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OMG, I had no idea he was sick. 😞  (I really need to check these Atari forums more often.)
He was a great supporter of The Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast and Pie Factory Podcast for a long time.
My wife and I fly Southwest whenever we travel. I'd always try to see if he was our pilot. (He never was in the time I "virtually" knew him.) A couple of years ago he sent me an amazing picture of the Chicago skyline that he took from the cockpit.
Very active in the retro gaming community, and I know he had at least one homebrew game (for TI 99/4A, I believe) either in progress or completed.

If you're the kind of person who likes stuff, well…you're in the right place because episode 130 is certainly stuff! This time we stray from our usual format to talk about everybody's favorite diagonally-scrolling platform shoot-'em-up, the long lost sequel to Dragon Ball Z: a little Atari game called Pong! Nobody will be seated during the last ten minutes of the episode.
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/04/30/episode-130-pong/

New month, new meteorological season, new episode: Loco Motion and Amidar.
Look, we don't care that arcadehistory(dot)com and Wikipedia put a hyphen between "Loco" and "Motion." You know why? 'Cuz on the marquee there is no hyphen. So we're not putting one there. Don't believe us? Look it up! See?…SEE?!?!!?!?
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/09/01/episode-132-loco-motion-and-amidar/

https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/episode-133-s-t-u-n-runner-and-hard-drivin/
Jimmy G and Sean introduce a spoooooooky new episode during this spooooooktacular season!! Mwahahaahaahahahaa!!! In this haunting installment they discuss a couple of scaaaaaaaaary spooky games (that is, if you find racing games spooky).

A new dawn brings a new day. A new day brings a new episode of Pie Factory Podcast (sometimes). In Episode 134, Jim and Sean discuss an obscure Pac-Man clone and a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up in which you defend the planet against mutant spiders. We hope you enjoy this deep, thoughtful discussion. (Please note: Pie Factory Podcast does not guarantee 100% accuracy in episode descriptions.)
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/12/09/episode-134-port-man-and-arkanoid/

After much procrastination and dragging, episode 135 is finally out!
Welcome to the 2023, they're calling it this year. Sean and Jim offer up their thoughts and experiences on these particular games because, well, they're arcade video games. That's why we're all here, right?
We hope you enjoy this episode. Jim and Sean believe it's the best episode they've produced all year.
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/episode-135-assault-and-vindicators/

After much procrastination and dragging, episode 135 is finally out!
Welcome to the 2023, they're calling it this year. Sean and Jim offer up their thoughts and experiences on these particular games because, well, they're arcade video games. That's why we're all here, right?
We hope you enjoy this episode. Jim and Sean believe it's the best episode they've produced all year.
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/episode-135-assault-and-vindicators/

OMG, I had no idea he was sick. 😞  (I really need to check these Atari forums more often.)
He was a great supporter of The Atari 7800 Homebrew Podcast and Pie Factory Podcast for a long time.
My wife and I fly Southwest whenever we travel. I'd always try to see if he was our pilot. (He never was in the time I "virtually" knew him.) A couple of years ago he sent me an amazing picture of the Chicago skyline that he took from the cockpit.
Very active in the retro gaming community, and I know he had at least one homebrew game (for TI 99/4A, I believe) either in progress or completed.

Here's an update on where things currently stand with Billy Mitchell:
 

Well...yeah, but keep in mind that TG has changed hands at least twice since KoK happened. New management as of a couple of years ago.
 
 

What I really don't understand is how the Billy defenders can...defend him, with that mountain of evidence against him. If you ask them to explain the videos and how they pretty much prove it was MAME, if you get a response at all, it will be, "Look...he didn't use MAME. Shut up."
 

From what I understand, there's a *lot* more to that scene than what's presented. It was oversimplified and, of course, edited to make a story. I think its IMDB entry has an explanation of what went down that day, and if that explanation is to be believed, then the scene is extremely misleading.
 

I seriously doubt it - they probably didn't know. After all, it took this long for it to come into question. But it is pretty darn suspicious that Billy is there on camera saying that the only way a score is credible is if it's done live in front of people. But then turns around and has that video tape submitted.
 
Having said that, though...for all we know, he could have done that *intentionally* to prove a point. Billy could theoretically come out tomorrow and say, "You know what? Yep, you got me. And now you see what I mean about how it NEEDS to be done live in front of people?"
 
Seriously, at this point, there's no reason for him to not come clean, assuming he is indeed guilty. He hasn't had a DK world record in quite a long time, and even if it were to completely tarnish his reputation (it won't - he has enough defenders, and there are enough pushovers like myself who will default to "In the grand scheme of things, he's a nice guy"), he's pretty much set for life thanks to Rickey's, so he can sulk/laugh all the way to the bank.
 
And yeah, for KoK, they had to play up the Billy vs. Steve thing. From what I hear, the two are actually friends, and I believe that. Case in point: Tim McVey, the subject of the movie Man Vs. Snake (a really awesome watch, btw; if you haven't seen it, SEE IT), said in defense of King of Kong: "If you made a documentary that did nothing but tell the truth, you'd end up with a pretty boring movie." And he admitted that Man Vs. Snake also had some manipulations. (And my first thought when Dwayne Richard was introduced was, "Okay, here's the Billy Mitchell villain of this movie," except they were quick to point out that Tim and Dwayne became friends pretty quickly.)

Well....
 
1) if it's emulation, it should be in the MAME track, not the arcade track, and...
2) The truly big thing about MAME that makes a difference is....save states. Billy is accused of using save states, and I think one glaring thing cited was the number of blue (and ergo higher point value) barrels that he was getting versus how many blue barrels usually appear.

I was shocked that he was at Midwest Gaming Classic. Didn't think he'd want to show his face at a major event so soon after this controversy erupted, but nope, he was there. Apparently some folks were yelling things at him (I personally didn't see any of that, but I wouldn't doubt it happened) but he completely brushed that stuff off. He made a statement last Sunday, but...at least from my interpretation of it, it was basically a NON-statement. He didn't seem to say "I'm innocent" or "I'm guilty," but more like, "The truth will be told in time." It was very....useless, quite frankly, and this is coming from a guy who has an overall positive opinion on Billy Mitchell.

NEW EPISODE TIME!! This new chapter takes a look back at the year that was 2022. And there. Shortest description ever of one of these episodes. (I think.)
https://schnookpodcast.com/2022/12/20/chapter-43-2022-in-review/

NEW EPISODE TIME!! This new chapter takes a look back at the year that was 2022. And there. Shortest description ever of one of these episodes. (I think.)
https://schnookpodcast.com/2022/12/20/chapter-43-2022-in-review/

A new dawn brings a new day. A new day brings a new episode of Pie Factory Podcast (sometimes). In Episode 134, Jim and Sean discuss an obscure Pac-Man clone and a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up in which you defend the planet against mutant spiders. We hope you enjoy this deep, thoughtful discussion. (Please note: Pie Factory Podcast does not guarantee 100% accuracy in episode descriptions.)
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/12/09/episode-134-port-man-and-arkanoid/

Wow...gonna have to order this sucker! Noticed that the verbiage on the site hasn't changed in quite a long time (like 2+ years)...I hope things got better!

A new dawn brings a new day. A new day brings a new episode of Pie Factory Podcast (sometimes). In Episode 134, Jim and Sean discuss an obscure Pac-Man clone and a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up in which you defend the planet against mutant spiders. We hope you enjoy this deep, thoughtful discussion. (Please note: Pie Factory Podcast does not guarantee 100% accuracy in episode descriptions.)
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/12/09/episode-134-port-man-and-arkanoid/

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Been a while since there was a new episode. I guess you could say I took the summer off? Well, in this new chapter, you’ll learn about a few things that took up my time. Why should anybody care? heh. When you find out why, please let me know! I mean…I’m just a schnook!
A Schnook and the California Myth – dream vacation or harsh reality? (Or both?) Should I have spent more time at the office? Well, for a month and a half, I did not. Music for Schnooks: The Fest for Beatles Fans revisited https://schnookpodcast.com/2022/11/27/chapter-42-what-i-did-this-summer/

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Soooooooooooo....almost fifteen months has passed. I think it's time for a new episode, this time about the Dragonfly cartridge:
http://homebrew78.fab4it.com/?name=hbh_episode_0521111111111.mp3

Soooooooooooo....almost fifteen months has passed. I think it's time for a new episode, this time about the Dragonfly cartridge:
http://homebrew78.fab4it.com/?name=hbh_episode_0521111111111.mp3

https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/episode-133-s-t-u-n-runner-and-hard-drivin/
Jimmy G and Sean introduce a spoooooooky new episode during this spooooooktacular season!! Mwahahaahaahahahaa!!! In this haunting installment they discuss a couple of scaaaaaaaaary spooky games (that is, if you find racing games spooky).

https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/episode-133-s-t-u-n-runner-and-hard-drivin/
Jimmy G and Sean introduce a spoooooooky new episode during this spooooooktacular season!! Mwahahaahaahahahaa!!! In this haunting installment they discuss a couple of scaaaaaaaaary spooky games (that is, if you find racing games spooky).

New month, new meteorological season, new episode: Loco Motion and Amidar.
Look, we don't care that arcadehistory(dot)com and Wikipedia put a hyphen between "Loco" and "Motion." You know why? 'Cuz on the marquee there is no hyphen. So we're not putting one there. Don't believe us? Look it up! See?…SEE?!?!!?!?
https://piefactorypodcast.wordpress.com/2022/09/01/episode-132-loco-motion-and-amidar/