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Ep. 364 - Way More Chooms, with Kieron Gillen
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Author and journalist Kieron Gillen joins the panel to cover the golden age of games journalism, Squaresoft’s 1996 SNES licensed X-Men JRPG, and the mysterious Hat Man. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Kieron Gillen. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
- Riders on the Storm
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- The Doors
- Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
- Mutant
- Amiga Power
- Eisner Awards
- Hugo Award
- Amiga
- Mister Sinister
1: What’s the difference between game culture and comics culture? (04:44)
- Jack Kirby
- Twine
- Al Ewing
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Gamergate (harassment campaign)
- Sad Puppies
- Jim Rossignol
2: In tabletop game design, how do you make a game that allows players to do anything, while maintaining a unique identity? (10:03)
- Mörk Borg
- OSR
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Baldurs Gate III
- Baldur’s Gate 3 is a masterpiece built on a bad tabletop game
3: What’s the closest a video game has come to ruining your life? (17:19)
- World of Warcraft
- World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade
- Clash of Clans
- Princess Pajama
- Infinity Nikki
- Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
- Sonic Advance 3
- Nintendo Official Magazine UK
- Circuit City
- World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King
- MUSH
- Space Invaders
- The Sims Online
- Grand Theft Auto IV
4: The year is 1996. Squaresoft wants you to design their final game for the SNES, a licensed X-Men RPG. What have you got? (27:22)
- Squaresoft
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- X-Men
- Image Comics
- Jim Lee
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- Storm
- Rise of the Robots
- Wolverine
- Princess Maker
- Charles Xavier
- Final Fantasy
- Sentinel
- Spider-Man
- The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback!
- Days of Future Past
- Chrono Trigger
- Callisto
- Marrow
- Giant-Size X-Men
- Cyclops
- Colossus
- Thunderbird
- Jean Grey
5: PersonalMatthew asks, how important is it that someone writing about videogames be “good” at videogames? (34:33)
- Madden
- DLSS
- Digital Trends
- Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
- Demonschool
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Persona
- Shin Megami Tensei
6: What was the golden age of video game journalism? (40:53)
LIGHTNING ROUND: High Scoring (47:22)
Recommendations and Outro (57:22):
- Kieron: The Power Fantasy, We Called Them Giants
- Frank: Go read Kieron’s comics
- Brandon: If you’re feeling cold tuck your shirt into your pants, Manga documentary 1982, The Great Cleric if you want some extremely mid anime, follow Brandon on Bluesky
- Ash: Game Changers on HBO Max
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