'A Winner Is You' Articles
- Friday, Jun 1 2007
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Article:The Power Pad, Team Fortress, and Dr. Robotnik
This week's guest is CollegeHumor's intern Kevin Corrigan. Kevin has contributed headlines to the Onion and his favorite food is ice cream. TALKING POINT: The Power Pad. Was it ahead of it's time?Jeff: Throughout most of modern history, the...
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- Friday, May 25 2007
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Mario 2, StarCraft 2, and Weezer
My guest this week is Alex Zalben, one fifth of sketch comedy superpower Elephant Larry.TALKING POINT: Besides Hardest Mario, what's the hardest Mario? Alex: Well it's not Super Mario Land. That's the only Mario game I've been able to beat five...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 13 likes
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- Monday, May 21 2007
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Villains, Tetris, and Nick Arcade
My guest for this week's A Winner Is You! is CollegeHumor writer Patrick Cassels. Some of Patrick's most popular articles have been about Mario and getting NES games to work.TALKING POINT: How sweet is watching Nick Arcade reruns on GAS?Jeff: I...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 15 likes
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- Monday, May 14 2007
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Article:
E. Honda, the X-Men, and Quiet Riot
My guest this week is Dan Hopper. As one third of A Week of Kindness, Dan has been seen in many hilarious videos including Guitar Hero Hidden Tracks. He's also the proprietor of the music blog Band Madness.TALKING POINT - You just bet...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 14 likes
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- Friday, May 4 2007
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Knife-Wielding Babies, the Dreamcast, and Mega Man
This week's guest is illustrator and sculptor Derek Walborn. You can see his work at www.derekwalborn.com. He was also the star of our very own Dan Gurewitch's short film, A Death Sandwich.TALKING POINT: What games stick with you after you've...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 20 likes
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- Thursday, Apr 26 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Kevin Cassidy, editor-in-chief of GoNintendo.com.TALKING POINT: What game do you regret playing?Jeff: I not only beat Final Fantasy VII, I also took over 10 hours to raise a golden Chocobo. You need a gold chocobo to get the...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 8 likes
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- Friday, Apr 20 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Nicholas Gurewitch, creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship. Many of his comics draw their inspiration from video games, including Mario Too, Game Boy, and Punch Bout (which was drawn pixel by pixel).TALKING POINT: If they made...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 12 likes
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- Friday, Apr 13 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Dan Gurewitch, writer of such popular updates as The Subliminal Disney and many CH original movies including Where the F*ck is Carmen Sandiego and The Censored Sopranos.TALKING POINT: If you could hang out with one videogame...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 17 likes
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- Thursday, Apr 5 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Sam Reich, creator of Dutch West and director of many CollegeHumor's originals, including Rejected Wii Games and Street Fighter: The Later Years.TALKING POINT: Last week, Rockstar Games pulled back the curtain and gave us our...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 13 likes
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- Friday, Mar 30 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest for this week's A Winner Is You! is CollegeHumor writer Patrick Cassels. Some of Patrick's most popular articles have been about Mario and getting NES games to work.TALKING POINT: This week Sega and Nintendo announced Mario and Sonic...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 17 likes
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- Thursday, Mar 15 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest for this week's A Winner Is You! is Steve Menegozzi. Steve is most well known for writing the CH Original Super Sloppy Thanksgiving, directing the short film sk8boarding, and harassing 13-year-olds on Xbox Live. TALKING POINT: Is warping...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 12 likes
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- Thursday, Mar 8 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Pete Holmes. You may know Pete from Best Week Ever, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, or his cartoons in the New Yorker.TALKING POINT: What game had the best continue screen?Pete: This is kind of an old school thing, but in the...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 13 likes
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- Thursday, Mar 1 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Robert Summa, editor of video game uberblog Destructoid.TALKING POINT: An anti-porn group has issued a panicked warning to parents that the Wii can be used to access porn. The horror! Just how crazy are these people?...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 10 likes
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- Thursday, Feb 22 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guests for this week's all-sports edition of "A Winner Is You" are Amir Blumenfeld and Ethan Trex, the duo behind CollegeHumor's weekly sports column Straight Cash Homey.TALKING POINT: What's the best sports game that isn't based in...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 9 likes
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- Thursday, Feb 15 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
My guest this week is Alex Zalben, one fifth of sketch comedy superpower Elephant Larry.TALKING POINT: Besides Barbie's Horse Parade, what's the best game for girls who don't play video games?Alex: This is an easy one: The Wii. The Wii is a video...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 8 likes
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- Thursday, Feb 8 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
Jeff: Even after a decade and a half, this argument can be boiled down to the difference between Mario and Sonic. The Sonic series is still fun, but like so many other Genesis games it's Poochie-esque "extreme” attitude has aged...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 12 likes
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- Thursday, Feb 1 2007
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CH Video Games Weekly
Steve: It’s hard to knock any game that gives you a chainsaw bayonet. Also, getting Terry Tate Office Linebacker to voice one of your squad mates may qualify as the greatest casting decision I’ve ever seen in a video game.Jeff: The...
KEEP READINGBy Jeff Rubin 11 likes
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