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SuperFamiCompLit exists as a video game book club that you are more than welcome to play along with! It’s a show in which we discuss games “in context” ie with respect to their canonical, spiritual and covert predecessors and descendants. While the show is primarily mechanically focused we talk abou…

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    SFCL 1Up 2Drink Minimum: Roundabout

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2016 92:23


    Yo dawgs, welcome to another episode of SuperFamiCompLit 1Up 2 Drink Minimum! Today the gang deep dives roundabout and brooches the complex subject of game mechanics as narrative and comedic devices. Listen and enjoy :O

    SFCL Black Disk Mix : The World Ends With You

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016 54:57


    Hello and welcome Back to SuperFamiCompLit, my name is Rocky Hardee and you’re listening to a Black Disk Mix, where we delve into the arrangements and interludes of notable games.  Today, we’ll be exploring into the original soundtrack for The World Ends With You.

    SFCL 1Up 2 Drink Minimum: Contradiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016 112:06


    Yo all, Joe here. Today's release is another ep of Brian and Gruici's subseries SuperFamiCompLit: 1Up 2 Drink Maximum. Not even gonna lie I haven't had a chance to listen to this but bet its stellar as usual ;) Anyway its about the FMV murder mystery Contradiction spot the liar so fill up a stein/glass/shot and get in on it :D

    SFCL: Seasonal Spooky Selections

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2016 55:29


    In this edition of Black Disk Mixes, Rocky explores the soundtrack in Square Enix's wildly imaginative, critically accalimed The World Ends With You for the Nintendo DS. Featured artists include: Takeharu Ishimoto, Londell "Taz" Hicks, and Jyongri. [Editors note: Sorry for the lateness but here's our very delayed Halloween (and now more fallish) episode :O - Joe]

    SuperFamiCompLit: D Part 3 (The Game Itself)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 75:34


    Hello hello and welcome to the final episode of our October series on D and survival horror! Enjoy your Halloween treats and find out about our mixed feelings on the product of a one-of-a-kind game auteur!

    SuperFamiCompLit: D Pt. 2: Kenji Eno and Warp

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2016 53:50


    Welcome back to our October series on Survival Horror with this second part on the man, the myth, the legend behind 1995's D, Keni Eno and his company WARP!

    SuperFamiCompLit: D Pt. 1: Survival Horror History

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2016 70:36


    Hello and welcome to SFCL's Halloween themed series of episodes on Kenji Eno's 1995 Horror classic D AKA D no Shokutaku! On this episode we join our heroes as they discuss their experience with horror, vampire hunting and FMV.   Sidenote: The D on the box may stand for dracula...

    SuperFamiCompLit: Fall 2016 Preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2016 157:25


    Bienenidos a un ironically not-so-quick new episode of SuperFamiCompLit: Quicksave. In this extra long episode we preview the releases of the fall, talk about the delineations and borders of the indie movement and steel ourselves to the desert of enjoyment that was Kenji Eno's D no Shokutaku.

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    SFCL: 1Up 2 Drink Minimum - Huniepop!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2016 184:16


    In this uprecedentedly NC-17 episode of the podcast, Brian and Daniel take advantage of the boss being out of the office to talk about Dating Sims, PUA's, Catgirls and worst of all... MATCH THREE GAMES! Welcome to the horrifying intersection of those topics known as Huniepop! ENJOY THIS, THE FIRST EP OF OUR NEW SHOW, SUPERFAMICOMPLIT 1UP 2DRINK MINIMUM!

    SFCL - Wario Land II - Part B (The Game Itself)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2016 119:50


    In this second episode Joe and Scoggin discuss the mechanics, stages and design of Wario Land 2 in-depth. Inevitably it not only gets compared to its prequels and sequels but to its not-so-secret big brother: The Mario Land and Mario Brothers series. Join us in exploring the world of this hybrid exploratory action-puzzle-platformer!

    SFCL - Wario Land II - Part A (Series History)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2016 133:35


    Ciao e Benvenuto to the new episode of SFCL. In this two-parter Joe, Andrew Scoggin and Brian break down the games in of and around the Wario Land series. Dan Ryckert of GiantBomb.com inevitably comes up in discussion along with the image of italians and jews in the japanese imagination. Needless to say its kind of a crazy ep but I swear to god there's a decent amount of gold to be found in this swamp. Vieni con noi!

    SuperFamiCompLit: Firewatch Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 84:08


    Welcome to the final Part of our coverage of Firewatch! Things go fully off the rails when we investigate the sight of a tax-evasion explosion from the 1970's vaguely associated with Best Buy. I swear its more coherent than that so... give it a listen and his us up :D

    SuperFamiCompLit: Firewatch Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2016 84:25


    Welcome to part 2 of our series on Firewatch, where we go deep into discussions of Body Double and start a long trip off the rails... Enjoy!?

    SuperFamiCompLit: Firewatch Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 75:43


    Hello hello and welcome to the beginning of our series of episodes on Firewatch! This game prompted a lot of discussion among the hosts and may or may not have been a much better game to discuss than to play. Play it, listen to the eps and help us decide :D

    SFCL Failed Movie Cast: Fantasy Mission Force

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2016 100:01


    Hello Hello and welcome to a very strange episode of Superfamicomplit and by superfamicomplit I really mean a somewhat unrelated failed pilot for a sister podcast dissecting bad hong kong movies. Welcome to our cast on Fantasy Mission force, a movie nominally starring Jackie chan that was released in 1984 and is free and available all over youtube. This is a movie commentary track so its encouraged to be listened to while watching the movie so... queue up youtube , sync it with the show as best you can and... enjoy this trainwreck of a movie and of a podcast!

    SFCL: Late as Hell E3 Extravaganza!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2016 78:09


    The title says it all ;)

    SuperFamiCompLit Quicksave: Rebirth!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2016 72:28


    Hello Hello and welcome back to the world of SuperFamiCompLit! It's been awhile but we're glad you've returned! For new fans SFCL (as we like to call it) is a sort of hobbyist video game book club where we get together to play and discuss (in great depth) the history, production and experience of games. These "Quicksave" episodes serve as the rare exception where we instead talk about what going on in the world of games and our own lives. Come, stay awhile and enjoy :D

    Street Fighter II Part B (Gameplay and Diegetic History)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2016 87:08


    Hey all, sorry to tell you but you've reached the end of the road... The podcast is over for now. Long story short I'm currently working full time and in grad school part time and thus till graduation (May) I'll be too busy to run the show. Thus for now we gotta say Sayonara ;~;But rejoice we leave you with one last episode for now. Please enjoy this card to you reading "Till we meet again."

    Street Fighter II Part A (Fighting Games History)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2016 92:09


    Hello hello and welcome to what may be one of the last episodes of the show before we have to go on hiatus.I'll go into the details of that on another post but just know that we'll probably be back in may, older, stronger and more well rested?Anyway, today's episode is the beginning of our coverage on Street Fighter II. With SFV coming out this past month we thought it'd be a great time to go over the long and storied history of the series and the genre it gave birth to!Without further ado, STREET FIGHTER II!

    SFCL: Black Disk Mix 4: Final Fantasy Legend II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2016 43:27


    Hello Hello,Welcome once again to SuperFamiCompLit: Black Disk Mix. This week I solo Final Fantasy Legend II a game near and dear to my heart. The game is plausibly to blame for a number of obcessions in my life: JRPG's, Mythology and Proto Indo European linguistics.Hope you not only enjoy the music but are inspired to check out such an awesome game!- Joe(PS. We recorded the Street Fighter II episode this past Saturday and it will be up next weekend! - Joe)

    SFCL Pokemon R/S/E (/ORAS): Elite 4 & Delta Chapter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2016 124:17


    Bonjour and welcome to the final episode of our pokemon extravaganza!This week we discuss the Hoenn Elite 4 (initial matches and Level 70+ rematches) and the ORAS exclusive Delta Chapter!Join us as we ride the mega evolution of one of the members of the Wu-Tang clan into space to fight genetics!?Next Week: Street Fighter 2Week After: Quicksave

    SFCL Pokemon R/S/E (/ORAS): Gyms 1-8 & Team Aqua/Magma

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2016 137:45


    Hola hola!On this second part of SFCL's pokemon extravaganza, we talk about the main chunk of the game, wherein a 12 year old child beats all his gym challenges and defeats a major criminal organization while saving the world from primal force in the mold of babylonian myths!Enjoy!Next Week: Pokemon Part 3Week After the above: Street Fighter 2Week After SF2: Quicksave

    SFCL Pokemon R/S/E (/ORAS): Series Overview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2016 180:04


    Hello Hello and welcome to the long delayed SFCL Pokemon Extravaganza!On this weeks episode myself and my abnormally large crew (in quantity rather than corpulence) go through each pokemon generation with new eyes.Some spoilers:- Turns out gen 1 was kind of broken from a design and programming standpoint.- NO ONE likes gen 4.   Anyway next week we'll be covering Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and ORAS themselves so stay tuned and Enjoy!   [Tentative Upcoming Schedule:]Next Week: Pokemon Part 2Week After That: Pokemon Part 3Week After the above: Street Fighter 2Week After SF2: Quicksave

    SuperFamiCompLit: Black Disk Mix 003: Xenogears

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2016 32:58


    Hello Hello dear listeners!This week we're coming at y'all with a new edition of our music side-cast Black Disk Mix, this time looking over the history and music of Xenogears... one of the most ambitious and contentious JRPG's of all time!This is the first Austin solo episode so hope y'all enjoy :DNote: Next week we'll begin our long series on Pokemon (Specifically Ruby and Sapphire) which we recorded this past weekend. Enjoy!

    SFCL Side Quest 004: Hotline Miami

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2016 79:40


    On today's episode Rocky and Austin take the wheel in Joe's absence and give us a trippy analysis of the psychedelic fever dream that is Hotline Miami!Hotline Miami is a topdown, action/shooter with combat puzzle elements. It's hard as hell but addictive. "Turn on, tune in, drop out".

    SFCL Game of the Year 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016 116:30


    Hello hello and welcome to our recap show for 2015! Though we're about two weeks into 2016 we wanted to sit down and reflect on the shows past and future along with debate our favorite and most looked forward to experiences of the last and coming years.Enjoy!

    SFCLEp006D: Dungeon 7 to End

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 67:12


    For the final part of our Link's Awakening marathon myself and Austin finish the game and get... way to deep into Koholint based naval gazing. ENJOYYYYYYYYY

    SFCLEp006C: Link's Awakening - Dungeons 1- 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2015 101:20


    Part 3 of our series on Link's awakening. We cover dungeons 1-6. Disclaimer: this episode is heavily edited because the audio recording of one host is missing and I had to stich together the two remaining ones (myself and Austin) into a cohesive whole so while everything was said at the time the order of some clips and explanations are completely reconstructed.

    SFCLEp006B: Link's Awakening - Intro to Koholint

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2015 83:37


    On today's episode we give you an intro to the world of Koholint, the Island on which Link finds himself for the majority of this adventure.We introduce the characters and the general gameplay of this awesome entry in the Zelda series!

    SFCLEp006A: Zelda: Link's Awakening (Series History)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2015 88:51


    Hello Hello Faithful Listeners!Today we begin to delve into the massive history of a series near and dear to many of our hearts: The Legend of Zelda! In preparation for our episodes on the ins and outs of Link's awakening we go through and hit all the classics (Such as Link to the Past and Ocarina) the hidden gems (Minish Cap and Link Between Worlds) and the absolute garbage (The CD-i Games).Enjoy :)

    SFCL Quicksave 001

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 106:39


    Hello Hello,Welcome to the first episode of SuperFamiCompLit Quicksave, a game in which we try our hand at a more traditional/current events style video game podcast.Sorry its a bit late but this week we talk about a TONNNNN of stuff including:- Fallout 4 - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - Wario Land 1/2/3/4 - League of Legends - Bravely Default - Frog Fractions - Arkham Night - Star Wars - Dragon Warrior 7/8Enjoy!

    SFCL Black Disk Mix 002: Kartia

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2015 19:31


    This week we go into and talk about the music of a game I had literally never heard of. Turns out as the result of a possible theft on the part of furniture movers and a convenient trip to the Philippines, Austin got really into KARTIA!

    SFCL SQ 003: Pac-man Championship Edition DX +

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 97:41


    Hello hello faithful listeners!Sorry for the wait but here's our discussion of a shallow but fun modern update to the classic arcade game.Enjoy!

    SFCL Ep 005B: Ikaruga (Gameplay & Outtakes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 78:52


    Hola! Today we get into the meat of Ikaruga itself and find ourselves humbled by the titanic challenge of one of the most difficult shmups of all time. Find out why you probably shouldn't be ashamed of not making it past level 3. Venture on brave pilots!

    SFCL Ep 005A: Ikaruga (Shmup & Treasure History)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2015 73:52


    Hello and welcome listeners. I hope you all had a safe and spooky Halloween.Speaking of which, welcome to SFCL Episode 5A, on the decidedly non-spooky Shmup, Ikaruga!Come in a sit awhile as we discuss the long and glorious history of one of the oldest video game Genres (going all the way back to 1962). Additionally we touch on a spectacular developer much less well known than their games: Treasure.

    SFCL Black Disk Mix 000: Power Quest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2015 13:10


    Welcome dear listeners! You are about to become part of an experiment. An experiment of sight and sound... well mostly sound but BEHOLD. The first episode of SuperFamiCompLit Black Disk Mix a show in which we cover obscure retro game soundtracks.Obscure by virtue of either coming from an unpopular game or a game in which the soundtrack somehow went unnoticed or underappreciated. Bear witness to the birth of a new era and be baptized in the 90's house torrent of POWER QUEST.Anyway, hope you enjoy! Don't forget to subscribe us on itunes, follow us on Tumblr at Superfamicomplit.tumblr.com and hit us up on twitter with #SFCLTalk.   - Joe

    SFCL SQ 002: Ganbare Goemon AKA Legend of the Mystical Ninja

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2015 90:41


    In this ep we play the first game in the Goemon series to see stateside release :)

    SFCL Ep 004C: Necrodancer Outtakes and Next Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2015 35:30


    On this ep we decide to play Ikaruga for the next ep and show you a boatload of outtakes. And a really long Animal Crossing  diversion.ENJOY

    SFCL Ep 004B: Crypt of the Necrodancer: The Game Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2015 78:53


    In this episode we discuss the game itself and its mechanics and our (mostly partial) playthroughs. The first full ep with a cast larger than 3 since 2012!

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    SFCL_Ep004A: Crypt of the Necrodancer: History of Roguelikes and Rhythm Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015 60:22


    In the first part of our three part series on Crypt of the Necrodancer we explore the history of these two disparate genres and their unlikely but amazing offspring!

    SFCL Sidequest Episode 001: Mendel Palace AKA Quinty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015 90:17


    So we've decided to start a new subseries of which this is the first episode! There are 2 main pursposes to this new subseries: Explore games that are of note by pedigree or in and of themselves but that somehow fell through the cracks Interesting/ Notable games that simply lack enough material for a full episode   Today's game fulfills both qualities as Mendel Palace is the first effort of Game Freak (AKA the people behind pokemon). Hope yall enjoy!FYI: The next game sidequest ep 002 is Mystical Ninja/ Ganbare Goemon for the SNES/Super Famicom :)

    SFCL Ep 003C: Cave Story and Our Favorite Metroidvanias!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2015 40:15


    In this episode we talk about Cave Story, our favorite metroidvanias and what we'll be playing next.For those of you who are impatient, next months selection is The Crypt of the Necrodancer. Though the game is a recent release we hope it will offer us a chance to discuss the long history of roguelike and procedurally generated games!

    SuperFamiCompLit Episode 003B: Cave Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2015 65:23


    In this episode we go thorugh cave story level by level and analyze the engine, stages and how they tie into the (somewhat infuriating) narrative!

    SuperFamiCompLit Episode 3A: Cave Story!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2015 59:08


    SFCL Episode 3 A in which we discuss the precedent/context, development and effects of Cave Story :)

    SuperFamiCompLit Episode 000: Super Mario Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2015 94:41


    A pre-hiatus episode in which we discuss Super Mario Brothers and its popularization of and influence on the the Platformer genre!Featured Game: Super Mario Brothers Extra Credit Game: Super Mario Brothers The Lost Levels Extra Extra Credit: Mario Brothers (Arcade) Extra^3 Credit: PaclandTAGS: SFCL, SuperFamiCompLit, Retro Games, Video Games

    SuperFamiCompLit Episode 002: Wolfenstein 3D

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2015 69:13


    A pre-hiatus episode in which we discuss Wolfenstein 3D and its popularization of the the FPS genre!Featured Game: Wolfenstein 3D Extra Credit Game: Doom Extra Extra Credit: Super Noah's Ark 3D TAGS: SFCL, SuperFamiCompLit, Retro Games, Video Games

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