In this episode of THE BURNZO CAST, Matt takes us back to the 1990s when he used to go to his favorite video arcade The Dream Machine, which was located in The Walpole Mall of Walpole, MA. This was the arcade where he would play his favorite video arcade games, including Mortal Kombat, Terminator 2: The Arcade Game, Lethal Enforcers, X-Men, The Simpsons, NBA Jam, Feed Big Bertha, Wheel’m In, and many more. Join Matt for this nostalgic love letter to the video arcade era.

In this sixth episode of THE BURNZO CAST, Matt brings us back to 1997 when he was first shown the Nintendo 64 game Goldeneye 007 (aka ‘Bond’) and it was love at first sight. In addition to providing an in-depth retrospective of Goldeneye, Matt also revisits such Nintendo 64 game classics as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Perfect Dark.

In this episode of THE BURNZO CAST, Matt talks screenwriting and provides two solid plans that will help get your screenplay done in a smooth, timely and efficient manner. Whether you’re a beginner screenwriter writing your first screenplay or a veteran screenwriter struggling with a current work in progress, this podcast episode could potentially be a game changer for you.

In this episode of THE BURNZO CAST, Matt takes us back to the 1990s when skateboarding was arguably at its peak of popularity. Among other things, Matt reminisces over his first skateboard (a Bart Simpson “Vehicle of Destruction”), his favorite skateboarding tricks, his skater clothing of choice, his favorite indoor/outdoor skate parks, his favorite Powell-Peralta-produced skate videos and even his favorite beverages of choice while skateboarding.

In this episode of The Burnzo Cast, Matt Burns talks about his love for Boston-based comic book/CD/DVD/clothing/novelty store Newbury Comics. Burns discusses how blown away he was when he first went to the store on Boston’s famous Newbury Street in the mid-1990s and how all the weirdo employees left such an impression on him. What ensued was a life-long love affair with Newbury Comics, not just at the flagship Newbury Street location but also at the suburban stores that popped up in the late-1990s and 2000’s.

In this episode of The Burnzo Cast, Matt Burns revisits the shopping mall age of the late-1980s and 1990s, specifically focusing on a favorite mall from his childhood: the Emerald Square Mall in North Attleboro, MA. Not only does Burns provide a brief history of the Emerald Square Mall but he also discusses many of the mall’s most well-known stores from its heyday, including Suncoast, Brookstone, Hot Topic, Spencer Gifts, KB Toys, Tape World, Lechmere, the WGBH store, Lecterns and even one of the coolest video game stores that ever existed: Capcon!

Struggling to write your very first novel? Or maybe you're a veteran writer struggling with your current work in progress? This podcast episode will provide a step-by-step guide to getting your novel done in a timely and efficient manner.