
#085 - "Channel-6 Player Melee in Manhattan" (TMNT: Shredder's Revenge)
The lasting appeal of the TMNT, the original voice cast for the 4 shell-heads, the turtles as personality archetypes, and how to nail retro authenticity without being tempted to subvert expectations.....
18 Heinä 20221h 54min

#084 - "Simon SNEZ" (Super Castlevania IV)
The dark lord of censorship and the puritanical cultural movement fueling it, what makes a game a horror game, fake Castlevania titles, the future of Castlevania, and so much delicious Mode 7... I'm t...
5 Heinä 20221h 45min

#083 - "An Introvert's Guide to Geology, Dating, and Horticulture" (Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town)
The idealized work of video games contrasted with the manual labor of real life, the value and practicality of play, the very first farm sim, and how casual is not a dirty word ... I'm the Well-Red Ma...
26 Kesä 20222h 7min

#082 - "You're Gonna Need A Bigger Podcast" (Jaws)
A randomized single-screen permadeath shmup roguelike with a stalker enemy, top-down overworld, and RPG elements, speedrunning and shark week, fishing games and horror movies, and the odd surprise of ...
14 Kesä 20221h 57min

#081 - "Hayao Miyazaki's Legend of Zelda" (Crystalis)
Oppenheimer, the Cold War, the Bomb, and Crystalis, a hidden gem or cult classic? Plus learning to forgive the negative qualities of retro games chalked up to their contextual limitations while holdin...
31 Touko 20222h 1min

#080 - "Do the Mario" (Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix)
How Dance Dance Revolution lived and died on home consoles, how classical music actually fits the Marioverse, and how to think of rhythm games as timing-based games if you're not so musically inclined...
23 Touko 20221h 50min

#079 - "Finger Prince" (Elden Ring)
Navigating the swamps of difficulty discussion, inspirations behind FromSoft's latest going all the way back to the NES, two very different approaches to designing an open world, and the benefit of le...
16 Touko 20222h 6min

#078 - "Super Mario's Second Family" (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
We are the music makers but are you the dreamer or merely part of someone else's dream...? I'm the Well-Red Mage and this is MAGE CAST feat. Chris Osborne of Play Comics podcast! Promo code: RED10 Pa...
3 Touko 20221h 43min



















