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Updates about the site and the pod.

2 Dudes Go Biweekly

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BIG PODCAST NEWS!

After much thought, Justin and I have decided to go officially biweekly. This might seem like a bummer at first, but if you think about it, we’ve been really going biweekly on accident over the past few months anyway. We feel like it is going to be a good thing and here’s why…

1. More time to spend on each game. We can play the games longer. Hopefully, we’ll come up with better commentary and potentially more thoughtful retro-fitted trophies.

2. We can have more Patreon funds to spend on game giveaways. I’m not going to lie, the $75 goal being met is awesome, but I may have underestimated the cost of buying and shipping each episode’s game for four episodes a month. We won’t be able to cover it. But two games a month? We’ve got this!

3. This is a biggie for us. WE CAN COMMIT TO A DEFINITE RELEASE DATE. Right now, it’s kinda up in the air as to when we have time to schedule, record, and edit all within a week. I know some podcasts do it and do it well, but we don’t feel like we are able to do that. We usually trickle the episode out after a week’s time. If we feel like we have time to record “bonus” episodes and release them outside of the regular biweekly window we will, but you will still be guaranteed an episode twice a month.

So, Justin and I have both committed to releasing an episode every first and third… wait for it… ‪#‎wedNESday‬! This week might be a little late as we make the transition, but expect the episode after this week’s episode to release promptly on June 17th.

-Dude Michael

NES/Nintendo Junk Box

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Hey Dudes! The NES/Nintendo Junk Box is happening! We will be sending it out starting the first week of May and continuing it on a quarterly schedule as long as we have $30 worth of Patreon support. So what is it exactly?

I will start by filling a Large Flat Rate Priority Mail box with Nintendo and NES related stuff both from my personal collection and with the money provided by the Patreon support. I will send it on to the first person on the list. That person takes out what they want and refills it with more Nintendo goodies before sending it on to the next person. It keeps going until it ends up back to me, the original sender. If you want participate, here’s what you need to know:

 

1) Fill out the form

2) This first round will be limited to 15 people. Justin and I are 2 of those people so that means 13 D-Padders. However, because the people who support the Patreon campaign make this happen, they will get first priority.

3) All Nintendo stuff is fair game, but NES stuff is obviously preferred. Ideally the box would be at least 25% to 50% NES related.

4) Please be fair with what you take out and put in (That means only 1 copy of Deadly Towers is allowed!)

5) Try to reuse the original box if possible and feel free to decorate. It costs around $15 to $18 to ship to the next person. You will have to cover this cost.

6) Please try to ship it out within one week of getting it.

7) US only. Sorry to our foreign D-Padders.

Pa Pa Patreon!

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We do the podcast for the love of it… for the love of community we’ve created. However, we think we can make the show and community better. And that’s going to cost us more money than we’ve already put in.

Basically, we want to make some improvements to the website, podcast, and community. Better audio through better equipment, better website interaction, more game giveaways, etc.

The show will continue on as is… for free… same quantity and quality (well, maybe better quality but not worse). However, if you want us to sound better and giveaway more awesome swag, consider making a donation.

We already have some great people supporting us. We have reached 3 milestone goals already. You should be hearing some better audio by now and Justin will have a new mic within the next couple of episodes. We no longer need to take on sponsors to support our bandwidth costs. And… we are going to start a quarterly NES/Nintendo “Junk Box”! Stay tuned for details on that.

With all that being said, we have a lot more plans for the show and a couple of more milestone goals to fulfill. Who doesn’t want us to give away the game each show or start doing videos/twitching? Nobody, that’s who!

To help support us, visit our site on Patreon.com today!

#dpadders4lyf

Linkstravaganza

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Want to know how to find us everywhere? Follow the links:

Twitter: twitter.com/NES_Dudes

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Two-Dudes-and-a-NES

Google+: plus.google.com/+Nesdudesplay/posts

Podomatic: nesdudes.podomatic.com/

Website: nesdudes.com/

Tumblr: nesdudes.tumblr.com/

Medium: medium.com/@nes_Dudes

RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/2DudesAndANes

Tom Arnold: tomarnoldcomedy.com/

iTunes Feed: itpc://nesdudes.podomatic.com/rss2.xml

TuneIn: tunein.com/radio/2-Dudes-and-a-NES-p582405/

Spreaker: www.spreaker.com/show/2-dudes-and-a-nes

Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/retro-thought-pod/two-dudes-and-a-nes

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NESDudes

Instagram: instagram.com/nes_dudes

MySpace: myspace.com/nes_dudes

about.me: about.me/NES_Dudes

Vine: vine.co/u/1086082449164881920

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/nesdudes

Retro Junkies Forum: theretrojunkies.com/forums/index.php?topic=316.0

2 Dudes Forum: http://nesdudes.boards.net

Zazzle Store: http://www.zazzle.com/2_dudes_and_a_nes

Archive.org: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%222+Dudes+and+a+NES%22

Segments?

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That’s right! We are going to be incorporating segments into our show starting with the Duck Hunt episode! For those of you curious to know what they are, let us give you a little breakdown to get you excited:

Justin’s Historical Tidbits and Trivia

We already try and cover some history on the show, but rather than trying to cover everything (and risk being wrong), we are going to find things you might not already know and enlighten you. We might also play a little trivia.

Michael’s Quest To Find The Cart

It has been touched upon lightly on the show, but Michael will be trying to find the actual cart to play each show. For many games, this might be a quick “I’ve had it since I was a kid” moment. But for others, this might get interesting. Who knows how or where Michael will find some of the more rare games? Donations are always welcome. 🙂

Game Discussion

Obviously we will still be talking about the game. This will mostly just be the same as it has been for the last 5 episodes. However, we will try and make a stronger effort to talk about all aspects of the game (graphics, sound, story, etc.) as well as our experiences both as an adult and as a child.

Retrofitted Trophies

This segment may end up being the most fun.  Justin and Michael will each try and come up with a couple of trophies (PSN/XBOX Live style) for each game they play. We gotta retrofit these games for modern times.

Grade/Rating

We want to give these games some sort of rating or something. But don’t expect this to be a cut and dry “play this game or not” kinda scale like most podcasts do! The NES Dudes got something else up their sleeves. Be sure and tune in to find out what it is.

And… Guests!

Of course we’ll continue to pull in awesome guests like we have been. We know you guys and gals can’t live without ’em.

Stay tuned! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Podomatic!