06May / 2026

Ep. 868 – Lock On! (SNES)

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Lock On! We also cover a game called Lock On! So we are totally locked on to Lock On! But we also discuss ear buds, some audio books, some horror movie trailers, viral pickle dip and Melissa not enjoying Peanut Butter in her no bake cookies. We discuss the dedication of Mr. Freeze and take a great quiz from Nate. Don’t worry, we do plenty of game content about our experiences with this game. So won’t you come sit awhile and listen to Lock On!

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29Apr / 2026

Ep. 867 – Lite Bake (April 2026)

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Lite Bake, of the extra extra variety comes to TADPOG shores as the last week of the month. Busy times leads to some much needed therapy. We talk about the movies, games, TV, and books we have spend time with during the week, spend a lot of time on a new TikTok inspired video game bit, take a few calls, and generally just hang out. You know, one of those episodes where you’re half asleep just listening to your friends hang out. We will get back to the SNES next week so please indulge us and sit awhile and listen to this speical Lite Bake

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22Apr / 2026

Ep. 866 – HAL’s Hole in One Golf

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HAL’s Hole in One Golf birdies it’s way onto TADPOG Shores. We are sadly down a Bubba Drewski this week, but at least we all saw Project Hail Mary, so we have that going for us. We go on about what we have been playing AND what we have been reading – we are very close to Pizza Hut in our Accelerated Reader programs. We talk about Dungeon Crawler Carl, and some Delta Green tabletop, and plenty more. Oh yes, and this game. Actually quite a bit. So please, come sit awhile and listen! HAL’s Hole in One Golf!

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15Apr / 2026

Ep. 865 – Pokemon Pinball (GBC)

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Pokémon Pinball does that one banned maneuver where you lazarus the ball from certain doom back into play, directly to TADPOG shores. Chosen as the TADPOG retro game of the month by the TADPOG Nation, we thought it would be timely to knock this one out. Since it’s pinball, you know we have to bring on Pinball Archmage Chris Edler, and we have another fortunate visit from Bubba Drewski! Hey, it’s a quiz from Ross Rachel Green! We talk about other pinball games, some books, some stand-up, the mythos of Max Headroom, and more. Won’t you come sit a while and listen to four old white guys talk about old Game Boy Color games? Pokémon Pinball!

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08Apr / 2026

Ep. 864 – SimCity 2000

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SimCity 2000, you know, about THE YEARRRRR TWOOOOO THOUSSAAAANNNNNDDDDD. Right? Okay, good enough. We did Sim City many many years ago so it’s only fair we give the SNES sequel a go like a decade or so afterward. In this episode we try out some special Easter candy in the form of Asian exclusive oreo flavors, a new offering from Little Debbie, and some flavored Peeps. We have that going for us, which is nice. We also do a deep a dive as possible into the SNES port of an amazing and robust PC game. It can only be amazing scaled to match the SNES, right? RIGHT?!

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01Apr / 2026

Ep. 863 – D-Force

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D-Force forces its D directly onto our show, courtesy of The Randomizer. We are blessed by the presence of Bubba Drewski to help us talk about different kinds of sugar, what Larry David is doing, discuss Ian’s journey into The Dresden Files, Tyler’s journey into He Who Fights With Monsters, Dave’s journey in Project Hail Mary, and how busted some of the Final Fantasy mini games are. We try plenty of foods from Jungle Jim’s and even find some time to talk more deeply about this game that maybe anyone else ever has. So won’t you come sit awhile and listen to some D-Force?

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25Mar / 2026

Ep. 862 – Circus of Values (Lite Bake March 2026)

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Circus of Values! That’s right, special discount for this episode. Totally free. Non-game related. Just hanging out, taking quizzes, doing bits, and generally just enjoying the company of each other. Pull up a chair and hang out for us. We are pretty hard of hearing so we may not hear you but don’t let that stop you. We talk about some pizza, some cheese, some cheese on pizza. Find out what color readers we are, rank some sandwiches, and even take a few calls. Come on, hang out. We love seeing you. Come to the Circus of Values.

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18Mar / 2026

Ep. 861 – Frogger (SNES)

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Frogger leaps onto TADPOG shores, courtesy of a busy week for us all. But first, we do plenty of book talk, anime talk, what we have been playing, and more. For a game we all felt a certain way about, we packed plenty of good conversation into this episode. So from Atari to Seinfeld, won’t you come sit awhile, download, and listen to 3 old white guys talk about slightly less old stuff? Frogger!

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