Show Notes
We know the video games we grew up with... or do we?
Original Review:
Game on... The 1982 Championship is the first of its kind. A world champion is crowned and geeks rule the scene. There is nothing like the classic games, they might be pixelated, but the gameplay was serious. That same gameplay carried into their futures. Whether they aspired to be President or just an everyday gamer, anything was possible. This part of history was so significant that video from the championship was sent on a probe into deep space. What was meant as a message of peace was misinterpreted. An alien race received the message and thought it was a hostile message towards them. What's their next move? To play us... We each get three lives, the first to lose all their lives, loses. The loss is more than a game though, the future of the planet is on the line. So who are the best to fight this fight?... The military? or the Gamers? This will take you back to your childhood. Actively engaging with the gamers and the games. The story is well put together and is told in a very fun and somewhat silly way bringing the classic characters of yesterday to life for a new generation. Though there isn't a lot of depth or meaning to this, doesn't subtract from its value. Taking classics from yesterday and turning them into a classic for years to come is a memorable feat. Go... Take your kids... and relive a piece of history while introducing it to a younger generation.
Notes:
1982 Championship MC, 1982 worldwide video arcade championships, 8 bit credits, abigail covert, Adam Reynolds, adam sandler, Admiral Porter, affion crockett, Aimee Lenihan, al sotto, Alexander Kalomiris, Alexandra Harris, alien invasion, Alien Mister Roarke, Alien Mr. Roarke, allen covert, ancient pyramid under the hoover dam, anderson afb, anderson air force base, Andrew Bambridge, Andrew McMichael, Angelica Alejandro, annika pergament, Anthony Ippolito, arcade, Arcade Employee, arcader, Arcader Choir Girl, arcadians, ashley benson, asteroids, atari, attila sebesy, bake it vs make it, barnes and unstable, battlezone, Ben Reimer, bifocal blaster, bill lake, billy west, blinky, blue lagoon, Bola Olubowale, breakout, Brenner, brian cox, Bridget Graham, Brittany Athey, call-of-duty, carlos-alazraqui, centipede, chardonnay-out-of-a-sippy-cup, chewbacca-mask, chloroform, chris-titone, Christine Chiem, CIA Chief, Classroom Scout Girl as Shea Joelle James, clyde, Colleen Reynolds, Colonel Devereux, Corey Chainey, Corporal Hill SAS Officer, Cyber Chick, cyber-chickz, cyndy-day, Dallas Wade, dallas-peplow, dan-aykroyd, dan-patrick, darpa, DARPA Scientist, Darrell Hicks, Daryl Hall, daryn-pancer, Dave Reachill, David Parisian, DC Valet, Denis Akiyama, Derrick Gauthier, Derwin Phillips, Devlin Anderson, Dexter Howe, dig-dug, dojo-queen, Drew Riedstra, Dylan Sypher, eddie-plant, Electric Dream Factory Repairman, electric-dreams-factory, Elena Khan, Elizabeth Jeanne le Roux, Emily Jenkins, england, Eric Trask, Eryn Young, Ethan Mitchell, Fabio Lusvarghi, fantasy-island, Fiona Shaw, fire-blaster, First Lady Jane Cooper, frogger, galaga, gallagher, Gary Bradley, gary-douglas, gener8, ghosts, grab-onto-my-mighty-hammer, hall-and-oates, halo, hannah-covert, happy-madison, Hervé Villechaize, Holly Beavon, Hooman Esmailzadeh, Howard Pont, hyde-park, if-she-was-real, im-kidding-we-are-all-gonna-die, india, indie, inky, inmate-00814397, its-just-a-barrel-how-bad-could-it-hurt, Ivana Ruegg, jack-fulton, jackie-sandler, Jacob Shinder, james-preston-rogers, jamie-hodge, jane-krakowski, Jared Riley, jared-sandler, Jasmine Sean, jean-christophe-loustau, Jeff Medd, Jill Morgan, Jimi Shlag, Jocelyn Hudon, John Oates, johnny-larocque, jonathan-loughran, Jose Lizarde Junior, jose-lizarde-jr, joseph-knibb-elementary-school, josh-gad, Joshua Holmes, Kelly Michael Stewart, Kelsey Saunders, ken-holliday, kevin-grady, kevin-james, Kyle Reaume, Kylie Lenihan, lab-technician, lady-lisa, Lainie Kazan, Lamont James, Larry Vang, Lemonadie Sadie, lieutenant-long-legs, Little Boy on London Street, Ludlow Lamonsoff, ludlow-laminsov, madonna, magina, margaret-killingbeck, Mark Sparks, mark-whelan, martha-serena-sandwich, martha-stewart, matt-frewer, matt-lintz, Matthew Alan Taylor, Matthew Mease, Matty Van Patten Matty, max-headroom, Meher Pavri, Melanie Hubert, Michael Boisvert, Michael the Robot, michael-garvey, michelle-monaghan, Mickey Lamonsoff, missile-command, mit-mississippi-institute-of-technology, namco, Nathan Neutel, ne-rd, neal-mcneil, nerd-brigade, nick-swardson, nintendo, NY Police Commissioner, Old Woman in London Apartment, one-tree-hill, pac-man, pacman, pattern, Peter Bavis, peter-dinklage, pinky, pixelate, pixels, planet-valullah, power-pellets, President Will Cooper, President's Assistant Jennifer as Jacqueline Sandler, pretend-youre-the-guy-and-you-dont-want-to-die, Professor Iwatani, q-bert, raffi-atamian, random, René Escobar Jr., Rene Escobar Junior, Ricardo Montalban, Rob Archer, robert-smigel, Ron Mustafa, ronald-reagan, Rose Rollins, rowdy-brown, sadie sandler, sam brenner, Samurai Gamer, Sara Haines, sean bean, Serena Willams, Serena Williams, Sergeant Dylan Cohan, Shane Clinton Jarvis, shea james, Shreyansh Anand, Sienna James, sinnamon, Sistah Lois, slut seeking missile, smurf, smurf mai -theme, somebody kill this stupid thing, Stephen Quammie, steve-koren, steve-wiebe, sunny-sandler, Susie McLean, taj-mahal, takes-a-bite-out-of-the-big-apple, tammy-faye, tim-herlihy, timothy-dowling, tom-mccarthy, Tony Carlucci, top-secretsci, toru-iwatani, Tucker Smallwood, Tyler Malazo, violet-van-patten, walking-winner-code, Wendy Paquette, White House Junior Aide Jared, William S. Taylor, William Taylor, wonder-kid, xm950-pac-modules, yigo, zero-to-psycho-in-3-4-seconds