Mario's Minute

This time around on Mario's Minute we feature a dear personal friend and longtime friend of the show: dGreen! He's been a personal friend of mine long before the MrMario2011 channel was created and has had his music featured in several videos from the past few years. I brought him on for a long overdue discussion in which we touch up on the Xbox One SAD console release, convention hygiene, and some current YouTube drama/news in the community.

Is this the episode of nothing but negative themes? Censorship thanks to the YouTube Content ID system on top of the dreaded month of taxes?! Don't worry, I'll try to make this episode of Mario's Minute as entertaining as I can with these heavier themes. I also take some time to discuss some funny stories of the channel being discovered by friends, as well as my first experiences playing a visual novel. Enjoy!

This episode was definitely a treat to get lined up. pyama, a long time dear friend of mine, accepted my invitation to come onto the podcast and have a chat for a few hours! pyama has been a friend of the channel for several years, showing up in many different videos, and most notably having his music featured as background tracks in my most recent content. We were both really excited to schedule this as a public reveal and have him talk for the first time outside of his music. This episode went on for a lot longer than I expected, I was running out of steam near the end but it was without a doubt a great conversation with an awesome friend of mine. Enjoy!

First solo episode of 2019 for Mario's Minute coming in hot! I wasn't able to bring it up last episode, but I took some time out this episode to discuss the last year of Mario's Minute in review, from the initial plans to how it has unfolded. I also take some time out to discuss the recent YouTube Adpocalypse 2, my thoughts on remastered games, as well as a positive story involving Lily. Gotta brighten the mood somehow!

Year 2 of Mario's Minute is a go! Let's start off the new year with a new guest to the show: Modern Vintage Gamer! This episode has us going into a deep dive covering the attitude of modding scenes from 15 years ago and involves quite a bit of past, present, and future game discussion. We also touch up on Xbox hardware from all generations, Bungie's split from Activision, and we have to include Soulja Boy aka BIG SOULJA aka Big Draco. Enjoy!

Here we are, the end of the year! Welcome back for the final 2018 edition of Mario's Minute! Enjoy as I discuss the end of Nintendo's Creators Program, share a story about a PS3 obsessed kid from my days in retail, free games, and even sprinkle some Raspberry Pi goodness in here.

This month's episode of Mario's Minute includes special guest James Reiner, one of the podcast's earliest supporters when this was still being planned! James, otherwise known as Shengoro86, is a fellow modder, YouTuber, and figurehead in the Shenmue community who helped spearhead the demand for Shenmue HD remakes as well as Shenmue 3! Join us as we talk live for the first time to discuss spicy food, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate leak, modding scenes, and more.

Here's to a spooky podcast episode of Mario's Minute, full of talk about BIOS issues, Toys "R" Us crust, and nightmare-esque experiences of dealing with people wanting free RGH related handouts. Is that creepy enough for Halloween? Yes? No? Let me know after giving this a listen!

This month we're finally joined by a guest! iTzLuPo is one of the first people I had started following in the modding scene when I was initially coming up on YouTube, I had originally found him as many of our tutorials and videos were covering overlapping topics. Although it has been several years since he's uploaded to his channel, he's still been around and we've been in contact with each other for about 5 or 6 years at this point. So... I guess in the end we got to have at least a single collaboration? Either way, I thought it would be awesome to have him on as a guest as well as catch up for the first time in a while. If you're at all familiar with him from the Xbox 360 modding scene several years ago, you'll be in for a treat.

Going solo again for this month's episode of Mario's Minute as I wanted to take some time to share the recent Seattle travel experience! At the end of July/beginning of August my girlfriend and I went to Seattle for a summer vacation. No goals in mind, no schedule, just visiting for the sake of checking out the place for the first time! In here I share my experiences getting to see some of the marketplaces, visiting Microsoft, Valve, Nintendo, and more! Although that takes up a large bulk of the podcast we also get some gaming topics in here too, with games currently being played as well as my thoughts on the recently announced Xbox All Access program.

As always, the last Wednesday of the month brings along another episode of Mario's Minute! Take a listen as I take some time this month to discuss my childhood game collection being recovered, travel pricing, further weight loss, and more! I also share a few stories from recent events in which friends managed to find my channel organically, stay tuned and enjoy the podcast.

We're joined by Sean in this episode of Mario's Minute! A long time friend, collaborator, and guest who's been featured on the channel a few times, it's now time for him to put him onto a podcast for the first time! We tackle Toys "R" Us shutting down, Sony's defiance against cross-play with other consoles, a few games we're playing, and more! Join us.

Another month, another episode! Continuing off of last month's episode, I provide an update into my experience with Keto, my thoughts on video game discounts being disrupted with Gamers Club Unlocked from Best Buy being killed off, the Xbox 360 being hit with an update out of nowhere, and some "experiments" YouTube is doing. Sound interesting? Stay tuned.

Back to a solo episode! After having two guests on in a row, I decided to go solo on this episode and talk about whatever was coming to mind for topics. First of all - new environment! If audio is still getting dialed in right now it's because of a recent move, however I'm hoping everything will sound okay from the new office this is being recorded in. It also seems like I've FINALLY dealt with the bending Switch issue, which results in a fifth RMA I discuss here. Along with some God of War thoughts, GameCube hardware discussion, and HDMI solutions, this episode seems to be half gaming, half personal. Let me know what you all think of this one!

Devin aka ParanoidCoder doubles up for podcast duty this month to be the first physical guest for Mario's Minute! Devin is my co-host on ModChat so I already have the pleasure of podcasting with him once a month, however I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to do an offline test of what our new setup would be like. If the audio sounds nicer than normal, great! If not, we'll continue to tweak it further on-air! For now, join us for stories of moving, a ninja hamster, and Lily's butt destroying society as we know it.

Daniel from ModBot joins in as the first guest for Mario's Minute! Daniel is, without a doubt, the person I have the absolute most experience collaborating with which made him an easy pick for a first guest. Daniel started out on YouTube as thedopesoner930 and was in the realm of console modifications, after speaking privately to him and doing our first collaboration on a Destiny video I made, we decided to start up ModChat as our monthly podcast. I aim for guest episodes to be more of a conversation than an interview, that makes for some natural banter and a relaxed environment for everyone involved, so I plan for future guest episodes to be similar to this. Join us as we talk about 4K upgrades, the recent cryptocurrency boom, and what games we've been obsessing over.

Welcome to the first episode of Mario's Minute! This is a podcast I do either solo, or with a friend, where we talk about... Well, whatever we want to!  

This is the initial pilot of Mario's Minute, an episode which was made to test the waters and shop around for feedback. This is only available as an unlisted YouTube video and through podcast outlets, enjoy!