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Since NSG's podcast no longer exists, this morning I went with plan B and wrote in to the 2600 Game by Game Podcast! I wrote in for the upcoming Christmas special. I hope Ferg reads my email, and I hope to send in more feedback in the future!

So I was watching the F-R-I-E-N-D-S reunion and apparently a dude named David Crane worked on it? So THAT'S what he did after the Atari days were over!

And yes, I know Friends's Crane was a different person. But he's not as cool as our Dave Crane!

So Mothman Prophecy. That was... awesome. I watched it today. Holy hell is that a good movie. I mean wow.

Some guy came into work after we closed and started filming me 😞

Some sad news, everyone. Ron, the father of my 2600’s previous owner, is very sick. I hope and pray that he gets better. 

Something amazing happened. I found an RPG that I actually like!

Spring is upon us, finally! HERE COMES THE SUN, DO DO DO DO!

Stay tuned for my new video series: Atari Night! Join me for, oh, about an hour as I play several of my favorite Atari games! The premiere episode will be released shortly. Hope you guys enjoy. It's going to be pretty laid-back and low effort on my end.

Thank you all for one wonderful year on the IO! It’s been a pleasure meeting you all. Here’s to many more years.

Thank you all so much for 1,000+ reputation points! I am very grateful for your hospitality to a noob like myself. 
Another thing— my planned giveaway will have to be pushed back a little bit. Hope no one is too upset about that.

THANK YOU, GRANDMA AND PAPA! For Christmas, they got me the brand new McCartney album! Haven’t listened to it yet, but I hope to soon!

I now own both McCartney 1 and 3. I just need 2 now!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU @nosweargamer FOR THE MAGICAL MYSTERY ODYSSEY 2 GAME PACKAGE! My dad sends his thanks as well. It was an awesome surprise and my dad was really happy to get Alpine Skiing after 40 years! I was really excited that we got Alien Invaders Plus, one of my favorite games on the system. We also played some War of Nerves and Armored Encounter, which was a lot of fun.

Thanks for the 7800 ROMs from the last few years worth of Squad Challenges, Justin! Mwa, ha, ha!

The Christmas episode of the 2600 GBG Podcast has been released! It’s so cool to hear words I wrote appear on the show. I hope to write in more regularly.

The podcast is up! Enjoy. https://anchor.fm/harry-neubauer--nick-may

The REAL Atari Night episode 2 is dropping TONIGHT! It’s all 7800 games! You guys excited?

There’s going to be a slight delay on the Metroid 2 review, but it’s going to be out soon!

They're giving me homework before school even starts. Splendid.

This new Activision Patch thing we're doing over in the 2600 forums is great. Unfortunately, I wasn't around when the patches were, but these virtual ones are a good alternative. This and our Galaxian squad challenge will consume my long weekend. 

Today I learned that Pricecharting.com has a feature to add up the worth of your collection. It's been consuming my day. I didn't realize how much some of my dad's games went for. I had no idea SOS was worth $70! Thanks, Dad, for not selling anything. Will I sell some of the games I didn't know were that much? Probably not. But I'm a little surprised.

Today I ordered a whole THIRTEEN Atari VCS cartridges from @Scott Stilphen of Atari Compendium fame. What a great deal— all these games for less than $25.00! I’m looking forward to sharing these games with you all when they arrive. Some of these games I ought to have gotten a long time ago.

Two great new finds.

Two of Nintendo’s most-hated systems finally meet. Wii U and Virtual Boy unite! 

This game, Mario Clash, is great. It’s like a sequel to arcade Mario Brothera. The jump and throw buttons are reversed from what you’d expect, but you get used to it pretty fast. I still swapped the buttons on my controller, however, and turned the harsh red colors to a nice white. The graphics really pop on my CRT. Shame the VB wasn’t handled and designed a little better. 

We should set up a charity that donates CRTs to people who play retro consoles on flat screens.

Wednesday night chat! I hope I can make it tonight.