Pie Factory Podcast

Feb 04 2025 164 ep. 800

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Jim and Sean discuss game play, strategies, and memories of classic '80s and '90s arcade games.

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Episode 149: Armor Attack and Major Havoc

Happy holidays! (Many have happened since our last episode.) After much contemplation, debate, soul searching, and just plain dillydallying, Sean and Jim decided that after doing this podcast for almost ten years…it was time to just…record and release episode 149. We don’t have much more to say — we’ll just let the new episode speak … Continue re

Episode 148: Excitebike and Up’n Down

The holiday shopping season has arrived! Perhaps you find a bicycle. You purchase it for your child. Your child gets excited, making it an Excitebike. But it’s pretty expensive. So you have an Up’n Down experience in your shopping. But welcome to episode 148 of Pie Factory Podcast. Allow Jim’n’Sean to provide you with the … Continue reading Episode 148

Episode 147: Stocker and Flicky

In their continued quest to cover arcade video games in alphabetical order, Jim and Sean return after an unwanted hiatus to present you with this episode’s theme: games with “ck” in the middle! They thank you for your patience, your indulgence, your listenershiphood, and your stuff.

Episode 146: A Chat With Paul E. Niemeyer

After an unexpected hiatus, Sean and Jim are back with a new episode. Sadly, as a side effect of said hiatus, the episode is not about our original intended topic. Happily, though, Pie Factory Podcast is thrilled to present this talk with artist extraordinaire Paul E. Niemeyer, whose works have graced arcade cabinets for Bally … Continue reading Episode 146: A Chat With Paul

Episode 145, Part II: Citizens On Patrol

Jim and Sean bring you the astonishing conclusion to Episode 145, discussing top ten favorite home console games from both them and you, the listener. A splendid time is certainly a possibility!

Episode 145: Our Top Ten Console Games

Yeah, yeah, we know. “NEW EPISODE SO SOON?!?” Due to the logistical nightmare we all call life, our originally scheduled topic had to be postponed, so instead, after realizing we haven’t done an off-topic episode in a while, maybe we should change our pace for a bit, and here we are. Thank you all for … Continue reading Episode 145: Our Top Ten Console Games

Episode 144: Buggy Boy and X-Men

Pie Factory Podcast is back with episode 144! Today we discuss the ins and outs of opposing prepositions, while our listeners enjoy complex sentences and the deep meanings of racing with superheroes. Enjoy, dear friends, for this will likely be the last ever episode of January 2024.

Episode 143: Namco Classic Collection

There are exactly two things that everybody likes: podcasts and video games. Nothing else. And boy, do we have some good news for you: for the first time ever, Jim and Sean have put the two together! Your 2023 will certainly go out on a high note as the two trade barbs over two arcade … Continue reading Episode 143: Namco Classic Collection →

Episode 142: Join ‘Em and Phozon

We here at Pie Factory Podcast do not do turkey drops; we do EPISODE drops. There’s more to do in the world than just eat (although, listening to this episode, you’d never know that). We also like to play video games from time to time. So join us!

Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Monster Bash

Just in time for Portland Retro Gaming Expo (kinda), we present episode 141! This time, instead of the usual booing from people listening, the boos we here are from the spooky creatures that come herewith and thereto and therein with two creepy-themed games. Join us for our usual reviews, commentary, and side-splitting hair-raising banter!