Hello and welcome to good news York episode 70,
right? Yeah I am your host Mike brindisi sponsored
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out to Zach It is just me today. No guest As
I've said throughout the week Matt is on vacation.
I think he's shooting a state farm commercial
I don't know what he's doing, but he's not here
this week and we've had some great guests, but
today Am flying solo, so I've I've got some things
I wanted to go over that were very relevant some
updates all sorts of things my man Danny behind
the Behind the scenes is producing. I love you
Danny. We're actually gonna have Danny on I'm
gonna do this segment. We'll take a break and
have Danny come on in a little bit, but Want
to dive right into it a lot going on in the news
But I want to give you an update first now if
you remember mm -hmm for those of you that do
listen or watch About a month ago, I went to
the Dave Matthews band concert. I'm a big Dave
Matthews band fan at Lakeview Amphitheater. And
it was the first time I had ever experienced
being front row at a concert. It lined up. There's
a whole story of how it happened. But I finally
was front row and I met this wonderful family,
Kathleen, Abby, and of course, Lauren. And we
had an amazing time together. They're a great
family. and we became buddies and we stayed in
touch after and I actually had Lauren on the
show did a little small interview with her recapping
the Dave show and if you remember during the
interview I talked about I was trying to get
a hold of the Dave Matthews fan club warehouse
to help get her sister Abby a set list because
when we were at the show some drunk bitch ripped
a set list out of her hands at the end of the
show a lot of times the crew will come by and
give you a pick right they'll give you a set
list whatever's on the stage that they can part
with. And she had it in her hands and some drunk
lady just ripped it out of her hands. She was
really upset. So, you know, I was asking, can
we get her a set list? Well, I was on social
media a couple days ago and I saw this video.
I don't want to ruin it, but I will just say
you will see Abby, who is the girl who got the
set list ripped out, walking over to meet with
her sister. post show and Her sister does something
pretty amazing. Let's let's watch this. I love
this so little update It's very loving At the
sound I'm gonna have to click yeah All right,
so This is Abby walking up to meet Lauren. And
look what in her right hands. Get ready. Try
not to cry. Bad. Come on. That's the best. Look
at the embrace. That's a real hug. Look at that.
So all that to say. I didn't need to. We didn't
need warehouse. We didn't need Dave. They went
to another show at SPAC last week at Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, my favorite venue in
the Northeast. And somehow Lauren got a hold
of a setlist. She ran into a crew member, and
she wasn't with her sister. I think they were
separated, which obviously that's why they were
kind of reuniting there. And she got her a set
list. So I just thought that was so cool. And
I reached out and asked if I could play that
on the show as a little update that all is well,
that Abby got her set list finally. Also, speaking
of Dave, I saw this was great. Dave Matthews,
by the way, he's gone on record many times over
the years. You know, even though Dave is kind
of his own genre, right? It's a little jam, it's
a little fusion, it's funk, it's R &B, it's a
little bit of everything, but Dave's gone on
record in interviews basically admitting that
a lot of his influences were nothing like the
style or music that Dave writes. I remember him
saying how much Nine Inch Nails inspired him,
and Ozzy Osbourne was actually a very big inspiration
for Dave, so... Yesterday we found out that the
the amazing Ozzy Osbourne has passed away which
my god That guy could have been dead 40 years
ago with all of the drugs that that man did and
I You know back when I was drinking Him and Keith
Richards were like the the bar that had been
set unfortunately where I was like Well, I'm
not doing too bad. Look at Keith Richards and
Ozzy. They've done every drug under the Sun and
they're fine But as you know Ozzy Osbourne came
down with Parkinson's within the last few years
and did his farewell show and just weeks later
yesterday we found out that he has unfortunately
passed and just an absolute icon and an absolute
legend and Dave Matthews had a show last night
the same day that he passed away and here's a
little quick clip of they did a little cover
he threw together. I feel unhappy. I feel so
sad. Young boys still fetch me. They're in my
head. She was my woman. Round off the sun. It's
too late now. I'm going through changes. I'm
going through changes. Yeah. Man, I love that
song. I love Ozzy. Ozzy was known, unfortunately,
the thing he was known for most was biting the
head off a bat. Now let me tell you something
about that story. First of all, on record they
say Ozzy said that he didn't know it was real
and that he thought it was a toy and he did it
to, you know, shock the audience and he felt
it moving. I'm terrified of bats, so even the
thought of that makes me want to run into traffic,
but... He he did he did do it and you know, some
people say he's full of shit You know, he knew
it was real but it actually stems and I couldn't
find I was gonna play it for you but I couldn't
find one of the older shows like VH1 behind the
music or Those kind of shows where they would
go in depth with artists I do remember Ozzy in
an interview saying that incident on stage actually
stemmed from a record label meeting Where he
purposely wanted to scare the shit out of the
people at the record label And he did it in a
meeting with a live bat. And he did scare the
shit out of them. And so he decided to do it
on stage as well. So I don't know. There's controversy.
That's how I like to say it. There's controversy
about whether it's real or not. But he was so
much more than that. And in fact, if you go to
Europe and you are to ask people in Europe, Who
started Heavy Metal? What is the pinnacle of
the greatest Heavy Metal? Black Sabbath in Europe?
It's here too, obviously. But you ask people
in the United States, what's the greatest metal
band? Or you ask people, who started metal? You'll
get a mixed review, and Black Sabbath will be
the answer for some. But you go to Europe, Black
Sabbath is the answer for all. that they are
the creators of metal and then Ozzy obviously
went on to have an incredible solo career and
then the Osbournes which I am not a fan of reality
tv but there are a handful of reality tv shows
I watched and that was one of them because you
got to remember that was before social media
so you only knew Ozzy as the bite the bat biting
uh you know rock star who's a satan worshiper
you never saw him at home sitting there you know
Trying to figure out the remote control. Sharon,
I can't figure out how to change the television.
It was so weird to see Ozzy in the flesh just
being Ozzy at home. So what Ozzy did for pop
culture and for music is second to none. And
man, he will sorely be missed. And I'll never
forget the first time I heard Mama I'm Coming
Home. That is in my top. Definitely top 10. Might
be my top five favorite songs of all time. Absolutely
love that song. So enough about Ozzy, because
I want to talk about, keep it on the music thing.
So I grew up a huge Sublime fan. You have to
remember I was a teenager in the 90s. And Sublime,
to me, also in my top 10 favorite bands of all
time, Sublime came out with their self -titled
album in 96, I believe it was. And Brad Knoll,
the lead singer died of a heroin overdose. right
before the album hit. And if you are aware, or
especially if you were a teenager in the 90s,
you know how important that album was. It was
everywhere. And it was unlike anything you had
ever heard. It was a mesh of some punk, reggae,
a little pop punk. And it was so original, and
it was such a soundtrack of the 90s, and especially
the summer. You know, when the weather gets nice
in spring, I like to roll the windows down. and
cruise with the tunes playing. And Sublime is
usually my first go -to. Over the years after
Bradley passed, you know, the demand was still
there because of how just life -changing that
band and that album was for people in that era.
And I think they were going to be the biggest
thing on Earth if he had not, you know, passed
away. But in some cases, it helped their popularity.
Same way, you know, it happened with Kurt Cobain
and Nirvana. Posthumously, people tend to...
Be fame even more famous, but they they had tried
to keep it going they had I and I might be wrong
with the name I'm I know I'm close I think Sublime
had become the Long Beach All -Stars and they
toured and then they were the short bus All -Stars
and they had different singers from other bands
and and I actually went to see them at who? Captain
trips in Utica, New York in the late 90s early
2000 shout out That was my favorite venue and
you're my hometown at the time and I got to see
the short bus all -stars and it was good but
it was sublime with a different singer and the
singer sounded great well let me get to what
I want to get to which is fast forward to the
other day I'm sitting here in the studio getting
ready for the show and Anthony who works here
on the IT side says dude have you heard the new
sublime song what no and he said well there's
more to it and he played it for me And he said,
you aren't gonna believe this, but just listen
and tell me what you hear. So I'm gonna play
you a little bit of that now. This is the music
video. Sublime's new song, it is called Ensonada.
Is that right, Danny? I can't see it from here.
My eyes. So here's a little clip of Ensonada.
You tell me what you hear. And I'll tell you
what it is. Does that not... sound like Bradley
Noel 280? You know why? It's his f**king son!
That is his son! First of all, I had no idea
he had a son. Second of all, I have goosebumps
again. If you are a Sublime fan, you understand
that this is as close to seeing Sublime as you
- the real Sublime as you have ever been able
to see. Because they were, again, uh... Gone
too soon, Bradley Nolan. And we got all these
different reincarnations of them with different
singers, and they were fine. They were great.
But I mean, it is the exact same voice. You know,
I have a son, and he's starting to sing a little
bit. If he eventually ends up singing and he
sounds exactly like me, it's going to freak me
out. But it makes sense, because it's science,
right? This is incredible. So... There's more
to it. So not only is his son in the band which
is basically a complete reincarnation of sublime
He sounds like him. He even kind of looks like
him He too the son is going through Some it he
went through some addiction problems and put
he came out on the other side and he joined this
band at 20 I want to say seven or was it 28?
And that is exactly when his father passed away
at 27 or 28 whatever whatever one it is So in
other words, so not only are you getting his
son who sounds exactly like him? It's almost
like he's picking up right where Bradley had
left and I am just I Am blown away and for those
of you that don't know about sublime or don't
care. You're like, okay, shut up move on hairs
Well, if you like sublime you care and they're
gonna be on tour and they're coming to see Mac
and Canon Dagua next month in August, and now
I will make sure I'm there. Hopefully, we can
get credentials and be backstage and possibly
do some interviews. But either way, I'll be there
as a fan. So I wanted to mention that. Now, before
we take a break and get Danny on here, the last
thing I do want to mention, and again, I know
this is good news, York, and our whole thing
is we don't like to do things that are sad. And
I've basically talked about death this entire
segment, but this is different. We are honoring.
these amazing people and Theo Huxtable man Malcolm
Jamal Lewis, I believe is his real name the actor
who played Theo on the TV show the Cosby's Which
by the way, why was it called the Cosby's when
they were the Huxtables and Now knowing what
Bill Cosby did little weird that he had his office
in the basement, huh? But anyway, that was a
gigantic pop culture stretch of time in the 90s
again where the Cosby show was huge because not
only was it phenomenal but to see a family of
color painted in a positive light who were doctors
and lawyers and and and portrayed people of color
in a realistic way as opposed to how the media
sometimes would like to portray them as gangsters
and and whatever else they like to do. So it
was a huge moment for that community, but also
just in pop culture because it was a great show.
And as you probably heard, Theo Huxtable, Malcolm
Jamal Lewis, unfortunately was on vacation somewhere
exotic and was unfortunately passed away by way
of drowning. And so it made me want to say, first
of all, rest in peace, brother. That is so sad
and tragic. But thank you for what you gave us,
what you gave me as a child, and what you gave
society. It was such a great show and important.
But my favorite moment on the Cosby show, the
obvious one, if you were a Cosby fan, is the
one where... Why am I blanking out on... Not
Tootie, that was the facts of life. Rudy! Rudy
comes down the stairs and does the She's singing
along to a song and she does this dance and she's
all sassy and it's hilarious, but that's an obvious
moment This is a deep cut the B side This is
my absolute favorite moment from the Cosby show
and it's between Theo Huxtable and of course
his dad dr. Huxtable You'll see why take a look
Both successful in everything and that's great
But maybe I was born to be a regular person and
have a regular life If you want a doctor, I wouldn't
love you less Because you're my dad And so Instead
of acting disappointed because I'm not like you
Maybe you can just accept who I am and love me
anyway Because I'm your son Theo? That's the
dumbest thing I've ever done. There's no wonder
you had D's and everything. That's very much
the gist. That's the punchline. I'm not going
to make you sit through the whole clip. But that
was... First of all, it's funny because it's
funny, right? Especially when you saw it live.
I think it had more of an effect then because...
It was such an emotional moment, and I was caught
up in the, like, wow, he nailed it. At that time
in television, that kind of, what's the word
I'm looking for, the misleading, the redirect,
that didn't happen a lot. Especially, a lot of
those shows were known, like, full house, right?
At the end of every episode, Danny Tanner or
Uncle Jesse would sit down with one of the girls,
and that would be the lesson of the episode,
and that's kind of... Cookie -cutter moment like
okay, and then Theo speaks, but man that redirective
that is the dumbest and by the way that is a
very accurate portrayal of how parenting was
back then that is totally something my parents
would have done and I just I Absolutely loved
it. So our IP to Ozzy our IP to Malcolm Joel
up and Ma Lewis aka Theo Huxtable we talked a
little bit about music Before we go to break.
I want to do a little teaser for the next segment
You see I'm wearing my bills that you know, I'm
a die -hard bills fan had season tickets for
ten years been through the heart the the hardest
years with that team and I'm always up for talking
bills talk and I'm gonna do that at some point
as the season starts I'll do another, you know
NFL special but training camp did start today.
So I'm wearing my hat in honor of that And one
thing I wanted to talk about other than the obvious
stuff, which is the camp battles and position
battles and expectations for the season, which
I will do in that special. There is a video that
came out a couple days ago and it is a drone
tour of the new stadium. So the Bills have a
new era field as most of us call the Ralph Ralph
Wilson Stadium or Rich Stadium. If you're in
the boomer generation. And it is going away because
they are building a brand new stadium, a billion
dollar stadium. You have to remember that a few
years back before Terry Pagula and Kim Koo Pagula
had bought the team, there were many rumors that
the team was moving to Toronto. And that was
going on for decades. And as Bills fans, it was
something, especially people in Buffalo. That's
one of the only things they had was their Bills,
man. And they were terrified that their team
was going to leave. And everybody thought it
was going to happen. And then the Pagulas came
in. They not only bought the team, but solidified
that they're going to stay there. And it was
a very emotional time for Bills fans. And then
when we found out we're getting a stadium, it
was even more emotional because it solidified
even more that, yeah, they really are staying.
And it is unbelievable for in a market that small
that they're building a studio, a stadium this
big. So check out this freaking drone tour, man.
You can see right there, the way they have it
set up is that it's like a coliseum. It's not
as steep. So it's gonna be that old, there's
not a bad seat in the house. That's true. The
field is heated, so when snow comes, no more
hiring people to come down and shovel, which
I used to love doing. I almost did it too. There's
something charming about calling on the city
of Buffalo to bring your shovels. Ah, gotta love
this team. So they will have a heated field where
it will melt also they have coverage they got
about 70 I think 70 % coverage over the seat
So if there is a blizzard you're still out in
the elements, but you are partially covered So
that's huge and those are also heated so the
snow will melt Can't see me right now, but Hot
hot under the collar right now see the old stadium
right across the street in the back My word.
Look at this. Full of frickin' bills, man. Look
at the windows with the natural lighting. Did
you ever think you'd see this in Buffalo? Well,
where are we going? Where are we going? We're
in the locker room here. Where the magic's gonna
end. By that, I'm in a cloud of tears. This part
kills me because we just go up some side stairs.
You know what that is the sears It's a tunnel
thanks They're gonna leave it just like that
they're gonna play around the trucks and in the
dirt This one. I don't know what this is. There's
some stairs. I don't think that's coming out
of a locker. Coming out of, uh... What amazed
me even more is that we have the technology to
do this now. Back in the day, we'd just have
someone walk around. Or a helicopter. So there's
the gist of it. I hate this part. Yeah, you can
kill it there. I think You get the idea Very
very exciting as I've mentioned a million times
for the bills to have a stadium like that. I
can't wait to be there As I said ten years a
fan if you haven't checked out I have a side
music project called the K gun my buddy and I
and we produce and write songs About the bills
and we have a song called where else Marv's anthem
and it's it's Because of the where else would
you rather be? than right here, right now. And
you gotta check the song out. It's on Spotify,
Apple Music, all the place where you hear music.
The music video's on YouTube. We went and shot
it at the home opener last year. And so we're
gonna be releasing a couple more songs this season.
But anyway, when we get back, we're gonna have
a quick segment. We're gonna invite our producer
and friend. Which camera am I looking at, Danny?
This one. The great Danny Tripodi's gonna come
on and I wanna talk. We're gonna kick it off.
With something that does involve the Bills, Danny's
very big in the gaming world, and he's into it.
And it seems that Josh Allen and the boys have
played a game called Katana, what is it? Katan.
It's a board game, a strategy game, and it is
very rare that NFL players are into those kind
of games, but the new generation is. And we're
going to talk about that and much more when we
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Danny Tripodi, everybody. Danny Tripodi. Danny,
Matt's on vacation, so when Matt's away, the
mice will play. Yep. I am happy to be on air
with you. I love when we do this together. Yeah,
it's the best. So Danny, in addition to being
the amazing social media person, producer that
you are, you are big in the gaming world. And
I thought I was a big gamer until I met you and
realized that that industry and that community
is it's a lifetime commitment that I just don't
have the time to do all that. But. The reason
I brought you on other than the reason we wanted
to do this other than just to do this is I noticed
a training camp. So we're talking about Bill's
training camp. Yeah, and I was listening to Bill's
radio and they were talking about how the Bills
Josh Allen and Some of the other guys on the
team are now playing this board game called Katan.
Yeah settlers settler. Yeah, and so Again, I
like gaming and I was like, oh check this out
and I looked it up And there's a picture of him
walking into training camp with Katan under his
arm. Like, he loves it. And the reason I want
to talk to you about it is I want to learn a
bit more about it, but I also, I don't know,
from your perspective, you're a little bit younger
than me, but growing up, I was not afraid to
dabble at all. So I would play sports, but I
was in theater and music, and I also liked video
games. But a lot of times, those didn't cross
paths. You know, sometimes the athletes were
like, you're a gaming nerd, or... And just to
see professional athletes now playing these games,
it's wild to me. Does that surprise you? Yeah,
no, it doesn't actually surprise me. I think
it's more accepting now to be a nerd than it
ever has been. Like you said, you still have
the nerds and the jocks and the preps and the
nots. But yeah, I think that nerd culture has
kind of seeped into more subclasses. things aren't
as clicky. I don't know. I haven't been in a
high school in a while. But at least when I was
there, I was friends with multiple clicks of
people. And everybody likes games at the end
of the day. And we kind of talked before this
off camera. And it's something that's really
cool to see because we can't relate to Josh Allen
in the way that he's an awesome footballer. But
we can relate to him like, oh, I played Katana
at my buddy's house, just like Josh Allen. That's
such a cool thing. So I think a lot of the players,
plus they're younger now, is Josh like 29? A
little younger. I think he's 28. Yeah. These
are younger guys. They grew up seeing other people
play these games. And it's something that I think
is more normal now. I mean, there's so many players
that embrace their... nerd fandoms. You know,
you have Shoei Otani, too, is a big One Piece
fan. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah, they had a
big One Piece day out in LA. Like, it's very
cool to see pop culture mix with nerd culture.
So do you think, and I hate calling you nerds,
because maybe it wasn't nerdy. Maybe everyone
else is. Maybe it's backwards. Do you think the
gaming world, that community, do you think they
appreciate that, or are they like, what the hell,
man, that's our thing? and like, you made fun
of us for so long and now you guys, you know,
I don't know, I just, I wonder if that's... So
I don't speak for every nerd here, and you know
there's gonna be somebody... You're the final
boss, nerd. Actually... I have something to say
about that. I think... I would like to think
at least that nerds are very welcoming and open
and... are excited for this opportunity because
it's cool to be a nerd now. Hell yeah. You know?
Of course, you're gonna have some posers, but
like, it doesn't, ain't no thing water off a
duck's back, you know? It's just, come on in
and play some board games. It's fun. Yeah, dude.
It's fun over here. It's funny because it really
is becoming that, you know? It's becoming the
opposite. Growing up, it was like, what'd you
do in your free time? Everybody went to fields
and drank, and it was awesome. Like drinking,
like the drinking culture's dying down, games
are ramping up and I'm just, I love it because
like you said, I dabbled in all of that. I was
partying but I was playing games, I was doing
theater, I was playing sports. It's just, it's
great to see but it's almost like... You don't
have a choice anymore if you want to be a nerd.
I feel like you have to be kind of a nerd. We're
constantly dealing with electronics, and I just
feel like it's almost the way that... I never
played golf in high school. I thought it was
ner... Like, it's boring. Why are you playing
it? And then fast forward to my 20s when I start,
I'm calling all those guys and like, hey, can
you help me with my short game? And I feel like
it's the same thing with nerds. Now people are
like, um, hey, I'm having trouble with my laptop
or myself. You know, so I think we're calling
on nerds more, but I think we're also kind of
becoming nerds as well. Absolutely. Naturally.
Yeah, yeah, it's just, it's evolution. It is
evolution, man. And I'm so happy that we are
part of it. Have you played Catan at all? Oh,
yeah. Is it good? Yeah, it's great. I was saying
off behind the scenes. It's like the perfect
board game, because it's not too in -depth with
nerdy rules that you have to remember. It's very
straightforward. You're just collecting resources
and trading those resources in to build more
resources on the game board. But it's very, very
simple. There's not a lot of points that you
need to keep track of. There's no complex math
involved. It's honestly a level above Monopoly,
I would say. When you were describing it, it
did sound like it was a mixture of... It's not
as in -depth as risk, but the idea, the strategy
of risk, but with, like, monopoly and growing
your, like, you would the hotels and the... Yeah,
exactly. It's not... Risk is too complex, in
my opinion, for a board game. Like, I don't want
to have to think too hard. And Katan, you can
really get into it. Sure, like, anything you
can get into, but... I don't know. I think it's
a very lighthearted game that doesn't have a
lot of stakes and it's something that anybody
could enjoy as long as you can sit through the
rules and get the general understanding of the
core principles. Which checks out because for
professional athletes who obviously have not
been known to play those kind of games, it would
appeal to them because of that. They still get
kind of the idea of like a fun strategy game
without having to sit there. Because the thing
with risk is I loved risk. That is a goddamn
commitment, man. That is a... And to find five,
six people to play and then for an extended period,
it's tough to do. So, do you think that... So,
is Catan one of the most popular board games
now, like, currently? Is it one of the most popular?
It's definitely up there. I think there's, like...
It depends on who you ask, though, you know?
Because if you asked, like, somebody like my
parents, they're gonna say, like, oh, Monopoly
and Scrabble. Right, subjective. Yeah. Yeah.
For Catan, though, like, it sits among the top,
like, big three of board games, I would say.
What are the other two? I... Again, subjective.
Again, subjective. I would say... I've got something
to say about that. Yeah, when you see Catan,
you see it next to Wingspan, which is another
beautiful game, and... Trying to think of the
third one off but yeah, you know there there
are some games that circle around friend groups
and Just have that popularity that you can get.
Oh, I'm sorry ticket to ride Okay, which ticket
to ride the creator of the game was from this
area. Really? Yeah funny enough where yeah I
don't know if he's a Syracuse native or if he's
outside of of the Syracuse Central New York area,
but amazing Yeah, he he made ticket to ride and
it's one of the best -selling board games in
the world. Yeah, I was always, because the reason
I had asked was, well, first of all, to know,
but I just didn't know it was kind of like the
chicken or the egg. I was like, did Josh Allen
and like other, you know, pro athletes, were
they the reason that Catan became popular or
did they just kind of hop on like, hey, that's
the most popular board game. I saw it and I liked
it. I didn't know what came first. But if so,
I love games, board games, video games. I kind
of know where to go to, you know. Video games
are in the in media you can find out what's coming
out Where can someone like me? Regularly know
like where the new hottest board games are coming
out when they're coming out what they are What's
hot that kind of is there a place to go? There
there is honestly I was gonna bring that up to
it's funny that you mentioned that like Most
popular board games can be found right at Target.
Yes. Yeah, you know like if you mention that
like you can see you can get wingspan You can
get tickets right you can get katan all at Target
That being said like of course you can go online
and find like the what's new in the board game
world There's always board games being added
board game board game geek comm is a big form
that has all different board games and people's
reviews of board games so you can check that
out to see what's very popular and They go in
depth there, so you can get a really good review
on the next board game. So, to further the coincidence,
that was my next question was, I started noticing,
I would go to Target, specifically Target, and
there's other stores too, but Target specifically,
and I remember walking by their board game section
that used to be Monopoly, Life, Clue, right?
And there are games, I mean, dozens and dozens
of games, all different kinds of games. strategy
games, funny games, you know, dirty adult games,
whatever. But then I, and no offense to Target,
but I was like, yeah, but are these like kind
of hacky games? It's Target, but it sounds like
you answered the question that their gaming selection
is legit. Yeah, I mean, there's always gonna
be... I've got something to say. Yeah, there's
always gonna be trash among the treasures. Sure.
But yeah, you know, there is a huge market for
it, and it's cool to see that it's now become
more mainstream to come into. your convenience
stores like Target and Walmart. Nowadays, you
don't have to go into a hobby store, though you
should support your local hobby store. Yes, you
should. But you can get it now while you're also
getting a 12 pack of hot dog buns. When you're
grilling, you can also pick up katan. Yeah, hot
dog buns and katan. That sounds like a great
Friday night. Perfect part. So do you have, last
question about this, do you have... Do you have
a rank for, like, your top three or top five
board games? Or your go -tos? Do you have a go
-to? Mine are boring because I, you know, it's
Clue and Scatagories. You know, and I love those
games, but I'm looking to branch out, and I know
you're well -versed. So we'll have to play some.
I do have a handful of board games. One of them,
this was from, like, the 80s that got remade
and re -released in, like, the... Shoots and
batters. Yeah, you know, no. It's called Fireball
Island. And I don't know if you would remember
that, but it has this whole big board game that
you... Is that where you hit, there's a silver
ball? So there's these red marbles that can knock
your characters off the game board. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. I remember that. It's an older game, but
they remade it, and it's so much fun. It kind
of plays more like Shoots and Ladders. Okay.
Kind of like Candy Land, too. Yes. But just a
fun time. There's obviously Catan. I would say
another big one for me is King of Tokyo, which,
if you're familiar with the Godzilla franchise,
the person that created it based it off of that,
where you play as big characters that are destroying
the city, and you have to... You get points as
you're in the city, and the other players are
attacking you to get you out of the city. Yeah,
so it's very fun. You just roll a bunch of dice
and deal lots of damage. It's a fun time. We'll
have to get some of these in here. We gotta do
a board game night or video. Maybe we can invite
Josh Allen. Yeah, you'd have to fan... Josh,
if you got any free time, I know you're busy
right now, but... You'd have to fan me, dude.
I'd be passed out on the floor. Let's go play
some board games, bud. You know what? Come on,
Josh Allen. Honestly, he's the kind of guy that
might take us up on that offer. Yeah, doesn't
Bill's Mafia do anything? Hell, yeah, they do.
Bill's Mafia does gaming tournaments, actually.
Oh, do they? There's a Bill's Mafia... They'll
do Madden tournaments, they'll do other games.
So to speak to what you said earlier, the gaming
community in general has grown exponentially
across the board, whether it's board games, video
games. You, my friend, are also part of, we gotta
talk about it, retro game con, man. That is your
Super Bowl, buddy. And since I met you and started
working here... You have been planning this.
It's in October. Let's talk about that real quick
before we go. Talk about what Retro Game Con
is, when, where, all that. Yeah, Retro Game Con.
It's New York State's largest video game expo.
This is our 12th year. We're going to be at the
On Center again in downtown Syracuse. It's going
to be October 10th, 11th, and 12th. So check
us out online at RetroGameCon .com. You can get
your tickets and more info on there. And we haven't
worked it out yet. We're going to obviously meet
about it. We've been talking about it. We've
been talking. But we're going to, obviously,
Good News York's going to be a part of that.
First of all, we need to support our boy. But
second of all, why the hell wouldn't we? I mean,
I want to be a part of it. I want to see it.
And we want it to succeed for you. And I know
it will. Is this the second one you've done?
I forget. This is like the fifth? I don't even
remember. How many of you don't? Oh, God, I started
back in 2016, so what is that? It's almost 10
years. This will be my ninth one. What a dick.
I'm like, is this your second? This is our second
one this year. So we had the spring edition earlier
in the year, but this is our... This is the big
one. Yeah, the big show. And so what can you
expect there? You can expect probably some keynote
speakers. Hundreds of... hundreds of vendors,
cosplay folks, guests, celebrities, and voice
actors and actresses. It's gonna be a fun time.
Are you able to reveal one of the speakers, or
is it still a secret? No, you can find all of
that information on our website at RetroGameCon
.com. Very cryptic. Go there. Go there. Actually,
you're right. Go there. Alright? Google it. Well,
I'm very excited for you retro game con October
10th 11th and 12th at the on Center right here
in Syracuse our boy Danny's gonna be there will
be there I do want to say before we go our friends
at David's Refuge Diana and the crew They are
doing a it's driving this mission forward They're
going to be doing where you can actually take,
you can be a part of a race. You bring your car
to a track, and you're genuinely the Pine View
Run Champion Challenge. You're in a race, and
you can do a couple things. You can be a part
of the race itself, or you can sponsor. There's
a lot that they are looking for, so I'm gonna
put it up on the screen, but training day is
August 14th, and then the race day is September
13th. You will have to raise, they want you to
raise 3 ,000 or more in funds to do it, so each
person is responsible for getting those sponsors
and stuff like that. They're making a huge impact
with it. I wish I had more info, but you can
check it out. The Pine View Run Champion Challenge
brought to you by David's Refuge. And that is
you can scan here to sign up, which I'll pop
up on the screen. And you can email Rebecca Andre
at davidsrefuge .org with any questions. So I
just want to make sure I mentioned that. Got
anything else before we go, buddy? Yeah, we should
we should definitely call out Josh. We should
call call out Josh to come play you want to like
officially calm calm a bitch or something Hey
Josh Allen, I Am one of your biggest fans, but
I'm not like fanboy I'm a mixture between fanboy.
Yeah. I love you. I do. I'm a fan and You are
our savior from the hell that was the bills for
many decades, but you're a great guy off off
the field and see for me Danny I judge my heroes
not who and who they are and how they act on
stage as I get older it's who they are and how
they act off stage and Josh Allen is not only
in my opinion one of probably the most athletic
person to ever play the quarterback position
and I don't think that's out of school to say
athletically I'm not getting into debate who's
the greatest quarterback of all time, but athletically,
I mean, it's unbelievable. So obviously he's
amazing on the field, but off the field, dude,
he does so much for charity. And I know a lot
of NFL players do, but he goes above and beyond.
He does a lot for charity. He's funny. He's just
a great person all around. And he loves games.
And he loves the game Catan. Catan? Catan. Catan,
Catan. Catan, Catan, orange, orange. And we,
we would love... to have Josh Allen come. Josh,
if you're listening to this, come on down here.
Come on to Syracuse. Come down. We'll have some
wings. We'll get the blue cheese ready. We'll
play some Catan. That's it. Love you, buddy.
That's it. That's probably all I should have
said. You got all sentimental. I got way too
into it. Josh, you're just a bro. Yeah, he's
just a bro, and we're bros, and we want to play
Catan with you. And we want you to hurdle the
game board like you do in the game. Just... All
right, buddy. Well... Let me officially end this.
That is the end of Good News York, episode 70,
Wednesday edition. We will be back tomorrow with
Ed Chourette, who is my cousin, and he is a great
filmmaker in New York City. And by the way, wow,
that'll be two family members on the show in
one week. I had my sister yesterday. And Matt
will be back next week. We can't wait for that.
Because this place is on fire Anyway, I'm Mike
Brindisi. This is Good News York sponsored by
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