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Collect Call 7: Ryan, Nintendo Collector and Tetris Enthusiast
In the 7th episode of the Collect Call series, Travis interviews Ryan, an avid Nintendo collector and a man with remarkable Tetris habits! Listen as they discuss collecting for the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and more!
Episode 23: Pokemon Go and the Value of Short Games
What is the ideal length of a game? What are your thoughts on Pokemon Go? These are the main two topics on this episode of the podcast. Of course Jake and Travis go through more of the games that made their way in and out of the backlog, and discuss future releases that may end up on deck soon!
Collect Call 6: Beni, Stadium Events & Homebrews
In the sixth episode of the Collect Call series, Trav interviews Nintendo Age user Benihana, and learns some of his greatest wins as a collector including rarities, homebrews and more! Check it out!
Episode 22: Choose Your Own Adventure
In this episode, both Jake and Travis chisel away at their backlog and find a common genre among the games that they have played since the last episode! Inside, Life is Strange, Firewatch and more are discussed. For the discussion they weigh in on Kickstarter funded games and delivery!
Collect Call 5: The Tall Guy
The fifth installment of the Collect Call series has Travis interviewing Randy aka The Tall Guy! They discuss the art of collecting video games, advice, pet peeves, and marching toward the finish line of a complete collection of games for a classic system!
Episode 21: The Big E3 Episode!
This is it! The big E3 wrap up show from Polykill! With so many new games, announcements and reactions, Jake and Travis quickly glide through the shows normal format and converse about what titles have entered and exited their backlogs, then get right to the E3 discussion!
Collect Call 4: Daria Collects RPG's While You Watch
Episode 4 of the Collect Call series finds Travis interviewing Daria, a lover of all things RPG. They discuss collecting RPGs, defining RPGs, collecting with a toddler around, and the bad luck that comes with collecting as a teenager.
Episode 20: Battleborn, Overwatch, and Sony's Big E3
In the final episode before the greatest games show on the planet, E3, Trav and discuss what they hope to see, and speculate on what will be shown. Jake adds way too many games to the backlog, as Overwatch and Battleborn take over his free time. Trav adds just one game and continues grinding away in Dragon Quest VIII, and discusses his love of Batman: Arkham Knight.
Collect Call 3: Josh the Philosoraptor
In this third episode of the special PolyKill series, Trav interviews Josh, a collector that enjoys finding and obtaining games that he enjoys playing. Listen as they discuss his unique take on accumulating titles from a variety of systems, big finds, unique and rare box art and pet peeves!
Episode 19: Battlefield 1! Arkham Knight! Farcry 4! E3 Predictions!
In this episode, Trav discusses completing some NES classics, the Adventures of Lolo 2 & The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, while Jake completed the Xbox 360 classic Gears of War 2. The guys then open up the first part of their discussion about E3 2016 with hopes for EA, Bethesda, and Microsoft conferences.
Collect Call 2: Johnny, the Complete Boxed Everything Collector
In this second episode of the special PolyKill series, Trav interviews renowned collector Johnny Iucci. His immaculate, all boxed collection is lauded on social media and the two discuss the ins and outs of collecting in this way and more!
Episode 18: New Consoles and the Primal Side of FarCry
In this episode, Jake waxes eloquent about the joys of Farcry Primal, and Trav discuss his love of an NES classic and it's sequel. Games are checked in and out of the backlog and "mid-cycle" console releases are the topic of discussion!
Collect Call 1: Doug, the Kenner Star Wars and NES Collector
Welcome to Collect Call! A special series from PolyKill that is all about collecting video games and maybe a few other things as well! In the first episode of the series, Trav interviews Doug (@megacollector) about his game collection, his methodology for collecting, tips, tricks, and more!
Episode 17: The Difficulty of Difficult Games
Episode 17 finds the discussion turning to tough games and how they affect our backlog, key rage quitting moments in our gaming careers, and more. We check the radar for games that will be releasing soon that may be on our backlogs eventually!
Episode 16: Reboot Goofin'
Is FarCry 4 losing its luster for Travis? Will Jake ever play Fire Emblem again? In episode 16, the hard questions are answered. March/April game releases, and game reboots are discussed.
Episode 15: Creative Licensing
The podcast get's a format update, as Travis and Jake cover some recently released games that have their attention and may end up on their gaming backlog. A timeless classic NES game is knocked off of the backlog and The Long Play and the Sidequests are updated. The show wraps up with a conversation about the ups and downs of licensed movie games.
Episode 14: Magfest, Music, & More
The 14th episode of the show has Trav in the throes of Magfest withdrawal, and waxing existential about gaming culture. They compare their gaming achievements since the last episode, and then wrap up with their favorite video game composers and songs!
Episode 13: Rated RPG 13
The thirteenth episode of the show gets things going with a recap of Jake and Trav's new Year's resolutions, and then goes on to cover MagFest, a disappointing swap meet and a few betas. They track games that have come and gone in the backlog, and then get back to their roots with a Bleed Indie section.
Episode 12: Censorship and [Redacted]
The backlogging adventures continue as Trav and Jake discuss how their New Year's Resolutions are holding up, what games they have beaten, and their take on censored games!
Episode 11: The Episodic Episode
We ring in 2016 with a brand new episode of PolyKill, and as usual we discuss what games have come and gone in our backlogs in the last 2 weeks! We check in on their 2016 resolutions, and discuss episodic gaming!