The Cabinet Podcast

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Episode 30: The Clown Came to Town Oct 04, 2019

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Do you treat your video games bad? Did that last cliff jump make your character sad? You better turn your avatar's frown upside down. If you don't, the clown will come to town.

Episode 29: Nude Raider Feb 13, 2019

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It’s Valentine’s Day and the Cabinet Podcast is getting sexy. Tomb Raider is known for its strong and beautiful heroine, Lara Croft. According to an infamous urban legend, there’s a special code for the game that lets gamers see more of Miss Croft than they ever imagined. Does the Tomb Raider nude code exist? If it does, what does it say about the gamers who have tried it?

Episode 28: The Great Pokemon War Jan 30, 2019

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Pokemon are weapons of mass destruction. That’s according to one popular fan theory about Nintendo’s powerhouse series. Prepare for an epic adventure as one Pokemon trainer learns about the devastating war that shaped his country and tore his family apart. It’s the Great Pokemon War.

Episode 27: BOO-Shaka-Laka!!! Jan 16, 2019

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In the Season 2 premiere of the Cabinet Podcast, the show gets back to its roots with a tale of another haunted arcade cabinet. NBA Jam is a classic of the early 1990s. The cartoony graphics, over the top plays, insanely popular catchphrases of its color commentator, and the biggest names in the NBA at the time made this a go to machine to spend your quarters. However, beyond the bright colors and Looney Tunes action is a dark secret. One basketball great may still be playing the game after his death inside the digital world of NBA Jam.

Episode 26: How the Cabinet Stole Christmas Dec 25, 2018

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Apologies for the Christmas Special delay, but I, the Haunted Cabinet, had to lock Little Timmy Gibson away. Now that the Gruesome Game Machine is on the loose, prepare for some sick rhymes in the style of Dr. Seuss.

It's a holiday tale in the style of true crime about some hackers who tried to steal Christmas and ruin everyone's good time.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is how the Cabinet steals Christmas.

Episode 25: Wii Wee Dec 06, 2018

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How far would you go for the latest game console? A mother of three enters herself in what seems like an innocent contest in order to obtain a Nintendo Wii for her children. However, what seems like harmless fun soon turns deadly.

Bonus Round 2: Games We Play in the Dark Nov 28, 2018

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Paranormal activity in games is not limited to the digital realm of video games. Supernatural games have been played with simple household items for years. The One True Cabinet returns with a haunted tale about a game that simply needs a dark place and a match. No console or P.C. needed. It’s another Bonus Round as Little Timmy Gibson’s Haunted Cabinet takes over the story telling duties. Prepare for the Tale of the Matchstick Man.

Episode 24: Ghost Town Nov 21, 2018

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A time, a place can tell a bigger story than a well scripted cut scene in a game. The images of the Old West is filled with the desolate landscapes and ghost towns where supernatural creatures are free to lurk in the dark corners of your mind. Gather around the campfire as The Cabinet spins a tale of spirits haunting an abandoned town in Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption.

Episode 23: The Wolf of the Wasteland Nov 07, 2018

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The land is scarred from the bombs dropped in the Great War. The fires of nuclear war engulfed the landscape and forged a new world. A lone wanderer hunts a monster, a wolf that preys on the children of New Vegas. He is the Courier. Join the Cabinet on a journey into the world of Fallout.

(Songs featured in this episode are “House of the Rising Sun” as performed by Clarence “Tom” Ashley and “Black Betty” as performed by an unknown Texas prison choir. Both are currently in the public domain.)

Bonus Round: Trick or Treat Techno Terrors Oct 31, 2018

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Halloween’s not over yet. Time for one last treat. While Little Timmy Gibson is away, I, the One True Cabinet, Technological Terror Incarnate, will weave three tales of a twisted vision of the digital realm. Don’t think I’m limiting myself to just stories about video games like that other host. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, GAMERS!!!

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