71. 🕹️ Q*bert Creator Warren Davis

02/22/22 • 66 min

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Dan & Manny talk to Warren Davis, the creator of 1982's hit arcade game Q*bert. Warren talks about going from RPI engineering student to improviser at Chicago's Second City to developing Q*bert at Gottlieb, he takes Dan & Manny on a serious deep-dive into how Q*bert went from a simple coding exercise to an arcade smash, are schooled on some arcade game history from the 80s & 90s, and Warren talks about his contributions to Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, & T2: Judgement Day. This is an amazingly nerdy episode!

If you want to learn even more about Warren Davis and the arcade gaming world, buy his new book Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games, and get it autographed by Warren!

You can follow Warren Davis on Twitter & Facebook @WarrenDavis29.

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If you want to learn even more about Warren Davis and the arcade gaming world, buy his new book Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games, and get it autographed by Warren!

You can follow Warren Davis on Twitter & Facebook @WarrenDavis29.

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70. 🍪Cookies (Lotus Biscoff, Vanilla Wafers, & Stella D’Oro Margherite)

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Dan & Manny return to the infamous food episodes by putting 3 cookies to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! The 3 cookies are:

And they bring this test to the next level to see if these cookies are better dunked in tea, coffee, or milk. Manny needs to be regulated in this episode because he houses these cookies unnecessarily, Dan tells a weird childhood story from Ozone Park, Queens, and Manny has a moment with the Lotus Biscoff, and so much more!

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Lotus Biscoff
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Voortman Vanilla Wafers
That basement kitchen in Portuguese & Italian households
🍫Candy Bars
Stella D'Oro Cookies Original Breakfast Treats or the S cookie
Entenmann’s
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This was recorded on January 10th, 2022, on Zoom so there are some small sound discrepancies but don't worry, the content still rocks!

The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic.

The other music ("ABCD") is by Pudge. Any other music you hear, The Nostalgia Test Podcast does not own.

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72. 🍹Escape (The Piña Colada Song) w/ Lauren Carey from The Beer’d Al Podcast

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Dan & Manny welcome Lauren Carey from The Beer'd Al Podcast to put the Rupert Holmes' classic "🍹Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This episode has it ALL. They try to figure out who's to blame for the terrible relationship in "🍹Escape (The Piña Colada Song)," what's up with getting caught in the rain, making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, and there's a classic Nostalgia Test Tangent that goes from bringing back blended drinks to the new Weird Al movie starring Daniel Radcliffe, plus 3 amazing drink recommendations (check them out in the notes below).

And so much more, including: