Sacred Symbols+, Episode 271 | Reminiscence (Patreon)

Please welcome Ramon Narvaez to the show. The entire Last Stand audience will know Ramon best for his music: He wrote and performed each of our theme songs. But some will also know that Ramon is my (Colin's) best friend, and has been for 20 years. And recently, he came to Virginia to visit for a few days. While he was here, I knew I had to sit down with him for an episode of Sacred+, because as I understood things, he's rediscovered video games in a pretty major way. Thus, we sat down for a lengthy discussion about his history with our hobby, how he lost interest and lost touch following college, and then rediscovered them with great vigor in his mid-to-late-30s. Hopefully, this will be a relatable chat for many of you, who are close to people in your lives who nonetheless don't quite 'love' or 'understand' the medium quite like we do. Turns out, there's always hope. Nonetheless, we chat about many, many games and eras here: The NES, SNES, and Genesis, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, sports games galore, Tony Hawk, Mario, Oddworld, and Hades... the list goes on.