Thursday, December 24, 2020

Outdated References 68: Terra Firma Part 2/ The Rescue

This week, Adam, Russ, Coral, and myself chat with the aftermath of Adam's ear infection, Paprium has actually arrived for the Sega Genesis, more Breath of the Wild appreciation talk, Cyberpunk 2077 failed to win us over, we eventually talk more about Star Trek but eventually go directly into this week's main discussion of Star Trek Discovery Terra Firma Part 2 & The Mandalorian The Rescue.

--Nathan

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Sunday, December 20, 2020

Outdated References 67: Terra Firma Part 1/The Believer



We are all here this week! Russ, Adam, Jeremy, Coral and myself, Nathan, as we catch up, share embarrassing  stories and discuss new shows coming out of Disney's media dump and the main spoiler riddled discussion, Star Trek Discovery: S3 E9 Terra Firma and The Mandalorian: S2 E7 The Believer. Man, I'm loving all the great new sci-fi shows coming out. TV is awesome. 

--Nathan 

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Outdated References 66:The Sanctuary/The Tragedy

It's a 4 person show with Russ, Coral, Adam and myself, talking about the sad passing of Adam's dog, Maui, struggling with pronouns, and geeking out about this week's episode of Star Trek Discovery: Season 3 Episode 8 and The Mandalorian: Season 2 Episode 6. 

--Nathan

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

Outdated References 65: Unification III/The Jedi

Post Thanksgiving talk! This year was a weird Thanksgiving since we were all in home isolation during the biggest American family gathering of the year. We do our weekly gaming talk and then we move on to our main topic: "Star Trek Discovery" Season 3, Episode 7 Unification III & "The Mandalorian" Season 2, Episode 2, Episode 5: The Jedi spoiler talk. We are so happy to enjoy some new fun sci-fi.

--Nathan

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Outdated References 64: Scavengers/ The Seige

So a slight format changes this week. To make the show flow better, we are now doing a quick recap of the episode and then focus on our favorite part of each episode, in an effort to keep the bloat down. Also, Adam's fun time camping recap, Virtualboy talk, Covid-19 holiday talk and our infamous 20 year old Metal Slug X story. 

-Nathan

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Outdated References 63: Die Trying/The Heiress




I'm excited to say that as of this episode, we have caught up with our backlog. We will be recording a new episode later today but I always like to wait a week before posting to let every get a chance to watch Star Trek Discovery and The Madalorian. I figure that will absolve us from having to constantly post spoiler warnings and it keeps the site's name, Outdated References, relevant, lol. 

Anyway,  This week we cover "Disco Season 3, Episode 5: Die Trying" and "Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 3: The Heiress." We talk, we laugh and we even annoy each other. 

--Nathan 

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Outdated References 62: Forget Me Not/ The Passenger



We have a 4 person show this week with Russ, Adam, Coral, and myself, as we have our weekly show discussions about "Star Trek Discovery" Season 3, Episode 4: "Forget me Not" & "The Mandalorian" Season 2, Episode 2, "The Passenger." Per our show format, before we get into the meat of the episode, we catch up on each other's lives, talk about games we've been playing, comic books that we should be reading, and have fun chats that tangents into a cool discussion about whatever. This week's it's about Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask, Legend of Korra, and why we never actually learned about actual world history. We always have fun coming together every week to discuss and I hope you guys all enjoy our show. Take care and have a safe week. 

--Nathan

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Outdated References 61: People of Earth/The Marshal

We are at full capacity with this week's show. Coral, Adam, Russ, Jeremy and me not only talk about "Star Trek Discovery: People of Earth" and "The Mandalorian: The Marshal," we ended up chatting about art supplies and art techniques. Oh and DuckTales! Find the Canadian actor, Irish Tayto crisps are awesome and Adam and I chat about the new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Last Ronin." We're all over the place as usual, but it's an extra long episode so I hope you enjoy yourself. 

--Nathan

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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Outdated References 60: Far From Home

 


This week, Adam, Russ, Coral, Jeremy and I talked about Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 2 “Far From Home” with life’s little anecdote sprinkled throughout, of course, since not everyone watched “Lovecraft Country,” we decided to do a one off spoiler chat after the main show. So, hopefully, there’s a little something for everyone.

--Nathan

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Sunday, November 1, 2020

Outdated References 59: That Hope is You


This week is a three person show with Coral, Adam and myself, Nathan. We chat about webcomics, comics and eventually we just have  a nice long discussion about Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 1, "That Hope is You" and fun theories. I'm so happy that we are finally watching some really fun episodes of Star Trek Disco. 

 

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Outdated References 58: No Small Parts


Adam is in town I'm happy to have him with me in the Outdated Recording "Studio" as we chat with Russ and Coral about our childhood in radio, spoiler talk about “The Boys” season 2 ending, and finally “Star Trek Lower Decks” season 1 finale spoiler talk. Wow! I love  Lower Decks! 

--Nathan

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Outdated References 57: Veritas & Crisis Point

 


Hi guys! I'll be quick... 

Adam is trying to speedrun Super Mario Bros 2, Russ and Adam discuss episode 7 of "The Boys" and we finally get on topic and have a spoiler cast about "Star Trek Lower Decks" episode 8 & 9: Veritas & Crisis Point. It's good. So damn good. 

-Nathan

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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Outdated References 56: Sports, Science, Politics, and Video games, Oh my.


Sports Talk, Politics Talk, Science Talk, Family talk, basically a personal episode because Russ and Coral didn’t watch Star Trek Lower Decks. Also, what do you call it when the collective has rose color glasses for Mario 64 but you literally have zero nostalgia for this groundbreaking classic? I don't know but it's an interesting episode. Expect more Star Trek Lower Decks episodes as we rush to catch up, because I want to move onto Discovery Season 3. We're Outdated References, but I don't want us to be too outdated.

--Nathan 

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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Outdated References 55: Cupid's Errant Arrow, Terminal Provocations, & Much Ado About Boimler


We are a full crew today with Adam, Russ, Coral, and myself, as we catch up on Star Trek Lower Deck discussion, since we skipped the topic only to focus only on Mulan chat, last week, but before we get into a long discussion, Adam discovered the new Planet of the Apes films and it's kind of funny to see him realized he missed out on really good science fiction. It's a fun show and I hope you enjoy it!

--Nathan

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Saturday, October 3, 2020

Outdated References 54: Mulan Spoiler Discussion




This week, I want to say a big howdy to our newest member, Coral, as we have round table discussion about Disney's newest live action remake, Mulan. Love it or hate it, many valid points were brought up and I'm super proud of this episode, even though it was plagued with technical issues. Yeah, this is why it took so long to edit. Sorry y'all. Any ways, Star Trek Lower Deck talks have been placed on stand by for next episode and we discuss why Colm Meany should have been the father as Miles O'Brien and Rosalind Choa as Keiko in the Outdated References holodeck production of "Molly."  Come On you know you want to see that! 


Sunday, September 20, 2020

Outdated References 53: Temporal Edict & Moist Vessel


This week we talk about the sad passing of Chadwick Boseman’s and eventually we get on track and talk about Star Trek Lower Deck episode 3, Temporal Edict and episode 4, Moist Vessel. Sorry about the delay, but we will be back on track. Expect to see the Mulan discussion later this week.  

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Outdated References 52: Second Contact & Envoys



This week, it's a three man show with Russ, Adam and myself, Nathan, chatting about the justification of expensive Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) retro home consoles, Adam and I argue over which console (SNES or PS1) sound reigns supreme, World or Warcraft is freaking old, we also learned that none of us have ever heard the album version of Dire Straights "Money For Nothing," and we talk about our thoughts about the new CBS show, "Star Trek: Lower Decks." 

--Nathan



Monday, August 17, 2020

Outdated References 51: Boxing, Comic Book TV, & Community

 


We discuss a question about which boxer would win if both of them were at their prime? More Doom Patrol Spoiler talk, plus Watchman opinions and Stargirl fanboying. Also, I'm personally enjoying Adam's journey of catching up with Community. 

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Outdated References 50: Back in My Day...

This week we are grumpy old gamers who talk about the joys of CRT televisions and to the rest of our friends, sorry not sorry, I’m wearing a mask around you. We are still proselytizing “Doom Patrol” to anyone who still hasn’t been watching this fun show! Then we proceed to convince each other what new shows we need to watch, so a lot of tv talk this week, and turkeys talk, toy collecting, and a bonus extended chat at the end of this week’s episode. Wow.

--Nathan 

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Monday, August 3, 2020

Outdated References 49: Seriously, Watch Doom Patrol...



This week we just complain about everything! Covid-19 still sucks, but at least we chatted about video games, martial arts, and some general DC TV Love. It's a short and sweet episode this week. 
Check us out!

--Nathan 



Saturday, July 25, 2020

Outdated References 48: Cobra Vipers, Klingons, & PS5! Oh My!



This week Russ, Adam, and I (Nathan) chatted on about 80-90s G.I. Joes toys and which Cobra Viper is our favorite, then we end up talking about more television, which lead to us chatting about some of our favorite Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodes, that lead to us reminiscing about the Star Trek Experience. We also caught up on gaming news after taking June off. We touch on about the Xbox Series X, PS5 and if backwards compatibility makes sense. Does life like graphics makes sense anymore? Also the Nintendo Switch controllers are still trash. Also, more television talk! God, I love Schitt’s Creek. And Doom Patrol… And Hamilton…

--Nathan

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Friday, July 17, 2020

Outdated References 47


New Episode! Well sort of... We recorded this episode back in June when society is slowly starting to open, mass protests, and television. This week it's a two man show with Russ and Nathan. We chat about loss, Russ' love of "Overwatch," Nathan's Arcade Monitor, and then television like "What We Do in the Shadows," "Venture Brothers" and "Rick and Morty." So yeah, it's another hodgepodge show about nerd shit. Sweet.

-Nathan

Monday, June 29, 2020

Outdated References 46: Gaming Gaming Gaming!


We caught up on TV so this week we actually talked about video gaming, mainly Nintendo gaming. Adam finally got around to playing some Breath of the Wild and we discuss some outdated topics like a new Paper Mario,  3D Super Mario releases and KOTOR II talk, sort of. What?

--Nathan

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Organizing my CPS2 Collection


I don't have a huge collection of CPS2 carts but I have enough where they are all stuffed inside a couple of bins sitting out in my arcade room. While they are sort of organized, I want to be able to access them with ease and I wasn't sure the best cost effective way to do this. That's when I found the "CPS2 Kitbox Label Guide" by dubdubdub. 

Basically, you make custom labels for each board, print them out, then slap then on a Uline box, finally, cut down your foam and glue it down inside of the box. What you end up with is a nice, clean, organized box that can sit on a shelf for easy access. 

The easy part was to make all of my labels, then place them all on a sheet and have them printed out 6 at a time. Here's the template I made if you want to print up 6 at a time. After having them printed out at FedEx Office, I used their paper trimmer and cut out each label, because I'm cheap and I didn't want them to over charge me to cut these out.

I made up my labels then ordered my boxes and foam. Sadly, the price of the 1" foam increased $5 to $19.99 per yard and is a pain in the ass to cut with a razor blade. Next batch of foam, I will actually follow dubdubdub's suggestion of using a sharp bread knife. So for now, I only have two boxes 100% completed with 13 more to go. So every payday, I'll probably just pick up two order of foam and slowly knock these out 4 at a time every par period.

All in all, I do like having my CPS2 carts easily accessible and they do look nice on a shelf. I'll have to adjust the foam for my Hyper Street Fighter because it is a little wider and shorter than the standard B cart but all in all, I'm happy. Once I'm done with this project, I'll probably do something similar with my bare arcade PCB. If you have any suggestions, comment on this post. It would be appreciated.

--Nathan





Thursday, May 28, 2020

Building a Universal Arcade PCB Holder





I own a few arcade cabinets and with the exception of my "dedicated" Sega Naomi and SNK Candy Cabinet, I never mount boards inside my machines. You are suppose to screw the arcade PCB into the side of the arcade cabinet, if it's an North American cabinet, or onto a wood board and slide into a very compact Japanese cabinet. 

As a collector, I rotate through my arcade games frequently, and having to mount the PCBs everytime I want to play a game got tiring very fast. So here's a simple fix. By attaching a universal PCB holder to a piece of wood I can keep my PCBs secured from shorting out on the metal interior of some of my cabinets while also making them easy to move around if I'm playing the PCB on my Supergun rig. 

I wanted mine to look nice so I just purchased a bamboo cutting board from Amazon. I know this isn't groundbreaking but I'm always shocked to see fellow enthusiast running arcade PCBs all haphazardly.  Just screw the PCB Holder onto the cutting board and add rubber feet to the other side to keep the cutting board from sliding around and just like that, you made yourself a versatile tool that will help protect your arcade boards and also make playing them a lot easier. 

Enjoy!

--Nathan

 

 

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Outdated References 45: Victory And Death


Sorry about the tardiness of this episode everyone!  This week we talked a lot about the final episode of The Clone Wars. Boy that was a doozie.  I don't want to go spoil it. Damn that was a good episode...

--Nathan

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Friday, May 15, 2020

Fix Your NES Controller & While You're At It, Customize it!



I love customizing my gaming hardware especially gaming controllers. They are one of the easiest to get parts for and the NES Controllers are also one of the easiest things to customize. You really don't need to be a "professional modders" to make your NES controllers look great. Granted, you can always buy a premade controller but if you do a quick search on Etsy or Ebay, you see a lot of people are selling premade customized controllers for some outrageous prices. I like the feeling that with a little effort and some fairly cheap parts, I can be playing my personalized controller that not only plays well, but looks awesome. The one thing I can confirm to all of you import Famicom gamers is that the controller membranes are 100% compatible with the NES kits. The inside of the controllers are the same, with the only exception being the 2nd Controller on the original Famicom due to the microphone.

What you will need:

  • (x1) NES Controllers 
  • (x1) NES Controller Membrane Kit
  • (x1) Small tipped Phillips Screwdriver
  • Cotton Swabs
  • Rubbing Alcohol
  • Old Toothbrush
Optional Items if you want to Customize Your Controller. 

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Outdated References 44: Shattered


It's here! The moment you've been waiting for! Order 66!!! How did our heroes survive this treacherous move? Did Maul split that dude in half? Why is Adam do damn dark and twisted in his mind's eye? Also, did we play any video games? The only way to find out about these AMAZING questions is to click on this show link and check us out! (woot)

--Nathan

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Sunday, May 10, 2020

Outdated References 43: Phantom Apprentice


This week, we have a shorter episode and we just jumped right into the main topic: Star Wars The Clone Wars: Season 7 Episode 10 The Phantom Apprentice. Oh boy, that was an episode!!! We have theories, we have hopes, and we are just excited that the series seems to be going out with a bang! Also, what would be the best weapon in a zombie apocalypse? I like our tangential discussion, okay?

-Nathan

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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Outdated References 42: Old Friends Not Forgotten




This week, Russ, Jules, Adam, and I did a long video game talk about everything from Mario Kart 8 to OverWatch. Socializing through gaming is the best way to deal with the dread of quarantine and helps keep you sane. When we get to the meat of the episode we all started to fanboy over Star Wars Clone Wars Episode 9, “Old Friends Not Forgotten.” (SQUEEEEE!!!) Eventually the discussion went into geeky direction about what is a Jedi. Was the Council right or wrong? Who was the personification of paragon? Who was corrupted by politics? Also, where does Darth Maul fit into Clone Wars, Rebel and Solo? Ah, my head is hurting.

--Nathan

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Monday, May 4, 2020

Outdated References 41: Together Again



This week, Russ, Adam, and I are finally happy to see some forward momentum of the Star Wars Clone Wars plot-line and a general discussion about softcover vs hardcover and should you make bread?  I have no clue but we are all still under quarantine and we are all going a bit stir crazy.  Good thing you have this episode to keep diverted for a few hours.

--Nathan

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Outdated References 40: Release Catch Release Catch


Greetings and Salutations,
This week, the gang talked about the usual, games we been playing & TV shows we've been a watchin'. We chat about Star Wars Clone Wars Episode 7 "Dangerous Debt" where I just wanted to pull my hair out because I don't care about the sisters, I want to see Mandalore. The show just didn't impress us so we went back to the finale of Star Trek Picard because Jules finally caught up. Then we go out on a Star Wars fueled tangents. So that was neat...
--Nathan

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Outdated References 39: Deal No Deal/Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2


This week, Adam, Russ, Jules and myself, as we go on with our fanboy quest of loving Star Wars Clone Wars and Star Trek Picard. We get a grill Jules as he is close to catching up on Picard and Russ Adam and I are starting to get annoyed with this current Clone Wars Arc. Give us Mandalore! More episodes will drop later this week. Sorry for the long wait.
--Nathan

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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Outdated References 38: Without a Trace/Et in Arcadia Ego



This week, I would like to welcome Jules, the second half of the Rocket Reptiles Comic Duo, to the show as Russ, Adam and I chat about games we are playing during the Covid-19 quarantine, discuss Star Wars The Clones Wars episode "Without a Trace," and talk theories about first half of the Star Trek Picard season finale, "Et in Arcadia Ego." We go a bit long this week, but hey, most of you aren't going anywhere right? 
--Nathan


Thursday, March 26, 2020

Outdated References 37: Quarantine & Broken Pieces


Welcome! This episode, Adam and Russ started early because they started before me. (Thanks jerks.) But they chat on about Bloodshot and TP Talk! We also skip Star Wars The Clone Wars to focus on Star Trek Picard. So while you are stuck at home because of the quarantine, check out this episode and relax with three friends bs-ing.

--Nathan

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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Outdated References 36: Wings of Kerradaks & Nepenthe


Fell a bit behind on editing, but fear not, this week, you will be getting shows dropping every three days. So this show is dropping now, the next episode will be available Thursday and then this week's episode will drop next Sunday. Hey, at least the show is appropriately named? Outdated... Get it?

Anyways, this episode has Russ, Adam and myself, Nathan, chatting on about "Star Wars The Clone Wars" Season 7 Episode 3, "On the Wings of Kerradks" and "Star Trek Picard" Season 1 Episode 7: "Nepenthe." We chat about some Mandolorian theories and gush over seeing the Troi-Riker Family once again. So sit back and relaxe and we raise the shields and secure your ears as you enjoy Outdated References Episode 36.

--Nathan

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Friday, March 6, 2020

Sega ST-V Cart Cases

I love displaying my arcade collection and for years, I been buying custom cases called Shockboxes for my Neo-Geo MVS carts. Southtown Homebrew have been my #1 go to site to beautify my bland MVS carts into something I can place onto a shelf and display with pride. Recently, I've been falling back into my arcade collecting and I decided to focus my attention onto my small Sega Titan Video game system (Sega ST-V) collection of carts. The ST-V arcade board set is basically a ROM cartridge based arcade level version of the Sega Saturn. So a lot of fast paced, fun, twitchy arcade games!

I've added several ST-V carts into my collection over the years and I was in need of boxing and displaying them on my shelf for organization. The ST-V cart are much smaller than SNK's Neo-Geo carts so, while I could use foam to take up the negative space inside a giant Shockbox, which I wasn't willing to do, since the Shockbox have gone up to $12 a piece. I basically had two choices: re-purposing some old EA's big Sega Genesis/Megadrive sport cases or use the Universal Combo Game Case.

Originally I used the EA Sega Genesis Sport cases, but I ended up using all of my (then) cheap Sports boxes for my Atomiswave carts. So when I when I went online to find some more cheap sports titles, I was actually a little surprised that these $1-2 sports titles nobody wanted a few years ago are now selling at $10-15 minimum. My only real CHEAP option was to buy the Universal Combo Game Case at about $1.50 each. So the choice was simple, I went to Southtown Homebrew and printed out the covers of the games I own and picked up some cases. The Universal Combo Game Case requires taking some wire cutters or a sharp box cutters to modify the inside of the case to make your Sega ST-V Cart fit. While it's not a perfect option, I like to think of it as a "close enough, why not?" option. 

I had one annoying issue with this whole process, not all of my game carts had covers to print off at Southtown and I waited patiently for, literally, years for someone to make covers for Golden Axe the Duel, Cotton Boomerang, Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, and Astra Superstars. Because no one did, I figured I can take a crack at it. While my photoshopping skills are basic and I got really lazy on the back of the covers, I really like how these turned out. 

I will link to the both sizes for the Genesis/Megadrive case and the Universal Combo Game Case. Please feel free to improve on the design or make your own. I think I like making custom covers for the games and I can't wait to do more in the future.

--Nathan


Astra Superstars

Cotton Boomerang: 

Golden Axe the Duel


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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Outdated References 35: Bad Batch at Stardust City

I didn't intent this podcast to be a bi-weekly, but hey, here we are. Sometimes, life gets in the way but we here at Outdated References prevail over silly things like "family emergencies" and "work obligations." Pft, who needs responsibilities when we can talk about NEW Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Trek Picard! Join Russ, Adam and myself, Nathan, to a wonderful world of fanboy wankery. --Nathan

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