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Finish Him! Arcade Wars, Console Battles & VR Dreams with Guest Boyd Tufts

“Finish Him!” From Gauntlet and Mortal Kombat to Xbox vs PlayStation, the gaming world has always been a battlefield. This week, guest Boyd Tufts joins us as we relive the quarter-eating arcade monsters, the console wars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and where VR is taking us next. Nostalgia, smack talk, and button-mashing glory included.

Step into the arcade with us as we fire up this Original Geek episode—our very first with a guest! Steve and Jeff are joined by Boyd (aka the Ferris Bueller of their geek crew) to dive deep into the evolution of gaming.

From the quarter-eating beasts of Wells Beach Arcade, to the glory of Gauntlet, Cyberball, and Dragon’s Lair, to console wars and the dawn of online play with the Commodore VIC-20—we trace it all. We also rant about the rise of DLCs, praise the Wii for uniting generations, and debate whether exclusive console games killed or saved innovation.

It’s nostalgia, laughs, and a healthy dose of Gen X sarcasm—because sometimes the real final boss is just adulthood.

🎧 Grab your joystick (or VR headset) and join us for a journey from pixelated Pong to full-on VR immersion.

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Welcome to Original Geek—the podcast for anyone who rolled their first d20 on shag carpet, waited hours for a comic book JPEG to load on dial-up, and wore the label “geek” back when it got you mocked, not monetized.

Hosted by stand-up comic Steve Scarfo and Forever DM Jeff Shaw, we dive deep into what it meant to be a geek in the '70s and '80s—and how that underground culture became the mainstream multiverse we live in today.

🎙️ Subscribe for weekly episodes on Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, comic book chaos, geek court debates, and critical hits from your childhood basement.

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If you ever hid a Monster Manual like it was porn, you’re not alone. You’re an Original Geek. Welcome home.