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Tomm Hulett is a game designer and director who has spent his career championing bold, narrative-driven experiences. While at Konami, he worked on multiple Silent Hill titles, including Book of Memories, a critically acclaimed reimagining of the franchise. On the internet, however, his name became linked with the struggles of later Silent Hill games. This made him the target of intense online harassment—even though many of the series' creative decisions were out of his hands. Since he left Konami, more than a decade ago, he has worked on beloved cult titles like Contra: Operation Galuga and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Today he continues to push storytelling in games in new and unexpected directions as a direct at the California-based studio WayForward Technologies. Mythri GBC SoundtrackMythri GBC Demo RomBecome a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodio donde Wisto se enamora del juego RoboCop: Rogue City desde que dispara la primer bala, la trilogía de películas de RoboCop, Pari tiene una idea para una posible RoboCop 4, el debate en internet sobre 1 gorila vs 100 humanos, reseña de la película Until Dawn, la adicción de jugar el Oblivion, las diferencias entre el Oblivion y el Skyrim, secuela espiritural de Castlevania llamada Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Nintendo causó la creación del Playstation, el sentimiento del papelito al comprar juegos en Toys R Us, la traición de Amazon que destruyó a Toys R Us, implementan reglas nuevas en los Óscares para que los jueces estén forzados a ver las películas nominadas y repetimos un tema por confusión sobre la NFL categorizándose como "entretenimiento" y no como "deporte". Escúchanos: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / YouTube Apóyanos: patreon.com/holamsupernova Síguenos: Instagram/ Twitter/ TikTok @holamsupernova Merch: holamsupernova.myshopify.com

This week is one of revelations, as the once-unknown finally sees the light of day. For starters, we have exclusive information on WB San Diego's cancelled game, a never-before-discussed (until now) WB-infused kart racer codenamed Moonlight, in development for years before having the plug pulled. We give you all the details. Then: If you're a Sacred Symbols listener, you've known about Sony's secret LA-based studio for the better part of two years, one led by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell. Well, now we know the team's name -- Dark Outlaw Games -- and have a better glimpse as to their future plans. Plus: Polish FPS studio People Can Fly signed a second party deal with Sony, Konami revealed its upcoming all-new horror offering Silent Hill F, the Final Fantasy series surpassed a staggering 200 million copies sold, Starfield's inevitable PS5 port is definitively leaked, and much more. Finally: Listener inquiries from our Patreon audience! What's the perfect age for a kid to start playing games? Are there any famous (or not-so-famous) gaming Easter Eggs that have stuck with us over time? Will Iga ever release Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2? Should we let Dustin speak more, or silence him completely?  Your browser is holding you back. Level up here: https://operagx.gg/SacredSymbols Sponsored by Opera GX! Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:26:40 - Music podcast? 0:32:34 - Another Death Stranding spoilercast? 0:37:42 - Dustin suppression? 0:42:29 - Poker night 0:45:21 - Colin's sighs 0:47:39 - Diddy's Dream 0:56:37 - Flushable wipes 0:57:47 - The Bradley Ellis allegations 1:09:23 - Final Fantasy surpasses 200 million sold 1:22:00 - Starfield on PS5? 1:29:49 - Plants Vs Zombies: Reloaded 1:33:25 - College Football players getting a raise from EA 1:34:08 - Space Marine 3 confirmed 1:42:02 - New industry union 1:57:52 - What Are We Playing? 2:06:42 - Warner Bros San Diego leak 2:23:04 - Dark Outlaw Games 2:33:46 - People Can Fly is partnering with PlayStation 2:41:14 - Silent Hill F 2:44:23 - February Circana figures 2:49:33 - How young to start playing games? 2:58:03 - Best easter eggs 3:10:29 - Naughty Dog and internet culture 3:15:36 - Where is Bloodstained? 3:24:02 - God of War TV's director hasn't played the games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ghost of Tsushima, Nine Souls, Indiana Jones e o Grande Círculo, Sony, Horizon, Days Gone, Nine Souls, Citizen Sleeper 2, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Playstation, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, NONO SOL são alguns dos assuntos deste diálogo infinito sobre games via WhatsApp. Com João Varella, Alexandre Sato, Thomas Kehl, Marcos Kiyoto e João R2 analógicos

Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 2. Mathman, Hootz, and BlazeKnight are joined by Marty Estes from the Nintendo Dads. We discuss awesome Transformer-themed controllers, year-old gingerbread houses, doggie DNA results, and finishing books. We dived into the Switch 2 reveal trailer and even had time to talk about what we'd been playing. Marty - Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Pixcel Lines 2, Fortnite Hootz - Animal Well, Age of Mythology Retold, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Chants of Sennaar Mike - John Wick Hex, Spells and Secrets, Hole.io, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Ryan - Indivisible, Prince of Persia: Lost Crown, Persona 3 If you were a patron, you would hear us discuss our Spotify wrap for the Backlog Busters podcast. Can you believe that our oldest listener is from Chile? Who knew?! If you would like to have more of the Backlog Busters in your life, head on over to the socials and follow these fine folks:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Blue Sky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Backlog Busters⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mathman1024⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlazeKnight⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SkinnyMatt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Also, don't forget to join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discor⁠⁠d⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and be part of the fun. Patreon link --> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/BacklogBusters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SkinnyMatt's Extra Life page --> ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosts Platty & Yangus invite another batch of Slime Time regulars back on to regale us with tales of their favorite games of 2024. Some released this year, some are a decade old, but these are the titles that brought smiles to our faces this year! Join Bururian's official/unofficial Dragon's Den Discord: https://discord.gg/AC8cS7w3dA Slime Time t-shirt : https://dq-dragons-den-woodus.creator-spring.com/listing/dragon-quest-slime-time-podcas Check out Platty's website https://sites.google.com/view/plattym3 for Perler Bead creations, Platty's play log, and links to TONS of translated DQ games. For more Slime Time, hit us up @DQSlimeTime on Twitter or slimetimepodcast@gmail.com or join in all the discussions taking place at https://www.woodus.com/forums/ 2:00 - Yangus Honorable Mentions - Unicorn Overlord, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, Super Lucky's Tales 7:30 - Paul #1 - Earth Defense Force 6 16:00 - Pendy #1 - Marvel vs Capcom: Fighting Collection Arcade Classics 25:40 - Jo #1 - Paleo Pines 31:30 - Mattcraft #1 - Dragon Quest III HD-2D  33:20 - Mattcraft #2 - Vampire Survivors  34:15 - Mattcraft #3 - SaGa: Emerald Beyond 36:20 - Platty #1 - Dragon Quest X Offline 51:00 - Jo #2 - Fantasy Life  55:30 - Jo #3 - Life is Strange Double Exposure 58:30 - Pendy #2 - Super Robot Wars X/Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers  1:05:00 - Paul #2 - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remix 1:15:15 - Platty #2 - Moonstone Island 1:23:30 - Paul #3 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 1:34:45 - Paul Honorable Mention - River City Girls 2 “Double Dragon” DLC 1:37:45 - Pendy #3 - Full Metal Panic! Fight: Who Dares Wins 1:43:10 - Pendy Honorable Mention - Fitness Boxing Featuring Hatsune Miku  1:44:40 - Platty #3 - Atelier Ryza Trilogy 1:55:20 - Platty Honorable Mention - Dave the Diver

Eis que o primeiro e único quadro fixo das Mordiscadas retorna! O gênero de videogame que tentamos destrinchar desta vez é o metroidvania, com seu level design e progressão tão únicos. Mandem e-mails com comentários para umeventualocultismo@gmail.com Participantes: Pedro Santos e Vítor Batista Músicas: Theme of Bloodstained (Michiru Yamane, Bloodstained Ritual of the Night OST), Intermission (Monty Python OST)

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One of the last great Kickstarter success stories, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a love letter to Castlevania from the father of the genre. While its original launch was rocky, it has received multiple game-changing updates over the years. From cosmetics to new characters, even retro-inspired throwback adventures, Bloodstained is one to revisit in 2024. Press B To Cancel now on YouTube! For updates and more episodes please visit our website www.pressbtocancel.com, or find us on Twitter @pressbtocancel Special thanks to The Last Ancient on SoundCloud for our podcast theme. Find out more at http://pressbtocancel.com

In this episode of Bring the Pain, I decided to enter a challenge and do a Masters of VGM episode. The sole artist I will be covering is none other than Michiru Yamane, who is most notable for her work on the Castlevania series. In my opinion, Konami had always had great music in their video games, and Yamane did not disappoint. I started this episode with some of her earlier work that wasn't related to Castlevania before diving deep into that series. Between the songs, I talk about each game and give a memory or two about what that track meant to me or why I picked it. Being the VGM rookie, I have big shoes to fill, but I want to thank The Messenger, Martyrus, Professor Tom, Bedroth, The Last Rican, Kung Fu Carlito, justapunk, ScottieM, Ryan DS, Meatbug, and so many, many more for inspiring me to take this on. Have a great day, everyone, and may the VGM be with you.Thank you for the support and contributions all of you make for my podcasts and articles each week. Y'all the real #Painbringers!Follow Michiru Yamane at...YouTubehttps://youtube.com/@michiruyamane-eu3ph?si=tdWmpvFuJWDfVa7DFollow me at....*Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Bring...*Twitterhttps://twitter.com/HeatOverid...*Spreaker Podcastshttps://spreaker.page.link/VS5...*Dr Roto Sports Websitehttps://drroto.com/author/robe...*You Tubehttps://youtube.com/@Heat00veride05?si=cVb49FjQD-Y6fKjT*Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/...*Spotify Podcastshttps://open.spotify.com/show/...*Podchaser Podcastshttps://www.podchaser.com/podc...*Iheart Podcastshttps://www.iheart.com/podcast...I own no rights to any of the music played in this episode. I simply admire what Michiru Yamane did for gaming, my memories, and creating some of the greatest soundtracks in VGM history to be produced.Song list1. Detana Twin Bee - Paradise Beyond the Fog (5:29)2. TMNT Fall of the Footclan - Vs. Krang (8:32)3. Bloodstained Curse of the Moon - Tragedy of Slaughter (Stage 6) (11:42)4. Bloodstained Curse of the Moon - Defiler of Taboos (Stage 7) (15:00)5. Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Dracula's Castle (18:59)6. Castlevania Symphony of the Night - The Tragic Prince (22:57)7. Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Lost Paintings (28:25)8. Castlevania Circle of the Moon - The Old Sinking Sanctuary (33:03)9. Bloodstained Ritual of the Night - Luxurious Overture (36:58)10. Castlevania Portrait of Ruin - The Hidden Curse (42:34)11. Castlevania Curse of Darkness - Abandon Castle (48:31)12. Castlevania Lament of Innocence - Garden Forgotten by Time (55:55)*Macho take over*VGM00veride Track13. Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - Heart of FireBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bring-the-pain--3659369/support.

Pour tromper l'attente infinie de Silksong, Gauthoz a réuni sur son plateau Mamapaprika et At0mium pour une émission spéciale Metroidvania. Attrapez un carnet, vos wishlists vont exploser !Chapitrage :(00:00) Sommaire + Jeux du moment(19:21) Le Metroidvania, kézako ?(48:00) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night(54:10) Blasphemous 1 et 2(1:02:47) Ori and the Blind Forest / Ori and the Will of the Wisps(1:05:17) The Messenger(1:09:16) Axiom Verge / Axiom Verge 2(1:14:04) Prince of Persia : The Last Crown(1:20:27) Valdis Story : Abyssal City(1:25:37) Dandara(1:28:32) Yoku's Island Express(1:33:10) Laika : Aged Through Blood(1:37:38) Sundered(1:43:40) Shantae and the Pirate's Curse(1:47:35) Guacamelee! 1 et 2(1:50:52) Rusted Moss(1:54:52) Environmental Station Alpha(1:56:52) Astalon : Tears of the Earth(1:58:32) Haïku The Robot(2:01:57) Owlboy(2:04:22) Les Knowledgevania : Outer Wilds, Obra Dinn, Her Story, FEZ...(02:10:15) Carte blanche d'At0mium : @Brackeys, Godot et les outils open source(02:21:24) Nos Attentes : 33 Immortals, Twilight Bastion, Motionrec, Clony(02:36:22) Au revoir, à la prochaine !

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/mzZnJuVwdT |  SUSCRÍBETE  A NUESTRO CANAL DE YOUTUBE: |  https://www.youtube.com/@sonido_boom?sub_confirmation=1 |  NUESTRO CANAL PRINCIPAL: |  https://www.youtube.com/abuguet |   (0:00) - Intro. (1:00) - Patrañas. (3:26) - Escape from Tarkov hace enojar a toda su comunidad. (21:32) - Xbox crece gracias a ABK. (25:55) - Evidencia de una posible portátil de Xbox. (36:13) - Rumores de más juegos de Xbox en otras plataformas. (47:43) - Xbox Games Showcase y [REDACTADO] Direct. === SPEEDRUN DE NOTICIAS === (59:05) - Nuevo bono de guerra de Helldivers 2. (1:00:01) - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night tiene nuevos modos. (1:00:54) - Nuevo modo de Stellar Blade. (1:06:39) - Más despidos en la industria. (1:07:17) - Take Two cierra estudios; cancela proyectos. (1:09:25) - Square Enix abandona proyectos, reporta pérdidas. (1:10:55) - Manor Lords ha vendido muy bien. (1:15:00) - Bethesda brinda la verdadera experiencia de Fallout. (1:16:54) - Returnal ha vuelto, pero en forma de fichas. (1:18:24) - Tenemos la fecha de Akuma en Street Fighter 6. (1:19:22) - Las ofertas y descuentos de la semana con el Arbano Peps.

Bienvenidas y bienvenidos a Recarga Activa, el podcast diario de AnaitGames en el que filtramos lo más relevante de la actualidad del videojuego en pildorazos de 15 minutos:1️⃣ THQ Nordic anuncia un showcase para el 2 de agosto2️⃣ XDefiant estará disponible el 21 de mayo3️⃣ Bloodstained recibe dos nuevos modos, lo último que faltaba del Kickstarter4️⃣ ¿A qué vamos a jugar este fin de semana?Suscríbete para recibir el siguiente episodio en tu gestor de podcasts favorito. Puedes apoyar nuestro proyecto (y acceder a un montón de contenido exclusivo) en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anaitreload♫ Sintonía del programa: Senseless, de Johny Grimes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, we take a look at direct selling for indie authors, and compare the pros and cons of Payhip and Shopify as platforms for selling direct. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of DRAGONSKULL: BLADE OF THE ELVES (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store: 00:00:00 Introduction, Writing Updates, and a Reader Question Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 197 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is April the 19th, 2024, and today we are talking about the pros and cons of Payhip and Shopify for direct sales by authors. Before we do that, we will do Coupon of the Week and some updates on my current writing projects. I have some questions from readers and will discuss what I did to celebrate publishing my 150th book. First up, Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Blade of the Elves (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store. That coupon code is SPRINGELVES, spelled SPRINGELVES. As always, the link and the coupon code will be in the show notes for this episode. This coupon code is valid through May the 14th, 2024, so if you need a new audiobook for spring, we have got you covered. Now let's have a look at my current writing and audiobook projects. Wizard-Thief, as I mentioned in last week's episode, is done and is out on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited and is selling quite strongly. Thank you very much for that. Now that it is out, my main project is Cloak of Titans, the 11th book in the Cloak Mage series. As of this recording, I am about 34,000 words into it, which puts me on Chapter 7 of 24. I think the final book length will end up being about the length of Cloak of Embers, which was about 110,000 words. Once Cloak of Titans is finished, my next project will be Shield of Darkness, so I will finally be getting to the second book in the Shield War series, which will be a follow up to Shield of Storms from back in January. If all goes well, I think Cloak of Titans will be out in the second half of May, maybe towards the start of June. I'm hoping to have Shield of Darkness out shortly after that, probably towards the end of June. I have also started working on the sequel to Wizard Thief, which is Half-Orc Paladin. That will come out after Shield of Darkness is done, hopefully not too long after Shield of Darkness is done. So that will probably be around the middle of July or so. So that is what I'm working on for books for the next couple of months. In audiobook news, recording is underway for Ghosts in the Veils. That will once again be recorded by Hollis McCarthy. I have Brad Wills working on the Tales of the Shield Knight anthology, which once it's in audiobook, I'm going to sell it as a bundle on Audible and Amazon and all the other usual audiobook stores. I will also be giving away short stories individually for free from that collection in my newsletter, so that is once again a very good reason to sign up for my new release newsletter. Leanne Woodward has agreed to narrate the second book in the Half-Elven Thief series, Wizard Thief. If all goes well, that will probably happen in June. And also in June, CJ McAllister will be narrating the second book of the Stealth and Spells Online Series, formerly known as Sevenfold Sword Online. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. Now we have one question from a reader that is not connected with our other segments. It's from Robert who asks about the Half-Elven Thief series: is this series available in paperback? I'm pleased to say that yes, it is. Both Half-Elven Thief and Wizard-Thief are available in trade paperback. Probably the cheapest place to get them is on Amazon, but I have expanded distribution for them so you should be able to buy it online from a variety of other stores. 00:03:43 Celebrating Book #150 As I mentioned previously on the show, Ghost in the Veils was my 150th book. Thank you for reading, everyone. Quite a few people asked how I wanted to celebrate, the implication being that I wanted to take a trip or something like a cruise, that sort of thing. However, with all respect to the cruise industry, if I wanted to catch norovirus, I could do it much closer to home for far less expense. However, I have established a precedent for celebrating major book milestones like this. Way back in 2019, Dragontiarna: Knights was my 100th book and to celebrate that milestone, I got a Nintendo Switch, which was the first dedicated video game console I had used since 1998 or so. Given that six months later COVID started, that turned out to be a wise purchase because suddenly I had a lot more time for video games. I got to beat a bunch of games I never had time to finish otherwise back in the ‘90s, like Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers 3, the original Castlevania trilogy for NES, the Super Nintendo Castlevania games, Super Metroid, and I finally finished Skyrim. It wasn't all a retro nostalgia trip because I did finish a few newer games on it as well, like Metroid Dread and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. I recently had one of those numerically significant birthdays that are divisible by a large number, so I commemorated that occasion by getting an Xbox. It is a fine game console, but the problem with the Xbox was unlike the Switch, using the Xbox monopolizes the television. I finished the original Halo trilogy on Xbox and Skyrim again, but the whole Xbox monopolizes the television thing was kind of a difficulty for finding time to play it. But then a new device came to my attention: portable monitors. Obviously, most monitors are portable depending on size, but this new sort of monitor is basically a laptop LCD panel with a kickstand. It runs off a USB-C connection for power and you can connect a device to it with a USB-C or mini HDMI. Overall, these portable monitors tend to weigh about as much as an iPad in a case. They were basically intended for business travelers, since they fit easily into a laptop bag and then you can have a dual monitor set up with your laptop while you're on the road. However, it also connects just fine to an Xbox. If you can hold a laptop comfortably in your lap, then a portable monitor is about one third of that total weight. I moved my Xbox over next to the couch, connected it to a portable monitor, and have been using the Xbox that way. It is really quite exceedingly comfortable. Since I've beaten Skyrim a couple of times now, I need to decide on a new long-term game, which is why Question of the Week will be what it is shortly. So the “too long; didn't listen” version was celebrated my 150th book with a sub-100 dollar portable monitor off Amazon. It's really quite enjoyable and thank you for coming along for all 150 books. 00:06:35 Question of the Week It quite naturally segues into our Question of the Week. This week's question: what Xbox Game should I play next? No wrong answers, obviously. The reason I asked this particular question is because I keep defaulting to Skyrim or Halo when I play an Xbox game and would like to try something different. My leading candidates so far are Starfield, Witcher 3, and Dragon's Dogma 1. As you might have expected, this inspired many comments. LG says: I'm glad to hear you're an Xbox player, too. I like to separate my work/study computer from my gaming space, so having the controller plus TV in another room works well for me. Revenant 2 is my new favorite game. It jumped forward in my “to play” list when Halo Infinite's campaign wasn't personally feeling right. This game has got fantastic narratives, brilliant variety, exciting exploration, and frequent boss fights, it's souls-like but forgiving, the level/combat/gear systems are great, and there's a totally viable offline/single player mode. Justin says: We are a Nintendo family. Not quite 30 years ago, the PlayStation came out. Amid whining, I had the kids vote on what platform we would stick with. There is no way our entertainment budget could handle more than one. The most complaints have been missing out on the Metal Gear franchise, so that's my vote. Malcolm says 150 books. What an amazing feat. Congratulations. I feel like I've been on the journey with you, having read every book you have written and every series. I particularly enjoyed any book with Ridmark and Calliande and like Dragonskull, the next generation of Arbans. I also thoroughly enjoyed all the Demonsouled books, wasn't so keen on the Cloak and Ghost crossovers, but still a good read. Whatever you do, enjoy this landmark. Have fun. To answer the question, I do not usually play video games, but one that did catch my attention and play through all of them is the Dragon Age games. MacKenzie suggests Red Dead Redemption. The graphics hold up remarkably well. It's astoundingly clear for a Rockstar game and has an amazingly authentic feel to it. I'm not even a huge Western fan, but there's something extremely relaxing about riding out of town into the desert to hunt varmints. I think that is probably why so many people will go hunting in real life. Michael says: Starfield is a great game, but no modding yet on Xbox. Perry says: I haven't owned a console in over a decade, nor have I played any of those games, but my preference would be for Witcher 3. James says: How does Baldur's Gate 3 not make the list? Best game I've played maybe ever. David says: Fallout 4 was fun. Mark says Witcher. Starfield, I found to be slow to start with. I play Skyrim over and over again. I kind of do that as well. You can always mod Skyrim if you have the anniversary edition and haven't already. Robb says any car racing game. Juana says Witcher 3. Martin says Witcher 3. Becca says Witcher 3. So there are many votes there for Witcher 3. William says Hogwarts Legacy. Jake says: I honestly can't recommend any games, no matter what platform they come in. Xbox, PlayStation, Atari…just not worth it anymore. So I'd skip the games and write a book, maybe continuation of the Silent Order series. That's my vote. Thank you for that advice, Jake, I suspect it might be a little self-interested, but I appreciate that. Next one is from Michael, who says next Xbox game is called: buy a PlayStation. Barton says: only played Witcher 3 out of those, but it was engrossing. Bobby says Starfield and Hogwarts Legacy are both enjoyable as well as Jedi Survivor. And finally, Jim says: Child of the Ghost. Wait…not a game….yet. Thank you everyone, for all the suggestions. I think what I'm actually going to do is I'm going to try Starfield because that comes with Game Pass and I have Game Pass already. If I don't like that, I will I probably start Witcher 3 because I got that one was on super sale like last year for something like 10 bucks and so it's been sitting in my account and I haven't played it. But if I try Starfield and don't like it, I will switch over to Witcher 3. If I don't like Witcher 3, maybe it'll be time for Baldur's Gate 3. 00:10:40 Main Topic: Shopify vs. Payhip for Direct Sales for Writers But as much as I enjoy video games, I enjoy writing more and this is not a video game podcast. This is The Pulp Writer Show, so I think we should segue over into talking about an actual writing topic. This week's topic is comparing Shopify and Payhip for direct sales or as a direct sales platform for indie authors. And before we dig in, I should have a disclaimer. As you may know from my frequent mention of it on this show, I use Payhip quite a bit and that's how I do my direct sales. That said, I am not sponsored by Payhip. I don't get any stuff from this, whether financial benefits or an affiliate program, that kind of thing. I haven't used Shopify, but we did look into it quite a bit for the show and any opinion I express on this podcast is my own and not influenced by either Shopify or Payhip in any way. All right with that out of the way, let's dig into the topic. First off, why do direct sales? We should probably define that first. Direct sales is when an indie author sells a book using an ecommerce platform like Payhip or Shopify or Gum Road or a bunch of others without going through one of the big stores like Amazon or Apple or Google Play. So why do this? You get a greater cut of the profit than through ebook stores, whereas on a platform like Amazon, you max out at 70% of the sale price is what you get as the author. On direct sales platforms, you can potentially get nearly everything minus credit card fees and platform fees, which is higher than any of the other stores offer. You get paid faster. If you make a direct sale from the author, the author gets the money almost instantaneously, depending on their payment setup. Freedom/control. This is the big one. There is a lot of freedom in doing your own direct sales. It is a lot of work, but then like all forms of freedom, it is often quite worth it. It's much easier to run sales or issue coupon codes, as you know if you listen to the show regularly. Every week I give out a different coupon code for a discount on my Payhip store. It's also very good for people who want to sell online courses or memberships, which is not something I'm interested in doing. People who are interested in doing that usually need to employ an online sales platform such as Shopify or Payhip rather than trying to sell it on something like Amazon or eBay. There are a couple of things to note about trying direct sales. There is quite a bit of learning curve since you have to set up the store yourself and that involves a lot of clicking and uploading and so forth. You also need to learn about things about like Value Added Tax, shipping, file delivery services, etcetera. And if you are selling in the United States, you also have to be careful you comply with whatever these sales tax laws are for your jurisdiction or for where you're selling in the United States. Direct sales don't count towards ranking on other platforms, if that's something that's important to you, if you want your book to be a number one category bestseller on Amazon, direct sales will not help with that. It does take a bit of time to set up and maintain, and it also takes time for readers to get used to it and will not likely be a large portion of your sales, especially at first, since users tend to stick to the platform where they already have built up a library. This is one of the reasons why the Steam game platform is so dominant, because it's been around for a long time and a lot of the users have very big Steam libraries, so they're not super keen on jumping to a different distributor. Readers will need a carrot not a stick to get them to try a new platform, which is one of the reasons why I do those coupon codes all the time. So now to the actual nitty gritty of Payhip versus Shopify. We can sum it up quite neatly by saying it this way: Payhip is primarily designed for digital products. Shopify is primarily designed for physical products, but both are capable of selling either physical or digital products. Shopify allows for greater analytics and customization, while Payhip has a great basic service that keeps the costs low. So in terms of pricing, which costs more? Payhip pricing has three tiers. There is the free tier, which you pay obviously $0 per month and then Payhip takes 5% of each transaction. There is the middle tier, where you pay $29 USD per month and Payhip takes 2% of the transaction. Then there is the top, most expensive tier, which costs $99 USD per month and Payhip takes 0% of the transaction fee. Obviously, you would only consider that tier if you were making more than $1,200 USD a year in direct sales. Shopify does not have a free tier. At the basic tier, it costs $39 USD per month and Shopify takes 2.9% + $0.30 USD per transaction. At $105 USD per month, Shopify takes 2.6% + $0.30 USD per transaction. At $399 USD per month, Shopify takes 2.4% + $0.30 USD per transaction. We can see that with Shopify, you are already going to be paying more out the door. If you're just starting with direct sales, it might make more sense to start with the free tier on Payhip and then look at more costly options on either service as your needs grow and if you need the additional, more expensive features. So let's look at the pros on Payhip. The biggest pro on Payhip is low bar to entry in both terms of cost and in terms of technology needed to create a basic storefront. I've been doing direct sales on Payhip since 2021, and it's a very simple platform to use. There's a little bit of a learning curve, but it's not a huge one compared to something like WordPress or Adobe Photoshop. As we mentioned, the lowest tier plan is free but with a 5% cut of sales. The Pro plan, the top tier that we mentioned earlier, is $99 USD but then there are no transaction fees. It can handle UK/EU Value Added Tax automatically unlike Shopify because Payhip is based out of the UK, so that is built into their platform. Payhip also has some handy features that Shopify doesn't or that Shopify doesn't offer without like a plug-in app, that kind of thing that Shopify offers: settings for selling online courses, memberships, affiliate marketing, and a referral system. When I have had to contact Payhip about some sort of tech issue, I've always found their customer support to be very fast and responsive. As I mentioned before, I'm not being paid to say that. That is just my own personal experience. The pros for Shopify are basically for more advanced users, I think. $29 USD a month for the lowest pricing plan and then plus a cut and plus a transaction fee, that can add up if you have a lot of transactions. I think Shopify is really aimed more toward more advanced users than someone starting out with the basic ebook store on Payhip. However, to be fair, you do get a lot of stuff for that money. Shopify has an advanced website builder feature with more customization options on the pages. It has much more advanced SEO and analytics tools than anything Payhip offers. It is very useful if you're selling physical products. It also offers features to support delivery of physical items, such as customized shopping options based on location. More third-party apps or third-party payment options are available through Shopify (for example, Amazon Pay or Apple Pay). Shopify does offer a lot of customization and it does have a pretty good app store, where if there's a feature that Shopify doesn't have, there's a pretty good chance you can find one of the apps in their store that will sort of offer bolt on functionality for the new feature that you are looking for. So, in conclusion, if you want to do direct sales as an indie author, should you use Payhip or should you use Shopify? And as so often in these cases there is no right answer, there is merely the tool that is best suited for your needs as an indie author and a small businessperson. If you want to be able to heavily customize the site, Shopify offers more options for that than Payhip. If you are primarily selling digital products like I am, then Payhip offers better value, because you can just go with the free tier and still make more money than you would selling for the same price off Amazon. Since I don't really at this time have any interest in selling physical products online, Payhip it is. That said, if you do want to sell printed books or your own merchandise direct, then Shopify is the way to go. But if you don't have any of that kind of stuff and you still want to keep your shop costs low, then Payhip is probably the better option for you since you can use their free tier. So that is a look at Shopify versus Payhip and if you are thinking about direct selling as an indie author, I hope you have found that helpful. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful and a word of thanks to my transcriptionist for helping me to pull together all the research for this episode. A reminder that you can listen to all back episodes of the show on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week. SPRINGELVES The coupon code is valid through May 14th, 2024. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT  

The show returns after a week off. Thank you for downloading the world's greatest podcast about video games! In What We're Playing - Chris is "this close" to beating Dragon's Dogma 2 - he is kicking Shaun's butt in gameplay. He and Shaun also watched the new show Fallout on Amazon Prime. Shaun is playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night along with Final Fantasy Xiv daily - to finish out that MSQ!! Jon is also "this close" to achieving a Platinum trophy on the Dead Space Remake. With that, what are YOU playing?!?! Why not email us?! Speaking of EMAILS! Please send anything you want to weeklygameschat@gmail.com. This is the official inbox of WGC. Chances are, we will read it LIVE! As always thanks once again for the twitch chat, emails, tweets...you know...alllll the things. So, next time, join us on Twitch - twitch.tv/weeklygameschat - we record live on the MONDAY prior to each Wednesday's release (unless we let you know of a change). We will probably be starting around 5:45 or 6:00 pm E.S.T. - just search "weeklygameschat" from wherever you have twitch. Join our Discord community! Thank you and GAME ON everyone!!!!

Mathman and BlazeKnight gather to discuss our #15-11 games of all time. We've been playing some games as well, but BlazeKnight seems to be stuck on just one game. BlazeKnight - Elden Ring Mathman - Little to the Left, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Brotato, Octopath Traveler II If you would like to have more of the Backlog Busters in your life, head on over to Twitter and follow these fine folks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grrouchie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trash Turkey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mathman1024⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlazeKnight0923⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SkinnyMattK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Backlog Busters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Also, don't forget to join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and be part of the fun. Patreon link --> ⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/BacklogBusters

Fellow Castlevania enthusiasts Jordan and Topher both join me to talk about Koji Igarashi's Kickstarter-funded game that fans had been eagerly clamoring for ever since he left Konami. It's an understatement to say that we have complex feelings about how this game turned out, but we are still very glad to have it. We go into all our favorite weapons, spells, locations, and bosses. We also go into inevitably getting stuck and the frustrating effort it takes to make something as simple as spaghetti or beef curry in the castle.

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On this weeks show the guys talk Detroit Become Human,  Cyberpunk 2077, Bloodstained Ritual of the Moon, Helldivers 2, Suicide Squad: KTJL, FFVII: Rebirth, more layoffs and more!

The protagonist's surname might be Belmont. We put it to a vote and our listeners have spoken. For this episode, Tom and Chris investigate the new-to-gamepass metroidvania developed by ArtPlay and published by 505 Games. Spearheaded by Kogi Igarashi and assisted by a number of other Castlevania alumni, this title sits squarely in the realm of spiritual successor. You won't find Dracula or any Belmonts here, but the theme and mechanics are sure to remind you of that highly regarded franchise. With that nostalgia well in hand, will the game still be unique enough to stand on its own? Tom and Chris have embarked on their usual hour-long sojourn and have returned with their findings. Let's learn if they will see this one through to the end. What do you think? Let us know! Hit us up on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tc1h1d Drop us an email at tc.1h1d(at)outlook[dot]com Follow us on Goodpods @1h1d Check out our fancy site: https://quitthebuild.com/1h1d Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/c/1hour1decision1h1d Thanks for taking this ride with us :-) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/1-hour-1-decision/message

A new study from GLAAD confirms that we need more games with LGBTQ characters and storylines and anyone who says otherwise doesn't really game that much anyway. What We're Playing Cliff: Baldurs Gate 3 Colby: Elden Ring, Persona 3 News LGBTQ Inclusion in Video Games Everything Isn't Great with the Dead Cells Team Some Xbox Games Might Not Be Just Xbox Games for Long Physical Games Aren't as Expensive As I Thought Subnautica 2 is Getting 4 Player Coop Questions *monotone screaming*: I don't have anything video game related, but what is your ideal bagel sandwich combination Rich Deacon: VR gaming feels like its flat and has lost momentum (Correct me if I am wrong). Do you feel it's going to claim a large stake of gaming in the future? Would you rather be unable to eat chocolate for the rest of your life or be unable to eat cheese for the rest of your life? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Dakar Desert Rally is the biggest off-road rally racing adventure ever developed. Experience the speed and excitement of the largest rally race on the planet, featuring a wide variety of licensed vehicles from motorcycles, cars, trucks, quads and SSVs. Xbox Game Pass Resident Evil 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 13 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14 A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 15 PlateUp! – Feb 15th Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 20 Humble Bundle Mindbending Masterpieces Mega Man Franchise Pack Controllerd Chaos Exceptional Indie Allies Prime Gaming Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders - Collector's Edition (Available February 15th through Legacy Games Code) Tempest 4000 (Available February 15th through Amazon Games App) Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App) Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Extra Life Donation Page --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

What We're Playing Cliff: Baldur's Gate Colby: Elden Ring, Persona 3 Dylan: Fortnite, Marvel Snap, Monster Train News Go Pirate Spec Ops: The Line Disney Buys $1.5 Billion Worth of Epic Taylor Swifts Boyfriend Wants Bring Back Backyard Sport You Know I Can't Resist a New Controller New Rock Band Guitars, Let's Go! Jedi Survivor Wins a Grammy Questions Joe Coleslaw: Accessibility minded keybinds and settings.... some games, (Palworld) make you long press a button, or mash a button, when not everyone can use that repeated motion without pain or complications. The most noteworthy news stories from YEARS ago, was the uncharted collection adding the "reduced hold/press to mash" setting and becoming heroes overnight. Why isn't this a standard yet? Better question: what settings in games SHOULD BE standard. Rich: So since Phil Spencer Says We'll Hear From Him And The Xbox Team Next Week On Their “Vision For The Future Of Xbox” - what would you deem as your future vision for the xbox? Since humanity seems hell bent on killing itself, what do you think will get us in the end. Global warming, lack of fresh water, AI, or people wearing Apple Vision as they drive? primefan13: Thoughts on Underdog VR? QuackMike: Have you played Gravity Circuit and did you like it? Cheap/Free Games Epic Games Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Lost Castle Xbox Game Pass Persona 3 Reload (Friday, February 2) Anuchard (Tuesday, February 6) Train Sim World 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 7 Madden NFL 24 (Console and PC) – February 8 Resident Evil 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 13 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14 A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 15 PlateUp! – Feb 15th Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 20 PlayStation Plus Foamstars Steelrising Rollerdrome Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/games/controllerd-chaos https://www.humblebundle.com/games/exceptional-indie-allies https://www.humblebundle.com/games/with-soulslike-these-you-need-enemies Prime Gaming Fallout (Available February 1st through GOG) Breakout: Recharged (Available February 1st through Epic Games Store) Missile Command: Recharged (Available February 8th through Epic Games Store) Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders - Collector's Edition (Available February 15th through Legacy Games Code) Tempest 4000 (Available February 15th through Amazon Games App) Blade Assault (Available February 22 through Amazon Games App) Gravitar: Recharged (Available February 29th through Epic Games Store) Patreon Alan Schulte Joe Cole Jr. Anonymous Rich Deacon Extra Life Byte Me Podcast's Extra Life --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/byte-me-podcast/message

Microsoft might have some big news soon, Mike gets upset by a review and Anton aims to make it 2-0 in the quiz.  All this plus the latest reviews gossip and Nintendo Switch chat in this week's episode.Microsoft going Multiplatform, ,ArcRunner ,Mediterranea Inferno ,Epic , Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection ,Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of the Great Duelist ,Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2, Neon Blood , Geometry Survivor,flash cart MIG ,Tokyo Xanadu eX+ ,Venba ,Blazing Strike ,Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland ,Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night,Night Slashers: Remake, Sifu , Hi-Fi Rush , Valiant Hearts: Coming HomeSupport the show

Waiting sucks. It really sucks. Luckily, patience pays off! The SuperPod duo are joined by Matt and Geoff of ""Fun" and Games Podcast" as they discuss their favorite games that were worth the agonizing, painful, brutal wait. Just like slow-cooker chili. ******* Matt and Geoff's info: https://funandgames.libsyn.com/ ******* Check out all of our other episodes, follow us on social media, check out our Patreon, and more! https://www.superpodsaga.com/ Are you a coffee fan? Click the link below and use one-time code "SUPERPODSAGA" at checkout to get 20% off of your order! https://www.bonescoffee.com/?rfsn=7344707.323bd7 Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/aarontommysuperpodsaga to save 20% off anything you order. Use my special link https://zen.ai/yWlxsxgAArmcqxwm29677rrDp1dQuDBdWqUEwK26qO8 to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan. ******* 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Guest Intro 11:02 - Discord and Patreon Q&A 23:56 - Topic of the Day 24:25 - Metroid Dread 28:10 - Batman: Arkham Asylum 33:29 - Resident Evil 4 Remake 35:55 - Inside 39:39 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 41:58 - Mass Effect 2 45:38 - Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition 51:04 - Patron shout-out and ad break 01:03:07 - The Walking Dead and Life is Strange 01:06:35 - Chrono Trigger 01:12:10 - Super Mario 64 01:13:39 - Shin Megami Tensei V 01:18:11 - Control 01:23:43 - Final Fantasy V 01:26:57 - Devil May Cry 5 01:30:37 - Mother 3 01:34:28 - Starfield 01:44:09 - Wrappin' it all up 01:46:14 - Topic for the next episode 01:46:58 - Outro

In this week's episode, I look back at some of my favorite classic video games, and also discuss my book advertising results from October 2023. This week's coupon is for the audiobook of CLOAK OF BLADES as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of CLOAK OF BLADES for 75% off at my Payhip store with this coupon code: NOVBLADES The coupon code is valid through November 28th, 2023, so if you find yourself wanting to get caught up with Nadia's adventures before CLOAK OF EMBERS comes out, why not start with an audiobook? TRANSCRIPT Hey, everyone. Welcome to Episode 174 of the Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is November the 3rd, 2023, and today we're going to talk about classic video games. We'll also discuss October 2023's ad results and made up words that turn out to be not made up after all. Before we get into all that and then an update about my current writing project, it is time for Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon is for the audiobook of Cloak of Blades as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of Cloak of Blades for 75% off in my Payhip store with this coupon code NOVBLADES and that is spelled NOVBLADES and you get that in the show notes. The coupon code is valid through November 28th, 2023, so if you find yourself wanting to get caught up with Nadia's adventures before Cloak of Embers comes out, why not start with an audiobook? You can get the coupon code and the links in the show notes for this episode. Now let's have an update on my current writing projects. I am 107,000 words into Cloak of Embers, which puts me on Chapter 21 of 22 so I'm almost done and I'm hoping to get that wrapped up next week if all goes well. At 107,000 words, I'm not sure how long it will be once I'm done editing and by the time the rough draft is done, but it will almost certainly be either the longest or second longest book that had Nadia as a main character. So that will be something to look forward to. I'm also 9,500 words into the book I'm going to write after Cloak of Embers and I will discuss that a bit more and what I intend to do with that after Cloak of Embers is published, hopefully in November. But we'll see. In audiobook news, Dragon Skull: Wrath of the Warlock is almost done in audiobook, as excellently narrated by Brad Wills and we just have to finish proof listening to it and hopefully we should have that come out before the end of November if all goes well. Brad is also going to start work on Dragonskull: Doom of the Sorceress before much longer, and that will probably (given how the holidays are falling this year) come out in either late December or January, with January being the more likely outcome. In other audiobook news, Hollis McCarthy will soon start the recording of Ghost in the Serpent, so hopefully we'll have more updates on that soon.   00:02:30 Reader Questions/Comments Before we get to our topics today, let's have a few questions from readers. Our first question is from Lisa, who writes to ask: Hello, I just started reading your book series with your character Ridmark Arban and I am wondering what is the very first book to start with. Is it the one called the First Quest or is it a different one to start with? Also I have been looking all over the Internet trying to figure out what the book order is for your character Ridmark Arban and I'm having no luck. In answer to your question Lisa, the very first book with Ridmark Arban would be Frostborn: The Gray Knight. That is the first book in the Frostborn series, and Ridmark is also the main character in Sevenfold Sword and then Dragontiarna, though I would recommend starting with Frostborn: The Gray Knight. And you can find the series reading order on either my website or it should be in the metadata on all the different retailers. And I think we have that set up properly now. Frostborn: The First Quest is a prequel to the main Frostborn series that I put out for free to people to read and enjoy as a bit of back story, but it's a prequel and the actual official starting point of the Frostborn series would be Frostborn: The Gray Knight. Our next question…well, it's more of a comment really is from Juana who writes about the upcoming Cloak of Embers and her opinion of the character of Victoria Carrow. And this is what she thinks Victoria will be A: she's the head of Singularity B: She is a criminal elf. C: She killed Tarlia and took her place or D: She is an anthrophage elder with really good impulse control. In any case, she is bad news and I just don't like her. Ah, as you might guess from that comment, Juana is a longtime reader who has read many of my books. Thanks for that, Juana. She has been very suspicious of Victoria Carrow from the beginning, when she first appeared, way back in Cloak of Ashes back in 2020. Well, Victoria does have a secret and we are going to find out what it is in Cloak of Embers. And during the process of writing this book, I realized that talking about Victoria's secret had an additional meaning that I did not intend but in this sense we are talking about the secret held by Victoria Carrow and not the apparel company. And now for a question a couple of different readers have had over the past few months since Silent Order: Pulse Hand came out. A reader emailed to ask of the word materiel, spelled MATERIEL in Silent Order: Pulse Hand was a mistake and asked if it should have been spelled material, MATERIAL. No, that spelling is correct. Materiel is a real word when spelled with an E. It refers to weaponry, supplies and equipment used for war in the military or to quote the Wikipedia definition: “Materiel are supplies, equipment and weapons in a military supply chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context. In a military context, the term materiel refers to either the specific needs, excluding manpower of a force to complete a specific mission, or the general sense of the needs, excluding manpower of a functioning army. An important category of materiel is commonly referred to as ordnance, especially concerning mounted guns, artillery and the shells they consume, along with fuel and munitions in general the steady supply of ordnance is an ongoing logistical challenge in active combat zones.” Or to put it another way, not only is materiel a real word, it is in fact a topic to which many serious minded military officers have devoted much serious minded thought since a failure to address your military's materiel needs means you're going to lose the war before the first shot is fired. To be fair, as a science fiction and fantasy writer, I make up a lot of words. Grammarly is always so impressed that I use so many unique words but it really isn't fair because I do make a lot of them up. That said, I was a history major, which was not helpful to finding a real job, but turned out to be useful for concept and terms for fantasy novels. Like in Frostborn, I use the terms dux and comes for noblemen instead of duke and count because Latin was the primary language of Andomhaim and the terms duke and count were derived from the Latin words dux and comes. However, given how confused some people were by the terms dux and comes, if I had to do it all over again, I would probably default to duke and count, just to reduce reader confusion. Though urvaalg was one of my better made-up words. No one ever gets confused about what an urvaalg is. So those are the comments and questions for the week. If you have a comment or question you'd like addressed on the show, leave it as a comment on one of my websites and we will see if we can get to it.   00:07:09 Ad Results for October 2023 Our next topic for today is ad results from October 2023. Since it's past the 1st of November, it's good time to look back and see how my ads did for October 2023. I have to admit that October was a pretty weak month for sales for a variety of reasons beyond my control or honestly anyone's control. For one thing, the economy remains bad and inflation is high, especially in the US. For another, the international news in October was very bad, which always puts a damper on discretionary entertainment spending like books. Amazon US was consistently glitchy throughout all of October and still isn't working right as of the time of this recording. I can't prove this, but I think the books category faced strong competition from video games in October, especially Spiderman 2 for PlayStation and Super Mario Wonder for the Switch. Full disclosure, I did buy Super Mario Wonder and I'm playing it and it's excellent. On the plus side, Ghost in the Serpent had a strong start and Silent Order did very well in October on the strength of the Bookbub feature deal back in the first week of September and the lingering halo effect from Pulse Hand coming out soon afterwards. People are generally more willing to start a finished series than an unfinished one, especially in the science fiction and fantasy space. All my ads for October turned a profit, which I am very grateful for. So here's how the Facebook ads did. For Frostborn, I got back $5.44 for every dollar I spent, with 44% of my profit coming from the audiobooks. For the Ghosts. I got back $7.46 for every dollar spent, with 8% of the profit coming from audiobooks. If you take out Ghost in the Serpent, my profit comes to $2.95 with 20% of the profit coming from the audiobooks. For Cloak Games and Cloak Mage, I got back $3.19 for every dollar spent and for Silent Order, I got back $4.45 for every dollar spent. For Amazon ads, the only thing I advertised myself was Dragonskull: Sword of the Squire, which did pretty well. For every dollar spent, I got back $3.41, with 27% of the profit coming from the audiobook. So we see once again, that audiobooks, once you have them, are usually a good additional profit for a long series. For some reason I could never really get the Cloak Games or Cloak Mage audiobooks to sell, which is why I said usually instead of certainly. I think in November I'm going to do things a little bit differently. I'm going to try advertising Frostborn entirely on Bookbub ads, which I haven't used in a while. Facebook has been making some changes to the way targeting works on its ad platform, and I can see those changes making it less useful to advertise books there. Additionally, Facebook has also begun testing a subscription service for an ad free experience, which obviously would make Facebook way less useful for book advertising. The advantage for Bookbub ads is that some of the targeting has already been done for you. Like with Facebook ads, one of the keys to success is to make sure you've targeted your audience correctly. With Bookbub ads, everyone looking at the Bookbub e-mail is already looking for discount books anyway, so some of the targeting work has been done for you already. Anyway, if Facebook is considering pivoting away from ads in favor of paid subscriptions, it will be good to have backup options ready. And as always, thanks for reading. There would be no point in advertising these books if people didn't read them.   00:10:29 Main Topic of the Week: Classic Video Games   So, let's go on to our main topic this week: something fun because it's my podcast and I wanted to talk about something fun. That topic is classic video games. The main way I have played classic video games for the last four years is the Nintendo Switch, which I bought in September 2019. I've mentioned before that I didn't play any console games from about 1998 to 2019. There were several good reasons for this. First, I was really busy. Second, consoles are expensive and I definitely didn't have the money to drop on many games for the 2000s and most of the 2010s. Third, while I did play games, I played on the PC. I remember in 2007 not going out to eat for a while to save up to buy a better video card so I could play Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion on something other than the very lowest video settings. But 2019 marked a major personal milestone, my 100th book. Dragontiarna: Knights was about to come out and a few people asked what I wanted to do to mark this milestone. Maybe take a trip, go on vacation, that kind of thing. Instead, I decided that I wanted a Nintendo Switch. But why a Nintendo Switch? At Easter 2018, my younger brother unexpectedly gave me a Super Nintendo Classic as a present. For a while, at the end of the 2010s, Nintendo intermittently sold two mini consoles, the Nintendo Classic and the Super Nintendo Classic, each one accompanied with recreations of the old style controllers and some of the greatest hits for the respective console. Playing around with the Super Nintendo Classic got me interested in the Switch since the Switch online subscription service also came with emulators for the NES and the Super Nintendo. I have played a lot of NES and Super Nintendo games back in the 1990s, but I only rarely had the chance to finish them. Partly it was because I was busy and partly because the technology to save games back then really didn't exist for either the Nintendo or the Super Nintendo, with a few exceptions. If you ran out of lives and died, or you had to go do something and turn off the console, that was it. Your game was gone and you had to start over from scratch. But after Dragontiarna: Knights was published, I made up my mind about what I wanted to do to celebrate, and I got a Switch. As it turned out, getting the Nintendo Switch 8 months before the great COVID freak out turned out to be a really, really good idea. It gave me the opportunity to beat several games, actually numerous games that I had run out of time to play. The first one was The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, which I had gotten for the PC back in 2011 and played intermittently ever since, but never found the time to finish. I beat it for the first time on Switch and then I finished Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which was a spiritual successor to the various Castlevania games of the 1990s. With a combination of Switch Online, save states, and some of the anthology collections available for the console, I managed to finish some of the classic games from the ‘80s and early ‘90s that I never had the chance to finish earlier, like the original Super Mario Games, Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario 3 for the NES, and Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo. I never really got into Super Mario 2 for the NES and never really tried to play it. The Castlevania series: the three Castlevania games for NES, Castlevania 2 for the Game Boy (the first Castlevania for Game Boy really isn't worth playing) and Castlevania 4 and Castlevania Dracula X for the Super Nintendo and I finally got to beat all those. The Zelda series: the original Legend of Zelda for NES (which I never finished) and Link to the Past for Super Nintendo, which is in fact one of the few Super Nintendo games I actually finished back when it originally came out, but I enjoyed being able to play it on the Switch with saved states. Super Metroid, which I never got a chance to play at all in the ‘90s and is deservedly a classic. You frequently see its mechanics turn up in many other modern games. Lest you think I spent all my time replaying the classics, I did finish some newer games as well. The remake of Link's Awakening was excellent, a good updating of the Gameboy Classic. Metroid Dread was absolutely superb, even though it took me a while to finish some of the boss fights. I also finished Elder Scrolls Blades, which I'm not going to say was a great game, but I still enjoyed it and I am proud to say I beat the final boss without paying for a single micro transaction, though I did buy the soundtrack, which makes for good background listening while writing epic fantasy. I keep meaning to play the remake of Metroid Prime, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. The multiplayer games also turned out to be great fun. I started bringing Mario Kart 8 and some controllers to family gatherings. Turns out nearly everyone likes Mario Kart. They say alcohol is a social lubricant, but Mario Kart is almost as effective and results in a lot fewer hangovers, though I do lose at Mario Kart a lot. Additionally, playing the old multiplayer classics like the original Super Mario with someone who appreciates them is always fun. So I think it's safe to say that I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of that Nintendo Switch I bought back in 2019. What's interesting is that the Switch is about 7 years old now as of this recording, which is the eternity in technology terms, yet it's still going strong. Microsoft, Sony, and the PC game market have been locked in an arms race for even more powerful hardware and more detailed graphics. By contrast, the Switch was fairly underpowered even for 2017, when it came out. And while it's been updated a few times in the year since, it's still essentially the same device. Pretty much every phone manufactured in the 2020s is more powerful than the Switch, but Nintendo doesn't seem super interested in rushing into their next console, though the rumor mill has been talking about the Switch Two or the Switch Pro for years. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago they released a Super Mario Wonder for the Nintendo Switch, and it was a huge hit and received universal acclaim on Metacritic. This approach makes sense once you know of Nintendo's philosophy of withered technology. This was a strategy articulated by Nintendo game designer Gunpei Yokoi (and I apologize if I pronounce his name wrong), who called it lateral thinking of withered technology. This philosophy described using mature technology that was well understood and cheaply obtained rather than cutting edge stuff to create unique game experiences different than anything else available. I suspect this is a variant of a philosophy you see among successful people in every field. They rely on the boring but practical methods and combine them in ways to create something unique. Or if you dig into the many successes, you will find that the people behind them stuck to the well established fundamentals but did them really well, and that's what the Switch does, isn't it? It's a unique experience. You can plug it into the dock and play it on your TV or unplug it and use it like a handhole console like a super powered Game Boy. I can play on my couch or take it with me to those family gatherings and plug into the TV for Mario Kart 8. It's an idea that seems incredibly obvious in hindsight, but it really wasn't at the time. Dragontiarna: Knights was my hundredth book in 2019, and my most recent book, Ghost in the Serpent, was 145. Maybe when I hit 150 I should get a Switch OLED model, or the mythical Switch 2, if it is come out by then. So that is it for this week. Thanks for listening to the Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on thepulpwritershow.com. And if you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

FEATURING: (00:03:16) New Business - Super Mario Bros. Wonder.(00:20:45) F-Zero 99.(00:24:17) Another Garbageman stream.(00:44:19) Forza Motorsports: The New One.(01:05:45) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. 8BitDo controller.(01:20:16) Chained Echoes.(01:23:06) We talk about Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision for a bit.(01:27:04) Asura's Wrath. Astebreed.(01:38:36) We end this very structured podcast with 10 minutes of Irem conversation. Then ask for Retroactive recommendations.

This week on Crackhouse, Sam can't stop crying, Myles Gets Ed, and the boys discuss the highs and lows of video game spiritual successors, including Bombrush Cyberfunk, Yooka-Laylee, Mighty No. 9, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.New Full Episodes of Crackhouse Every Friday at 1pm CST!JOIN THE DISCORD:  https://discord.gg/kE4HbXP5UVCatch the Audio Version: https://open.spotify.com/show/1hBdikiGJFVbzMruY9aYA3?si=FnXodW5dTjiykGecf5rEpQIntro Music by: G.B. Kaiku ArmyOutro Music composed by: https://g3ntlebreeze.bandcamp.com/Character Art by: @CrossOutMediaTimestamps by: Unbound SoulTIMESTAMPS:0:00 - Intro0:20 - All My Tears13:00 - This Is A Video Only Podcast 13:12 - Myles Is Old Now19:58 - The Quality Expectation Event Horizon26:37 - Done With Successors Pt 131:00 - Baldurs Gate 338:40 - Spiritual Successors Are Over Pt 254:55 - Unreasonable Asks1:19:20 - Difficulty Made Meaningless1:34:50 - Liking Open Worlds1:44:18 - Unfairly Deflowered1:51:50 - Truly Heinous1:52:50 - This Is A Video Only Podcast Pt 31:53:00 - Truly Heinous Continued1:56:40 - This Is A Video Only Podcast Pt 41:57:30 - Truly Heinous Finished2:10:40 - DBZ Is True Kino2:16:50 - Outro

Fifty listener questions taking the form of “What is the ___ of video games?” are defeated by the full panel of the Insert Credit Show. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Vanilla Bean asks: What is the Aphex Twin to Radiohead to Coldplay of video games? (07:32) John H: What is the Studio Trigger of video games? (08:46) Danimal: Who (or what) is the Wednesday Campanella of video games? (10:14) Henry: What is the Action Comics #1 competition of video games? (11:42) Tomarrow: What is the meat and potatoes of video games? (12:49) Kiko b: What is the peanut butter and jelly on white bread of video games? (13:42) Ian: what's the everything bagel of video games? (14:52) Gaagaagiins: What is the 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner of video games? (15:37) Chris B: What is the “walking by a store on a hot day that has the front doors wide open with the AC blasting and you catch a sudden blast of freezing air” of video games? (16:52) Justin: What's the “Live Free or Die Hard” of video games? (18:24) BrillPickle asks: What's the Normcore of video games? (20:10) BrillPickle asks: What's the healthgoth of video games? (21:09) Spencer: what is the “going to the movies but spending the whole time on your phone” of video games? (22:08) Cwumble Fletkh: Who is the Oedipus of video games? (23:08) Fighting fudon: What is the “I've had too much coffee and now I feel like death” of video games? (23:58) JackOakLeaf: What is the Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in The Godfather of video games? (25:24) Jimi: Who are the Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer of video game characters? (26:21) Jomch: What is the Frasier of videogames? (26:39) Dillson: What is the Hatsune Miku Guitar Synthesizer Stompbox of video games? (28:00) kory: What is the Jaws 19 from Back to the Future Part II of video games? (28:34) Anonymous: What is the finding an onion ring in your fries of video games? (29:12) Classic Anonymous: What is the Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud of video games? (31:22) U G: What is the Mark Z Danielewski's House of Leaves of video games? (32:29) Shlooter McGavin: What is the “reading a magazine back to front” of video games? (33:26) gordon “matty” freeman: What is the “vinyl just sounds better, dude” of video games? (34:31) Insert Credit Quick Break: Patreon listeners, please check your info because Patreon screwed up (34:57) Maybesheforgot: What is the O Brother Where Art Thou of video games? (35:37) Jeff Mangum: Who or what is the Neutral Milk Hotel of video games? (36:43) Skeletoncounter: What is the Wes Craven's New Nightmare of video games? (38:16) Gaagaagiins asks: What is the comparison between the theatrical and extended cuts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? (40:52) LeFish: What is the finding out Santa isn't real of video games? (42:42) Anonymous: What is the going back in time to kill baby Hitler of video games? (44:09) Charlie: Who, or what game, is the first Mark Twain of video games? (45:28) Arvid: What's the “built like a brick outhouse” of video games? (46:05) Buy Gebord: What is the Society of the Spectacle of video games? (47:20) Marxseny: What is the “It's not a phase, mom” of video games? (48:19) Barclay: What is The Illuminatus! Trilogy of video games? (49:20) Crumbling Kwelfis: who is the jean-luc godard of video games? (50:29) Dustin: What is the high school reunion of video games? (51:31) Cole: What is the Nissan Sileighty of video games? (52:43) La_cuna: What or who is the Ricky Jay of video games? (53:35) Kyle: What is the Mission Impossible of video games? (55:32) Torbjorn: Who is the Søren Kierkegaard of video games? (56:42) Antho: What's the Canadian tuxedo of video games? (57:40) ana: What is the cinéma-vérité of video games? (59:06) Snowtire: what is the Star Citizen of video games? (01:00:08) Smander Jettz: Who is the Ezra Miller of video games? (01:01:03) Brayden Bunker: What is the aeropress of video games? (01:02:53) Samf Sankey: who is the Jim Varney of video games? (01:05:47) Swift Justice: What is the BABYMETAL of video games? (01:07:03) nate: what is the 4'33 of video games? (01:09:06) Recommendations and Outro (01:09:27) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Super Mario series Super Mario Bros - Star The Stars and Stripes Forever Turkey in the Straw What's The Buzz Koji Kondo Django Reinhardt Limehouse Blues The Entertainer (rag) 1812 Overture La Marseillaise Happy Birthday to You Aphex Twin Radiohead Coldplay Bayonetta Devil May Cry series Ninja Gaiden series Final Fantasy XVI Dragon's Dogma Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories SNL “Dear Sister” Parody Studio Trigger WayForward Gainax Wednesday Campanella Castlevania series Final Fantasy XIV Online Bonk's Revenge Action Comics 1 StarTropics EarthBound Call of Duty series Angry Birds Destiny Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Sonic Mania Days Gone Assassin's Creed series Resident Evil series Raw Danger! Die Hard (film series) Normcore Roblox Health Goth Bullet Witch P.N.03 Rez Indiana Jones Oedipus David Cage Men in Black (1997) MadWorld JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future Shenmue Skies of Arcadia Marlon Brando The Godfather (1972) God of War Seinfeld Frasier Cheers Virtua Fighter Banjo-Kazooie Diddy Kong Racing Donkey Kong Country Liquid Television MIKU STOMP Undertale Groove Coaster series Back to the Future Part II (1989) PlayStation 9 Halo: Combat Evolved Understanding Comics A Grammar of Gameplay House of Leaves What Remains of Edith Finch Doki Doki Literature Club! Yesterday's Enterprise Christopher McDonald Tasha Yar Grand Theft Auto series O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Raising Arizona (1987) Brütal Legend Guitar Hero Neutral Milk Hotel Final Fantasy IX Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Bubsy series Broken Age Monkey Island series Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Fable series Blaster Master series A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Lord of the rings extended edition Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 - Portable Santa Claus Tool-assisted speedrun Castle Wolfenstein series FarmVille Cyberpunk 2077 Mark Twain Octopath Traveler The Society of the Spectacle The Righteous Gemstones Succession The Illuminatus! Trilogy Xenogears / Xenosaga universe Jean-Luc Godard Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Game Freak François Truffaut Super Smash Brothers series F-Zero Nissan 180SX Initial D Ridge Racer 6 Ricky Jay Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible Søren Kierkegaard Michael Brough Cinéma vérité The Stanley Parable Among Us Star Citizen Star Ocean Baldur's Gate III Ezra Miller Reginald VelJohnson Family Matters AeroPress Aero the Acro-Bat Mulholland Drive (2001) Jim Varney Ernest P. Worrell Paul Reubens Nintendogs Babymetal BioShock 4′33″ What's Inside the Box? Super Mario Clouds Recommendations: Frank: Listen to episode 300 Tim: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants Brandon: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), Trader Joes Rice Cracker Medley Jaffe: Sandman Mystery Theatre This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Fifty listener questions taking the form of “What is the ___ of video games?” are defeated by the full panel of the Insert Credit Show. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week: Vanilla Bean asks: What is the Aphex Twin to Radiohead to Coldplay of video games? (07:32) John H: What is the Studio Trigger of video games? (08:46) Danimal: Who (or what) is the Wednesday Campanella of video games? (10:14) Henry: What is the Action Comics #1 competition of video games? (11:42) Tomarrow: What is the meat and potatoes of video games? (12:49) Kiko b: What is the peanut butter and jelly on white bread of video games? (13:42) Ian: what's the everything bagel of video games? (14:52) Gaagaagiins: What is the 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner of video games? (15:37) Chris B: What is the “walking by a store on a hot day that has the front doors wide open with the AC blasting and you catch a sudden blast of freezing air” of video games? (16:52) Justin: What's the “Live Free or Die Hard” of video games? (18:24) BrillPickle asks: What's the Normcore of video games? (20:10) BrillPickle asks: What's the healthgoth of video games? (21:09) Spencer: what is the “going to the movies but spending the whole time on your phone” of video games? (22:08) Cwumble Fletkh: Who is the Oedipus of video games? (23:08) Fighting fudon: What is the “I've had too much coffee and now I feel like death” of video games? (23:58) JackOakLeaf: What is the Marlon Brando as Don Corleone in The Godfather of video games? (25:24) Jimi: Who are the Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer of video game characters? (26:21) Jomch: What is the Frasier of videogames? (26:39) Dillson: What is the Hatsune Miku Guitar Synthesizer Stompbox of video games? (28:00) kory: What is the Jaws 19 from Back to the Future Part II of video games? (28:34) Anonymous: What is the finding an onion ring in your fries of video games? (29:12) Classic Anonymous: What is the Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud of video games? (31:22) U G: What is the Mark Z Danielewski's House of Leaves of video games? (32:29) Shlooter McGavin: What is the “reading a magazine back to front” of video games? (33:26) gordon “matty” freeman: What is the “vinyl just sounds better, dude” of video games? (34:31) Insert Credit Quick Break: Patreon listeners, please check your info because Patreon screwed up (34:57) Maybesheforgot: What is the O Brother Where Art Thou of video games? (35:37) Jeff Mangum: Who or what is the Neutral Milk Hotel of video games? (36:43) Skeletoncounter: What is the Wes Craven's New Nightmare of video games? (38:16) Gaagaagiins asks: What is the comparison between the theatrical and extended cuts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? (40:52) LeFish: What is the finding out Santa isn't real of video games? (42:42) Anonymous: What is the going back in time to kill baby Hitler of video games? (44:09) Charlie: Who, or what game, is the first Mark Twain of video games? (45:28) Arvid: What's the “built like a brick outhouse” of video games? (46:05) Buy Gebord: What is the Society of the Spectacle of video games? (47:20) Marxseny: What is the “It's not a phase, mom” of video games? (48:19) Barclay: What is The Illuminatus! Trilogy of video games? (49:20) Crumbling Kwelfis: who is the jean-luc godard of video games? (50:29) Dustin: What is the high school reunion of video games? (51:31) Cole: What is the Nissan Sileighty of video games? (52:43) La_cuna: What or who is the Ricky Jay of video games? (53:35) Kyle: What is the Mission Impossible of video games? (55:32) Torbjorn: Who is the Søren Kierkegaard of video games? (56:42) Antho: What's the Canadian tuxedo of video games? (57:40) ana: What is the cinéma-vérité of video games? (59:06) Snowtire: what is the Star Citizen of video games? (01:00:08) Smander Jettz: Who is the Ezra Miller of video games? (01:01:03) Brayden Bunker: What is the aeropress of video games? (01:02:53) Samf Sankey: who is the Jim Varney of video games? (01:05:47) Swift Justice: What is the BABYMETAL of video games? (01:07:03) nate: what is the 4'33 of video games? (01:09:06) Recommendations and Outro (01:09:27) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Super Mario series Super Mario Bros - Star The Stars and Stripes Forever Turkey in the Straw What's The Buzz Koji Kondo Django Reinhardt Limehouse Blues The Entertainer (rag) 1812 Overture La Marseillaise Happy Birthday to You Aphex Twin Radiohead Coldplay Bayonetta Devil May Cry series Ninja Gaiden series Final Fantasy XVI Dragon's Dogma Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories SNL “Dear Sister” Parody Studio Trigger WayForward Gainax Wednesday Campanella Castlevania series Final Fantasy XIV Online Bonk's Revenge Action Comics 1 StarTropics EarthBound Call of Duty series Angry Birds Destiny Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Sonic Mania Days Gone Assassin's Creed series Resident Evil series Raw Danger! Die Hard (film series) Normcore Roblox Health Goth Bullet Witch P.N.03 Rez Indiana Jones Oedipus David Cage Men in Black (1997) MadWorld JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future Shenmue Skies of Arcadia Marlon Brando The Godfather (1972) God of War Seinfeld Frasier Cheers Virtua Fighter Banjo-Kazooie Diddy Kong Racing Donkey Kong Country Liquid Television MIKU STOMP Undertale Groove Coaster series Back to the Future Part II (1989) PlayStation 9 Halo: Combat Evolved Understanding Comics A Grammar of Gameplay House of Leaves What Remains of Edith Finch Doki Doki Literature Club! Yesterday's Enterprise Christopher McDonald Tasha Yar Grand Theft Auto series O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Raising Arizona (1987) Brütal Legend Guitar Hero Neutral Milk Hotel Final Fantasy IX Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Bubsy series Broken Age Monkey Island series Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Fable series Blaster Master series A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Lord of the rings extended edition Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 - Portable Santa Claus Tool-assisted speedrun Castle Wolfenstein series FarmVille Cyberpunk 2077 Mark Twain Octopath Traveler The Society of the Spectacle The Righteous Gemstones Succession The Illuminatus! Trilogy Xenogears / Xenosaga universe Jean-Luc Godard Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Game Freak François Truffaut Super Smash Brothers series F-Zero Nissan 180SX Initial D Ridge Racer 6 Ricky Jay Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible Søren Kierkegaard Michael Brough Cinéma vérité The Stanley Parable Among Us Star Citizen Star Ocean Baldur's Gate III Ezra Miller Reginald VelJohnson Family Matters AeroPress Aero the Acro-Bat Mulholland Drive (2001) Jim Varney Ernest P. Worrell Paul Reubens Nintendogs Babymetal BioShock 4′33″ What's Inside the Box? Super Mario Clouds Recommendations: Frank: Listen to episode 300 Tim: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants Brandon: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), Trader Joes Rice Cracker Medley Jaffe: Sandman Mystery Theatre This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

In which we discuss BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT. (Minor Spoilers) This week's quiz: A hastily assembled one. News of the week: BALDUR'S GATE III is out. Topics also included:  Aliens? More SEA OF THIEVES, and FALLOUT 4: SIM SETTLEMENTS: CHAPTER 3 Theme music: "Credits" by Stevia Sphere (steviasphere.bandcamp.com) thesavestatepodcast@gmail.com @thesavestatepod

Arise, yourself and your shadow, it's time for MAYtroidvania! You know we love a themed period of pods on this show, so for the month of May we've been (slowly) playing through some of the best Metroidvania (or 'search action' if you're a hipster) games to bring to you yet more pod goodness. First up is the Kickstarter phenomenon, the game they totally made not shite after the first trailer, the return of Igavania - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Y'all may remember that last year David fell in love with Igarashi's masterpiece, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, so this was an easy sell to get him playing. Does it live up to that lofty predecessor, or indeed anything else in the Igavania catalogue? Is the map too big? Is the voice acting too terrible? Is the game absolutely awesome? Listen and find out. Don't forget to leave a review, tweet us @winnerisyoupod or email awinnerisyoupod@gmail.com

In this episode, Nick and Dave are woken up in 18th Century England taking on the role of Miriam, a Shardbearer, who must help defeat the hordes of Demons released from hell and track down fellow Shardbearer Gebel who is hellbent on taking his revenge on the world from his gothic inspired uber castle, the Hellhold. Will Nick ever pick his jaw off the floor after realizing Save Rooms are found throughout the Castle? And will Dave ever forgive the horrible English accents?Support the show at patreon.com/criticalarcade or criticalarcade.comEmail us at nick@criticalarcade.com and dave@criticalarcade.comThanks for listening and keep on gaming! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #278 of BGMania: A Video Game Music Podcast. This week on the show, Bryan and Bedroth from RPGera dive into a theme with no clear purpose in mind outside of the obvious to see what each other would come up with for The Ides of March! Email the show at bgmaniapodcast@gmail.com with requests for upcoming episodes, questions, feedback, comments, concerns, or whatever you want! Special thanks to our Executive Producers: Jexak & Xancu. EPISODE PLAYLIST AND CREDITS Rome Theme from Ryse: Son of Rome [Borislav Slavov, 2013] Caesar's Legions from Total War: Rome II [Richard Beddow, 2013] The Prophet from Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals [Yasunori Shiono, 1995] Lunatic Eyes, Invisible Full Moon -Reisen's Theme- from Touhou Shinpiroku: Urban Legend in Limbo [ZUN & arranged by beatMARIO, 2015] Caesar from Xena: Talisman of Fate [Eric Nunamaker, 1999] Turnip Boy Go! from Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion [James Currier & Ryan Borbone feat. Yukie Dong, 2021] Showstopper from Hitman [Niels Bye Nielsen, 2016] Backstab from Payday 2 [Simon Viklund, 2013] Death from Lost Chronicles: Fall of Caesar [Unknown, 2011] Legions of Blood from Assassin's Creed Origins [Sarah Schachner, 2017] Brave Trigger from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night [Michiru Yamane, 2019] Raceways from Mario Kart 64 [Kenta Nagata, 1996] Lux et Veritas -Light and Truth- from Caesar IV [Keith Zizza, 2006] "Vehicle" by The Ides of March from Far Cry 5 [Jim Peterik, 1970/2018] SUPPORT US Patreon: https://patreon.com/rpgera CONTACT US Website: https://rpgera.com Discord: https://discord.gg/cC73Heu Twitch: https://twitch.tv/therpgera Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalLDG Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryan.ldg/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/leveldowngaming RPGERA PODCAST NETWORK Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast The Movie Bar --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bgmania/message

The legendary David Hayter joins us on Hawaii's #1 podcast, The Kasanova Podcast! David is the voice of Solid Snake and Big Boss from the world famous Metal Gear series as well as Zangetsu in the recent Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night! He also is a writer, screen writer, director and more and has worked on many Hollywood films such as X-Men, Guyver, and more! Video Version: https://youtu.be/A86m7Rf3r6c David Hayter: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBHayter SUPPORT THE SHOW AND FOLLOW US YOUTUBE : http://youtube.com/MekelKasanova TWITCH : http://twitch.tv/MekelKasanova TWITTER: http://twitter.com/MekelKasanova INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/MekelKasanova PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/MekelKasanova Be sure to visit www.MekelKasanova.com for updates, news, podcasts, and much more. Streamyard powers Hawaii's #1 podcast, The Kasanova Podcast, allowing me to live stream podcasts with multiple guests, record, and MORE! Get started today: https://streamyard.com?fpr=mekelkasanova --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deckeduppodcast/support

Welcome to 1999! Trav upsets Steve due to his low opinion of a certified classic. Steve takes his raccoon the distance. What are your top 5 games beginning with the letter "E"?Games this episodeBlancTheatrhythm Final Bar LineShenmue IIISid Meier's Alpha CentauriTony Hawk Pro SkaterCrocHi-Fi RushGrandiaDestruction Derby 64Elite Beat AgentsSly Cooper and the Thievius RaccoonusHindsightScotch and Hobbies - RUNNER UPThe Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, Under Night In-Birth, Predator Hunting Grounds, Bloodstained Ritual of the Night, Tetris Worlds, Katamari Damacy Reroll, Senran Kagura Bon AppetitThe Elite MYT - POLYKILLEREvil Inside, Sludge Life, Witcheye, Rockman Power Battle, Rockman The Power Fighters, Cotton Reboot, Hitman Freelancer, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Snipperclips, Fashion Police SquadFind more shows at polymedianetwork.com, Travis on Twitter @travplaysgames, Steve on Twitter @blinkoom, Steve streams on twitch.tv/blinkoom, Send us an email polykillpodcast@gmail.com

Alex and Luke talk Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a 2018 platform game developed and published by Inti Creates. It is a companion title to developer ArtPlay's 2019 game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and was conceived to fulfill the promise for a retro-style accompaniment to Ritual of the Night after its Kickstarter campaign exceeded crowdfunding goals. Curse of the Moon follows Zangetsu, a cursed swordsman hunting down demons for revenge, as well as three other playable characters named Miriam, Alfred and Gebel. It features an 8-bit aesthetic and gameplay style similar to Castlevania games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, particularly Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.Alex and Luke both played Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon on the Nintendo Switch. Alex rolled the credits, Luke did not. Luke is decidedly bad at Metroidvanias.This episode is unofficially brought to you in part by Daddy X.Support the showVisit us at LowFiveGaming.com.Join the Low Five Discord!Email us at hello@lowfivegaming.com.Theme music is by AJ Norman. Design assets were created by Studio Day Job.Low Five Gaming is a Studio Low Five Production.

It's time for the Game of the Year Draft 2022. Games discussed: Pentiment, Vampire Survivors, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.   Contact tcgs.co Contact form Discord Twitter Instagram Facebook Follow @davidturners @CaptainToss @matmurray @jcafarley Watch Twitch YouTube Listen Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Pocket Casts Overcast acast Stitcher Credits Music by Nick Parton Art by Dave Chong

We talk about our impressions of Scorn, Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, and the new movie, Halloween Ends. We think one is great, one has great style but is pretty niche, and one is absolute trash. Listen to find out which is which! Here's a full breakdown of what we discuss this week: 0:27 Derry Girls 2:29 History of Video Games Quiz 20:16 Scorn 32:06 Unusual Findings 37:15 Trifox 43:00 Asterigos: Curse of the Stars 51:14 Halloween Ends 1:02:05 Game Pass is making a ton of money for Microsoft 1:06:55 Splatoon 3 sales success 1:10:35 Power Rangers history lesson (i.e. Tim knows nothing) 1:15:08 TLOU show news 1:19:17 Playstation 5 & Steam Deck are selling well | Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PC 1:24:00 Sony is still whining about Call of Duty 1:28:00 Persona re-releases | Silent Hill game rumors 1:30:43 Witchfire delayed | Sonic Frontiers combat & skill trees revealed 1:33:58 Netflix new subscription tier with ads 1:37:58 Valkyrie Elysium 1:45:31 Coral Island | Dyson Sphere Program | The Pale Beyond | Hero Emblems II 1:53:30 Grounded 1:56:05 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Tales of Berseria 1:59:31 Beacon Pines 2:03:35 Bayonetta 1 & 2 2:07:00 Spec Ops: The Line | Return to Monkey Island 2:14:00 More games & movies on the way 2:15:40 Andor | Ms Marvel 2:20:05 Midnight Club 2:29:35 She-Hulk 2:38:38 A Friend of the Family 2:40:16 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power finale We are on YouTube! Check out the video version of the podcast (including more specific time stamps) along with other videos on our Current Gen Podcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CurrentGenPodcast Each week, the Current Gen Podcast will cover everything you need to know about Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo. We'd love your feedback & support! Head on over to https://anchor.fm/currentgen to leave us a message (which we may even include in an upcoming episode!) or support & share the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/currentgen/message

It's gaming season as we dip into a sequel to one of the most classic games of the 90s and find that maybe lighting truly does strike twice. On top of that, a dozen other games played between us, and a bunch of other fun besides including which PlayStation is canonically the Best Looking. The answer will not surprise you in the slightest. Send us questions about our game clubs, other games, or gaming in general to abnormalmappingpodcast@gmail.com!If you would like to support us please visit patreon.com/abnormalmapping for exclusive podcasts!Things Discussed: the PS5 price hike, upcoming game clubs, go listen to Novel Not New on Scanline Media, go listen to the upcoming Journal Updated on Hypnospace Outlaw, Fate Extra, Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation: Code Fairy, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Resident Evil 6, Ghostrunner, Guilty Gear Strive, Phantasy Star II (spoilers start at 29:45 and run to 35:15), The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence, Tsukihime, Phantasy Star II, Pokemon Black, Pokemon Black 2, The Looker, Pokemon Y, Riven, the Riven retrospective we reference this episode, CD Rom games, the ranking of PlaystationsThis Month's Game Club:Riven: The Sequel to MystNext Month's Game Club: Ib (we're playing the remake, but the original should be fine)Music This EpisodeMoiety Theme by Robyn MillerVillage Entrance Theme by Robyn MillerAccumula Town by Shota KageyamaRise and Fall by Tokuhiko Uwabo

It's Sunday, which means John and Maverick are here to talk about all the news of the week. Maverick's got a new job so he's thinking about getting into Fortnite while John is finally digging into Xenoblade Chronicles 3.  We've got a whole lot of video game movies on the way to talk about while Embracer Group seems to own every franchise now. Dead Island 2 is still happening, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is still being updated with new content, and Multiversus is getting Black Adam and the little Gremlin Stripe. Aerotek, a QA company for Nintendo is dealing with a sexual harrassment issue and Nexus Mods has banned Spider-Man anti-pride flag mods and taken an extremely strong stance against mods that do similar. As always, you can support us on our Patreon, and follow us on Twitter @VGChooChoo,  @Mavsplaniamania, and @john_michonski Also, don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and tell a friend about the show! If you want to send in questions send them to our ask box at videogamechoochoo.tumblr.com/ask. You can also join our Discord channel at thegamezone.zone! Our theme song is “Crush” by Melt Channel, from the album Magic is Real.

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We go to a mysterious castle to kill Dracula..... I mean Gebel.  We bring you the review of Iga's return to games, when we cover Bloodstained Ritual of the Night.  Come listen to what we think of this Metroidvania as we try to uncover all the secrets of the Castle. Starring Mike Albertin. Kerry Chandler, and Josh Karnel. Kerry's Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/kerooseta Josh's Twitch - imeanleafeon  A Gamer Looks at 40 - https://agamerlooksatforty.buzzsprout.com/ Helena - @HelHathFury on TikTok Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GamesMyMomFound Follow us on Facebook. Twitter - @Mom_Found Instagram - gamesmymomfound_ YouTube  - https://youtube.com/c/GamesMyMomFoundPodcast

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back once again this week to talk about the games they've beaten, retired, and been playing. This week, they tackle the topic of games that seem designed just for them but for some reason they just can't get into them. And, of course, they finish this episode off with the new and improved How Long To Beat? The Game! Fresh off of Ric's victory last week, the scores are set back to zero once again!HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord – https://discord.gg/v5F26DkEmail - hltbpodcast@gmail.comMusic – Ian EdwardGraphic design – M4thew00:00:00 - Intro00:01:20 - Beaten00:32:50 - Retired00:46:56 - Playing01:18:30 - Games we should love, but just don't01:33:40 - HLTB The GameGames Mentioned:Alex: Yakuza Kiwami [PC], Remnant: From the Ashes [PC], Kirby and the Forgotten Land [Switch], Monster Train [PC], F.E.A.R. [PC], One Step From Eden [Switch], Lost Judgment [Xbox], Bushi Seiryuuden: Futari no Yuusha (Warriors Legend of the Blue Dragon: The Two Heroes) [SNES], Wildermyth [PC]Paula: Pixross [PC], Spore [PC], Variable Barricade [Switch], Pokemon Shining Pearl [Switch], Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes [PC]Ric: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (PC), Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC), Axolotl is Dry (Switch), FIFA 22 (PS4), Risk of Rain 2 (PC), The Witcher (PC), Days Gone (PS4), Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS), Part-Time UFO (Switch), Going Under (Switch), .projekt (Android)

From gaming hosts Paul, Michael and Josh, we're bringing you even more content each week.  Gaming Quick Takes will release every Saturday. Just another way we want to say thanks to our listeners for support this gaming podcast. Hope you enjoy!Thanks to our LEGENDARY supporters: Phelps, Michele B, Redletter, Nevo, Waynerman, TFolls, AceofShame, Jake, RangerMiller, and Ad Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/multiplayerpodcast Join our Gaming Discord: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/multiplayerpod/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/MultiplayerPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCU12YOMnAQwqFZEdfXv9c3Q Visit us on the web: multiplayerpodcast.com/

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back once again this week to talk about the games they've beaten, retired, and been playing. For the topic, they briefly talk about co-op games. And, of course, they finish this episode off with the new and improved How Long To Beat? The Game! HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord – https://discord.gg/v5F26DkEmail - hltbpodcast@gmail.comMusic – Ian EdwardGraphic design – M4thew00:00:00 - Intro00:01:13 - Beaten00:45:12 - Retired00:49:04 - Playing01:20:40 - Co-Op01:39:15 - HLTB The GameGames Mentioned:Alex: Triangle Strategy [Switch], The Hex [PC], Warioware: Get it Together [Switch], What Lies in the Multiverse [Switch], Metal Gear Solid [BFB], Pictooi [Switch], Kirby and the Forgotten Land [Switch], Yakuza Kiwami [PC], Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics [Switch]Paula: Timberborn [PC], Jurassic World Evolution [PC], Variable Barricade [Switch], Minecraft (Java Edition) [PC], The Great Ace Attorney Adventures [Switch], Chrono Trigger [DS], Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes [PC]Ric: Astral Chain (Switch), What Lies in the Multiverse (Switch), Risk of Rain 2 (PC), The Witcher (PC), Days Gone (PS4), Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC), Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS), Part-Time UFO (Switch), .projekt (Android)

Alex, Paula, and Ric are back after a brief recording hiatus with some big updates on what they've beaten, retired, and been playing. They've played so much in fact, that there was no time for a topic this week! So strap in for a big ole episode about games games games. They still found time for the new and improved How Long To Beat? The Game! though.HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord – https://discord.gg/v5F26DkEmail - hltbpodcast@gmail.comMusic – Ian EdwardGraphic design – M4thew00:00:00 - Intro00:01:10 - Beaten01:05:25 - Retired01:09:23 - Playing01:54:24 - HLTB The GameGames Mentioned:Alex: TUNIC [Xbox], The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes [Xbox], The Dark Pictures: Little Hope [Xbox], Picross S6 [Switch], BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! [Switch], A Profound Waste of Time Vol. 1 & 2 [Books], Elden Ring [XSX], The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask [N64], The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD [Wii U], Triangle Strategy [Switch], Risk of Rain 2 [PC], What Lies in the Multiverse [Switch], The Hex [PC], Pictooi [Switch]Paula: Fire Emblem: Fates - Birthright [3DS], Fire Emblem: Fates - Conquest [3DS], Peggle [PC], The Cruel King and the Great Hero [Switch], Variable Barricade [Switch], TUNIC [PC], Risk of Rain 2 [PC], The Wild Eight [PC], Jurassic World Evolution [PC]Ric: Helltaker (PC), Rain on Your Parade (PC), Fishing Paradiso (Android), KeyWe (PS4), Risk of Rain 2 (PC), Risk of Rain 2 (PC), The Witcher (PC), Astral Chain (Switch), Days Gone (PS4), Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC), Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS)

**Support The Show on Patreon** This week, Edward, Corey, Dan, and Stephanie discuss whether or not Breath of the Wild 2 is running on current Switch hardware and if there is Switch Pro in Nintendo's future plans, GameBoy and GameBoy Advance possibly leaked for NSO, their favorite console designs, and much more! Games on Playing With Power: Double Dragon, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, MLB The Show 22, Chrono Cross, Mario Golf Super Rush, Elden Ring, Super Mario 3D World, Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Time Stamps: 0:00 Intros 7:52 - Contest Rules 8:49 - Patreon Producers 9:53 - Snacktendo! 23:00 - Hey You, What's New? 27:34 - Question Block - Licensed IP That Fit Nintendo 46:30 - Question Block - Smash Bros. Fighter Pass 3 55:50 - Breath of the Wild 2 Rumors 1:13:04 - Shin Megami Tensei Hits 1 Million Sold 1:16:54 - GameBoy/GBA on NSO 1:26:28 - Docked Mode: Favorite Console Design 1:46:54 - Playing With Power 1:59:32 - Thanks for Watching! This Week's Guest: Stephanie Klimov: Twitter | Instagram This Week's Panelists: Edward Varnell: Twitter | Instagram Corey Dirrig: Twitter | Instagram Dan Murphy: Twitter Jacob Taylor: Twitter | Twitch Contact the Show: Email: NintendoPowBlock@gmail.com Tweet at the Show: @PowBlockPodcast Follow Nintendo Pow Block on Social Media: Twitter | Discord | Instagram | Twitch | YouTube | Facebook Group | Facebook Thank You for Listening! You can find Nintendo Pow Block Live on Twitch every Monday night or on YouTube and your podcast service of choice every Wednesday. You can also catch Nintendo Pow Block Expansion Pass, the supplemental show, every Sunday! Remember if you're watching on YouTube to subscribe the channel. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave us a review and five star rating. Thanks for listening!

Ric, Alex, and Paula return with a bit of a gaming drought, as they only talk about which games they've beaten and have been playing (no retirements!). They then follow up to last regular episode topic of instruction manuals with they topic of strategy guides, and finish off the episode with the new and improved How Long To Beat? The Game!HowLongToBeat forums - https://howlongtobeat.com/forumDiscord – https://discord.gg/v5F26DkEmail - hltbpodcast@gmail.comMusic – Ian EdwardGraphic design – M4thew00:00:00 - Intro00:01:38 - Beaten00:19:33 - Playing01:05:45 - Strategy Guides01:35:21 - HLTB The GameGames Mentioned:Alex:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars [SNES], The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask [N64], Elden Ring [Xbox], Triangle Strategy [Switch], BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! [Switch], TUNIC [Xbox], Risk of Rain 2 [PC]Paula:Fire Emblem: Awakening [3DS], The Cruel King and the Great Hero [Switch], Variable Barricade [Switch], Fire Emblem: Fates - Birthright [3DS], TUNIC [PC], Risk of Rain 2 [PC], The Wild Eight [PC]Ric:Risk of Rain 2 (PC), The Witcher (PC), Astral Chain (Switch), Days Gone (PS4), Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC), Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS), KeyWe (PS4),