A Link To Our Pasts: Recent Episodes
John Bernardo
Take a nostalgic trip down 8-bit lane with this weekly podcast about the video games of our childhoods. Each week I speak to someone about their gaming origin story and their upbringing
Season 2 Finale!
You know him as the researcher who uncovers lost video games and other scoops. Freelance: DidYouKnowGaming, Unseen64, ComicBook, Nintendo Life.
We get deep into Sonic The Hedgehog's list of good & bad games
Also plenty of talk on some popular Nintendo franchises
Thanks to everyone for your endless support. I'll see you next time for Season 3! Follow me on twitter @johnsbernardo
You can find him writing about recent video games in Rolling Stone magazine. He is also working on a book about Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for Boss Fight Books!
School teacher, Gamer, Rapper & Host of Mat Mania Podcast Mega Ran is known for his music which is based around the stories of great games while providing amazing remixes of those games His new album EXTRA CREDIT is available now on www.megaran.com
Video Producer & Visual Designer. Writer. Musician. new Cat Lover. Managing Editor @OKBeastNow, Alex & I have a love for each others work. We geek out about Halo, midnight launches & the effect Xbox has had on gaming culture
COO of What's Good Games, Co-Host on Kinda Funny Games Daily & Host of the 2017 Nintendo World Championship! Andrea walks us through here gaming history starting with gaming with her father. We dive deep into the bull crap of licensed games growing up along with discuss some great hidden gems!
Founder & Executive Editor of [@okbeastnow] Host of Ok Beast Podcast. Video producer. Lover of hip-hop & nerd culture. We get into the inner workings of the N64! The shortcomings of the system and what the games feel like nowadays
On a special "live from the back seat of my car" episode I speak to Patrick Klepek from Waypoint! He talks about gaming with his dad and playing mostly Tecmo Bowl We also completely nerd out over every thing Mortal Kombat!
Finally happy to sit down with Logan Wilkinson, Blogger for www.leftyloggy.com He is a huge supporter of the show so I just had to talk to him about his past. Primarily a PSOne / N64 kinda guy it was interesting to talk to someone who was mostly impacted by recent consoles
Welcome back! Thanks to everyone for the endless support. This show wouldn't be back without you. 1st episode of Season 2 isnt your typical ALTOP. My guest is Walt Williams. Writer on Spec Ops: The Line & the upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront 2. He also has a new book coming out on September 19th called Significant Zero! Walt has a lot of stories. He walks me through a very detailed history, his love for the classic Final Fantasy games including an interesting take on Final Fantasy VII
Sorry for the delay but I'm back! I am joined by Lead Writer for Secret Stage Team - Jared Schuh He tells me about his humble beginnings with Super Smash Bros. We talk about the things he went through to get a Wii, How Goldeneye doesnt age at all, His first system he ever got and weird peripherals for Game Boy
After a few bumpy weeks I am back! And what better way to return then with a visit from Richard Wood - Twitch Streamer (RetroCrumpet) & Producer of Stormcloud games. They recently released the fantastic PS4 game Brut@l Richard unveils his hatred for Sonic the Hedgehog and his love for everything MMO related
Back after a short break! I'm sitting with Chase Williams from Hellfire Games / The Witty Banter Show! Chase tells me about his first experience with Sega, what inspires him from his childhood to his work at a game developer and if he were to make an retro inspired game, what would it look like?
The Nintendo Guru himself aka Bobby Pauls comes on to strike some wisdom for your nerdy butt Bobby Brings a history lesson in gaming, We share our love for (Go figure) Nintendo, and going back to the past to see our younger self discover gaming
This week I am joined by Andrew Kristensen from Silphcast We talk about the forgotten but beloved Game Gear, portable gaming overall, branching paths and Catherine...you know, the really weird Japanese game you dont want to play in front of your significant other?
This week I am joined by Anthony Biondo from We Question Everything Anthony walks me through his Sega days, I help him find a game he cant remember for the life of him and we think back to when mod chips first came out!
This week I am joined by Joey Melone (known as @MostAdd on Twitter) from TheBoone.com Joey walks me through the randomness that is Burger Time, our love for Star Wars games and how we need to start tackling our shameful backlogs
I sit down with Andrew Taylor from Comics & Joysticks! We're talking about TMNT(SNES/Genesis), our love for Nintendo (specifically Zelda), forgotten games and Assassins Creed!
This week I am joined by Michael Hammond (@MPMHammond) from Bits and Bytes We talk about Pokemon Cheats, bad box art, games that destroyed us and forgotten consoles.
This week I am joined by former podcast colleague and host of PlayStation Report Podcast (@TheArcticSloth) Mr. Franklin Sizemore!
In our debut episode, John talks to Jono Pech a fellow internet best friend, an award winning writer and a sucker for nostalgia. We talk about weird games and hard ones that to this day we still cant beat.