Power Button Podcast
Tip JarPTB Celebrates 4,000 Entries
February 16, 2012
Here's a fun fact: if you were to start reading the Press The Buttons archive from the very beginning, you would have four thousand articles spanning nearly seven years worth of content to explore. As is custom at each major article milestone, it's time to look back on my personal favorite selections from the previous five hundred articles. There's plenty of interesting pieces to enjoy here spanning Power Button podcasts to reviews to lost game levels to intriguing hacks to nostalgic looks back on games you missed back in the day and beyond. There's also some material in there from last year's E3, too. Sit back, make yourself comfortable, and let's review some of the best of that PTB had to offer in the past eleven months.
Power Button - Episode 47: A Combination Of Anger, Disappointment, And Disgust and Power Button - Episode 48: One Week Later (Brad Hilderbrand and I cope with the PlayStation Network hack attack of 2011)
E3 2011: Sega Has A Sonic The Hedgehog Museum (Sega collected a bunch of memorabilia)
Power Button at E3 2011 (I team up with the Games Are Evil team for a week of podcasts from Los Angeles)
Episode 1: Crazy Predictions Run Wild! (Excitement!)
Episode 2: Press Conference Cavalcade (Information!)
Episode 3: A Brief Tour Of West And South Halls (Impressions!)
Episode 4: So Very Tired (Exhaustion!)
Episode 5: Final Wrap-Up (Reflection!)
Mega Man Games Hacked To Allow On-The-Go Weapon Changes (The classic Nintendo Entertainment System titles gain a new feature)
These Games Suck (Let's visit the bargain bin of the damned)
The Song Remains The Same With Operation Rainfall and The Song Remains The Same With Operation Rainfall (You can't always get what you want (unless, of course, you can))
You Can't Go To Disney's Myst Island (Walt Disney World once planned on a theme park island experience based on the classic game)
All Your Base Are Dramatically Overwritten (I really wanted to like this book)
Power Button - Episode 58: Kombo Reunion (The old band gets back together for one night only)
OverClocked Remix Battles The Robot Masters (Enjoy some sweet Mega Man remixes)
Duke Nukem Loves Modern Warfare 3 (Still one of the more unusual repurposed promotional items I've seen)
Let's Visit A Sad Arcade (Searching for the great American video game arcade led here)
Secret Origins: Super Mario 64 (The waiting was the hardest part, as was the intense sickness)
Mini-Review: The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (Glad to see this game back again)
Mini-Review: NBA 2K12 and Mini-Review: NBA 2K12 Legends Showcase (Brad Hilderbrand steps in to review this sports title)
Gone Mad From The Revelation (Actually starting a new game takes more work than ever these days)
Power Button - Episode 69: Heated Discussions Regarding Uncharted 3 And Super Mario 3D Land (Loud, angry arguments!)
PTB 2011 Video Gaming Holiday Gift Guide (Is it too late to start you holiday shopping for 2011?)
Mini-Review: Dante's Inferno (One of my favorite reviews from the old days)
Power Button - Episode 72: The Best That 2011 Had To Offer and Power Button - Episode 73: Big Games For 2012 (Last year brought us some great games, but this year looks great as well)
Secret e-Reader Levels In Mario vs Donkey Kong Revealed (I still wish this lost content would have resurfaced for the 3DS re-release)
Mini-Review: Just Cause 2 (Years later and I'm still trying to achieve 100% completion of this game)
Let's Get Dangerous: Darkwing Duck's Gaming Adventures (A look back at the masked mallard's video game career)
Beyond Beeps: New Ghostbusters II (This old Nintendo Entertainment System title was hiding film soundtrack renditions in plain sight)
Hello, Mr. Spencer!: In Defense of Bionic Commando and Mini-Review: Bionic Commando (A Bionic Commando blowout)
Mini-Review: Sonic Classic Collection (A look at this DS compilation from a technical perspective)
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