Episodes
Hey Retro Gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we use the force...and blasters...and LIGHTSABERS in Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and regular guest Kyle Stallock as we follow the trials and tribulations of Kyle Katarn in Raven Software's 2002 first- and third-person shooter/action game Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast for the PC, GameCube, and Xbox. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next...
Published 06/14/24
Hey Retro Gamers! Welcome to Smashing Bricks Bonus Round! This is a new addition to Smashing Bricks: A Retro Gaming Podcast, and will be available in full to Patreon supporters contributing at the approriate tier. The main podcast feed will include short previews like this one to give you an idea of what to expect, and hopefully encourage you to join in on the fun via Patreon. You can see all of the details about becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/smashingbricks "I've got favorite...
Published 05/28/24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we lull the Old One to its eternal slumber in Demon's Souls. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and regular guest Anthony LaBella as we explore the lands surrounding the kingdom of Boletaria, slaying demons and collecting powerful souls in FromSoftware's 2009 action role-playing game Demon's Souls for the PlayStation 3. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month!...
Published 05/15/24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we've gotta catch 'em all in Pokemon Red and Blue. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and Eric from The Board Game Dojo as we strive to be the very best, like no one ever was, in this 1996/1998 Game Boy game from Game Freak and Nintendo. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to join our community and...
Published 04/15/24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we embark on an journey of existential proportions in Final Fantasy IX. Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Jason Fanelli as we go on an epic adventure to save the world of Gaia in Square's 2000 RPG, Final Fantasy IX, for the Sony PlayStation. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to...
Published 03/15/24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we're spiny, spinny, speedy, and blue in Sonic the Hedgehog! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and Leon Cox of the Can and Rinse podcast as we navigate loop-de-loops, springboards, bumpers, spike pits, lava pools, and enemy robots in 1991's Sonic the Hedgehog for the SEGA Genesis. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server!...
Published 02/15/24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we're heroes in a halfshell, and we're green! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Mark Besada of the Board Game Barrage podcast as we use our swords, bo staff, sais, and nuchucks to fight the foot clan and defeat the evil Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES! Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a...
Published 01/15/24
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we seal away the evil Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and James Carter of the Cane and Rinse Podcast as we recount our retro replay experiences with Nintendo's Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64. This will be "Part 2: The Present" of this Podcast of Time, a season-ending, double-length episode. "Part 1: The Past" is also available on the podcast feed and features Ocarina of Time's history and...
Published 12/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we become the Hero of Time in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and James Carter of the Cane and Rinse Podcast as we delve into the history and legacy of Nintendo's Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64, as well as our histories with the game. This will be "Part 1: The Past" of this Podcast of Time, a season-ending, double-length episode. "Part 2: The Present" will follow immediately with our retro replay...
Published 12/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we lose all of our virtual quarters in Gradius Collection! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Anthony LaBella as we pilot the Vic Viper space fighter ship through a series of 5 games in Konami's 2006 compilation release, Gradius Collection, for the Sony PSP. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server!...
Published 11/15/23
Happy Halloween retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we monitor a closed-circuit surveillance system to safeguard a teen slumber party in Night Trap! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Kyle Stallock as we uncover the mystery of the missing kids at the Martin Winery Estate in Digital Pictures' 1992 FMV game, Night Trap, for the SEGA CD. Make sure you listen until the end to hear what the next game is and play through with us before the 15th of next month! Smashing...
Published 10/31/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we combat the paranormal in New Ghostbusters II! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Peter Willington as we zap and trap all over New York City in the little movie tie-in that could, HAL Laboratory's New Ghostbusters II for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Next Episode: An extra biweekly episode in just two weeks! A Halloween Special Episode: Night Trap on SEGA CD with Kyle Stallock! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play...
Published 10/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we gotta ca...pture them all in Pokémon Snap! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest James Batchelor of GamesIndustry.biz as we try to get the very best photographs we can in this 1999 photography game for the Nintendo 64. Next Episode: New Ghostbusters II (NES) with Peter Willington! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server! Follow this link to join...
Published 09/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we get repeatedly crushed by a boulder in Crash Bandicoot! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Anthony LaBella as we run, jump, spin, and CRASH our way through the jungle in this 1996 3-ish-D platformer for the Sony PlayStation. Next Episode: A Mystery Game with a Mystery Guest, to be announced on Discord and Instagram soon! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs! Smashing...
Published 08/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, Shigeru Miyamoto works at Square and Mario comforts a crying Bowser. What?! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and long-awaited guest Jason Fanelli as we explore the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond in an entirely new way in the 1996 role-playing game, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Next Episode: A mystery game and mystery guest! Keep an eye on Instagram and Discord for the reveal! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through...
Published 07/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we ask (among other things), "What do these levers do?" in Myst! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Kyle Stallock as we we seek to uncover the mysteries of the 1993 point-and-click adventure game, MYST. Next Episode: A mystery game and mystery guest! Keep an eye on Instagram and Discord for the reveal! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord...
Published 06/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we join an international martial arts competition in Street Fighter II! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Mark Besada as we punch, kick, hadoken, and flash kick our way through the Street Fighter II series for the Arcade...and beyond. Next Episode: MYST, with returning guest Kyle Stallock! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs! Smashing Bricks now has a Discord server!...
Published 05/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, it's fun in the tropical sun in Super Mario Sunshine! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Sadie Flayeh as we clean up Isle Delphino in 2002's Super Mario Sunshine, a water-powered 3D platformer for the Nintendo Gamecube. Next Episode: Street Fighter II for the Arcade (and everything else), with returning guest Mark Besada of the Board Game Barrage Podcast! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us...
Published 04/13/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we become 00 Agents in GoldenEye 007! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and returning guest Anthony LaBella as we...bond...over Rare's classic Nintendo 64 first-person shooter from 1997. Next Episode: Super Mario Sunshine for the Nintendo GameCube, with returning guest Sadie Flayeh! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs! You're also invited to drop us a line on Instagram or Twitter or via...
Published 03/15/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we get pulled into the pages of our own comic book in Comix Zone!  Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Kyle Stallock, a friend and colleague from the good ol' GamerNode days, as we tear through the pages of Comix Zone, a 1995 beat-em-up for the SEGA Genesis!! Next Episode: GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64, with returning guest Anthony LaBella! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with us before the show airs!...
Published 02/14/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, it's a particle acceleration experiment gone wrong in Another World! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Neilan Naicker from the Board Game Barrage podcast as we die repeatedly in Another World, a cinematic action-adventure platformer originally released for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in 1991!   Next Episode: Comix Zone for the SEGA Genesis, with guest Kyle Stallock! Make sure you get your hands on the game and play through with...
Published 01/16/23
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we must stop Count Dracula and his minions in Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Mark Besada from the Board Game Barrage podcast as we storm Dracula's Castle in Castlevania, a 1986 action side-scroller for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Next Episode: A mystery game and a mystery guest! (To be revealed soon via Instagram!) Once I reveal the upcoming game on Instagram, make sure you...
Published 12/15/22
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, it's Wibbley Wobbley Sword! Wait, what? Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Brian Brandes as we venture into the Forest of Elrond to rescue The Princess held captive at Castle Ironspire in Wizards & Warriors, a 1987 action-adventure platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System! Next Episode: A mystery game and a mystery guest! (To be revealed soon via Instagram!) Once I reveal the upcoming game on Instagram, make sure you get...
Published 11/25/22
Hey retro gamers! On today's episode of Smashing Bricks, we once again enter the world of survival horror in Resident Evil 2! Join me, Eddie Inzauto, and guest Jeffrey Matulef as we explore the Racoon City Police Department and all its dark secrets while avoiding zombies and other biological horrors in this multiplatform game originating on the Sony PlayStation in 1998. (This episode brought to you by the word "amazing.") Next Episode: Wizards & Warriors for the Nintendo Entertainment...
Published 10/24/22