Hey there. You're about to take a long drive. Maybe you're about to catalog some games. You need to kill the time so we're here with a long episode about a topic you didn't know you didn't want: games that came with temporary tattoo inserts.

CQ 245 - Games Are Affordable When You Don't Buy Nonsense

21 days ago 1h 58m

If you've ever said "Games are getting too expensive" are you talking about games you care about that matter, random hyped expensive trash, or the cost of trying to own literally every video game? The best games to collect are more affordable t

CQ 244 - Are Game Conventions Even Worth It?

Mar 23rd, 2024 2h 5m

We're talking about game conventions and our thoughts on attending them for both commerce and sociability in preparation for the upcoming Midwest Gaming Classic. Sorry for the late post, I've been very sick this past week!

CQ 243 - The Best Non-Game VG Collectibles

Mar 7th, 2024 3h 49m

We're talking about every collecting category except video games: coins, stamps, comics, toys, cereal, etc. and what the best video game things in those categories are that come to mind. Over 3 minutes of research was done looking up video game

CQ 242 - Collecting Controversy

Feb 19th, 2024 1h 56m

We're talking about a few controversial games we haven't yet discussed to death including perhaps the first controversial video game in 1973's Gotcha to Wolfenstein 3D to whatever Gal Gun is. This episode is banned in Germany for multiple reaso

CQ 241 - Modern Games You'll NEVER Regret Owning

Feb 9th, 2024 2h 42m

We're discussing some of potential "oh I wish I just got that when it was $8" games of 2000s and up. And also $3000 World of Warcraft server blades, which are sure to be a timeless collectible as well.

CQ 240 - Old Men Complain About Collecting Rereleases, Reissues, and Rehashes

Jan 22nd, 2024 2h 48m

Two out of touch relics who collect old video games debate the merits of whether you should spend $64.99 on a reissued copy of NES Felix the Cat by Limited Run Games. No. No you shouldn't.

CQ 239 - Rating "THE RAREST" Collectible Games

Jan 8th, 2024 3h 10m

We are discussing and rating how worth it some of the "rarest" hype games are in game collecting from NWC to Pokemon Box to, for some reason, Devil's Third.

CQ 238 - The Goals, Trends, and Prices of 2023

Dec 30th, 2023 2h 28m

We're looking back at 2023: Our collecting goals, the price trends, the hobby trends, and the biggest sales of the year.

CQ 237 - Collecting the EARLY History of Platformers

Dec 11th, 2023 2h 40m

A.k.a "Ten Lords a Leaping" for the holiday season but I don't want people to skip the episode based on the title. We're going over an overview of platform games before Super Mario Bros., including some important but nearly forgotten games like

CQ 236 - A Conversation for New Game Collectors

Nov 26th, 2023 3h 7m

It's a big episode of advice for new collectors like setting goals, avoiding hype, budging, and avoiding becoming a hoarder who thinks your pile of mass produced media is equivalent to a savings account.

CQ 235 - Gifts you can ACTUALLY ask Santa for

Nov 14th, 2023 2h 14m

We're going over the games, books, gadgets, and sundries of the season while Tyler tries to drag us into tangents. Be sure to ask your family for boxes to easily store all those bulk games you've been buying!

CQ 234 - How Many NES Variants Can One Man Know?

Oct 30th, 2023 2h 38m

Due to unforeseen circumstances this month we don't have a new traditional show yet, but we do have a long After Dark conversation we had with Joe about NES variants. So if you're wondering who "Joe" is or want to hear about weird stickers and

CQ 233 - The MOST Iconic Halloween Game on Each Console

Oct 15th, 2023 2h 23m

We try our very best not to pick a Castlevania game as the spookiest, Halloween-iest game on every platform except the BBC Micro.

CQ 232 - A Very, Very 90s Halloween Episode

Oct 2nd, 2023 1h 55m

We're kicking off the season talking about the rare, the obscure, and the categories of games you might not even know exist. We chose some interesting spooky games to discuss this episode, and they just happen to be the most 90s games ever with

CQ 231 - We'd Start our PS2 Collections with WHAT?

Sep 19th, 2023 1h 56m

Taking in a blend of collectibility, history, relevance, influence, and Tyler's personal taste, we each come up the first 10 PS2 games we'd start our collections with. Is this the first time we talk about the Trance Vibrator?? 😳

CQ 230 - Collecting Very "Adult" Games

Sep 7th, 2023 2h 23m

Hide the kids and perhaps hide your ears. We are talking about porn games, from delightfully quirky Atari games, to the dark, dark origins of some of your favorite Japanese companies, to longtime grails like the Panesians.

CQ 229 - Stop Buying Things You Don't Need

Aug 22nd, 2023 2h 19m

We are here to reiterate that unless you have a plan to corner a collectibles market, drive hype and speculation, and sell at a price determined by your business plan, you are not INVESTING in video games by filling your room up with boxes of P

CQ 228 - Western Licenses without Western Releases

Aug 6th, 2023 1h 44m

McDonalds is one of the most American things ever, but the Famicom game Donald Land is a whole McDonalds platformer that never got released in America. We're talking about western licenses that never got western releases. You know, the import s

CQ 227 - Why YOU, a normal person, might want to collect sports games

Jul 24th, 2023 2h 31m

A basketball fan and a guy who doesn't watch sports cover four reasons you might collect perhaps the least collectible genre of video games.

CQ 226 - It's Maybe A Good Time To Buy Games

Jul 9th, 2023 1h 56m

Or as good as it might realistically get. Near term economic uncertainty aside, we're discussing some current and future factors that might have us looking back on today and saying "I wish I bought that before it blew up". Tools, charts, and ea

CQ 225 - The MOST Underrated and Overrated Collectible Games

Jun 25th, 2023 3h 16m

Collecting is a weird hobby where the top things are often the top things just because they're the top things. We talk about, and disagree, on what some of the top things should and shouldn't be.

CQ 224 - 3D Glasses: The Metaverse of the 80s/90s

Jun 12th, 2023 1h 57m

We're talking about going straight into the matrix in the most classic fashion: with crappy little paper 3D glasses. We're talking about the most interesting games (and virtually every game) that includes pack-in 3D glasses.

CQ 223 - 10 Sega Saturn Games We'd Start Our Collections With

May 28th, 2023 1h 55m

We're talking about the first 10-ish Saturn games we'd collect at any budget because of all consoles maybe the US Saturn library isn't the best one to be poking around random cheaper games looking for gems.

CQ 222 - Psychological Effects That Affect Collectors

May 19th, 2023 1h 59m

We discuss the state of the video-screen laden amusement ride industry for 20 minutes, then go on to discuss a few psychological concepts that entrap us collectors like the sunk cost fallacy and endowment effect.