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At this point, it feels like 
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What's that? 
Technology? 

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Don't you just hate it when TV 
or movies do that sort of thing?

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Before I really get started, I 
have to get this off my chest. 

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One person says something like, 
yeah, it was. 

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And then the second person goes,
what? 

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Then the first person goes, it 
was sweet that thing you said 

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referring to something like 5 
minutes prior and completely 

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confusing the audience and the 
other individual. 

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Nobody talks like this, nobody 
says one or two words referring 

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to something from 5-10 minutes 
prior and just thinks, Yep, 

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everyone's going to follow along
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Technology. 
Isn't it wild? 

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I've had this thought a few 
times over the last several 

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months. 
Technological and medical 

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advancements have been a massive
part of my life, but in the last

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two years even more so. 
Have you ever stopped to think, 

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wow, a stethoscope is an amazing
thing and it's been around for 

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well over 100 years? 
Sure, it's been iterated on, but

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damn, something so simple and 
something that you see Bugs 

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Bunny wear as a symbol for being
a doctor is just available. 

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All right, now open your mouth 
and say that looks pretty. 

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Bad. 
But of course, in doctor's 

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offices and hospitals, that's as
simple as it gets. 

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There's gadgets, gizmos, and 
what you might call it's all 

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over the place. 
Those are technical terms. 

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You don't have to worry about 
what those really mean. 

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My point here is it's all 
amazing. 

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My wife and I have been in and 
out of various doctor's offices,

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appointments, hospitals for a 
while now. 

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We're Canadian, so it's possible
that this perspective on how 

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this all works and feels may be 
a little bit different for us, 

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but by and large, medical care 
has been frequent and effective.

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We are very lucky in that way. 
This technology and medical know

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how has helped us expand our 
family to three and four if you 

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count our 15 year old free lady 
named Charlotte. 

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We couldn't be happier. 
It's has it been tough? 

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Yeah, at times. 
That's one of the reasons why 

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this podcast has been on a much 
longer break than I initially 

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intended. 
But hey, that's life. 

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Our little guy is now six months
old and showing all the amazing 

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signs of being the incredible 
human we hoped our child could 

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be. 
Along the way, I've stopped and 

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looked around the offices and 
medical rooms we've been in, 

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staring at a stethoscope, 
machines that help babies 

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overcome jaundice, breathing 
apparatuses, pain meds, and 

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really anything you can think 
of. 

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Whether my wife or my child that
needed them or not. 

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I sometimes caught myself 
thinking we're so damn lucky to 

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have this tech and the people to
make all of this a reality. 

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Fast forward a couple weeks and 
I find myself and my wife in a 

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typical routine of feeding a 
baby every few hours, sleeping 

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at odd hours if at all, and 
quickly aching for my own 

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technology. 
In comes the Steam Deck. 

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Yes, here's where the games come
into play, everybody. 

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I've told some friends that this
has been a sanity saver, not 

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because I don't want to be 
around my family, but because 

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when I do have some time, it's a
great way to get some gaming in 

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a hobby I hold dear to my heart.
This particular technology has 

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allowed me to play quite a few 
games I had sitting on my 

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backlog, purchased on Steam 
sales and other websites, and 

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dipped into some comfort food 
titles from the Super Nintendo 

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and of course, the Nintendo 64. 
Yeah, it took this long for me 

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to mention that console, the 
console that this whole podcast 

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is based around, but here we 
are. 

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I'm happy to report that one of 
my favorite games of all time 

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was the first Nintendo 64 title 
that I played from start to 

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finish, with my son by my side, 
whether he was sleeping or 

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playing or in a completely 
different room at the time. 

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I completed Banjo Kazooie in 
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I didn't intend to take the time
from start to finish, and you 

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know, there was something about 
that childhood childlike whimsy 

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in the game and humor that just 
felt right at the time. 

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While it isn't the reason to 
play a great game like this, I 

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can now proudly and joyfully 
tell my son later in his life 

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that he and Dad technically 
played this game together and it

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was his first N64 game. 
I do own each and every Banjo 

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Kazooie game in physical form, 
but I didn't use them to play 

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through the game. 
Technology allowed me to link my

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childhood with my own child. 
A steam deck and emulation made 

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it happen, along with a pretty 
fun retro achievements tally as 

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well. 
Make sure you check that site 

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out and we can be friends. 
I'm Dave Petro there if you are 

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so inclined. 
But what about when my son is 

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old enough to game? 
When he wants to? 

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When he's able to? 
Do I take go to Steam Deck and 

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open his eyes to thousands of 
titles and files? 

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Do I break into retro consoles 
that I have? 

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Do I let him experience a bit of
both with these approaches, with

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the SNES and Genesis minis I 
have on my shelf now? 

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I'm not sure there's a perfect 
answer here, but there are 

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options. 
This is why technology is 

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incredible. 
Sure, stuff like emulation 

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creates somewhat of a Gray area 
depending on who you speak to, 

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but I doubt anyone can argue 
that just having all these 

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options available isn't just 
incredible in itself. 

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I also doubt I'm not the only 
one who likely took these 

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consoles and PCs for granted. 
Honestly, when we were younger, 

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as Bill from the Gaming and 
Collecting and 3D O Experience 

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podcast said way back on level 2
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want their stuff back. 
I was and am one of those 

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people. 
I've accumulated gaming 

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technology over the last five to
10 years in hopes of passing it 

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on while also being able to 
enjoy it. 

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I will never tell anyone what 
they need to play or how they 

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need to play it a certain way, 
but money, time, availability, 

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it all matters. 
But I do know that over the last

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year or so of this recording, 
Jiggy look back and I have done 

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our best to play through games 
on this show with an authentic 

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hardware, even if some of the 
titles are emulated through an 

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ever Dr. cartridge device for 
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At the end of the day, 
technology has given me the 

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chance to be here and even write
what I'm saying to you and put 

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it out into the world in this 
audio form. 

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I cannot wait to share more with
you as this show continues and I

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can't wait to experience the 
technology that I have around 

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our home with my son and share 
gaming memories together 

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throughout the years and pass 
that on to you as well. 

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At the end of the day, thank you
everyone, truly. 

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It will be on with the show, I 
promise. 

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If you're listening to this in 
late 2024 when I'm releasing 

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this, expect new episodes being 
in your feed in early 2025. 

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We have some great ones planned 
to kick off the new year and 

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return to a regularly scheduled 
shenanigans. 

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And as the show and the 
shenanigans continue, I've 

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slowly but surely been putting 
myself back out there on 

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accounts with Remember 64 show. 
You can find me pretty much 

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everywhere but on Twitter or X 
whatever you want to call it. 

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Blue sky threads, Instagram, 
Tiktok all remember 64 show 

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episodes will be posted, their 
updates, funny quips and such. 

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Just anything best way to 
connect with me is there. 

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So instead of me continuing to 
talk your ear off here on a non 

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regular episode, this is the 
first one that's been on the 

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feed and I think roughly 6 
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I'm sorry about that. 
But I promise things are getting

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back to normal. 
And you can follow along on 

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those social media accounts. 
Like I said, best way to follow 

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along or you can e-mail me, 
remember 64, show@gmail.com if 

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you have any suggestions, any 
games that you want us to cover,

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any of that stuff would love to 
hear from you. 

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Always would. 
So thanks everyone for 

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listening, being here through 
all this. 

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I'm sorry the absence was so 
long, but I promise we're coming

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back with a bang. 
The first few episodes are going

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to have some big heavy hitters, 
and then we're going to sort of 

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play everything in between, like
we said, the good, the bad, the 

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ugly, and everything in between.
Thank you everyone for joining 

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me on Remember 64. 
We'll see you soon.