October 25, 2019 – Halloween Music Special

Halloween season is back up upon again, which means it’s time for us here at The Arcade to rescue you from the never-ending barrage of Thriller, the Monster Mash, and the Ghostbusters theme. You see, every year at this time, we make it our mission to seek out and bring you Halloween music you won’t hear anywhere else and, by gawd, we’ve outdone ourselves this year. Leading off this year’s proceedings is one of the most recognizable voices in all things spooky, Vincent Price. From there, we share a version of the Monster Mash that combines the well-known song with 1980’s hip-hop, a ditty from the cult classic movie Phantom of the Paradise, and a pair of songs from Bob’s Burgers and South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut. After our opening pack of Ludicrous Leadoffs, we move on and give attention and praise to a character that doesn’t get much love this time of year, the Devil. We give our regards to the Dark Lord with a pack of songs ranging from Robert Johnson all the way to a track from Cuphead. After saying “hi” to Satan, it’s only appropriate that present the Obligatory Metal Group, which, as you can tell by the name, is something we do every year. Serenading you with metal tones this year is Mercyful Fate, Dissolution, and one of the most Halloween appropriate bands of all-time, KISS. Wrapping up our Halloween show for 2019 is Christopher Lee performing a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic, The Tell-Tale Heart. It’s only appropriate to bookend the show with Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, two of the best voices for Halloween, ever.

What Was Played:
(add these songs to your collection with the links below!)

Dennis’s Nickname:

The man who will be going as himself this year for Halloween

October 18, 2019

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who, in following up on last week’s nickname, would like to update everyone that he is on the last boss of Link’s Awakening and will have the game beaten shortly!

Blast From The Past:

July 27, 2018

Ludicrous Leadoff:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is pleased to discover that all of the classic Homestar Runner content still holds up

Blast From The Past:

October 6, 2017

Ludicrous Leadoff:

News Of The Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who managed to get an SNES Classic Edition without having to wait in any lines.

Blast From The Past:

August 11, 2017

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who thinks that Dragons are better than Ed Sheeran

Blast From The Past:

February 24, 2017

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who can no longer scoff at hipstery beard products.

Blast From The Past:

June 24, 2016 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 2)

Friends, this week is part two of our E3 wrap-up where we focus on the other big news and noteworthy items to come out of last week’s event in Los Angeles.

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is oddly enthralled by this Brexit vote

Blast From The Past:

October 30, 2015 – Halloween Music Special

Happy Halloween boils and ghouls! It’s time for us here at The Arcade to celebrate the season of ghosts, goblins, and candy by shelving the video game talk for one week to bring you a hearty helping of Halloween-appropriate songs on our annual Halloween Music Special! Despite what commercial radio would have you believe, there are more Halloween songs out there than Thriller and the Monster Mash, and we’ve brought some of them together on this year’s show.  Our playlist ranges all the way from Elvira to King Diamond, remixes of 90’s kids TV show themes to German power metal about a Stephen King novel, and songs from Broadway musicals to a song about the Great Old One himself, Cthulhu!  So tune in and let us be your soundtrack for this scary season.  As always, we encourage you to follow the iTunes links below to purchase these songs for yourself, to enjoy at Halloween and beyond.

What Was Played:
(click on the links to buy!)

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who will avenge any child stricken with crappy, cheap candies this Halloween.

Blast From The Past:

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series / Oct. 31, 1990 – Apr. 20, 1996)

June 26, 2015 – E3 Wrap-up (Part 2)

Friends, this week is part two of our E3 wrap-up where we’ll talk about some of the more notable games shown off during the event, ranging from big AAA behemoths, to the little indie games that could!

Ludicrous Leadoffs:

News of the Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who is using Gwent to pass the time until machines enslave us all.

Blasts From The Past:

March 20, 2015

Ludicrous Leadoff:

Japanese Scientists Able To Beam Solar Energy Down To Earth

News Of The Week:

Dennis’ Nickname:

The man who endorses “The Book Of Mormon” …the musical, not the book.

Blasts From The Past: