The Last Guardian has been on my backlog list for quite a while and never got around to it until now. I'm joined by friend of the show Dave Jackson from Tales From the Backlog to discuss the third game in this makeshift trilogy from Fumita Ueda. Ueda has a very different approach to game design compared to the rest of the industry and Dave and I had a great time being able to break this one down. We discuss how this game doesn't respect your time and why that's a good thing in this instance, why Trico is such an amazing character, the world building and lots more!
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Shout-out Song: Forest
Composer: Takeshi Furukawa
Performed by: Billy Qvarnström
Album: N/A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8SHHMCpno
End Song: Epilogue
Composer: Takeshi Furukawa
Performed by: Auri Forda
Album: N/A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tcUIhYCgiA
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Some games burn brightly and flame out. Others have a long tail where people are consistently discovering it years after it launched. Everquest is one of those odd cases where both of those outcomes are true.
Joining me today is author and tech journalist Matt Smith to talk about his recently released book from Boss Fight Books all about Everquest. We talk about why he chose to write about Everquest, what about the game captivated him back in the day and presently, Everquest's place in game history and how it could have possibly been saved from the juggernaut that was World of Warcraft.
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Shout-out Song: Everquest Opening Theme
Artist: Jay Barbeau
Album: Everquest Soundtrack
https://youtu.be/AKj36GJj_i8?si=CLx3VEeWKXgw7XbC
End Song: Kelethin (2.0)
Artist: Jay Barbeau
Album: Everquest Soundtrack
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You know... I am not a fan of this Zelda cartoon. And just when I think Link can't get more problematic he finds a way. We are of course talking about episode 5 of the Legend of Zelda Cartoon, "Sing for the Unicorn". I am, as always, joined by my co-host with the mo-host Dexter Morrill to break it down. We talk about Link being more creepy than before, how Gannon likes to name various things, the opposite of the evil jar and much more!
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Shout-out Song: The Legend of Lofi
Artist: Dj Cutman & James Landino
Album: N/A
https://gamechops.com/legend-of-lofi/
End Song: Song of Storms
Artist: Tudd & General Offensive
Album: N/A
https://gamechops.com/storms/
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Kicking off 2025 I am joined by my good friend Gabe Swarr to talk about a series of indie games he has made called the Bub-O games! The newest game in the series, Bub-O Burst, just came out so I wanted to have Gabe on to talk about his charming puzzle/action series! We are also joined by the composer for Bub-O Burst, a chiptune music legend, Seth Sternberger of 8 Bit Weapon!
We talk about the all of the games in the Bub-O series, what it was like to shift gears to a slightly different genre for this new entry, it's music (which Seth goes into detail about it is quite possibly the first ever roguelike soundtrack for a game?) and much more!
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Shout-out Song: Bub-Burst
Artist: Seth Sternberger
Album: N/A
https://www.gabeswarr.com/game
End Song: Chip on Your Shoulder
Artist: 8 Bit Weapon
Album: Chiptopia - Best of 8 Bit Weapon and ComputeHer
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