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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Outdated References 158: Lower Deckin' & Loki

Join Adam, Russ, Nathan, & Jeremy was we discuss Star Trek Lower Decks and Loki, but before we get to the main topic, we catch up with Jeremy's odd choice of drinks during a J-Pop concert, Adam's run in with thieving bastards, and Nathan's continuing BS with arcade machines.

Huzzah!

--Nathan

Thursday, November 9, 2023

How to Customize Your Mayflash F500 V2 Fightstick

So Street Fighter 6 got my interests piqued for modern console fighters once again and now my niece has taken a strong interest in the genere and began to dabble with the game. Struggling to wrap their head around the Classic control scheme, they have become fairly proficient using the Modern control scheme, which saddens my cold black jaded heart. So I decided to take it upon myself to build them their very own fightstick with artwork from their favorite comic series to hopefully get them accustomed to classic arcade control scheme.

My logic is that with a 6-8 button setup the and a good joystick, the traditional Classic control scheme will make a bit more sense to them. I know it's going be a struggle to have to learn input timing, but I'm hoping to get them a fightstick that they would want to play all of their games on. Since they have access to a PS4, Xbox One and a Nintendo Switch, I opted to get the Mayflash F500 V2 base model, the Mayflash F500 Elite was more expensive and it did not make sense to gut a stick that already had authentic arcade parts. I will show you how to replace all of the buttons, replace the joystick with a Sanwa joystick and add custom artwork.

Outdated References 157: Rock, Ezra, & Loki

Russ, Jeremy, and I catch up after taking a much needed break. We talked about our old man music and try out best to recap all of the shows that have come and went. We finish our discussion about the Season finale of Ahsoka and our likes about Loki Season 2. Sadly, We had to table our Lower Decks discussion to next episode.

--Nathan

Friday, October 6, 2023

How to Install a Sanwa JLF into a Nintendo Cocktail Cabinet

I'll just outright say it: I hate Nintendo Arcade Joysticks.

I do not like their range of motion, the ball top are always too small and I just never liked the feel of using one. I always feel like I'm struggling against the sticks and even after refurbing them, they still felt stiff and clumsy as ever. I found a great deal locally where I picked up this Popeye Nintendo Cocktail machine and brought it home. It's in pretty good shape; the price was right eventhough the monitor could use a new cap kit and the control panel is just at a weird uncomfortable angle but that's just the quirks of a very old Nintendo cocktail cabinet.

I generally veer away from Nintendo cabinets because I prefer jamma cabinets and the ablity to swap out boards, but I actually really like this game. While I would never go out of my way to defend Popeye as one of Nintendo’s better arcade games, because Donkey Kong exists, it just has a special place in my heart that brings back great memories of when I was a kid playing the Popeye port on my Dad’s Atari 2600.

I do have a huge appreciation to Nintendo's build quality of their cocktail cabinets. The first thing that stands out to me about this machine is how it is mostly made of metal, instead of wood like my Pac-Man cocktail. I've been on a collecting tangent where I'm picking up older cabs to fix up and learn from but hey, at least I get to play Popeye with a Nintendo joystick that always feels like a struggle, right?

Wrong.

It was brought to my attention from BirdlandArcade on Instagram that you can easily remove the Nintendo joystick and swap it out with a standard Sanwa JLF. Needless to say, that really piqued my interest and I wanted to do this mod to my cabinet.

Here's how...

Outdated References 156: Thrawn plus Lower Decks

Russ, Adam and Nathan gather this week to recap about Ahsoka and the live action reveal of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Also, What's the deal with Enoch?! We are also catching up with Star Trek Lower Decks, I do declare.

--Nathan

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Outdated References 155: Baylon Skoll

My one and only frustration with Star Wars Ashoka is the lack of any information about Baylan Skoll. I want to know more but the show has other ideas. Whatever, it's still a fun show to talk about it with Russ, Adam and Nathan.

Officially, we are caught up! No more old episodes in the queue. We records every two weeks on Sundays so keep your eyes pealed for more episodes every other Tuesday!

--Nathan

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Outdated References 154: Ahsoka!

Shifting gears over to Star Wars, Russ, Adam, & Nathan kind of geek out about "Ahsoka" being the 5th Season of one of our favorite shows, Star Wars Rebels. We talk about our hopes and excitement about this series and we pray they will stick the landing...

--Nathan

Thursday, September 7, 2023

Outdated References 153: Jazz Hands

Right off the bat, Russ, Adam, and Nathan talks about the summer blockbuster films and how Barbie is better than all of them. We actually have some comic book talk but mainly we get right into the BIG topic of the week, the last two episodes of Star Trek Strange New Worlds and how much it's better than DISCO. (Sorry, not sorry)

--Nathan

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Outdated References 152: Illi vetus physicus

This week, Russ, Adam, and Nathan chat about how freaking awesome Street Fighter 6 is and we have the fighter fever, even having to work around the annoyances of modern gaming. We even talk about our favorite "Community" episode that you currently no longer watch on streaming...

But hey, what we most cared about was the fantastic three episodes of Star Trek Strange New Worlds... (and Secret Invasion)

--Nathan

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Outdated References 151: Recapping Trek Y'all

We are right in the middle of the writers and actor strike and we are making our plans to dole out foreign shows to keep us entertain as we support the strike.

Lucky for us we have Marvel's Secret Invasion and Star Trek Strange New Worlds to keep us entertained. (for now)

--Nathan

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Outdated References 150: Sumus Retro

We are sad about the loss of Star Trek Prodigy all the while Adam has a shocking revelation about imitation Krab. Basically a lot of catch up chatter and how everything just sounds better in Latin...

The main topic this week is Star Trek Strange New Worlds because it's back baby; and it's amazing!

--Nathan

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Outdated References 149: Across the Spiderverse Spoiler Talk

This week is a two man show with Russ and Adam and I'm trying to get my head in order for my black belt test. Actually, that's mainly what Russ and Adam do, just talk about that incredible film.

Stay tuned for more backlogged episodes!

--Nathan

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Outdated References 148: Dragons Pieces Mario Guardians Film Talk

Russ, Nathan, and Adam are this week’s hosts for your journey into StarWars books, comic book talk and film chat about Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Tetris, Super Mario Bros, and Guardians of the Galaxy 3!

Damn, there's too much to talk about.

--Nathan

Friday, June 2, 2023

Outdated References 147: Mando Picard Finales

After Star Wars book talking between Russ and Adam, we move onto our impressions of the Mandalorian Season finale and then to Star Trek Picard Series Finale. It's going to be weird, living in a Sci-Fi drought in the next coming weeks...

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this episode and stay tuned for our "Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 3" episode, coming soon(ish.)

-Nathan

Friday, May 26, 2023

Outdated References 146: Almost to the Finish Line...

This week we focus on Mandalorian Episode 6 "Guns for Hire" & Episode 7 "Spies" only to counter with Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 8 "Surrender" and Episode 9 "Vox." I shouldn't have to say it but spoilers ahead for a show that ended a month ago. Hey we really are living up to the whole Outdated moniker, no?

-Nathan

Monday, May 15, 2023

Outdated References 145: Better Late Than Never?

This episode we are talking about Star Trek Picard Season 3 Episode 6 "The Bounty" & Episode 7 "Dominion." We also talk about The Bad Batch & Mandalorian, but honestly, it's all about Star Trek Picard Season 3!

(More episode will drop this week, stay tuned for two more episodes)

--Nathan

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Outdated References 144: Star Trek Picard Theories

One of the only good things about editing older shows, besides living up to the outdated moniker, is that I get to enjoy foresight and see what crazy BS theory sticks to the wall.

This week is a long-ish episode because there was a lot to talk about! Wo covered the final two Episodes of "The Last of Us," Episode 12 & 13 of Bad Batch, episode 2 & 3 of "The Mandolarian" and the cream of this week's show recap, "Star Trek Picard" Ep4 "No Win Situation" & Ep 5 "Imposters."

Wow!

--Nathan