The NES-essary Podcast

14/01/2022

Hey Folks,

We've had a fair amount of time to talk and consider over the holiday. We are formally putting this project on hiatus for 4-6 months. A combination of personal and professional commitments have made it challenging for both of us to stay engaged like we want and, more critically, we are aware that our loyal listeners have only been met with disappointment when they they open their podcast apps hoping for a new episode. You've seen us invoke this a few times over the last year, and it's been honest each time.

At the end of that hiatus period, we may be back with new episodes, or we may decide to "reboot" the concept entirely. In either case, we don't want to come back until we can at least deliver on a reliable schedule.

Thanks for being with us on the journey so far! You'll be the first to know when things are moving again.

04/06/2021

Hey friends! We don't update here often, but I wanted to drop a post and let you know that our podcast is definitely still ongoing. Josh and I (Josiah) have just been absolutely swamped in our personal and professional lives with things both good and challenging. I've said this a couple times in different places, but we continue to record, edit, and post as we are able. Thanks for your patience and continued support! I'm hoping to get a new episode posted over the weekend with more to follow in the coming weeks.

02/07/2020

Feeling nostalgic today! If you find a moment, post your earliest gaming memory below!

11/06/2020

Hey All! Josh and I (Josiah) took an accidental week off last week! We had the episode cut and ready to post, but in a classic "I thought you did it" moment, neither of us posted it! So, you'll see a new pull episode today and we will continue as usual with Wednesday-ish posts moving forward. Thanks for listening!

06/06/2020

A little ROR2

30/05/2020

Nintendo World Championships 1990!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWK6llX8f_M

Solstice somehow has a tie-in though wasn't played at this epic contest in 1990 but we brought it up in the show this week. I did some digging and found some actual footage from this event. Wherever you are Thor Aackerlund, congratulations to you.

Listen to the latest podcast episode here:

https://anchor.fm/nesessary-podcast0/episodes/Episode-1x18---Play---Contra-Cold-Battling-Contest-eel97s

http://www.PatrickScottPatterson.com - 1990 Nintendo World Championships Recap and Finals.

29/05/2020

Do you constantly hear us talking about a spreadsheet and you don't know what that is? Well, I have a tip for you: its called Excel. If you have Excel (it was made in the 90s) and want to follow along during a Pull Episode email us at [email protected] or comment below and we will set you up.

Also, if you are interested in playing along with us on some of these NES titles, but don't know how please reach out and we can get you set up in no time at all.

28/05/2020

Solstice: The Staff of Demnos is not the worst game ever made for NES. Just barely tho.

just looking at this screenshot from the game may lead you to believe that it is in fact the worst game ever made- trust me - its not - but then again, it might be. Check out what we have to say in Episode 1x18 - Play - the wizard that did too little...

https://anchor.fm/nesessary-podcast0/episodes/Episode-1x18---Play---Contra-Cold-Battling-Contest-eel97s

28/05/2020

27/05/2020

Have you played the NES classic Contra?

Have you ever been so angry that you pass out? (Y/N)?

(Y) welcome, weary traveler, you are at home here.

(N) THEN YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED CONTRA!

Check out Episode 1x18 Play to see who won the Contra Contest!

https://anchor.fm/nesessary-podcast0/episodes/Episode-1x18---Play---Contra-Cold-Battling-Contest-eel97s

by the way - where is this man jumping from?

27/05/2020

Episode 1x18 Play coming soon.

Go back and listen to Episode 1x18 Pull to see what we played this week!

Each week we pull 5 NES games and play through them. We don't talk about it in the mean time, and come back to talk live about our reactions. Listen along, play along, and let us know what you think.

https://anchor.fm/nesessary-podcast0/episodes/Episode-1x18---Pull-eed3c9

This is another Pull Episode. There is a spreadsheet. There are games on it. There is a random number generator involved. I pull 5 games at random and then we play them. No one asked us to do this, but still here we are. Check out what games we are playing and play along if you want. If you have any...

27/05/2020