Kings of Consoles: Recent Episodes
Kings Of Consoles
The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo continue the Round of Sixteen as, for the first time in the tournament, two games from the same franchise collide when Mega Man 2 tries to hold off the challenge of Mega Man 5. Two games enter, only one can advance to the quarterfinals! Will it be Mega Man battling it out with eight robot masters on his way to a showdown with Dr. Wily? Or will it be Mega Man battling it out with eight robot masters on his way to a showdown with Dr. Wily? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo kick off the Round of Sixteen as legendary arcade puzzle-platformer Bubble Bobble takes on Disney/Capcom platformer Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. Two games enter, only one can advance to the quarterfinals! Will it be Bub and Bob blowing bubbles at the bosses before Baron Von Blubba? Or will it be a pair of chipmunks, throwing apples at robot dogs in a casino? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo fill in the final spot in the Round Of Sixteen as generation-defining platformer Super Mario Bros. 3 takes on loosely-adapted movie tie-in Batman: The Video Game. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Mario, traversing eight themed words to beat up the children of his enemies? Or will it be the World's Greatest Detective, shooting guns at jumpy dudes? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo FINALLY return to the studio as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament nears its end, with genre-bending action RPG River City Ransom taking on re-skinned promotional tie-in Super Mario Bros. 2. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Alex and Ryan, pummeling Generic Dudes on their way to school? Or will it be Mario, Luigi, Toad, and a Princess who's not yet a peach beginning a dreamy adventure by plummeting from the sky? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches toward its conclusion, with the one that started it all, Super Mario Bros., taking on hidden action-adventure gem StarTropics. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Mario and Luigi, jumping on turtles and throwing fire at dragons? Or will it be Mike Jones (who), hitting mosquitoes with a baseball bat? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches toward its conclusion, with genre-bending platformer Metroid taking on... genre-bending platformer Kirby's Adventure. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Samus, breaking barriers for female video game protagonists by shooting a giant brain with missiles? Or will it be Kirby, devouring enemies and stealing their lifeforce but in, like, a cute way? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with remote-control racing game R.C. Pro-Am taking on the lowest seed remaining in the tourney, Mega Man V. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be the red car, driving around and shooting missiles? Or will it be Mega Man, hoping Gravity Man's level can get the Metal Storm "rub" from the hosts? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with legendarily difficult shooter Contra taking on RPG/platform hybrid Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Bill and Lance shooting aliens on their way to finding more aliens to shoot? Or will it be Link, dying and waking up in the same temple like it's some sort of mythical Groundhog Day? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with horror classic Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse taking on sports game pioneer Baseball Stars. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Trevor Belmont, whipping vampires and making friends? Or will it be a team of players with names that are very similar to real players but we promise they're not because we couldn't get the license it's totally a coincidence you guys? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with RPG pioneer Dragon Warrior taking on spooooooooooky classic Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be a hero on his way to-- hang on, encounter. Okay, I won, will it be a-- oh, another encounter. But I just walked two-- another encounter? Or will it be Simon Belmont, headbutting mountains and being taken to a good place (heh heh heh)? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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THE FOURTH QUARTER BEGINS
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with groundbreaking RPG Dragon Warrior IV taking on Disney classic Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Ragnar, traversing a tower to rescue missing children? Or will it be Chip and Dale, braving a casino to rescue a missing kitten? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
75 DOWN, 25 TO GO!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament reaches its 3/4 mark, with puzzle platformer Bubble Bobble taking on Disney tie-in DuckTales. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Bub and Bob, bubbling their way to a blowout with Baron Von Blubba? Or will it be Scrooge McDuck, a continuing inspiration for billionaires who want to go to the moon? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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WE'RE BACK, BABAY!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament FINALLY continues after an eight-week absence, with open-world innovator The Legend of Zelda taking on Capcom quadquel Mega Man 4. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Link, who knows it's too dangerous to go alone? Or will it be Mega Man, blowing up enemies and breaking his own game with new and improved weaponry? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Pat drops into the regular feed to give an update on why there hasn't been a new episode in three weeks. The reason sucks, but not to worry, the show must go on.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with console RPG pioneer Final Fantasy taking on nigh-impossible platformer Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be four class-based characters, trying to restore elemental orbs while rescuing a princess and maybe kinda becoming pirates? Or will it be Ryu Hayabusa, climbing up walls and j-- NO JUMP TO THE-- GAH!? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with legendarily difficult platformer Mega Man 3 taking on re-branded Terminator tie-in game Journey to Silius. Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round! Will it be Mega Man, fighting through nigh-impossible stages for a rematch with a boss he already beat in the last game? Or will it be Jay McCray saving the day so everybody says "Yay?" It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with iconic platformer Mega Man 2 taking on Cinderella story Little Samson. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mega Man, fighting his way through the air, sea, forests, and... um... metal? Or will it be a quartet of adorable individuals, battling wizards who turn into horrifying monsters? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with nontraditional platformer Bionic Commando taking on licensed arcade port Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Ladd/Radd, swinging over giant venus flytraps on his way to kill robo-Hitler? Or will it be Leo, Raph, Mike, and Don hack-and-slashing their way through New York City? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the first episode of round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament, where racing game launch title Excitebike takes on gravity-manipulating platformer Metal Storm. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Hobby, riding his bike across a custom course that spells out the name of this podcast? Or will it be the M-308 Gunner, pulling off another huge upset on its run to immortality? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the final episode of round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament, where tank platformer Blaster Master takes on controller-throwing simulator Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a kid following his frog down a hole, then killing mutants with a tank? Or will it be Ryu, trying to make exact platforming jumps in the middle of a blizzard? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the penultimate episode of round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament, where infuriating platformer Ninja Gaiden takes on sci-fi underdog Journey to Silius. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Ryu, battling through hordes of monsters and ninjas only to be shot by a secretary? Or will it be a game that's totally not just a re-skinned Terminator platformer? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the antepenultimate (real word) episode of round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament, where hockey game/fistfight simulator Blades of Steel takes on legendary arcade port Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be oddly-colored Canadians, punching each other into the penalty box? Or will it be the world's most fearsome fighting teens? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when iconic co-op shooter Contra takes on beat-em-up mash-up Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ulitimate Team. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be two shirtless dudes running around blowing up aliens? Or will it be anthropomorphic amphibians and some guy who might be named Bimmy punching women in spaaaaaaaaace? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
BONUS: Pat does something in this episode that neither of them have done through 64 weeks!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when kids show adaptation Ducktales takes on puzzle platformer A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a duck so wealthy he never bothered to learn how to swim? Or will it be a boy and... his blob? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
THE GRAND FINALE OF MEGA MAN MAY!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when cult classic Kid Icarus takes on the latest surviving Mega Man game in the tournament, Mega Man 5. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a winged angel who can't fly or shoot his bow diagonally? Or will it be the the robot/human hybrid personification of rock, paper, scissors? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
MEGA MAN MAY ROLLS ON!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when tiny racing game Micro Machines takes on classic platformer Mega Man 4. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be tiny cars and boats zooming around sinks and kitchen tables, trying not to plummet to their dooms? Or will it be the big blue robot who just never gets tired of killing other robots and stealing their powers? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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MEGA MAN MAY CONTINUES!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when infuriatingly difficult action platformer Mega Man 2 takes on anime-inspired Kid Niki: Radical Ninja. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mega Man fighting Gemini Man (with no Will Smiths in sight)? Or will it be the totally-not-a-Goku-ripoff-no-sir? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: Pat tells a harrowing tale of mental illness as a way of explaining why he knows as much as he does about the rules of cricket.
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MEGA MAN MAY ROLLS ON!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when the platformer to end all platformers Mega Man 2 takes on point-and-click adventure Maniac Mansion. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mega Man, freezing time to keep from being hit by laser beams as wide as he is tall? Or will it be a gang of rowdy teens playing heavy metal for a tentacle to rescue one of their girlfriend from a mad scientist? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
BONUS: If you want to see the video for the song we reference in this episode (Air Man ga Taosenai), with an english translation of the lyrics, you can find it on YouTube here!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on as iconic Capcom side-scroller Mega Man takes on tropical adventure game StarTropics. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mega Man harvesting the abilities of his fallen enemies to destroy a scientist? Or will it be Mike Jones (who?), hitting lava monsters with a yo-yo? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on as action-RPG Zelda II: The Adventure of Link takes on arcade hole-digging simulator Lode Runner. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Link being murdered by women who turn into bats when you're just trying to find a medic? Or will it be a guy who can't climb out of his holes trying to escape ninjas who can make holes disappear just by walking up to them before they're finished? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on as innovative action-adventure game The Legend of Zelda takes on hybrid action RPG Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Link battling through a world trying to figure out which rocks he needs to blow up to find dungeons? Or will it be a gargoyle flying across lava for unclear reasons? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when sci-fi epic Metroid takes on metroidvania descendant Rygar. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Samus Aran, hunting bounties and doing killer somersaults? Or will it be a legendary warrior, throwing a shield on a chain at monsters? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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It's Opening Day! PLAY BALL!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues when baseball game Baseball Stars takes on vehicle-based run-'n'-gunner Jackal. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be the American Dreams getting mercy-ruled by the Brave Warriors? Or will it be a jeep with a mounted gun that can only shoot north? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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THE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF SUPER MARCHIO!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues as motocross racing game Excitbike takes on Moderna simulator Dr. Mario. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a stunt rider, struggling through mud, trying not to overheat? Or will it be a plumber in a lab coat, throwing pills at viruses? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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SUPER MARCHIO CONTINUES!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues as #1 seed Super Mario Bros. 3 takes on metroidvania-before-metroidvania-was-a-thing Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mario, learning to fly while battling his enemy's children? Or will it be a knight, finding golden bugs for giant frogs? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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SUPER MARCHIO ROLLS ON! WAHOO!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls as unusual sequel Super Mario Bros. 2 takes on genre-bending action game Vice: Project Doom. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mario, throwing vegetables at shy people in his dreams? Or will it be a nebulous cop of some kind, getting in car chases with velociraptors and hitting sentient jack-o-lanterns with a laser whip? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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MAMA MIA! IT'S SUPER MARCHIO!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on with a pair of NES launch titles as the one that started it all Super Mario Bros. takes on beat-'em-up forefather Kung Fu. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Mario, jumping on turtles and cutting rope bridges with an axe? Or will it be Master Thomas, punching and kicking and... that's about it through five levels of the dojo from hell? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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WE'VE REACHED THE HALFWAY POINT!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on as iconic boxing game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! takes on underrated platformer Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Little Mac, fighting his way through late-'80s stereotypes to battle a deeply problematic World Champion? Or will it be a team of rodents throwing balls at robots in a casino? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on as stealth pioneer Metal Gear takes on legendary JRPG Dragon Warrior IV. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Solid Snake, taking off his gas mask to use a keycard? Or will it be a great warrior and his magical squid healer friend? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on as iconic JRPG Dragon Warrior goes head-to-head with racing classic Rad Racer. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be the descendant of the great Erdrick, grinding throughout the countryside, trying to figure out what they're supposed to be doing? Or will it be a red car driving in more or less a straight line for an hour? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament rolls on with JRPG forefather Final Fantasy taking on infuriating arcade port Ghosts 'N Goblins. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a quartet of fighters, running roughshod over enemies because they hadn't figured out how to balance characters yet? Or will it be a knight out of shining armor, being crushed to death by troll projectiles? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter! You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as horror prequel Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse takes on Contra sequel Super C. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Trevor Belmont recruiting the son of Dracula to kill his father? Or will it be two dudes running and gunning through a Konami game that really could have used the Konami Code? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as the game that put the "vania" in "Metroidvania" Castlevania II: Simon's Quest takes on fiery crash simulator Battletoads. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Simon Belmont getting silk bags from graveyard ducks to live longer? Or will it be Rash, Pimple, and Zitz trapped in an unending Groundhog Day scenario of slamming their speeders into walls? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as legendary gothic horror platformer Castlevania takes on innovative run-n-gunner Metal Storm. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Simon Belmont, whipping his way through gorgons, mermen, zombies, werewolves, and... monkeys? Or will it be the M308 Gunner, flipping gravity and participating in the most hardcore game of Quadruple Dutch ever devised? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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New year... relatively same us!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the first episode of 2021, another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as iconic platformer Kirby's adventure takes on rail shooter Life Force. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a pink puffball with shoes, eating its enemies and stealing their powers (LIKE A BOSS)? Or will it be a spaceship that - once you remember that the Konami Code is a thing that exists - flies really far and fast? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Good-bye and GOOD RIDDANCE, 2020!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the final episode of the year, another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as puzzle platformer Bubble Bobble takes on hybrid action game The Guardian Legend. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Bub and Bob blowing bubbles to beat Baron von Blubba? Or will it be a lady who turns into a spaceship and doesn't have fun alliteration? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as grappling-hook platformer Bionic Commando takes on medieval platformer Wizards & Warriors. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be the Rad/Ladd, wire-tapping Nazis who totally aren't Nazis, you guys? Or will it be a knight in literal shining armor, climbing trees and fighting bugs? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Special thanks to zapsplat.com for providing the sleigh-bell sound effects for this episode.
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as superhero side-scroller Batman: The Video Game takes on loosely-mythological platformer Astyanax. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be the Dark, er... kinda purplish Knight punching thugs in the crotch until they explode? Or will it be the axe-wielding hero battling palette-swapped skeletons over and over and over? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as skateboarding platformer Adventure Island takes on ancient Greek parkour simulator Little Samson. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Master Higgins, throwing tomahawks at snakes? Or will it be a quartet of random heroes battling a knight that's red-- or blue, wait yours was red? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for another second-round match in the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as beat-'em-up River City Ransom takes on dungeon crawler Shadowgate. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be Ryan and Alex, beating up Generic Dudes on their way to a showdown with two very strong clowns? Or will it be... no, I don't want to TAKE the door, I want to OPEN the-- come on, why would I--? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Round two is HERE!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as the second round of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament begins as racing classic R.C. Pro-Am takes on puzzler Adventures of Lolo 3. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a little red remote-control car, shooting missiles and trying not to come in last? Or will it be a little blue puffball shoving worms into eggs? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Round One comes to its thrilling* conclusion!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the final first round match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as metroidvania Rygar takes on rail shooter Legendary Wings. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the legendary warrior, throwing his chain/shield thingy at monsters? Or will it be an angel trying to avoid Bullet Hell? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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- "thrilling" means different things to different people. Your mileage may vary
It's the penultimate episode of round one!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-fifth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as the Tengen version of the puzzle classic Tetris takes on run-and-gun actioner Journey to Silius. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be blocks falling to make neat little rows and disappear while Russian folk music plays in the background? Or will it be Jay, avenging his father's death by killing terrorists in spaaaaaaaaaace? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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We've entered the home stretch of round one!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-fourth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as multi-genre action game Vice: Project Doom takes on platformer Power Blade. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the detective going up against aliens to stop their illegal drug trade? Or will it be the security officer going up against... aliens, again, to save Earth's supercomputer? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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October comes to a spoooooooooky conclusion!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-third match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as graphic adventure game Maniac Mansion takes on platformer Little Nemo: The Dream Master. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Dave and his friends, microwaving hamsters and feeding wax fruit to tentacles? Or will it be a little boy getting over his fear of cooties to save a princess by turning into animals? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Spooooooooky month continues!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-second match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as side-scrolling beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game takes on rail shooter Zombie Nation. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the four amphibious brothers pummeling generic ninjas while engaging in shameless product placement for Pizza Hut? Or will it be the disembodied head of a great ninja, sent to America to save us from being overrun by zombies by shooting its own eyeballs and vomiting on them? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Our month of spoooooooooky games rolls on!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-first match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as Ghosts 'n Goblins spin-off Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness takes on vehicular combat game Cobra Triangle. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the demon/gargoyle engaging in some timely political commentary with the people of a doomed realm? Or will it be the boat that shoots stuff? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Our month of spoooooooooky games rolls on!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirtieth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as arcade port Ghosts 'n Goblins takes on movie tie-in The Goonies II. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the extremely fragile knight who dies all the f**king time? Or will it be a the game that's a sequel to a game that's a port of a game that's based on a beloved movie from our youth? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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It's October, which means it's time to play some spooooooooooooky games!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-ninth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as frustrating platformer Kid Niki: Radical Ninja takes on frustrating platformer Demon Sword. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the most radical of all ninjas, running through a world of oatmeal to throw knives at farting babies? Or will it be a wu xia nightmare of running and jumping forever? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-eighth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as frustrating platformer Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos takes on licensed Disney game Mickey Mousecapade. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Ryu Hayabusa battling sloth creatures and the elements? Or will it be Mickey and Min-- oh, geez, we need to rescue Minnie again? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-seventh match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as Contra sequel Super C takes on pro wrestling game Tecmo World Wrestling. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be two dudes with machine guns mowing down hordes of aliens while performing impossible acrobatics? Or will it be Max Beat, who is most certainly not a Road Warriors rip-off, no sir? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Oh, and hey, we've got a Twitch channel now!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-sixth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as iconic football game Tecmo Super Bowl takes on side-scrolling beat-'em-up Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson running roughshod over opposing defenses? Or will it be a mash-up of two of the all-time great side-scrolling franchises? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-fifth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as side-scrolling beat-'em-up Battletoads takes on action RPG Willow. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be three anthropomorphic toads named after skin conditions who are definitely NOT a blatant rip-off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Or will it be a surprisingly good movie tie-in game? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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SO. MANY. DRAGONS.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-fourth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as side-scrolling beat-'em-up Double Dragon II takes on ambitious puzzle platformer A Boy and His Blob. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Jimmy and Bimmy, avenging deaths by punching women in the face? Or will it be a boy and... well, his blob? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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After five weeks of warriors ending in two Dragon Warriors, we now shift to a different kind of dragon (TWO dragons!)
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-third match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as gravity-defying mech actioner Metal Storm takes on side-scrolling beat-'em-up Double Dragon II. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be maybe the greatest "unsung gem" in the history of the NES? Or will it be the sequel to the action classic, now with 100% more plot holes? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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IT'S WEEK FIVE OF WARRIOR-PALOOZA*
- = not actually called that
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-second match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as JRPG hall of famer (if such a thing existed) Dragon Warrior IV takes on railshooting "Metroidvania" Section Z. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be one of the most iconic roleplaying games ever made? Or will it be the memory game mixed with a shoot 'em up? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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IT'S WEEK FOUR OF WARRIOR-PALOOZA*
- = not actually called that
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-first match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as movie adaptation Batman: The Video Game takes on JRPG pioneer Dragon Warrior III. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the purple-hued Dark Knight? Or will it be the-- oh, hey, another enemy encounter! It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twentieth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as sword-swinging sequel IronSword takes on colorful rail shooter Stinger. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the knight who underneath all that armor looks like this? Or will it be the rare Konami game that doesn't use the Konami Code? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eighteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as tree-climbing medieval adventure Wizards & Warriors takes on arcade classic (and probable Fast & Furious inspiration) Spy Hunter. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the brave knight who needs to make sure and search every nook and cranny or else he will find himself faced with a jump he literally cannot make? Or will it be the game with maybe the best soundtrack for a driving game until the release of Crazy Taxi? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eighteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as sorta-kinda 3-D racing game Rad Racer takes on two guys who would go on to appear in much better games, the Ikari Warriors. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the car-racing sim that feels as much like a tech demo as it does an actual game? Or will it be two kings of fighters, two metal slugs, two rage warriors? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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It's IP-palooza this week on KoC!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the seventeenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as tiny-engined racer Micro Machines takes on Splinter's pupils and Shredder's nemeses, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be tiny cars and boats trying not to drive off the edge of the table or bubble bath? Or will it be four reptiles named for Renaissance artists, trapped in a Sisyphean bomb-defusing nightmare? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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It's hot vs. cold this week on KoC!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the sixteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as island-hopping action RPG StarTropic takes on chilly overhead action puzzler Kickle Cubicle. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Mike Jones (who?) battling aliens and rescuing dolphins to save his missing uncle? Or will it be the lone survivor of a delightful cartoonish holocaust, kicking frozen foes into the water? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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The Games-That-Start-With-X-But-For-Legal-Reasons-Are-Definitely-NOT-The-X-Games come to a dramatic (?) conclusion!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the fifteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as Tetris-style puzzle classic Klax takes on Dig Dug-style platformer Lode Runner. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it still be the nineties, meaning there's still time for Klax? Or will it be the the prospector who's being pursued by environmentalist ninjas? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Black Lives Matter.
Before we talk about Faxanadu and Little Samson this week, we wanted to make it clear that we stand with the protesters and everyone else fighting the good fight to finally bring about much-needed changes in the way we talk about race in this country and the systemic racism that has permeated it. In lieu of a pithy paragraph about today's games, here are some great organizations you can donate to that will go toward healing the deep wounds our Black countrymen and women still deal with on a daily basis by bringing about much-needed reform:
- Black Lives Matter - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
- American Civil Liberties Union - https://action.aclu.org/give/now
- National Bail Fund Network - https://bailfunds.github.io/
- Equal Justice Initiative - https://support.eji.org/give/153413/#!/donation/checkout
- Campaign Zero - https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
- Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/donate
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund - https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=15780&_ga=2.203488144.1097920202.1592329703-1651731968.1592329703
- National Council For Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls - https://www.nationalcouncil.us/donation
- National Police Accountability Project - https://www.nlg-npap.org/donate/
There are also several GoFundMes that have been set up to help the families of those affected directly by police violence:
- George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
- I Run With Maud - https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
- Justice for Breonna Taylor - https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor
- Justice for David McAtee - https://www.gofundme.com/f/justicefordavidmcatee
New York Magazine has put together a list of 125 Black-owned businesses you can support at https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-owned-businesses-support-shop.html
There are so many more great resources out there, just a search engine away. If you can't help financially, there are so many other ways you can help, whether it's through social media solidarity, attending protests yourself, or just working on continual education to make sure you're asking the right questions and having the right conversations. This is the time for real action, and every little bit helps.
Thank you for listening and, again, Black Lives Matter.
IT'S TIME FOR THE X-GAM-- GAMES THAT INCLUDE THE LETTER X! (Please don't sue us, ESPN)
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as isometric platformer (yes, you read that right) Snake Rattle 'n' Roll takes on side-scrolling actioner Astyanax. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be a snake jumping into the abyss to the sound of chiptune rockabilly? Or will it be the sixteen year old whose name luckily anagrams into "A Nasty Ax?" It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twelfth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as overhead RPG Crystalis takes on dungeon-crawling rail-shooter The Guardian Legend. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be (insert your chosen name here), fighting off monsters through the magic of poor hit detection? Or will it be the Zelda clone who becomes a Transformers clone to play a Gradius clone? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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THE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF MEGA MAN MAY!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eleventh match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the sixth and final NES installment in the Mega Man franchise as it takes on the Disney-IP-based Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the side-scrolling action game from Capcom? Or will it be the side-scrolling action game from Capcom? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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MEGA MAN MAY ROLLS ON!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the ninth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss baffling licensed tie-in Fester's Quest as it takes on the most accessible MM game yet, Mega Man 4. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the blunderbuss-wielding, lightbulb-powering, potion-drinking Uncle Fester? Or will it be our undefeated hero battling against (or for?) racism in south Asia? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
MEGA MAN MAY ROLLS ON!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the ninth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the fourth entry in maybe the greatest platforming series of all time, Mega Man 4, as it takes on maybe the greatest rail shooter ever made, Gradius. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the feisty blue robot now with charged attack and sliding action? Or will it be the most one-sided fight against a volcano since that Tom Hanks movie? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
IT'S MEGA MAN MAY!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eighth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss run 'n stab adventure Rush 'n Attack as it takes on the platformer to end all platformers, Mega Man. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the soldier behind enemy lines whose only two weapon options are knives or bazookas? Or will it be the... wait, no. Jump onto that platf-- no, THAT platform! Wait, where did it go? Son of a--! It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the seventh match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the poodlecidal Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble as it takes on the unidirectional gunner, Jackal. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the city whose economy still operates on the barter system? Or will it be the POW-rescuing, helicopter-chasing jeep? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the sixth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the boxing game that you 100% should not Google Image Search, Ring King as it takes on the virus-killing plumber we need right now, Dr. Mario. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be two fighters who - and I cannot stress this enough - you should not Google Image Search? Or will it be the puzzle game that looks a lot like Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, which throws one of our hosts wildly out of whack? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the fifth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss rail-shooter-that-might-take-place-inside-the-human-body Life Force as it takes on not-yet-super Mario Bros. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be a spaceship powering up its weapons only to repeatedly die horribly? Or will it be two brothers who open a small business only to deal with a crab infestation? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the fourth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss skateboarding caveman (?) platformer Adventure Island as it takes on an ice hockey game called Ice Hockey. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Lord Higgins, gaining invincibility from a honeybee while throwing tomahawks at icicles? Or will it be some combination of a fat guy, a medium guy, and a skinny guy all moving in perfect unison? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the third match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss point-and-click classic Shadowgate as it takes on launch title (and Smash Bros.-fueled comeback kids) Ice Climber. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be you crawling through a dungeon, dying in bountiful and hilarious ways? Or will it be Popo and Nana, plummeting to their doom because they can't. land. on. the. stupid. platform? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the second match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss a battle of arcade ports as NES launch title Kung Fu takes on Qix. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the Kung Fu master Thomas jump-kicking his way to the top of Devil's Temple? Or will it be the... lines being drawn to trap... other... lines? Find out which game Pat calls "arbitrary and cruel" and which game they both agree has a theme song that "slaps!"
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the first match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss HAL's underrated gem Adventures of Lolo 3 as it takes on Nintendo's iconic launch title Duck Hunt. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the blue fluffball shooting eggs at snakes to save itself from being shot by Medusa? Or will it be the hunter, finally overcoming the mockery of their canine companion? It's a fun conversation, the first of many to come, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.