Pie Factory Podcast
Jim and Sean discuss game play, strategies, and memories of classic '80s and '90s arcade games.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Episodes
- 168
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Pie Factory Podcast’s Holiday Greetings
As a storm closes in on Pie Factory Headquarters, Jim and Sean are hunkering down, eating razzleberry pie and playing MAME while lying in a manger as visions of Mr. Hot Dog and Mr. Pickle dance in ou…
Fri 23 Dec 2022
Episode 134: Port Man and Arkanoid
A new dawn brings a new day. A new day brings a new episode of Pie Factory Podcast (sometimes). In Episode 134, Jim and Sean discuss an obscure Pac-Man clone and a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up in whic…
Sat 10 Dec 2022
Episode 133: S.T.U.N. Runner and Hard Drivin’
Jimmy G and Sean introduce a spoooooooky new episode during this spooooooktacular season!! Mwahahaahaahahahaa!!! In this haunting installment they discuss a couple of scaaaaaaaaary spooky games (that…
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Episode 132: Loco Motion and Amidar
Look, we don’t care that arcadehistory(dot)com and Wikipedia put a hyphen between “Loco” and “Motion.” You know why? ‘Cuz on the marquee there is no hyphen. So we’re not putting one there. Don’t beli…
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Episode 131: Snake Pit and Wacko
School’s in, kids! It’s time for Sean and Jim to school you on a couple of games from the early-ish ’80s. That is, old-school games. Games that you may have played after school. The only thing more a…
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Midwest Gaming Classic 2022 recap
We’re not quite ready yet to present you with what we learned about Wacko and Snake Pit, but in the mean time, here are Sean’s thoughts on this year’s Midwest Gaming Classic. (Jim says hi.)
Wed 25 May 2022
Episode 130: Pong
If you’re the kind of person who likes stuff, well…you’re in the right place because episode 130 is certainly stuff! This time we stray from our usual format to talk about everybody’s favorite diagon…
Sat 30 Apr 2022
Episode 129: Mr. Driller and Dig Dug II
We at Pie Factory Podcast have been hard at work to bring you a new savory, salty, and potentially sweet episode. So here, for about the 129th time, we present to you…an episode. A pumpful episode. S…
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Episode 128: Three Stooges and Splat!
Our love goes out to those suffering because of the situation in Ukraine, and in fact, our next Patreon payout will be donated to Doctors Without Borders for their team in Ukraine. (And we thank all …
Sun 27 Feb 2022
Episode 127: Bad Dudes and Zero Wing
Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja and Zero Wing….ahh, just how Sean likes his fried chicken. Warm yourselves up to the soothing voices of him and Jimmy G with this 127th-ish numbered episode of the series, a…
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Episode 126: the, uhh…new episode
This is indeed a new episode of Pie Factory Podcast. In that it’s a new episode, about 99.44% new material, and it’s Pie Factory Podcast. Only thing is…well, we had to shift the focus a bit for this …
Sat 18 Dec 2021
Episode 125: Pepper II and Cosmic Chasm
It’s a Thanksgiving miracle – a video game sequel that has no corresponding original? Oooh, you’ll have to listen to find out about that! Hear this and more gobbledygook (see what we did there?) as y…
Thu 25 Nov 2021
Episode 124: Toobin’ and Pooyan
What?? A new episode already?! Yuh-huh!!! This time your ever-lovin’ Midwestern video game fan duo take a look not only at the featured games but also indigenous urban cuisine. Episode 124 is guarant…
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Episode 123: Bubble Bobble and Toypop
Having returned from their spiritual retreat to Fishfuj, Iowa, Jim and Sean are back with a new episode. Will they reveal the secret relationship between Bub and Bob? Is the toyshop in Toypop an alle…
Sat 28 Aug 2021
The NExt Episode – take three (arRrhghghgh!!!!!)
(okay, THIS TIME FOR SURE.) We’re calling this “the next episode” because it’s not the previous episode. It’s also not the first episode nor the last episode, unless something REALLY weird happens. L…
Thu 24 Jun 2021
The Next Episode – take 2!
(Broken link in the original feed…sorry about that!) We’re calling this “the next episode” because it’s not the previous episode. It’s also not the first episode nor the last episode, unless somethin…
Thu 24 Jun 2021
The Next Episode
We’re calling this “the next episode” because it’s not the previous episode. It’s also not the first episode nor the last episode, unless something REALLY weird happens. Look…it’s an episode. And we …
Thu 24 Jun 2021
Episode 122: Mikie and Name That Tune
Ikey and Mikie, in a most exclusive place, were held up by a mugger, who cut up Ikey’s favorite coat and robbed him, and hit him with a hose. But Mikie grabbed the scoundrel, and punched him in the n…
Mon 31 May 2021
Episode 121: Double Dragon and Kung-Fu Master
One game is about kids who answer trivia questions and run through a chocolate and slime filled obstacle course. The other is about a New Jersey kid who moves to California and is bullied by martial …
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Episode 120…revisited!
Thanks to the response from Listeners Like You™, we decided to go back and address feedback from our previous episode. Your top ten desert island games (assuming your desert island has an adequate po…
Wed 24 Mar 2021
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