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Unqualified Gamers #064: Arcade Boards and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle

Guy, Jon’s fill-in, talks to Cody about arcade boards and previews JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (PS3). He also gives some handy tips on how you can “get into” the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Anime and discusses his experience growing up with Turbo Grafx-16. Click here to download this episode of Unqualified Gamers   Photo credit…

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Unqualified Gamers #063: Video Game Pricing, Storylines, Voice Acting and Secrets

Cody and Jon use Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Bravely Default as a launching point into surprisingly interesting video game topics, from video game pricing to the importance of dynamic storylines. Cody also discusses his thoughts on English vs. Japanese voice acting and asks an important question about how people discover secrets in…

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Unqualified Gamers #062: JRPGs with Lightning Returns: FFXIII and Bravely Default

Cody pushes Jon’s capacity for suspension of disbelief to its limit by discussing the storyline thus far in the Final Fantasy XIII universe and explaining the premise behind Lightning Returns, and Jon discusses his first impressions of Bravely Default (Nintendo 3DS). Join the Square-Enix JRPG extravaganza! Click here to download this episode of Unqualified Gamers

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Unqualified Gamers #061: Papa Jon, Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, Bravely Default Demo

It’s Jon’s first episode as a proud new dad! He recounts the highlights of his transition into parenthood, then talks about the upcoming Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion. Then, Cody reviews the Bravely Default demo (Nintendo 3DS).

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Unqualified Gamers #060: Ryan’s Rogue Legacy Drinking Game

In an act of desperation, Cody invites his friend Ryan to fill in for Jon. After discussing his DDR and Rock Band tournament experiences at Gen-Con Indy, Ryan explains his Rogue Legacy drinking game and talks a bit about the Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures (Steam).

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Unqualified Gamers #059: The Last Remnant and NES Remix

Jon reviews The Last Remnant (Xbox 360, Steam) and Cody reviews NES Remix (WiiU) after they weigh in on Gamestop’s pre-order policy and the Twitch Plays Pokemon experiment.

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Unqualified Gamers #058.5: Cody on the Flappy Bird Fiasco

Jon takes a sick day, leaving Cody to analyze the Flappy Bird fiasco, explain how he made it onto a list of Chicago’s Hottest Geek Guys of Winter, preview his Valentine’s Day, and complain about the stupid reason why he’s still waiting for his copy of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

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Unqualified Gamers #058: Jon Versus Super Mario 3D World

Cody briefly discusses NES Remix and Pokemon Y before Jon delves into the epic tale of how he beat Super Mario 3D World in this WiiU-centric episode of Unqualified Gamers.

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Unqualified Gamers #057: Super Mario 3D World Review (on a sick day)

Jon and Cody fight through their winter colds to review Super Mario 3D World on the Nintendo WiiU. Cody also briefly discusses Pokemon Y and tells an unnecessarily long story about professional wrestling, specifically regarding the 2014 WWE Royal Rumble.

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Unqualified Gamers #056: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review

Cody reviews Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, one of his favorite action games since Ninja Gaiden. Jon also recaps his busy weekend, and debates video game decor with Cody.

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