{"id":1326,"date":"2012-01-24T06:28:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T12:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2012-04-14T11:58:02","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T17:58:02","slug":"episode-61-cartoons-based-off-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1326","title":{"rendered":"Episode 61: Cartoons based off Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_1566\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/aa_cart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/aa_cart.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Mackey of Retronauts is our guest\" title=\"Bob Mackey of Retronauts is our guest\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/aa_cart.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/aa_cart-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Mackey of Retronauts is our guest<\/p><\/div><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3700\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1326-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep61.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep61.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep61.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep61.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1326-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep61.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep61.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\nTonight on Animation Aficionados, we are joined with Bob Mackey of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/minisite?cId=3156908\">Retronauts<\/a> as we journey through cartoons based off video games. You may not believe it, listeners, but games used to be much more abstract than they are now. A storyline for square sprites, hard to believe!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics Covered:<\/strong><br \/>\nCreepy Pasta<br \/>\nPeter Cullen IS Mario!<br \/>\nThe Sonic cartoon that takes itself too seriously<br \/>\nThe clairvoyance of the Zelda cartoon<br \/>\nThe origin of Yoshi&#8217;s idiot\/baby voice<br \/>\nThe shortcomings of DiC and Ruby-Spears<br \/>\nSonic is best when he&#8217;s mute<br \/>\nWe prefer to call it &#8220;Pokey-Mans&#8221;<br \/>\nSuper Fighting Robot! Vacuum Cleaner!<br \/>\nThe Pac-Man\/Richie Rich\/<s>Little Rascals<\/s>Our Gang Show<br \/>\nA round red ball living with four other random roommates as they solve crimes?(That sunnabitch had an AX!)<br \/>\nPOLE POSI-<b><i>TIOOOOOOOON!!!<\/i><\/b>  What&#8217;s behind their stunt shooooow?!<br \/>\nDo the Mario! 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You may not believe it, listeners, but games used to be much more abstract than they are now. 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