Call Me By Your Game

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Ep.71 – Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide with Anna Salinas May 26, 2021

Show notes

Together, we’ll be brave! And who better to have by your side and become brave than the wonderful tv writer, comic artist, and Sarasota FL legend Anna Salinas. Today Anna joins as a guest to discuss Humongous Entertainment’s Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It’s Dark Outside.

On this episode longtime buds Conner and Anna discuss the video games industries advertising tendencies when they grew up in the 90s, Anna recalls this game being bought for her little brother when in reality her mom played it religiously, and how they would bring their family laptop on their summer vacations to see Anna’s family in Sweden and play the game series on loop.

Actions and Resources for 5/26/2021
Ways to help Palestine during the ongoing assault by Israel’s Govt.
Support the Breathe Act
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Anna Salinas – Badcomix – Website – John Baxter Comedy
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Ep.70 – Madden NFL 2004 with Carl Tart May 19, 2021

Show notes

You’ll never beat us with this one! On today’s episode we’re dropping back in the pocket, scrambling for eternity, and dancing our way to the endzone with the greatest video game athlete of all time in Michael Vick. We’re talking with the hero Carl Tart about Madden NFL 2004, quite possibly the most iconic NFL game ever.

Carl gets into how he got into comedy years ago by taking Second City classes, chats playing Madden 04 with his friends over and over during middle school, and how he took this game all the way back to Mississippi when he moved back. Carl is one of the funniest and most talented dudes you’ll ever meet, so be sure to catch his writing on the first season of Kenan, starring sketch comedy legend Kenan Thompson.

Actions and Resources for 5/19/2021
Ways to help Palestine during the ongoing assault by Israel’s Govt.
Support the Breathe Act
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Carl Tart – Flagrant Ones Patreon – Instagram
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Ep.69 – Resident Evil 5 with Ibanda Ruhumbika May 12, 2021

Show notes

On the heels of yet another monster release for the Resident Evil franchise with RE Village, we have our first episode in far too long discussing another game in the series. Today we’re joined by the talented and fantastic Ibanda Ruhumbika to chat about Resident Evil 5 and what space it occupied during a period of his life.

On this episode Ibanda tells the tale of finally securing his name as a social media handle after months of work, talks about playing RE5 with his roommate David at Juliard and pairing it with trashy reality television, and walks us through many fun college memories including the perfection that is the Halal Guys restaurant.

Actions and Resources for 5/12/2021
How to be an Ally with the Palestinians
Support India in the ongoing Covid-19 crisis
Support the Breathe Act
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Ibanda Ruhumbika – Twitter – Instagram
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Super NPCs preview – Pokémon Snap (N64) May 06, 2021

Show notes

Hey there Call Me By Your Game listeners! Enjoy this full episode from the Super NPC Radio exclusive podcast, Super NPCs. Heck, it’s hosted by the host of CMBYG, Conner McCabe, so we think you’ll like it! This weekly show is available at all tiers of the Super NPC Radio Patreon so if you like what you hear, consider checking us out at Patreon.com/SuperNPCradio. On this episode Jeremy and Conner discuss the original Pokémon Snap on the Nintendo 64. Enjoy, and be sure to check out this fantastic video from the crew over at MinnMax about the development history of the game. It’s referenced heavily in this episode so you just gotta see it.

Show Notes
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Ep.68 – Ocarina of Time with Shereen Lani Younes May 05, 2021

Show notes

Ocarina of Time… We’ve talked about that one before haven’t we?? The Zelda Timeline must be up to it’s silly tricks again because we’re going back, baby!! This time we’re joined by the wonderful Shereen Lani Younes from the Ethncally Amiguous podcast to discover 1998’s Ocarina of Time.

Shereen joins the show and shares about her early love for making discoveries in video games with her sister, how she still remembers inside jokes that her and her cousins from Syria had, and how there are countless things about Ocarina of Time that remain deeply special to her all these years later.

Actions and Resources for 5/5/2021
Support India in the ongoing Covid-19 crisis
Support the Breathe Act
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Shereen Lani Younes – Instagram – Twitter – Ethnically Ambiguous podcast – Website
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Ep.67 – Final Fantasy VI with Mike Steele Apr 28, 2021

Show notes

Sure, Final Fantasies I-V are cool, but number VI? Now we’re talking baby. On this momentous episode of Call Me By Your Game, Cowboy Mike referenced in episode 5 by Jake Sprague makes his long waited appearance on the podcast. Mike Steele, best friend to Jake and developer on the upcoming indie game Olli Olli World, joins Conner to discuss one of the best and most revered games of all time in Final Fantasy VI.

On this episode Mike dives into a deep and storied video game past and also talks about how they have always been an important part of his life, he walks us through Jake changing his life by letting him borrow FFVI, and talks about how in high school giving a girl a poem that “he wrote” when in fact it was actually just ripped from Celes’ lines in the famous Opera scene from this game.

Actions and Resources for 4/28/2021
Support the Breathe Act
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Mike Steele – Twitter – Olli Olli World trailer – Jim & Them podcast
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Ep.66 – Kingdom Hearts with Ryan Barton Apr 21, 2021

Show notes

Hop in the gummy ship because we’re heading to a bunch of Disney Kingdoms! Today we’re talking about a mammoth game that launched an iconic series. Joined by the hilarious and wonderful Ryan Barton we finally discuss the first Kingdom Hearts Game. It’s happening!

Ryan and Conner are sure to bring you another edition of Scorpio talk as these two lovely boys share a birthday. Ryan talks about loving the Nintendo 64 growing up and sharing time with his siblings, reminisces discovering Kingdom Hearts in an orthodontist’s office growing up, and also shares about his love of genre bending.

Actions and Resources for 4/21/2021
Support the Breathe Act
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Ryan Barton – Twitter – @Rrybrator on PlayStation
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

The Legend of Zelda Games Club – Ep.02 – The Legend of Zelda (NES) Apr 16, 2021

Show notes

Welcome back to The Legend Of Zelda Games Club! Today, we are covering the very first game in the series, released in Japan all the way back in 1986 – it set the trend for one of the most prolific and longstanding franchises ever made. Blow in your cartridge and ready your master sword for an adventure you’ll never forget. This is the final free episode of the Legend of Zelda Games Club! Sadly the end is here. Enjoy the rest of the series at the DJ Toad Tier on our patreon at Patreon.com/SuperNPCradio.

Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch
Joan Ford – Twitch – Twitter – Instagram
Jeremy Schmidt – VGACS – Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube

Ep.65 – Donkey Kong Country 2 with Rekha Shankar Apr 14, 2021

Show notes

What’s a sequel if we don’t make it our first ever game covered twice on this show? That’s right baby, we’re back with one of the best games of all time Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest with writer for Animaniacs, actor on a bunch of things, and true comedy hero Rekha Shankar. She joins our buddy Alec Robbins the DKC2 hall of fame with this appearance and we couldn’t be happier.

On this episode Rekha discusses the appeal of diving into worlds that interested her and how that manifested itself in drawing and playing certain video games, discusses her love for customizing characters in games and feeling seen through “The Rekha” the wrestler that she made, and how this game was THE activity for her and her roommate during a hot summer in New York City. Rekha rules and you should check out everything she’s been up to lately.

Actions and Resources for 4/14/2021
Justice for Daunte Wright – Petition – Family’s GoFundMe – MN Freedom Fund
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Rekha Shankar – Website – Talk Chef – Hustle Web Series – Twitter
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Ep.64 – Elite Beat Agents with Tony Garbanzos Apr 07, 2021

Show notes

Who needs the Blues Brothers, Men in Black, or Ghostbusters when you can have the Elite Beat Agents? Normally we’re far from government shills, but in this case we make an important exception. This week we’re joined by hair titan and producer of Asian AF, Tony Garbanzos, to discuss Elite Beat Agents for the Nintendo DS.

On this episode Tony gives us an incredibly important recommendation for the best cookie in New York City and perhaps the world, remembers getting sucked into this game during his freshman year of college at San Jose State, and discusses how his background as a musician lent itself to his adoration for this game. Most importantly Tony considers forgiving Conner after he LIES to him about a sequel for EBA that does not exist. For that, Tony is a gosh darn saint.

Actions and Resources for 4/7/2021
Support the Asian Community and fight against Asian Hate – Advancing Justice Atlanta
Get Involved Locally – LA Organizations to Consider:
Streetwatch LA – Ground Game LA – WaterDrop LA – Selah
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time – Free eBook PDF
Okra Project – Providing Culturally Nutritious meals for Black Trans people

Show Notes
Tony Garbanzos – Asian AF – Filipino AF
Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69
Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show
Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube
Super NPC Radio – Patreon – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch