Episode 1.5: Goldeneye 007 ft. Laura Kate Dale

I know I’m years late to this but I did want to say…it’s really not surprising there were so many weird rumors about Pokémon Red and Blue because the things that actually WERE in the game were often weirder than the rumors. Infinite item glitch by surfing off the coast of Cinnabar Island? Real. Glitch the Safari Zone Pokémon to appear off the coast of Cinnabar so you can battle and catch them? Real. Hell, even the “Mew is under the truck” thing had some semblance of truth. While there was never a Pokémon there, you absolutely could get to the truck if you surfed over before boarding the SS Anne. So, yeah. I think the reason there were so many rumors associated with early games was that those games really were buggy as shit and a decent number of the rumors were actually true.

LadyArtemis

It might not matter but Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa released in 1992 allowed you to shoot the hats off the villains. Great episode on an awful game <3

Lew

This game used to drive me mad! It's so terrible 🤣🤣

Alex

IIRC, slaps only wasn't unofficial - one of the actual weapon lists was "slappers only" (!). I think it was compatible with Golden gun mode.

Blakey

as a kid I figured "no scientist casualties" must have meant that you wanted to scare the scientists and keep them on their toes, so they weren't behaving too casually

Bruce

Speaking of friends lying about game secrets, in Super Mario 3 in the bonus room where you can choose from one of three chests, I always chose the right hand chest, because a friend of mine told me it would contain an anchor that would stop the final level ship boss stop auto scrolling xD

Dani Gould

Also serious Gashir shipping xD

Dani Gould

I'd call the cat Blofeld just for irony :P

Dani Gould

That's so wholesome, that he'd be so unaware of it but beginning something really huge :D

Dani Gould

I just want to point out that the guy who discovered looking down in Goldeneye speedrunning was a 55 year old guy who barely understood how the internet worked, didn't understand why looking down made him faster, and only did it because he someone saying "put your nose to the grindstone and haul ass" as literally saying to look down

Loved this episode, I hope you do an everything or nothing ep. willem dafoe!

spoctopus

Well, THAT means you all obligated to deep dive into the Wii Goldeneye game for a .5 podcast.

And one on Matt Helm.

Teaflax

There must be some really weird and wonderful bond merch out there, right? (though that may be a bad one in audio format). Otherwise, weird tie-in media. That must definitely exist too.

Jorg2

I'll reiterate my suggestion that Clouseau the 'stupid policeman' of Pink Panther is Bond-adjacent especially in the 60's period where Swinging London is being sold via cinema and Peter Sellers destroying every deux ex machina he can trip over.

SpookyPenguin

It's hauntology, as in, "a ghost haunts the mansion". As best I can figure, it's a philosophical idea about how old cultural visions of the future can "haunt" us in the present, influencing behavior and ideology.... I think. Not sure if I've understood it correctly, so I'll link the wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauntology?wprov=sfla1

Bonus episode suggestion: DS9 S4E9 “Our Man Bashir” It’s a great homage to early Bond. Also legendary twink energy from early season Bashir.

They keep using a word that sounds like "horntology," what does that mean?

Ean Manley

Another vote for the James Bond Junior cartoon! I watched it every day in kindergarten and never again, I thought I had completely imagined it. Imagine my horror and delight when I found the opening credits on YT!

gravenscribe

Recommendations? I'm honestly REALLY surprised none of you never mentioned Everything or Nothing. It was the predecessor to the "from Russia with love" game but a totally original story that people at the time made a BIG deal about as it was "the first bond game that didn't feel like a shooter with an IP attached.". Might be interesting cus it's WAY heavier on plot then the other bond games.

Elle D Raptor

Staw wars Shadows of the empire for n64s debug mode input was terrible you legit needed to use your face but it was so awesome.

DukeNukem64x

FWIW Riley already beat them to the Bones James Bond episode on The Boney Island Whitefish.

Elsie Hupp

Gotta name the white cat now

Corran MacCorran

The James Bond junior cartoon.

The James Bond game boy game. I played it on my super game boy cartridge as a kid.

New Vegas, for the Trans

Definitely cover Johnny English at some point, and Daniel Craig parachuting the Queen into the London Olympics

Brendan Hurley

How fluffy is the White Cat of Villainy?

Madeline Hunter

I second this hearing Alice &amp; Abigail talk about FNV for an hr would be Amazing.

Megan zietkiewicz

I wanna see you talk about the worst james bond branded product cause they have had some total stinkers

Molly

Very weird listing to the experience of people who didn't see the film first.

Ambrose Watson

Watch this space

Kill James Bond!

the essential bit of weird Bond ephemera you need to tackle at some point (perhaps to round off the Connery era) is the Italian spoof film Operation Kid Brother starring Sean's brother Neil

Ignatius

You guys should do an episode on Our Man Flint

Oscar Shipley

This is surprising, as Maxwell Stirling is a Bond-ass name.

Lucas White

I did the whole tape on the screen thing for CoD MW2. made akimbo p90 a really viable 'drunk on xbox live' build

Lucas White

What does this pod and 007 GoldenEye have in common? They both (only) slap.

Charles Doyle

New pod rules.

Larrykins

I know it isn't entirely Bond-related, but for the love of God have an episode where y'all just talk about New Vegas. I would LOVE to hear that.

Noblesse Oblahaj

Join me in the patreon mister chapo

Noblesse Oblahaj

Oooof this one took me back

Love the pod! The audio rss link isn’t working, I just wanted to point that out

Justin Talbot

Non Euclidean Tits is going to be the name of my all trans femme Cosmic Horror themed industrial tinged post-punk/noise rock band.

Head shots, body shots, limb shots, "others".

Made up name

Not only could you shoot people's hats off, but you could also shoot them in the dick and they'd grab their crotch and slump over a bit.

Hannah Oberhardt

Oh shit this is the kind of podcast host crossover I live for, absolutely first class

Cass