Sparking Memories

Sparking Memories

From The Low Blow Show by Immortal Storm

October 30, 2024 · 1h 43m · Season 1 · Episode 4

About this episode

The hosts discuss video games, artificial intelligence, and share embarrassing childhood stories with guest Jose.

The boys Immortal Storm and Nick are back, this time joined with a good old friend, Jose. The trio discus at length about video games vintage and current gen, artificial intelligence, and embarrassing childhood stories about inappropriate things. 0:00 Nick’s Superman hair 3:38 - The town we grew up in; scary parts of town 7:15 - Sparking Zero; PC gaming setup 10:44 - Nick & Jose have bought Storm games and he still hasn’t played them; Star Wars: Outlaws; Game Informer shuts down after 33 years 14:10 - Porn stories; VHS tapes, magazines, finding dad’s stash 16:48 - Gaming magazines; Game Informer, Nintendo Power, Pong, Atari, PS3 releasing at $700 23:44 - PS5 Pro; graphics, frames, waste of money, physical games; games changing with patches 29:13 - Memory cards for games back in the day, remastered games, Horizon, Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne 34:56 - Sequels to stories that finished, stories that don’t end, unsatisfying endings to shows, My Hero Academia, Jiu-Jitsu Kaisen, High School DXD 38:36 - Hating things you’re a fan of, writing MCU humor into everything 43:48 - Kids shows today are all loud brain rot, quality kids shows we grew up on; Elsa Gate, Cocomelon, Bluey 50:41…

People in this episode

Hosts: Immortal Storm, Nick

Guest: Jose

Topics covered

  • video games
  • artificial intelligence
  • childhood stories
  • gaming magazines
  • nostalgia
  • media consumption

Keywords

  • video games
  • artificial intelligence
  • childhood stories
  • gaming magazines
  • nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Game Informer, Nintendo Power

Products: PS3, PS5 Pro, Detroit: Become Human, Ex Machina, Ai2U, Cocomelon, Bluey, Vine

Books & works: My Hero Academia, Jiu-Jitsu Kaisen, High School DXD, Horizon, Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne, The Simpsons

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