FunFactor

FunFactor

Ty Schalter & Aidan Moher

Episodes 40
Avg. Duration 1h 31m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (28)
Since Mar 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Ty Schalter (VICE, FiveThirtyEight) and Aidan Moher (WIRED, Vulture) review what rocked and what sucked about the classic video game magazines that inspired them to become professional journalists, authors, and critics—and what they can tell us about today's digital media and games.

New episodes drop every other Tuesday!

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S2E4 Game Informer 101 - Final Fantasy X [S1E4]

Jun 03, 2026 1h 49m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-105-january-2002(sped-up audio was Ty's fault; it's been fixed!)FINAL. FANTASY. X. After the final PS1 release was a mechanical, graphical,…

S2E1 ULTRA BONUS TEASER: What Killed the Sega Saturn? - Greg Sewart & PandaMonium [S2B1]

May 27, 2026 23m Bonus Transcript

NICK’S PATREON: PandaMonium | creating a Sega Saturn documentary series. | Patreon GREG’S PATREON: Greg Sewart | creating Generation 16 | Let's Read Videos | Retro Game Streams | Patreon Please enjoy…

S2E3 XBox Official Magazine 2 - Halo + Munch's Oddysee [S2E3]

May 19, 2026 1h 31m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/official-xbox-magazine/official-xbox-magazine-issue-2/XBOX OFFICIAL MAGAZINE: MAGAZINES EVOLVED.We had to stay in January 2002 for one more episode…

S2E2 EGM 150 - Metal Gear Solid 2 [S2E2]

May 05, 2026 1h 37m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-150-january-2002/mode/2upJanuary 2002 was all killer, no filler! EGM kicked off the new year by revisiting their Top 100 games…

S2E1 NextGen 83 - Pikmin [S2E1]

Apr 21, 2026 1h 1m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: NextGen issue 85 at the Internet ArchiveSEASON TWO: RISE OF THE CORPOS has arrived! We've skipped forward in time to the dawn of a new era - where the dorky world leader in business…

S1E27 Video Game Fantasy Draft with "My Life in Gaming!" [S1X3]

Apr 07, 2026 2h 29m Transcript

Four people, five rounds, and all the best video games of 1995-1997! Coury and Try from My Life in Gaming join us to snake-draft our way through the Generation Gap--building four 'teams' of five…

S1E26 NEXTGen's "Are You Hardcore?" Quiz, with Retrograde Amnesia [S1X2]

Mar 27, 2026 2h 18m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration38Feb1998QUIZ LINK: https://forms.gle/9cFPG8EsJesFAEB59BILLY BAKER’S 2007 BOSTON GLOBE PIECE ON HIS WIFE SECRETLY BEING THE WORLD’S BEST TETRIS…

S1E25 Audience Q&A! - "Generation Gap" Season Extras [S1X1]

Mar 10, 2026 1h 21m Transcript

We told you to ask us anything, and you did! Our Season 1 wrap-up continues with a special AMA/Q&A. From assembling our own ultimate mid-90s gaming mag Voltron-style to talking through how we…

S1E24 Season 1 Finale - Every Final Fantasy VII Review [S1E24]

Feb 24, 2026 1h 50m Transcript

The grand finale of Season One is here! Our coverage of the 1995-1997 “Generation Gap” ends with a blowout review of (nearly) every (English-language print) review of Final Fantasy VII that we could…

S1E23 Game Informer 53 - GoldenEye 007 [S1E23]

Feb 10, 2026 1h 35m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-53-september-1997/mode/2upEGM DOCUMENTARY BY MY LIFE IN GAMING & GAME SACK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E010OPY1TzwEverybody’s…

S1E22 NEXT Generation 36 - The Sega Saturn S1E22]

Jan 27, 2026 1h 35m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_36It’s time to review…the consoles??NEXT Generation issue 36 marks the start of the magazine’s third year–and they’re not only calling winners…

S1E21 PC Gamer 37 - Magic: The Gathering [S1E21]

Jan 13, 2026 1h 22m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://www.retromags.com/files/file/6814-pc-gamer-issue-037-june-1997One of the world’s biggest, hottest developers took an unprecedented dive into the rich fantasy world of one of their…

S1E20 GameFan Volume 5, Issue 12 - Quake (Saturn) [S1E20]

Dec 30, 2025 1h 35m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/GameFan9700/GameFan%20Vol.%205%20-%2012%20%28Dec%201997%29%20Quest%2064/page/n112/mode/1upMOLLIE L. PATTERSON'S OLD LETTER TO DAVE HALVERSON (she's since said…

S1E19 EGM 100 - The 100 Best Games of All Time [S1E19]

Dec 16, 2025 1h 39m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9e656342-878a-4098-9f49-0ca4dc313cb2It's a huge episode for a huge issue: EGM No. 100! Aidan and Ty go through the magic of Christmastime gaming,…

S1E18 The Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine 2 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park [S1E18]

Dec 02, 2025 1h 37m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/official-u.-s.-play-station-magazine-volume-1-issue-02-november-1997For the first time, we were ON CAMERA as we dug in to The Official U.S. PlayStation…

S1E17 GamePro 108 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night [S1E17]

Nov 19, 2025 1h 28m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/gamepro-issue-108-september-1997/GamePro%20-%20Issue%20108%20%28September%201997%29/mode/2upGrab your whip, your holy water, and your PlayStation 1, because…

S1E16 NEXT Generation 31 - Blasto [S1E16]

Nov 06, 2025 1h 34m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_31/mode/1upGreat jumpin' ray guns, or some similar 1950sesque exclamation!Captain Blasto, everyone's favorite James…

S1E5 ULTRA Review Crew Bonus UNLOCKED - Computer Entertainer reviews Super Mario Bros., featuring the Video Game History Foundation [S1B5]

Oct 21, 2025 1h 19m Bonus Transcript

ISSUE LINK: Computer Entertainer, Volume 5, Number 3 | Video Game History Foundation Library – Digital ArchiveVHGF HOME: Home | Video Game History FoundationBONUS UNLOCKED!! This week, for our…

S1E6 ULTRA Review Crew TEASER - Matt Leone's Design Room [S1B6]

Oct 19, 2025 8m Bonus Transcript

DESIGN ROOM DOT SITE: https://www.designroom.site/Matt Leone, formerly of Polygon, EGM, and elsewhere, has launched a new subscription-based site that gets right to the heart of everything Ty and…

S1E15 Game Players 83 - Resident Evil [S1E15]

Oct 07, 2025 1h 24m Transcript

ISSUE LINK: https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/game-players-1993/game-players-issue-83/Here come the RPGs...sort of. Aidan and Ty revisit Game Players yet again, as the drumbeat for more RPGs…

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