The Art Eater Podcast

The entire Art Eater crew is on for this episode as we discuss our initial thoughts and nostalgic ramblings in reaction to the announcement trailer for Street Fighter 6. We have so many thoughts that this is only Part 1.

Art Eater keeps on rolling with our dive into Game Advertising. Richmond's favorite commercial of all-time, mascots, Batdance, Joseph Kosinski, Earthbound/Mother and more!

Art Eater has a skeleton crew this week with Richmond and AJ continuing our dive into Game Advertising. In Part 2, we discuss Japan vs. USA, Street Fighter x Tekken, Pokemon and more!

The Art Eater crew embarks upon a massive and surprisingly meaty topic. Game Advertising. In Part 1, we discuss the shockingly inappropriate, sometimes smart and often mind bending avantgarde days of early console advertising. Print ads, weird videos, demo discs and more! 

Happy Valentine's Day! The Art Eater crew celebrates by talking about LUV in games - our favorite couples, relationships, games - discussing Pokemon, Street Fighter, Catherine, Xenogears and more. Also, Thomas sings French songs of romance and its amazing. 

The Art Eater Crew is joined by well-known fighting game competitor and commentator, Hellpockets. We talk about his history in the FGC (Fighting Game Community), some KOF history and we dive into the upcoming release of King of Fighters XV by SNK.

The Art Eater Crew brings in Chinese New Year 2022 - The Year of the Tiger by talking about...Tigers in video games! We talk Bloody Roar, Tekken, Tecmo Knight, Martial Masters, Tiger Electronics and even Ty: The Tasmanian Tiger...

The Art Eater crew comes together for our first (recording) of 2022 to talk about 2020 - Part 2 (2021) - games we played, things we enjoyed and what we are looking forward too...Turbo Teen, Resident Evil, the Sonic engine and more!

The Art Eater Crew discusses our first impressions of the upcoming fighting game DNF Duel by 8ing & Arc System Works and our experiences and thoughts playing the recent beta test.

The Art Eater crew talk about the King of Fighters XV Beta. James and Thomas, our resident fighting game experts go deep on SNK history and beta impressions.

The Art Eater crew talks Elden Ring, we start with deep analysis on Elden Ring trailers then move to Adam's experience with the beta along with extensive tangents where we speculate about Eldin Ring's story and break-down the extensive use of Norse imagery, implications of the lore and references in the game so far referencing its themes of forgiveness and class struggles not to mention some first gameplay impressions!

The Art Eater crew finds themselves in an unnamed wood on a cold night... We are joined by an extra spooky-special guest, creator of videos on old games, horror games, indie games - RagnarRox (@RagnarRoxShow). Sit by the campfire with us while we tell of spooky games and maybe the white stag will appear before us...

The Art Eater crew is joined again by character designer and art director, "The Other" Mike Judge (@goro_toro) for Part 2 of our discussion of favorite fighting game stages. The beauty of infinite stages, education on the accurarcy of French stages...everything from KOF, Samuari Showdown, Tekken, SVC and even Killer Instinct! 

The Art Eater crew is joined by character designer and art director, "The Other" Mike Judge (@goro_toro) to relax and discuss our favorite fighting game stages. 

Sonny Chiba recently and tragically passed away. He was a martial artist, film maker, director, producer, singer, lyricist, voice actor and so much more. A true legend in all types of media. The Art Eater crew reflects on his amazing and influential life. 

Join Richmond, Shawn and AJ for an almost 3am Games that we call...Midnight Snacks. We talk about some great games to play that aren't quite weird enough for 3am Games. Unexpected dystopian action games with anime influences, a cinematic first-person indie game,the canceled sequel to Prey, even Google Doodles aren't off table.

Join Richmond and Professor Andy for an intimate discussion of Evangelion in the form of raw reactions and thoughts from the last Evangelion movie, 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.

The Art Eater crew is joined again by Chris Ekins, the artist, programmer and composer of the fantastic indie title, Risk System (@RiskSystem_Game) to talk more about the aesthetics of Sega.

The Art Eater crew is joined by Chris Ekins, the artist, programmer and composer of the fantastic indie title, Risk System (@RiskSystem_Game) to talk about the aesthetics of Sega, a developer and publisher that has had tremendous influence on us and the industry as a whole.

Richmond and Professor Andy are joined for an intimate discussion about The Sega Dreamcast with Jörg Tittel - Director, Writer, Producer of Oiffy and now making VR game, The Last Worker and cinematic event, A Winters Journey. Learn about the last console that Sega made, its early history, the unique launch titles, its role Japan's internet infrastructure and its influences on the Indie video game scene.

We continue discussing Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk who recently passed away. Rutger Hauer movies, Miura's personal stories, ideals and caricatures, Sam Raimi fandom plus real historial coincidences, Persian symbols, Guin Saga and more. We discuss the various influences on Miura as he developed Berserk over the years. This will be Part 3 of our Series of episodes on Berserk.

We continue on our discussion of the impact of Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk who recently passed away. Heroes with big swords to Akuma to martial arts gear then from Devil May Cry to Valkyrie Profile and even Marvel comics and movies. We discuss the dramatic and extensive impact Berserk has left in our modern media. This will be Part 2 of our Series of episodes on Berserk.

Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk recently passed away at too young an age. Berserk is one of the most popular and influential mangas and stories of modern media. The Art Eater crew reflects on Miura-sensei's life and impact. This will be Part 1 of a Series of episodes on Berserk.

Thomas finally returns and its 3am : Soap opera class-struggle slapping, the deep internal fandom of Capcom, the origins of  Super Deformed (SD), stop motion cockroaches, Liquid television vibes, amazing cinematic pixel art and French culture and literature...

Spinning limos, kaiju insanity, new age speculative fiction, creative adaptations of classic tales, cinematic side scrollers and urban legend games that actually exist. Its 3am yet again for the Art Eater crew.

A new Art Eater segment has entered the arena! We call this Character Select. A segment where we talk about our favorite characters and go in-depth about what makes them great. To start, Favorite Fighting Game Characters ( Part 1 because...we can't get that into one or even 20 episodes).

Its the 20th Anniversary of Nintendo's influential hand-held console, Game Boy Advance. We talk about our favorite GBA games plus hidden gems you should find and try that were created during this golden era of games.

MS-DOS Nightmare colors, Book of Enoch metrosexuals, Saturday morning cartoons with insanity and the weird but real era of celebrity nonsense game tie-ins. It feels like 3AM...  

A casual episode where Richmond is joined by @AJMattis, @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to dicuss things we such as the music of Osamu Shoji, Cyberfunk and in-game radio stations and more. James introduces us to his folder - 3AM Games spawned by Grasshopper's Let it Die. *This episode spawned our new podcast lane, 3am Games. https://3amgames.libsyn.com/

Regular guest, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) returns with Shawn and Richmond to recap our impressions of the recent Guilty Gear Strive Open Beta. Spoilers...we liked it and we are going to gush about it. Join us for art, mechanics, beer holding and more. 

Recurring guest, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) returns with Richmond and Shawn to discuss the various teasers for Resident Evil Village and discuss the influences and ethos of the Resident Evil Series as its evolved over time. Crazy mansions, Shinji Mikami's influences, the impact of Noboru Sugimura's Tokusatsu writing, Chris Redfield's character and buffness plus speculations on RE Village. 

Richmond, Shawn and James (@Beefy_Kunoichi) go back in time and discuss the launch of one of the uncelebrated consoles, Sega Dreamcast. The Cinnamon Bun, 9.9.9, launch titles galore including Power Stone and shape language, House of the Dead II arcade feel and VMU bling chains.

@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) are back to continue discussing X-Men: Children of the Atom. Super jumping, super heroes and super big sprites -- Dragon Ball as required reading at Capcom and Hokuto no Ken influences, the COTA sound design as well as industry context on how Capcom developed the game.

@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) RETURN to discuss influential classic, X-Men: Children of the Atom. We talk Jim Lee, Rob Liefeid Levis, Michiko Nishiwaki, Magneto's Bruce Lee references, Katsuya Akitomo's influence and more...

Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins again plus returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to discuss Vampire Savior 2 and finish out our series on the history of Darkstalkers. Deep gameplay discussion, secret characters and modes and some honest to goodness beautiful and inspiring thoughts.

Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins again as well as returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to continue our exploration of Darkstalkers with its third game, Vampire Savior. Bishōnen and Gakuen, B.B.Hood's subversive design, Hutch the Honeybee references and more...

Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins again as well as returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to continue our exploration of Darkstalkers with its second game, Vampire Hunter. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure references, Chinese Hopping Ghosts, logo evolution, insane backgrounds and more.

Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins the show along with returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to dive into the Darkstalkers series. Its gonna be a multiple episode guestravaganza where we gush about and analyze Capcom's stylish, quirky and beautiful Gothic horror fighting game series. First up, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.

James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) is back to gush with us over the latest announcements for Guilty Gear Strive including Leo Whitefang's redesign and an amazing brand new character, Nagoriyuki. Join us as we dive in : Zatoichi & Yasuke parallels, Blade vibes, Peanut Butter Banana Lobsters, color theory, Hōan robes. and more.

We are joined by special guest, Jonathan Kim (@personasama) - Animator on Indivisible, Skullgirls & the Scott Pilgrim game to talk about Persona and the new Shin Megami Tensei V trailer. Doujinshi, Namcot, intros to Persona and more!

Shawn gushes about the DNA of Suikoden I and II games while Richmond along with recurring guest - Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) dive deep into trailer and screens from the newly announced Eiyuden Chronicle by Rabbit & Bear Studios, a team of original Suikoden designers and other JRPG creators. We discuss the excitement behind who this team is and how cool it is that they are bringing an epic and fantastic classic JRPG built with modern design sense to reality.

Its the 10th Anniversary of King of Fighters XIII. Our now resident fighting game experts @Thomasorus, fighting game veteran and  journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) are BACK to jump in to this beautiful sprite-based game. The history of KOF, martial arts plus Hong Kong cinema influences and even style approaches coming from little-known 2D fighter Daraku Tenshi.

@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) are back for the INSANE conclusion to our six part series and to finally talk about Guilty Gear Strive. From Vogue and Balenciaga-esque fashion in the character designs to Zato being hot. We dive into the UI of the beta to 'Tinder Battle Arena' and even fonts. We go deep on new gameplay mechanics and more!

Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) is back along with @Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist and Chief Editor of Bas Gros Poing to discuss the technical genius and insanity of crafting a 2D anime fighting game in 3D while redefining fighting game styles yet again in Guilty Gear Xrd. 

@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist and Chief Editor of Bas Gros Poing returns along with, Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) to discuss Guilty Gear's era of creative experiments. We talk Arcsys history, Fist of the North Star, Battle Fantasia and more.

Enter a new challenger! @Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist and Chief Editor of Bas Gros Poing joins us along with returning guest, Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) to dive into the deep end of Guilty Gear XX (X2 in the US). We talk Bastard parallels, Guilty Gear lore, new additions to the cast, combo videos and more.

Professional artist and competitive fighting gamer, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) joins us again for Part 2 of our Guilty Gear series as we jam on its amazing second installment, Guilty Gear X. We talk being anime as hell, great stages, gatling combos, roman cancels, crazy character designs, typography and more. Are you Ready? Its Cool.

We are joined by creator of the comic, Part-Time Shuffle and competitive fighting game expert, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) to get deep into the bold, aural and beautiful fighting game series, Guilty Gear. Join us for this multi-part series as we start the original and work our way to the upcoming game, Guilty Gear Strive -- Heaven or Hell, Let's Rock!

Richmond and Shawn are back with some good'ol fashioned discussion about comfort games. From Heroes of the Storm to GeGeGe no Kitarō, we wrap ourselves in the warm blanket of our favorite games. The value of hand-crafted artistry and the solace of Final Fantasy Tactics or Xenogears reverberate as we discuss gaming and its ability to immerse you and sweep your mind away.

Richmond and Shawn are sheltering at home and used our time to deep-dive into the FFVII Remake Demo. We talk exhaustively about the well-crafted lighting, interface, sound design and the beautiful blending of nostalgia with over 20 years of gaming technology.

We talk extensively on Baldur's Gate: from impressions of the PAX Baldur's Gate 3 demo, past titles, the history of BioWare and Larian Studios to troll cook and the influence of campfires while Andy digs deep into the history of D&D and how the game has changed over the years.