Comments on: The Final Score: “Arcade Youth”

By: ConsolenautMatt

ConsolenautMatt — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:49:44 +0000

Damn Scott… I don’t think I or any normal listeners have learned so much about you as a person than in that 21 minutes of audio. Sorry to hear about your Dad. I lost mine when I was 15 so I know how world altering and crushing that can be. Anyways, great to see Final Score back and focusing more on the experience of gaming and less on the games themselves.

Oh and did you happen to put arcade machines in Dominos Pizza parlors? If so I may have single-handedly put you through college.

By: Irghen

Irghen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:56:11 +0000

Very nice work Scott.

By: McClain142

McClain142 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:13:20 +0000

Very very nice. Very “This American Life,” in all the best ways. I hope you can keep this up, if not weekly, at least on some schedule. I’m really curious to see what this will become moving forward.

… you know, I know ELR kind of covers the “general geek” topics, but maybe letting this style branch out into other topics besides gaming could work, too. I’m sure there are some touching stories out there about comic books, favorite TV shows, music, etc.

Please give us more!

By: Shaymus22

Shaymus22 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:47:19 +0000

I like the new format. It’s like This American Life for video games.

By: melancholygeek

melancholygeek — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:48:29 +0000

Marvelous show… and I’m stunned by how cool your mom is and how young she sounds!

I never was much of an arcade guy until I got 16 or so, but we did have one of the first Atari VCS2600 in town (the real one, with the wood and stuff)… and the first games of course were Space Invaders and Pac Man… And, yup, I know about the popularity issues connected with this…

Anyway, I hope you’ll be able to pop out an occasional Final Score in the future!