About McQuaid Arcade

1980: it was the year that gave us Pac-Man, The Empire Strikes Back, and the Rubik’s Cube. It was also the year a legendary friendship was born.

Bigs and Scot have been playing video games and watching movies together for over forty years. For many of those years, they dreamed of an outlet with which to share their love of games, movies, tech, toys and more from the 1980s (and beyond!) with the world. During the great pandemic podcast boom of 2020, their dream became a reality and the McQuaid Arcade podcast was born!

Meet Your New Favorite Podcast Hosts

Bigs

Favorite Video Games:

Retro: The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Metroid
Modern: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Just Cause 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Favorite Movies:

Predator, The Goonies, The Blues Brothers, Top Gun, The Lord of the Rings, The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi, Iron Man, Ghostbusters.

Favorite podcast that isn’t McQuaid Arcade:

The Portal (Eric Weinstein)

Other Hobbies/Interests:

Baking bread and pizza, Acupuncture and alternative medicine, the paranormal and unexplained phenomena

Fun fact:

I’ve practiced French on DuoLingo every day for over 2,000 consecutive days mais c’est toujours très difficile pour moi!

Scot

Favorite Video Games:

Retro: The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. 2, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Psychonauts, Resident Evil
Modern: Half-Life 2, Skyrim, Bioshock, Resident Evil 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, The Last of Us

Favorite Movies:

Star Wars (the original trilogy), Jurassic Park, The Goonies, True Romance, The Lost Boys, Ghostbusters, Big Trouble In Little China, Return of the Living Dead

Favorite podcast that isn’t McQuaid Arcade:

GFW Radio, aka 97.5 The Brodeo is still the best podcast about games, ever.

Other Hobbies/Interests:

Drawing, reading comics, going for walks with my dog The Amazing Meatball™, tinned fish, watching Three’s Company and Star Trek.

Fun fact:

I use an average of six packets of Fire Sauce per item ordered at Taco Bell.