Nostalgia Goggles

Are the games of our childhood as good as we remember or do we just have Nostalgia Goggles?

About the show

Are the games of our childhood as good as we remember or do we just have Nostalgia Goggles? Lyons and George take another look at classic games to see if they still hold up.

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Episodes

  • Twisted Metal 2

    February 18th, 2020  |  1 hr 31 mins
    playstation, ps1

    If we win Twisted Metal next year, we're going to wish for us to have Calypso's powers instead of him.

  • Super Mario Bros. 2

    February 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 27 mins
    nes, nintendo

    The Super Mario Bros. game that was never meant to be, and accidentally cemented huge parts of the characters for all time. Oops.

  • Interview with David D'Angelo of Yachtclub Games

    January 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

    David D'Angelo of Yachtclub Games talks about the how and why of nostalgia games, and Shovel Knight: King of Cards.

  • Kwirk

    January 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 25 mins
    gameboy, gb

    Let's not be-labyrinth the point, but Kwirk is a-maze-ing.

  • 2019 Year in Review

    January 14th, 2020  |  55 mins 42 secs

    We did it! We proved we could release a year in review on time! Now to just keep that up forever...

  • GoldenEye 007

    January 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 27 mins
    n64, nintendo 64

    James Bond and the Fish with Legs.

  • 2018 Year in Review

    December 31st, 2019  |  47 mins 37 secs

    We count down our 3 worst and 3 best games of 2018. It's the 2018 Year in review we forgot to do at the end of 2018!

  • NEWstalgia Goggles: Sydney Hunter & The Curse of the Mayan

    December 24th, 2019  |  1 hr 53 mins
    pc, switch

    This may be CollectorVision's first foray onto modern hardware, but they definitely brought along the nostalgia.

  • 2017 Year in Review

    December 17th, 2019  |  38 mins 37 secs

    We count down our 3 worst and 3 best games of the 2017. It's the 2017 Year in Review we forgot to do at the end of 2017!

  • Banjo-Kazooie

    December 10th, 2019  |  1 hr 44 mins
    n64, nintendo 64

    This episode is 99.9% weird N64 "voice acting" free.

  • #NotAllSmartphoneGames

    December 3rd, 2019  |  45 mins 58 secs
    android, ios, mobile, smartphone

    Some broad and sweeping generalizations were made about mobile games, so Lyons tries to expand his horizons and share the results of his experiment.

  • Bubble Bobble

    November 26th, 2019  |  1 hr 35 mins
    nes, nintendo

    Lyons and George just love to podcast, alright? And they got their Nostalgia Goggles on tight.

  • EarthBound

    November 12th, 2019  |  1 hr 51 mins
    snes, super nintendo

    Delightfully weird. Just like us. 🤖

  • Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

    October 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 33 mins
    snes, super nintendo

    Super Simon 'n The Quest To Memorize an Entire Game

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

    October 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 32 mins
    playstation, ps1

    COMING THIS SUMMER: Quentin Tarantino's Pro Skater 2, featuring a soundtrack by George Carlin.

  • Aladdin

    October 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 27 mins
    genesis, sega

    In which we play the Genesis Aladdin and George accidentally designs the SNES version with his suggestions.