Old Gamer’s Almanac

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Banjo Kazooie (1998)

SQUAWK, FART, HELP. Watch OGA streams over at: https://www.twitch.tv/hunteroga To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nig

Oct 31
1 h 16 min

Super Mario 64 (1996)

It's-a-me OGA. Watch OGA streams over at: https://www.twitch.tv/hunteroga To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit https://bckl.gg/oHm4 Music by nightcor

Oct 21
1 h 20 min

The Nintendo 64 Draft

Yo yo yo. It's time for the panel to draft their picks for the Nintendo 64 tournament! Lots of decisions will be made today, THE ANITICPATION. Watch OGA streams over at:

Oct 13
1 h 32 min

The Nintendo 64 30th Anniversary

Sorry we missed last week! This week we're back and we're starting a new mini-arc of episodes looking back at the Nintendo 64. Consider this episode your general overview

Oct 6
1 h 29 min

Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)

This week we talk about beloved game Return of the Obra Dinn for a bit after learning that there was a tv show called "Young Rock." Watch OGA streams over at: https://

Sep 22
1 h 11 min

Arc Raiders (2025)

Our trio screws around a lot and I guess at some point they talk about Arc Raiders. More importantly they pay a small tribute to a friend of theirs who is gone. Farew

Sep 16
1 h 07 min

Denshattack! (2026)

The dumb dumb boys are back talking about a really cool game this week. Lub u. Still very happy to be back. Watch OGA streams over at: https://www.twitch.tv/hunteroga

Sep 8
58 min

Big Walk (2026)

What? Yeah we're back, AGAIN. This time Hunter, Jamie, and Aaron are talking about BIG WALK. A game that they love deeply. Also it's good to be back! To see the most u

Sep 1
1 h 03 min

Kirby's Block Ball (1996)

Guest Host Exothermic drops by the feed to talk about a Kirby game for the Game Boy you might have never heard of! Speaking of which, what is this show now? Maybe you'll

May 25
35 min

Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (1996) *REWIND*

Hey friends sorry the feed has been extremely inconsistent as of late, I'm sorta going through a time of great upheaval! But I feel like once the dust settles I'm going t

Apr 14
1 h 01 min

Slay the Spire 2 (2026) *EARLY ACCESS*

Hey we're going to be a Monday show for a while! I've been working on some format changes in the background for both OGA and SCPT so that's been causing delays and other

Mar 31
1 h 00 min

Mega Man X3 (1996) {We also talk a little Resident Evil 9}

Hunter and Jamie are back on the couch to go on kind of a lot of wild tangents, prepare yourself for that kind of episode. We do talk a lot about Mega Man though, general

Mar 12
1 h 08 min

Steam Next Fest Demos! (Zero Parades, Vampire Crawlers, Panzer Dragoon II Remake and more!)

Jamie Carbone is back on the couch with Hunter and we're talking about a bunch of games that were demo'd this week at Steam Next Fest. Fun discussion if you're interested

Feb 26
1 h 13 min

Baby Steps, Cairn, and more Peak (2025 and 2026)

Sorry it's been a minute since you got more content that I know you crave but Hunbun got the flu so his butt was out of commission. This week I've got EJ over and we're t

Feb 19
1 h 47 min

2025 GOTY Tournament

The boys are back in town. This week EJ, Sun, Jamie, and Hunter plop right down to decide what exactly was the best game released in 2025. If you were mad about our 1995

Jan 30
2 h 57 min

1995 GOTY Tournament

This week the boys are back in the zone, they've done their homework and it is time. Today Hunter, Matt, Shelton, and Alex (Exothermic from ExothermicPlaysGames) sit down

Jan 23
3 h 10 min

2026 Preview

Jamie Carbone is back on the couch with Hunbun, this time we're going to talk about games we're excited to play in 2026! Obviously take this all with a grain of salt, gam

Jan 15
1 h 45 min

1996 Preview

This week we're back with our most anticipated games of 30 years ago! This year we get to talk about some big ones! To see the most up to version of The OGA 100, visit

Jan 9
1 h 12 min

Ranking David Lynch's Filmography

We took a week off for the holidays but actually Hunter, Shelton, and Chris Felton (Who you will remember from the Space Ghost episode) met up to record a way too long se

Jan 1
4 h 14 min

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)

Hunter and Exothermic are back in the saddle talking about Blizzard's foundational RTS classic, Warcraft 2!!! There's also a fair bit about the Supreme Court of the Unite

Dec 18 2025
1 h 14 min

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#1#99#197SepOctNov

#62

all-time peak

days in the top 100 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Old Gamer’s Almanac ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 1, 2026).

#197 NEW Video Games US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Been listening since go (SCPT transplant), but this recent episode on Slay the Spire 2 had me rolling - Spire is and will always be bae <3 Love the energy, discovered new games and genres through you guys, and like so many, am mildly dismayed by the harsh judgement of Halo 3... Despite that, love the show, the rotation of guests works really well, and as an aging gamer myself, this look back format deserves a chef’s kiss. Hope to catch you guys on a game one day, keep up the excellent work gentlemen.

creid4287 · Apr 2026

OGA is a fun tour through the annals of gaming in the past 50ish years! Hunter and Matt do a wonderful job of highlighting forgotten gems of gaming in passionate and insightful ways. They don’t take themselves or their opinions too seriously, but rather try to keep the atmosphere fun and informative! I love their guests! EJ and Sun being the most often reoccurring guests, but they’re all great, and do a great job of preventing things from becoming stale. Matt and Hunter also come up with fun topics and varied episode formats that accomplish the same goal. They always seem to be asking themselves “How can we highlight important games in a fun, interesting, and new way for the listener?” They’ve introduced me to so many amazing games I’d never played before (*cough* Celeste 🐐 *cough*) and I’m so grateful for that. It’s really fun to play along! Another nice thing is that you can start pretty much anywhere in the podcast’s backlog of episodes. I recommend finding an episode about one of your favorite games and hitting “Play”! Don’t worry, even when they don’t like a game, they’re still respectful of the work that went into it and the kids whose childhood the game may have been a part of. Thanks so much guys! Keep up the good work!

Wesleypez · Jan 2025

Matt and Hunter give insightful and hilarious commentary that makes me think about these video games in ways I didn’t before. 10/10 will listen each week

deadeye614 · Mar 2022

So far, this is the only video game podcast I've ranked in my comprehensive ranking system of all video game podcasts, but I'm pretty confident that it's at the number 1 spot out of my current sample size. Out of the first 15 episodes, I have bought 2 games because of this show, and one of them wasn't even covered yet. (Celeste and Hades, for reference.)

profparm · Dec 2021

I wish I could recommend this show. I like these guys, I’ve listened to one of their other podcasts SCPT for a long time, but you really get the sense that they actively dislike the format of their own show. They have either abandoned or openly disdain of their own self-imposed gimmicks, such as keeping a ranked list of the games they cover, or sticking to releases from a specific time period. Playing the games in advance of making an episode is treated as a chore, particularly for Matt. I think this has now reached a crescendo in the most recent episode on Mortal Kombat 2, wherein the guys stated that they didn’t like the game and thus didn’t even play it. Ok, then maybe don’t cover it? The final nail in the coffin for me is the language. I get that it is a show targeted towards adults, but any podcast that I can’t have on in my car when my kids are around is likely to drop from my following list. It’s a shame, because I have found my kids really like some of the old games from my childhood, and they would probably get interested in playing some of these classic games after hearing about them from people who played them when they were new. Best of luck to them in their other shows, but I’m unfollowing this one.

EmoryDelt · Sep 2024

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