Unlocking What Was Cool

About Unlocking What Was Cool

New Episodes every Thursday! Formerly The GameCube Was Cool/Unlocking What Was Cool. Mike Laine, Neil Gilbert, and many exciting guest hosts are back with a brand new podcast: Switch 2 The Past where they discuss the past, present, and future of video games with a focus on all things Nintendo.

Publisher

Was Cool Productions

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 May 2020

Latest episode

6 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 236 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Aug 2026

   Mike & Neil Chats

   It’s chattime! No not the successful Taiwanese bubble tea company, it’s time for Mike & Neil to sit down and have a chat. Everything from Toronto, to big Rain conspiracies, to groceries is on the table in an episode that is totally not a few other episodes that had no homes spliced together….Additionally stick around to the end to hear an important announcement from the boys!

2. 

   30 Jul 2026

   Physical Media in Gaming

   With the latest news of Sony announcing no physical media for their games starting in 2028 and Rockstar only releasing GTA VI as a download code, the era of physical media in gaming seems to be coming to a close. From two avid physical media supporters this is of course concerning for Mike & Neil as they remember unwrapping Pokemon Red on Christmas morning, something that a download card really can’t match. Join the boys for this very special episode, and look for the CD-ROM of this episode at your local GameStop in 2028.

3. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Nintendo DS Shovelware

   Before the world had smart phones and apps were just a tap away, there was a world where DS cartridges of “My Stop Smoking Coach” and “Imagine Girl Band” were found in the bin of your local drugstore. Yes it’s another shovelware episode from Switch 2 The Past. Friend of the show Erin from Fake Gamer Girls joins the show to discuss the DS, the explosion of shovelware for the console, and if Alan Carr really cured Sir Anthony Hopkins of his smoking addiction.

Inside a recent episode

Nintendo Direct & Summer Game News

Published 11 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We love we heard rumors. There was a lot of talk that a direct was going to come. Why Nintendo didn't just tell us way ahead of time when Summer Games kind of week was going on and they were going to do the same week. I don't know, but it's the Nintendo way. It's time for another classic Nintendo moment. Yeah, none of this makes sense anymore. I really do miss... That's not a joke. I really do miss E3. Something to, like, just wrangle everybody together and be like, here are your three days. Figure it out. Like, we need to have something that kind of brings this all back together. Because we used to, like, get together with friends. […]

Who has been a guest on Unlocking What Was Cool

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kira
• Marcello
• Luigi
• Cam

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

53 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

131 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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