Games We Grew Up With

Games We Grew Up With


Latest Episodes

Tech Talk #1: Flight Simulators
February 02, 2021

It’s a very special NEW EPISODE DAY!   Check out the first episode of our new bonus series, “Chris’s Tech Talk”! In these episodes, Host Chris will be joined by various guests to talk about the technology that goes into video games,

Episode 14 – Gunstar Heroes
January 26, 2021

HIYAAA!  To quote Tank from The Matrix, “It’s a very exciting time!”  This episode is the reason that GWGW exists in the first place, as Hosts Chris and Katie review one of their all-time favorite games from their childhood,

Episode 13 – Soulcalibur II
January 13, 2021

Round One… FIGHT!  It’s into the battle arena for Hosts Chris and Katie, as they foray into a fighting game for the first time on the show.  Yoshimitsu pogo-sticking on his sword, Nightmare being a… well, nightmare,

Episode 12 – Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat (feat. GamingAtTheEdgeOfTheWorld)
December 15, 2020

Our throttles are at 100%, afterburners are on, and we’re back with a special guest to talk about one of the best flight simulators of all time, Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat!   This episode, we’re chatting with the host of a great retro gaming channel on ...

Episode 11 – Donkey Kong Country
December 02, 2020

Donkey and Diddy!  Cranky and Candy!  The whole Kong crew!  (And hey, don’t forget Funky!)  It’s DONKEY KONG COUNTRY time, on the Super Nintendo!  We’re rolling and jumping and launching our way through this jungle classic this week,

Episode 10 – Final Fantasy 1 & 2
November 17, 2020

It’s here!  Episode 10!  Double digits!  And what better way to handle that than to dive into one of the greatest game series out there, right from the very beginning?  It’s FINAL FANTASY, 1 and 2!  For some reason,

Episode 9.5 – Final Fantasy Special!
November 03, 2020

And now, for a very special episode of Games We Grew Up With… FINAL FANTASY!  All of them!   From Firion in FF2 to Cloud in FF7, Terra in 6 to Lightning in 13, and Tactics to the MMOs, Final Fantasy has been impacting the world of RPGs for nearly 35 ye...

Episode 9 – Ecco the Dolphin
October 20, 2020

“Ecco, PLEASE!” … for those who watched Host Katie stream this episode’s game, Ecco the Dolphin for the Sega Genesis, you heard that phrase MANY times.  After many (many) weeks of putting it off, Chris and Katie are diving in and learning the ins and o...

Episode 8 – Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
October 07, 2020

Hit that skate, bro!   Chris and Katie are back to take us on a nostalgic journey down the half-pipe and grinding the rails on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the absolute classic skateboard and skate-punk game for the Playstation 1 in 1999 (and the brand-new ...

Episode 007 – GoldenEye 007
September 22, 2020

The name’s Up With… Games We Grew Up With.   It’s Episode 007, which of course means we HAD to revisit the absolute classic multiplayer shooter from its era, GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64!  From Severnaya to the Facility,