Retronauts Episode 115: Food Mascot Games

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Not long ago, corporations employed colorful cartoon characters to lure hungry and impressionable children into their dens of corn-based products. And, since this time period happened to overlap with the rise of video games, several food mascots ended up starring in their very own interactive experiences. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Henry Gilbert, and Chris Antista as the crew chases the chuck wagon, avoids various Noids, and asks if Chester Cheetah really IS too cool to fool.

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0:00.0	I was set on being a Mounted Police Officer from a young age, but I knew it had to move
0:05.1	to make it happen, and for me, the Met presented endless opportunities.
0:10.0	From joining as a PC at age 23, I went into a variety of roles, from emergency response
0:15.3	to public order policing. As a sergeant in the Mounted Branch, my dream job became reality.
0:21.6	Now I've been promoted to Inspector, I can't wait to see where my career takes me next.
0:25.9	Become a Met Police Officer. Search Met Police Careers.
0:30.1	This week on RetroNots, we do our best to avoid the noise.
0:56.7	Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of RetroNots.
1:00.0	I am your host for this one Bob Mackie, and today's episode is Food, Masked, Games.
1:05.5	But before we continue, we'll find out who else is here today, right over there.
1:09.5	Hi, it's me, Jeremy Parish, the King of Burgers.
1:12.7	Ooh, your face is frozen in a rictus, so uh, and you've got that crown on, so it works.
1:18.5	And who else is here today?
1:19.7	Oh yeah! It's Henry Gilbert.
1:22.1	You're gonna have to pay for that wall hand for you.
1:23.9	We rent this space.
1:25.4	What are you doing?
1:26.4	Okay, and he's so excited.
1:28.5	Who else is here?
1:29.3	Can't get enough of that, Chris, and he's doing well.
1:31.7	He's not in this episode, but I can't stop thinking about Sugar Bear since we started research.
1:35.7	Excuse me, he's healthy now, he's honey bear.
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