me get through what would have been some pretty boring school days. My question for the two of you is: do you have any stories about “trading” food items during lunch? Call me nostalgic, but one of my friends from way back then and I will occasionally remark about how weird, and yet perfectly fine it seemed, to trade food and/or snacks...even going as far as promising to bring a second item the next day to sweeten the deal. Just wondering if you had experience in this early and unregulated “barter” system of our childhoods.

Michael Steinmetz

For music of my youth, I was in middle school when 3rd wave ska hit pretty big. It's still one of my favorite styles of music. In fact, in college I was in a ska band that wasn't that great. While there are a few bands put there still writing new music, it is mostly a dead genre. So were y'all rude boys? Do y'all know how to pick it up pick it up pick it up? Did you have any favorite ska albums?

MeatSpin11

SOTN: My question is simple. What is a man?

Koray Savas

As beloved as Willy Wonka is, I feel like it still must be noted how crucial the success of it belongs to Gene Wilder's performance. There's so much nuance to his delivery and facial expressions that really sells the role. "No. Stop. Don't. Come back" being my favorite line.

Everyday Patrick

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory… I know Colin isn’t a big fan of chocolate and candy… so what kind of food factory/castle/wonderland would he be most interested in visiting? Colin Moriarty and the Burger Kitchen? The Butter Noodle Bungalow?

Tanner Brant

Have at you! Man that Symphony of the Night voice acting is just the best

Everyday Patrick

Music of our Youth… Theme songs! Until I was 12 or 13, the music of my youth was mainly just the opening tunes that accompanied animated TV shows! Pokemon, Digimon, and even the odd Japanese stuff I saw/heard from anime VHS tapes. Do you guys have any unforgettable music in that vein?

Anonymous
>>16054945

It's my favorite. Not because it's the best, but because it's the most fun.

Everyday Patrick

Nintendo vs SEGA… The Dreamcast and N64 were both on the market at the same (at least for a few years). Both weren’t terribly successful (relative to Sony), but which of those two consoles do you guys remember the most fondly?

Anonymous

Back to the Future trilogy: Which reality would you rather live in, the movie's 2015, or our 2015.

Mike Tse

Awesome!! CDMsquared!!! I love this pod. It’s keeps getting better. Wishing for a Cowboy Bebop Joint!!!

Everyday Patrick

Disney Animated Films… With the exception of my Dad’s copies of Dances with Wolves and Gettysburg, Disney films from this era were the only VHS tapes that my family owned. Pinocchio, Cinderella, Snow White… and I distinctly remember seeing commercials for Disney Land at the start of each tape. It’s hilarious to me now that I’d watch those same film and park previews over and over. For me as a child, the ads were just part of the film experience : P

Anonymous

Willy Wonka: Hey guys, love the show! Not a dull episode so far, and your recent (to me) episode on Calvin and Hobbes brought me back to one of my favorite childhood experiences. How do you feel about the remake, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I personally think that nobody could have stacked up to Gene Wilder (RIP), but the direction they took the character was especially ill-conceived, making him less fun and more childish. Keep up the good work!

Daniel Boyer

Back To The Future Did either of you ever make it to universal studios in Orlando when they had the Back To The Future ride? It was fantastic and some of the original cast returned for it but they took it out in 2007. Love the show, keep up the good work!

Daniel Boyer

Lunch/Recess Have any of the Moriarty boys been in a fight on the playground? I stood up to a bully in 5th grade and got my ass beat. Love the show!

James Kinslow III

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is my absolute favorite Zelda game! My aunt introduced to me to the game and subsequently to the Super Nintendo (I was a Sega Genesis gamer prior to that). I used to watch my aunt play the hell out of that game and growing up I spent a lot of time with her and my cousin; she was like a second mom to me. I'm not quite sure what age I was, but I'd say between the ages 10-12, I stopped being a voyeur and decided to try the game myself and I fell in love with Zelda. Finally beating Ganon's ass never felt so satisfying! I had beaten games before, but A Link to the Past, man... What an experience.

Anonymous

Lunchtime and Recess! Something I always faced growing up was what friend said you had lunch with. In my school different grades go at different times and there was always drama involved in that. Do you guys remember anything about which friends were with you or anything along those lines?

Dustin Kline

Lunchtime\Recess: Hiiiiii guys, for me recess in elementary school was about one thing and one thing only, tag. I spend virtually every minute of every recess from 2nd grade until middle school playing tag with the same group of friends. Sprinting around the different playsets, dodging and weaving between non-suspected groups of girls to lose your tail. This high octane sport is also what gave me my first experience with a concussion. I fell through one the older, wooden playsets that had a neat planked bridge. Unfortunately, shortly after that incident they removed that entire playset. It was our gangs favorite to play on and I always felt guilty I might have had something to do with it.

Dustin Kline

Back to The Future: Anytime I think about Back to The Future I can't help but hear the into to Sammy Hagar's I Can't Drive 55. Such an iconic moment in the trilogy for me when the camera pans out and shows the perversion that is Biff's Tower.

Anonymous

Caddyshack: The first time I saw Caddyshack I was 14, my brother (25) brought home some VHS tapes and we watched this, animal house and Vegas vacation. I laughed so hard my asthma almost killed me

Ryan Hughes

Castlevania: Not really a question. Played it on my vita after your recommendation. It's glorious. Willy Wonka: All joking aside what was that tunnel part about? Years after watching that movie I still think about it. Totally freaks me out Lunch time: In our secondary school I spent most of my lunch time keeping a lookout for teachers for the smokers. All the "cool" kids loved me haha Music: If you could go back in time to see one band from your youth. Who would it be and why? Caddyshack: I can't believe they used the N word in this movie!!!

Anonymous

The Legend of Zelda: I remember staying overnight at my buddy's house in grade 8 so that we could beat the game from start to finish. We had a guide from gamefaqs and a crap ton of pop. But dammit we saved Hyrule!

Anonymous

Regarding Back to the Future can you guys talk a little about how different this movie could have been. With MJF being unavailable at first and Zemekis being forced to use an over dramatic actor. It took Zemekis a ton of begging to get that kid out of the movie and I was just wondering if you guys could shed some more light on that and maybe when that actually started to come out. Obviously no one knew what to expect with the first movie but as time went on when this trickled out what did people think. I cannot imagine BtoF without MJF. Underrated trilogy

Petre Cismigiu

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Hello, my favorite pair of brothers :) I wanted to hear your opinion on the late, amazing Gene Wilder. I think he's one of the main reasons why the film works, and I'll leave you with a little piece of trivia that attests to that. After reading the script, Gene Wilder said he would take the role of Willy Wonka under one condition: that he would be allowed to limp, then suddenly somersault in the scene when he first meets the children. When Director Mel Stuart asked why, Gene Wilder replied that having Wonka do this meant that "from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth." Stuart asked, "If I say no, you won't do the picture?" and Gene Wilder said, "I'm afraid that's the truth." Love you, Colin, Love you, Dagan. The content you put out is fantastic. Thank you, guys.

Ryan Hurley

- Lunchtime and Recess - Favorite recess game? Mine was tennis baseball (baseball, but with a tennis racket and a tennis ball and no gloves). - The Music of our Youth - Do you remember the first album you ever purchased? Mine was the Space Jam Soundtrack. - Caddyshack - This is such a quotable movie! Whenever I play golf, someone says a line from this film at least once per round. Do either of you quote this film, and if so, which lines are your favorite? - Disney Animated Films (1937-1959) - Even as a child I found Fantasia as a moving experience, and I loved Fantasia 200 even more. Do you think Disney will ever make a 3rd Fantasia?

Matthew Clarkson

Lunch time and recess : Was I the only kid who went home for lunch I lived so close and during highschool days my friends and I would end up going to my house to smoke a joint and play games. Music of our youth : I am from Toronto and we have a great live band community. Most of the bands I went to see were in small clubs and were not even that famous. Did Long Island have the same thing? Also Blink 182 Ya or Nay? Sega vs Nintendo: As a kid in the 90's my parents bought me a Genesis because it was the new hip thing. I never owned a SNES neither did my Best friend. I remember going to my cousins house he and his friend had one and playing Mario Kart. I mite be a crazy person but it didn't really seem all that great to me. Even now with Emulators and the virtual Console I just can't seem to be interested in it. Am I crazy ? What games should I try?

Kevin Sullivan

Lunch time: Were either of you ever involved in a food fight?

Anonymous

Music of our youth: Most cringeworthy band or trend you were into as a kid? Mine was nu-metal.

Anonymous

The Music of our Youth: Everyone has that band or artist that they loved as a kid that just doesn't hold up over time. In my case, that band is Smash Mouth. Are there any bands that you were really into growing up that you can't stand to listen to now? You guys are all stars. Get your game on.

xxxx

Castlevania SotN: Have either of you watched any of the Netflix animated series, and if you have do you think it's worth giving a shot, and does it stay true to the series?

Anonymous

LUNCH AND RECESS: I loved recess in grade school, especially when we played some (what at the time seemed like) epic games of freeze tag! I was also fond of elaborately re-enacting specific Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers fight scenes with a couple of close friends. #90sKid

Anonymous

Willy Wonka: I would love to hear you guys talk more about the audiences’ introduction to Mr. Wonka and the brilliance of that scene. After limping to the crowd and losing his cane he does that unexpected somersault. Such a simple scene but so powerful in telling the audience that everything in this factory is not quite what it seems and that this man should not be taken at face value

Anonymous

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. As it turns out this also could be part of the Sega Vs Nintendo topic as well seeing as how I was one of those dumb sega kids. Any way my first experience with this game only came a year ago when the snes classic came out. I have always heard great things about it but never had a snes to play it back in the day. I know about all the various re releases as well but just never bothered with it. Zelda has always be a hit an miss with me but this one is definitely my favorite. I'm happy that I have gotten the chance to fill a gap in my gaming history.

Bryan Cacciattolo

The Music of our Youth- In my youth my brother had got me in to band called Aqua in around the 2000s. They are a Danish-Norwegian eurodance group, you probably know them for the song Barbie Girl. I remember eurodance being big when i was a kid but glad that genre is dead from the mainstream. Do you guys remember that trend?

Luke Tucker

Caddyshack: You take drugs Colin? ... Good. So what’s the problem? :) Favorite line/sequence from the movie? Mine would be pretty much anything from Rodney Dangerfield (RIP) including his obnoxious car horn. Looks good on you though!

Luke Tucker

Disney Animated Films (1937-1959): Hi guys! This is regarding The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad (1949). I have vivid memories as a child of seeing the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” portion of this film on the Disney Channel as a little kid and it scaring the crap out of me in the best way. It remains my favorite telling of Washington Irving’s classic tale to this day. I think it may have been in a compilation program called “Disney’s Halloween Treat”. Do you guys remember this or did you see it as the original complete film?

Luke Tucker

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Good day Moriarty Bros.! My first foray into “serious” gaming was The Legend of Zelda on the NES. As an 8-9 year-old I got so good at it via practice and utilizing the paper map that came with the instructions that I completed it and the second quest, beating my teenage neighbor to accomplishing this feat. So when Link to the Past came along I was blown away! It is definitively one of the games that made the SNES my favorite console. Can you guys talk about your memories of playing through it as kids and if you ever had neighborhood challenges with trying to be the first to complete single player epics? Keep the nostalgia flowing guys, KnockBack rules!

Luke Tucker

The Back to the Future Trilogy: Hey fellas. I’m afraid you’re just too darn loud. ;) These are and always will be my favorite films of all-time. As a short kid growing up, Michael J. Fox was my idol because of these films. Short like me, but the coolest guy around who was hilarious, played rock guitar, had the girls fawning all over him and drove the coolest car ever, the DeLorean time machine. The entire cast of Hill Valley and the world created was and remains complete magic to me. The 1980s, the decade I grew up in through my grade school years captured forever, and it captures the 1950s, the time my parents grew up in as kids. Combine that with the science-fiction fantasy of time travel, the “what if I went to high school with my parents?” idea brought to life, the immense talent behind the films and the wonder of time travel in the sequels and you have my perfect movies. I know you guys said you never really had these on your radar growing up, so I wanted to share why they resonated with me so much to try to provide a perspective on why they do resonate with many of us who were into them as kids and love them to this day. Remember guys, your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one, both of you!

Luke Tucker

Nintendo vs. SEGA: I was a Nintendo kid growing up whose SEGA experience was limited mostly to sports games over at two friends’ houses who had Genesis. Recently however I got into listening to Audiobooks at work via Audible, and got my favorite gaming book to date, “Console Wars”. I absolutely loved it and gained a greater appreciation of SEGA of America. Can you guys talk about your experience reading/listening to Console Wars and if it changed any of your opinions on the SEGA of this time frame in the early to mid 90s?

Chris B

Sega vs Nintendo - Back during the SNES vs Genesis days, my friend and I actually had discussions about which was the better console. He was the sega kid. Eventually, he got the Super Nintendo and saw the light. My question to the two of you, what games do you think showed that the Genesis was a worthy rival to Super Nintendo. Side note: Saturn never gets enough love. I know it sold a paltry 9 million, but it had an amazing catalog of first party games. Plus, it was best place to play fighting games. Disney Animated films (1937-1959) - Fantasia will always rank as the most moving piece of art Disney has ever created, and can we please forget about that garbage sequel. I’m sure you two will cover it, but have you watched Disney’s WWII propaganda films? I was always fascinated with the level of propaganda produced during the war.

Anonymous

KnockBack: A Link to the Past. ALttP is my all time favorite game. It came out in 92, and I believe I got it for Christmas in 93, when I was in the 3rd grade. I was old enough to be able to read, comprehend, and figure out puzzles on my own, but young enough where my imagination was still running wild. It was the perfect storm. The world seemed huge, the colors were beautiful, and the music dripped with adventure. That iteration of Hyrule is so full of secrets and wonder. It begs to be explored. I don’t imagine a game will ever captivate me in that same way again, and ALttP will likely forever be my all time fav. Love you guys and your great chemistry together, keep the content coming!

David Graham

Back to the Future: I'm going to be straightforward here: Is the BttF trilogy the most complete and well constructed trilogy of all time? And why is the answer "of course?" Thanks so much for the great shows!

Anonymous

Lunchtime and Recess: Growing up, my mom was incredibly conscious about the food she fed me at home and with what she packed into my lunch. Because of this, trading with my classmates at lunchtime was one of the only ways I was able to sample some of the finer treats from the 90's that were essentially just consumable diabetes. Dunkaroos, Fruit by the Foot/Fruit Roll-Ups, and Gushers are some of the finer delicacies I remember from my youth. My question is if trading was a staple of your lunchtime culture, and what were the hottest snacks on the market? Also, in regards to recess, we played some really stupid and dangerous games at school growing up. I remember someone breaking their collar bone after losing a chicken fight (when two people hang by the monkey-bars and try to make their opponent fall using their legs) and one of my friends had to get a glass eye after he got hit in the face with a tennis ball while playing Three Butts Up. What harrowing memories do you have from the playground? -Jacob

Anonymous

Nintendo/Sega/TG16: You keep forgetting the best if all, the TurboGrafx/Duo! (At least in my humble and not-as-popular opinion) Best to you guys and keep up the good work!

Andrew

School recess was the best time of the day. I had a group of friends who we would play kick ball during recess. I remember laughing my ass off so many times than I pissed my pants. This was about 3rd grade

John Lynch

This isn’t really a question, but more of a comment on symphony of the night. I knew I was gettting a PlayStation for Christmas, me and my brother both were allowed to have one game I asked for castlevania my brother asked for Mortal Kombat mythologies sub zero. We each got them, but to my horror, the game I opened was that turd sub zero game

Anonymous

Castlevania SotN: Hey guysssss! It's still vivid in my head. I'll wake up in the middle of the night, pretend that I'm still sleeping and I'll watch my Dad play it. My dad didn't beat the game and I continued his save. It was hard but in pure luck, I got a super OP sword which is Crissaegrim. It made the game super easy! You guys familiar with this sword? Anyways, what weapon did you use in the game? What weapon did you use to beat Dracula?

Anonymous

Zelda: ALttP Hey guyyyyysss! Zelda: ALttP made me realize that there is a console exclusivity. Growing up, I just play games and didn't care about what console I'm playing. When a gave up my Super Famicom (i live in the Philippines) and gave it to my cousin, I thought every game I played on Nintendo can be played on PlayStation too. Back then, when I still have my Super Famicom, I wasn't able to play Zelda. Games are very limited because it's expensive so when I got my PlayStation (hacked/modified) I Iiterally played every games I can because it's cheap. Then one day, I went to a videogame store and ask if there's a Zelda game for PlayStation, clerk told me it's only available on Nintendo. It blew my mind. I know this sounds stupid but believe me, even to this day there are still gamers out there that is not aware of console exclusives. I still haven't played Zelda: ALttP, and I think I'll never play that game for the rest of my life. Lol

Zach Brown

In regards to Castlevania -SotN: Just when I thought it was early Christmas with the announcement of Castlevania: Requiem, just days later you announce that you and Dagan will be covering it on KnockBack. You're better than ever, gentlemen. And while SotN sits comfortably in my Top 5 All-Time, there's one element that I can't ignore which has garnered criticism over the last twenty years - it's challenge, or lack thereof. I remain a lover of the NES renditions; I remember playing the original Castlevania first in elementary school, yet never becoming saavy enough with my jumps and the holy water until revisiting it in college to finally beat it. I probably play through Castlevania III once every couple of years, and there are still parts that can give me problems. However, as gorgeous, engaging, and evolutionary as SotN is, it never really was too tough to power through the bosses and final endgame. In recent years, I've tried to adjust my play style to make the game tougher (no armor, no subweapons, etc), but sometimes that becomes disappointing because I'm giving up such fun elements. What are your thoughts on the drop in difficulty that came with this new chapter in the franchise's life? A big deal, or not so much so? Would you ever do anything to make the game more challenging for yourself to give it that true throwback to the Castlevania challenge of old? Thank you, as always, for the fantastic work.

Anonymous

Lunchtime and recess: What’s up guys, thanks for the great content! When thinking about recess, I recall just being so stoked to get out of the classroom and run around doing whatever bullshit we did as kids. We would start our days with some quick mental math to figure out how much time we had until each break from class. It was a time a freedom and learning how to socialize and interact with our peers. Lunchtime on the other hand makes me think of high school and beyond where it became that little respite from the reality that adulthood usually means doing things you don’t want to do. In other words Lunchtime is the adult’s recess. And also, lunch just sounds good. It’s a solid mealtime, and some of my favorite foods could be traditionally considered “lunchtime foods”.

Ansley Freeman

Back to the Future: There isn't a movie series that I identify with my childhood more than this trilogy of movies. The wonder the excitement and the comedy still brings me back and I am always transported back to being a child while watching them. What movies in particular, a series of movies do you most identify with your childhood?

Ansley Freeman

Nintendo Vs Sega: I was one of the few kids that had everything from both companies all at once and was able to have most of everything I wanted from them. I remember having receipts from Phantasy Star 4, Final Fantasy 3(6), and the likes as my lim always knew what I wanted. I always had friends over and I saw the best and worst of the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. I remember the smear campaigns of Sega before the Super Nintendo came out. I had the inferior Sega Master System but love it. There wasn't a better time in gaming to me. The Ad campaigns were fucking legendary. What is your best memory of this system war?

Anonymous

Castlevania: Can we all take a moment to appreciate how stellar a title Symphony of the Night is? It’s so badass. Willy Wonka: I have always been fascinated with the Slugworth character. Can you guys wax poetic about him?

Sean Mason

Thanks for all you do! You make my Saturday morning 10-mile runs that much more enjoyable! PlayStation 2: Where do I start? This was the first console I bought with my own money (I was 8). I remember hiding my copy of GTA III, as my parents wouldn't let me play M games. I have a vivid memory of running to the TV and switching the video input any time I heard someone walking to down the stairs. Ahh, the memories. The Back to the Future Trilogy: This is my favorite movie trilogy of all-time. The first time I saw part one, was in the summer of 2004. My family and I were on vacation, and I woke up at 5 A.M (much to my mother's dismay. I was excited to go to Disney World!). My mom handed me a portable DVD player and a copy of Back to the Future part 1. I was immediately hooked in, and upon finishing, I begged my parents to let me skip our trip to Disney to watch part 2 and 3. A Link To The Past: A Link To The Past is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember the first time I booted up and being amazed by the beautiful sprite work. My question for you guys is two-fold: do you think Nintendo would ever remake the game in 3D? Would you want Nintendo to do so?

Tony Bertucci

Hello from Canada, not a question but a funny story from my childhood about Willy Wonka. When I was a kid, probably between 5 and 8, we had a movie rental store down the road from our house. This store had all of the cases for the movies on the shelves with little tags in front of them that you would take up to the counter to rent out. My older sister and I went down one day at the behest of my parents with the intention of renting something for me to keep me busy. My choice was one of the X-Men animated films from the 90's. However my sister, 9 years older than me, had no interest in watching this and switched the tab out for Willy Wonka without me knowing until we got home and popped the VHS into the VCR and I was totally crushed. This has always left a bad taste in my mouth about Willy Wonka for some reason. Thanks for all the great content. Much love, Tony

Jeshua Anderson

Back To The Future - Hey guys! So this is more a response to a question Colin asked in a previous KnockBack, "What draws so many of us to BTTF"? While I can name so many things that we all love about it, I think it really boils down to it being another grand adventure in the same light as The Goonies, Indiana Jones, and even Star Wars. We were all kids when these came out, and what kid doesn't want to go on an adventure? Hell, 3 of these 4 movies even has kids as the main protagonist. Its really about the adventure and the wonder. Also BTTF holds up really well effects wise and the 50's, 80's and wild west nostalgia crosses so many generations. Anyways that's my 2 cents. Keep up the great work, you make my week! Jeshua

Anonymous

Music of my youth. Outside of what my parents listen to which they were rockers my mom more so hearing Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Queen to start. My dad got me into ZZ Top and Eagles. Took it for granted at the time. The first music I got into in the mid 90s around 5th grade was the pop and hip hop of the time hearing it on KIIS FM in the greater L.A. area. Later in junior high went to KROQ with the alternative and hard rock nu metal my favorite band still is 311( I switched back and forth between the blue album and Transistor for my favorite album depends on how I'm feeling at the time.) I had the BMG music club for years where got a lot of my music there. Got into punk rock in high school through some of my friends at the time and this independent TV channel called KDOC had a hour of punk rock music videos on Saturday nights from Epitaph Records and Sideone Dummy Records. I still go back and listen to a lot of it today. Korn, Linkin Park, Offspring, Eminem, Rancid, Bad Religion, and many more I listen to back then will have a place in my heart.

Tyler

Willy Wonka - Did you ever want to go to the chocolate factory and if so then what would be the first thing you'd do there? Maybe take a dip in the chocolate?

Tyler

Disney animated films - why do they have so much charm about them? Maybe it's just nostalgia?

Nate McKinney

Back to the Future: Hi guuuuyyys! In an era of constant remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and other buzzwords that begin with "re," Back to the Future has remained largely untouched. (The notable exception being the TellTale game.) Robert Zemeckes has said repeatedly that there will never be a 4th movie as long as he is alive. I admire that about this franchise, makes it seem more special. Having said that, hypothetically, if there were to be a reboot or 4th movie, what do you think the story should be, any time periods you think would be cool to visit? Thanks, love you guys and love the show! Very excited for this batch of topics.

Jeshua Anderson

Music of Our Youth - Hey guys, Do you think the great artists of history are starting to be forgotten or at the very least their impact on music? I feel like kids today don't know who Elvis is. They have no idea what Michael Jackson was, or Madonna, Prince or Whitney. I kind of feel like that's due to the decline of broadcast radio which forced us to listen to our older siblings, parents, and even grandparents radio stations that played everyone. Whereas today we all have iTunes, Spotify, or Pandora that have specially built playlists or radio stations. What are you thoughts? Will artists from the 60's, 70's, and 80's increasingly be lost to history? Love all that you two do, Jeshua

Anonymous

Hi there - when I think of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory two scenes come to mind that have stuck with me the most. The disturbing almost psychedelic sequence when they are going through the tunnel on the boat which freaked me out as child and even today. Secondly Willy Wonka's seemingly out of nowhere verbal blasting of Charlie at the end. I still quote the line to this day 'You get nothing, you lose! Good day sir'

Anonymous

Back to the future - I always found it weird how in the first movie Doc Brown learns from a note left by Marty that the terrorists will murder him and all he does is wear a bulletproof vest. He still could have been hit in the head or limbs or the bullets could have gone clean through the vest. I would expect more of a solid plan from a scientist.

Azzan

Castlevania SOTN - my memories related to this game: I missed playing SOTN when it first came out back in 1997, because I did not like the box art of the game cover, I did not like the way the main characters were drawn (too feminine for my taste during those days) and I did not like the screenshots presented on the back of the CD case (the stance of Alucard standing was pretty awkward). I was more into the gore of Resident Evil 2 back in those years. I travelled to UK in 1998 for my undergraduate studies and SOTN was not a massive commercial hit like Tekken 3 and Resident Evil. So, SOTN disappeared from my radar and my gaming life during those University years. Upon the release of Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles (CDXC) on the PSP in 2007, a game I was really looking forward to during my postgraduate year in the UK (once again), I played the unlockable SOTN briefly just to experience what all the “PSX greatest hit” is about. I thought the game was “okay”, good but not great. And once again, the game disappeared from my radar and the unticked box of SOTN was finally ticked. In 2010, a close friend of mine, who is a real RPG gamer, wanted to have a speed run/completion challenge for this game in particular. The challenge was accepted and I started playing the PS1 version of the game on my PSP on a long flight to Malaysia (East Asia), and boy-o-boy what perfect and addicting this game was. A true masterpiece indeed. Everything is right and perfect about this game. I played the game for weeks. But I did not complete the game nor the challenge because of one seriously mean thunder boss that I did not know how to beat. I stopped the challenge months after accepting it and went back to the game briefly in 2011 and finished the game without any satisfaction and for the sake of completing the game and closing this chapter of my gaming career. In 2015, I completed the game 206% in PS TV (the PSP CDXC version) and I also completed the full xbox achievements list of SOTN in 2016. And that’s my story with SOTN in short. I hope this will end up in the podcast or at least I hope that whoever finish reading this short story would have enjoyed what I just typed. To close this topic, one of my gaming regrets is not picking up the game when I had the opportunity to do so in 1998 and playing it during late 90s and before the end of PS1 era. I was lucky to pick up Metal Gear Solid and Zelda Ocarina of Time because of EGM rating. Otherwise, I would have missed those masterpieces too.

Azzan

Castlevania SoTN - my question: with the involvement of IGA in Bloodstained RotN, will the game be a worthy successor of SotN? or does the game (Bloodstained) need a strong backbone in form of Konami to truly succeed the expectations of everybody in the gaming industry including developers, critics and most importantly the audience?

Justin Matkowski

Quite Possibly my favorite season of topics, yet! On to the memories: Castlevania Symphony of the Night: Aside from being my favorite title for the original Playstation, one thing that I admire so much about Symphony of the Night is how much it went against the grain. When every developer was seemingly obsessed with the 3D revolution, Castlevania bucked the trend by releasing a flawless 2D sidescroller that has aged far, far better than 99% of it's contemporary titles. My question for you dudes: if you could reboot Castlevania, how would you do it? Feel free to give it to a specific dev team, too ;) Music Of Our Youth: I feel really privileged to have grown up in the 90's, when mixed tapes and hand-me-down physical albums were still the cultural norm. When I was 9 or 10, my older sister gave me Rancid's "And Out Come The Wolves", which set me on not only a musical journey, but a philosophical one that is very much a part of who I am today in my early 30's. My question for you guys: is there a certain album the two of you really bonded over as brothers? A Link To The Past: My favorite Zelda game by far, and it hovers between my first or second favorite game of all time, depending on my mood. Aside from how many "Greatest of All Time" contenders there on SNES, one of the most incredible aspects of games like A Link To The Past was how TRULY "Next-Gen" they felt and looked. As gaming technology becomes increasingly incremental, I doubt we'll ever get that feeling again of seeing Hyrulian rain for the first time, or pulling the Master Sword from its pedestal in the Lost Woods. I still play through ALTTP in it's entirety at least once a year, and it hasn't lost a touch of its magic, yet! Back To The Future Trilogy: I'm sure you guys will cover all the awesome aspects of these incredible movies, so I'll start with a question, straight off the bat: if you could hop in the Delorean, where is the first place you would travel to and what would you want to witness? For me, it would be the Italian Renaissance. Keep in mind, if you interact with anything, you run the risk of screwing the historical pooch and creating an alternate timeline ;) Nintendo Vs. Sega: One of the things I actually really miss about the great Console War era (ok let's be honest, Sega got it's ass handed to it) was how different games were depending on whether they were on the SNES or the Genesis. It made me want to seek out both versions to compare and contrast. Since all three of us are Nintendo kids, was there a certain port or game that you felt was actually better on the Genesis? For me, it would be Disney's Aladdin. I'm sure Dagan would appreciate the animation quality, considering when that game was made!

Jeshua Anderson

Nintendo vs Sega- Sega will always be a special brand for me, and even plays a part in my love of Knockback with its dynamic of you and Dagan as brothers. When I was kid my mom lost custody of my older brother (and sister) to their dad, leaving things just my mom and myself. Years later when I was 9 my mom regained custody of my now 14 year old brother who came packing the first ever video game system to exist in my home, The Sega Master System. When my brother left I barely knew him as I was maybe 4, but we bonded over that summer of 1990 endlessly playing games like Shinobi, Alex kid in Shinobi World, SpellCaster. Zillion, R-Type and so much more. To this day that was the happiest time of my life. Years later I would bond with my best friends over the Genesis, and then much later Sega Dreamcast. While I will admit Nintendo had the superior game collections, there just was always something about the Sega and it's community. Anyways I just wanted to share that. So to actually ask a question, what could Sega have done to really compete or even surpass Nintendo? Also what are your thoughts on Sega CD and 32x? I thought they were atrocious, but want your opinion. Thank you for these awesome shows, Jeshua.

Jeshua Anderson

Disney Animated Films (1937-1959) - While these movies are undeniable classics, is it just me, or weren't alot of them creepy as hell? Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Fantasia and of course the fever nightmare that was Alice in Wonderland. I had more nightmares from those movies than any horror movie I ever accidentally watched. Anyways, thoughts?

Jeshua Anderson

Lunchtime and Recess- Choose which was best; What were your favorite games out of the following? Tag, freeze tag, dodgeball (how many adults today have CTE from this? LOL), tetherball, kickball (my favorite, and never understood how it wasn't a professional league), or foursquare (kids used to try to team up on me in this, especially girls, but they always failed).

Jeshua Anderson

Legend of Zelda A link to the Past- I honestly have a hard time deciding whether this or Final Fantasy 3/6 is my all time favorite game. I remember as a teen this was my gateway into RPG's even though it's not an RPG's. After I played it I was so blown away, I immediately hoped the bus to Funcoland and asked the clerk for a game just like it. He gave me FF3 which left me in awe. He then gave me Suikoden, than Wild Arms and just on and on. So ALTTP is a very special game for me. I am replaying ALTTP for the first time now on SNES Classic, and I gotta say it's still as great a game as ever.

Jeshua Anderson

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory- Was Gene WIlder a national treasure or what? He always seemed like the most awesome dude ever. I always wanted to hang out with him as he just seemed like he'd drop some real life changing wisdom on you. As far as WWatCF, he was incredible. I love Johnny Depp, but I would have never taken that roll. There nothing you could add to it. Your gonna come off as a poor imitation. Btw I'm dying at the thought of Colin on that trip to. I can see Colin saying after every accident "Wells that what you get ya little shit, how hard is it to follow directions?" LOL!!

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Hey Sean! Just giving you a heads-up that PS2 won't be covered until Wave VI. So make sure to resubmit at that time. <3

Anonymous

Recess- Did you guys ever play Wall Ball or Four Square? For a little local culture for you, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, a "South Philly" was when you caught it one handed and could peg someone to get them out-- which is darker than I realized as a kid. Whenever guys would play two hand touch football, it always felt like I was cool enough to play, but not cool enough to be thrown to! Popularity does not equal athleticism. Damn those cruel 3rd graders. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory- Absolutely one of the best kid movies ever. Unfortunately "Cheer up Charlie" slows down the movie immensely early on, but this movie is absolutely what a child's imagination is all about. The river boat scene was insanely creepy for kids though. Who didn't want to swim in that chocolate river? "Pure Imagination" is such a fantastic song and that scene where everyone walks around checking out the candy room really encompasses wonder for a kid. "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." Music of Our Youth: I'd like to highlight two bands here, one of which I think is probably important to both of you: Tears for Fears and Ben Folds Five. "Songs from the Big Chair" is one of the best 80s records ever (The Hurting is great too though) and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" encompasses everything great about 80s music: catchy synths and gated drums. Ben Folds Five is THE band to get me into music though, and are a staple of the late 90s. Back To The Future: These movies are so damn good as family movies. The jokes are pretty clean (save for the whole 'banging your mom' innuendos) and they're so funny to all ages. "Better get used to these bars, kid." I hope they never try to remake them. The third movie is better than it got credit for, but the first is still easily the best. Sega vs Nintendo: I never had a Sega system (besides the battery eating Game Gear) but going over to a friend's house and playing with those controllers always felt like a different world. I was always glad I had Nintendo though-- it's not even a contest between Mario and Sonic.

Anonymous

Recess: I went to a catholic school from Kindergarten to 8th grade. Once we got to 6th grade (around 2003 ) they wouldn't let the boys and girls play together at recess. We had a big field and we had to stay on opposite sides. This girl in my class thought we would disrupt the system one day, and we each stood on our respective sides of the field and threw a football back and forth. The teacher on recess duty was absolutely furious. I can't stop laughing remembering how mad she got.

Phil Crone

Castlevania - One of the big things I remember about the pre-internet era of gaming was sometimes not even learning a major game existed until I saw a review. SOTN was a game I didn't know about until I saw it featured on the cover of the PSM Issue #2. (FF7 was issue #1 - that's a helluva 1-2 punch. Also, Alucard looks like Elvis on that cover.) I just find it quaint that that is how I used to discover games. And of course, the inverted castle blew my mind - is that the greatest secret in any video game ever? I can't come up with a better one. Lunch/Recess - Did you all have that weird "bagged milk?" Our milk came in a clear plastic pouch that you jabbed like a Capri Sun. Probably awesome for the environment.

Anonymous

Castlevania: SotN - Greetings from the future! Symphony of the Night is on my list of "Classic Games I Missed Out On Before I Started Gaming That I Would Still Like To Play". I want to go in as blind as possible so I must unfortunately save this episode for another time. However, when that time comes, I would like to know if Colin ever asked Koji Igarashi what his thoughts on SotN were in hindsight. Willy Wonka - Did either of you read the original book (and to a lesser extent, its sequel)? If so, do you prefer the book or the film? How have your opinions on one influenced the other? Personally, while I do like the film, I wished it had been more faithful to the book, like Tim Burton's version was (Johnny Depp's interpretation of Wonka not withstanding). The Music of our Youth - If you only pick one of my questions, I hope it's this one! Were either of you fans of my all-time favourite musical artist, Michael Jackson? Given the age difference between the two of you, I would love to hear your perspectives - positive or negative - on his long career and any songs of his that stand out in your minds. Disney Animated Films - Simple question for the both of you: which one holds up the best and which one holds up the worst? And another question specifically for Dagan: did you learn any lessons about the animation of these films that are still relevant to your profession today? A Link to the Past - I only played LttP for the first time within the last couple of years. For the first few hours I did enjoy myself, but around the point where the dual world mechanic was introduced, I began to wonder: is the game too obtuse? What are your thoughts on its accessibility by today's standards? The Back to the Future Trilogy - Part II hits a lot of the same beats from Part I, like Marty walking in to an unfamiliar café, Biff/Griff chasing Marty on a board, and of course the revisiting of the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. Did you guys enjoy the similarities between the films, or would you have preferred Part II being as big a change to the series as Part III was? Nintendo vs SEGA - I wasn't conscious of this console war at the time, but to my knowledge, the Genesis only really entered the public consciousness with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog, 2 years after the console's release. Was there ever a serious NES vs Genesis debate? What games did both consoles have to offer during this period?

James Kinslow III

I started life as a Sega gamer having been born in 1988 and getting the Genesis for Christmas in 1993. I loved everything from Sonic 1-3 and Sonic and Knuckles to Vector Man and Castlevania: Bloodlines. It wasn't until about 1995 or so that my aunt introduced me to the Super Nintendo with games like Super Mario World, LoZ: A Link to the Past, Yoshi's Island, and so on that I became a Nintendo fan. After that moment, I turned away from the Genesis and became a devout Nintendo fan boy. Pokémon in 1998 and later Metroid Prime in 2002 (because I had somehow missed Super Metroid) really kept me feeding from Nintendo's hands until the release of the Wii. Once the Wii came out, I jumped ship to Sony with the PS3 and didn't look back that whole generation with the exception of Nintendo's handhelds with the DS and 3DS. I have a Switch now, but I only got it after Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee were officially announced as I'm a diehard Pokémon fan in the way that you, Colin, are a diehard Mega Man/Castlevania fan. Cheers to you, both, and keep up the excellent work!

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2022-01-24 13:02:47 Hey All! Thank you for your submissions. Just posting to let you know that we've now reached our cutoff. I'm preparing notes for this wave, and so anything posted after I post this won't be used. Thank you for participating! We can't wait to record these episodes and roll 'em out to you. <3 -Colin
2018-10-12 04:23:45 Hey All! Thank you for your submissions. Just posting to let you know that we've now reached our cutoff. I'm preparing notes for this wave, and so anything posted after I post this won't be used. Thank you for participating! We can't wait to record these episodes and roll 'em out to you. <3 -Colin

Hey All! Thank you for your submissions. Just posting to let you know that we've now reached our cutoff. I'm preparing notes for this wave, and so anything posted after I post this won't be used. Thank you for participating! We can't wait to record these episodes and roll 'em out to you. <3 -Colin

Gabriel Prégent Terborch

Music of our Youth: I was born in 1996, and my dad is Dagan's age, and when I think about the music from my youth, he always comes to mind, but more specifically grunge, more specifically Pearl Jam and more specifically their seminal album Ten, I have vivid early memories of my father blasting Alive and Jeremy and singing along, and to this day I love that record. I also have similar memories but with 90s opera singer like Pavarotti, I can listen to Time to Say Goodbye endlessly.