PPR 8

So, with the console reaching its 10th anniversary, we've been reading that some people were considering on snagging a Dreamcast while the anniversary fever is still fresh, as they lament missing out on the 128-bit beast in its prime and going with the PlayStation 2 instead. The entire crew at Press Pause Radio still have the Dreamcast hooked up to their console setups to this very day, and thought, yeah, why don't we do a Dreamcast retrospective! Please, if you haven’t purchased a Dreamcast and are at all considering purchasing one, we will be doing a one-time thing only after the next Press Pause Radio Top 5 segment that we think you're all going to enjoy! Episode 8 of Press Pause Radio will be going over a list of the ten must-own games for the Sega Dreamcast, along with sharing a ton of memories we've had with the system as early adopters.

Thank you, everyone, for allowing us to wax philosophic about Sega's amazing final console. Please comment or message any of your own memories about the Dreamcast. Feel free to do so by either contacting us at our website www.presspauseradio.com, or of course, our Myspace, 1UP, or Twitter for Press Pause Radio, and finally, please subscribe to us on iTunes.

Finally, we decided that doing a retrospective was not enough to really do the Dreamcast justice at all, so with more personal reflection and thoughts on what kind of impact that console had made on all of us, we've decided to do a contest where we will be giving away a Sega Dreamcast to one lucky winner! Here are the rules for the chance to win a Dreamcast episode of your own: We will take 27 responses total from the different individuals who submitted their answers to the three questions asked on the podcast, so if you haven't listened to it yet, be sure to give it a listen! We will choose the 9th response 3 times over until we hit the 27th response (get it? 09/09/09), and the three individuals' names who get chosen from there will then go into a drawing where one name will then be randomly selected out of a hat and contacted to win the Sega Dreamcast with a copy of NFL2K1.

Good luck, please check the contact info listed in the podcast blurb, and thank you for listening again to us on Press Pause Radio!

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Prince of Persia: A Press Pause Radio Retrospective

Before we begin, I’d like to answer some of the questions you may be having right now. Yes, I am writing about a game that was released late last year.  And yes, some people did like the previous Prince of Persia titles compared to this one. I’ll admit that this is the first Prince of Persia game I have played, and so I may have a biased opinion of this game. And finally, no, I will not spoil the game if you have not played or finished it yet. Ok so now that we’ve gotten that out of the way allow me to discuss why I enjoyed talking to Elika so much, and why Prince of Persia has stuck with me long after finishing the game and the Epilogue.

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So PPR wants to know!

Greetings,

So you may or may not already know that I am currently co-hosting a podcast called Press Pause Radio. If you have checked it out, thank you very much for the support. If not, you can find the episodes on iTunes, or on our website at http://www.presspauseradio.com. you can also contact us at our Myspace, 1up, & Twitter.

The purpose of this message has to do with our newest episode, which is about video game collecting. Do you have an extensive video game collection? Have you acquired multiple collectors editions and hard to find titles, or imports? Own many systems old and new? We at Press Pause Radio would love to hear about it. We are currently trying to establish a community within the site and podcast, and you are all enthusiast friends of mine.

What I would like to do is have a post on the website along with our next podcast that features the community's collection. If you have pictures or stories about your collection, please feel free to share by sending them through this site, or my email andrewhandshoe@gmail.com.

Thanks for your time, and I hope that you check out the site. We are currently re-designing the site and will have a message board coming soon. Thanks again!

PPR 7

We took this opportunity to go over a big aspect of the video game lifestyle, which is collecting games. We take a look at just why exactly gamers who collect take the concept of collecting to a whole other level (no pun intended at all.) We discuss personal memories and thoughts on what exactly possesses individuals to hold on to video games in numerous numbers, or search out niche games or platforms. Also being side-tracked with the release of Guitar Hero 5, where we voice out our opinions on whether or not to boycott it. Video game collectors hold themselves in a very strong community where they work hard to support one another and their hobbies as well, while also wrestling with the strong temptation of a rare find at the cost of spending those precious extra bucks to obtain that holy grail of a title.

Sometimes, there's the dilemma of deciding upon trading in your games for credit to obtain that game you've been looking forward to, and whether or not you'll grow to regret it later. As Toast mentioned, he's been catching up, collecting retro classics himself, through the advantages of the current generation, where there's heavy digital distribution abound with PSN games, XBLA games, and WiiWare/Virtual Console games. The instant-availability and low-cost entry of these digitized offerings of retro software to anyone interested in buying them brings up a whole new argument in and of itself on the question of whether or not re-investing into digital release of retro games will affect the value or preservation of their original releases for the coming years.

So please tune in to the episode, and while you're at it, we want you guys to send us a picture of your collection! photos or even to stories that we can share on the next episode, also we figured we'd throw in a name drop on the hilarious homebrew show series known as "Chuck Norris in Oblivion" and decided to drop the link here for everyone to check out, or just search it on Youtube!

Until then, we'll be comparing collector's editions to first limited prints, and all of that other nonsense here on Press Pause Radio episode 7!

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PPR 6

On episode 6 of Press Pause Radio, we take a deep look at the state and history of a genre known as the Japanese role-playing game, or JRPG, as it's most commonly referred to through the love of a nerd's acronyms.

We work to dissect the genre's humble beginnings in the west and industry's fevered attempt to appeal to North American audiences during a time where the gameplay style had dominated Japan, and practically printed money for developers and publishers in the East. In additon to extensively covering the genre, we also contrast it with Western RPG's and the consistent concepts of choice foudn in their offerings and the different pathways that move the story in a different directions under the guidance of a moral compass and the effect it can have on those choices, versus that of a huge over-arching story filled to the brim with lore and side-quests typically seen with a JRPG, and how the story flow focuses on intertwined story twists through an ensemble cast of larger-than-life characters.

So, without further ado, here's the latest episode of Press Pause radio! We apologize about the sound quality, as we will be using better equipment in the very near future, once finances permit, so thanks again, y’all, and stay tuned for the next episode!

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PPR 5

Hello again everyone. We are still currently working on the website and hopefully will be launching the site officially very soon. In the meantime, however we here at Press Pause Radio have some very exciting news. You can now listen to Press Pause Radio on iTunes! This is a big step for us here and for our community as well. You can also subscribe to the podcast by clicking on the subscribe button, so you never miss a new episode. If you have some free time, please check us out and leave feedback. Thanks again for all of your support!

In this episode, we welcome a new member to the Press Pause Radio family, Andrew, or by his Hacker Alias, Toast, and we sit around to discuss one of the most annoying questions in Video Games—which Mario game is the best title between the two—Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World?

Join us as we try to objectively weigh the pros and cons of the two (albeit, with some skewed results.)

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PPR 4

Greetings everyone, and welcome to the newly designed website! We plan on implementing many great features and content as we move forward, and are excited about what the future will hold for us here at Press Pause Radio. So please continue to tell your friends about the podcast, and check back often for updates and new features from the website. Thank you for your continued support, and please comment what you would like to see at the new presspauseradio.com!

In this episode of PPR, we get funky with the timed-beats of Rhythm Games, and why they're one of the most under-rated types of games around! Enjoy!

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PPR 3

It's the third episode of Press Pause Radio and it's host as all hell. In this episode we dish on the never-ending craze that is Pokémon, and why the franchise won't stop going even after its big boom had come and gone. We also talk about Summer comfort games like Final Fantasy VII and Ys Book I & II—so sit back and turn your volume up on the newest entry to Press Pause Radio!

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