Podouken

Mission: Destroy Aliens! Arcade games enter the world of color (or so the non-colorblind tell us). We dig into the history of NAMCO which started with rocking horses and - with some unintended help f…

Across the gulf of space… intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. The Invaders from Space miniseries begi…

Finish Him! Our Fighting Game Wars miniseries wraps up with Arcade Obscura. Each host presents a little-known, underappreciated, or underrated fighting game to the audience. The other hosts make fun …

All litigious hell breaks loose as Capcom takes on Data East’s game, Fighter’s History, on the biggest stage of them all - the United States District Court. What was it about Fighter’s History that c…

SNK doubles down on Neo Geo fighters with the release of Art of Fighting. It has all the things you love from other fighting games, but less! Why are these characters so big? Why are some of these ch…

A new challenger approaches! SNK calls “next” on Capcom as they launch their own Street Fighter II competitor -- Fatal Fury. Who are the Bogard Brothers? Does having fewer playable characters require…

Ready… Fight! The Fighting Game Wars miniseries begins with the granddaddy of them all -- Capcom’s Street Fighter II. What led up to the launch of this iconic arcade? What were the ramifications? Why…

A PODCAST FOR ARCADE LOVERS. From the owners of 100+ arcade and pinball cabinets, and the proprietors of a real-life arcade comes PODOUKEN, a brand new podcast that takes a deep dive into the world o…