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This week, Matt and Roses are joined by the first developer we ever talked about on this show, MEREDITH GRAN, the creative force behind Perfect Tides and the upcoming Perfect Tides: Station to Station. We take some time to discuss our feet before discussing art, nostalgia, and the creative decisions by – let's face it – one of our favorite frickin' games.Then, we spend a LOT of time talking about a game that is FAR from our favorite: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist. And we're sorry*.*we aren'tEmail Us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Perfect Tides Perfect Tides: Station to Station The Dig Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
Today we're talking about Perfect Tides by Three Bees! A game about growing up in a resort town and living a life on the early internet.Get Perfect Tides on Steam, GOG, or itch! Check out Meredith Gran's other work on her website and follow her on Bluesky! Wishlist Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam!!!---Follow Remy on Bluesky! Check out his work on his website! Check out sunset visitor 斜陽過客's website! Buy 1000xRESIST on Steam or Switch!!!!---Discussed in the episodePerfect Tides (Original Soundtrack) by Daniel Kobylarz on bandcampNextel Chirp on YouTubeDucks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton on Drawn and QuarterlyAdditional linksMeredith Gran on YouTubeFireside Chat featuring Meredith Gran and Tony Howard-Arias by Fellow Traveller on YouTubeMeredith Gran Interview | Perfect Tides: Station To Station by Cressup on YouTube---Visit our website!Support the show on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - We're renaming Early Access (00:29) - A normal episode that we are feeling normal about!!!!!!!!!!! (01:38) - What is Perfect Tides? (02:57) - Why Remy chose Perfect Tides (06:24) - Point and Click games (09:41) - The game is honest (19:40) - Shilling for Perfect Tides (21:17) - Perfect Tides by Daniel Kobylarz (21:53) - Mara's family | Spoilers (30:50) - Lily | Spoilers (35:52) - New Reunion by Daniel Kobylarz (36:20) - Lily | Spoilers (40:54) - The Narrator | Spoilers (43:04) - The Jason of it all | Spoilers (48:06) - Staggle and The Internet | Spoilers (01:04:14) - Timothy and Judaism | Spoilers (01:09:38) - Final Fantasy VII Spoilers (for real) | Spoilers (01:12:38) - Calling out a few more specific things | Spoilers (01:14:24) - Big Takeaways (01:15:01) - Chase's Big Takeaway (01:19:46) - Kim's Big Takeaway (01:22:16) - Remy's Big Takeaway (01:29:14) - AJ's Big Takeaway (01:33:57) - That's Perfect Tides! (01:34:17) - Thank you Remy! (01:36:04) - Thank you so much for listening
Meredith Gran (she/her) is a comics artist and game designer, best known for her webcomic, Octopus Pie and the adventure game Perfect Tides. She sat down with me to talk about her experience coming to games from a comics background, how Perfect Tides' mechanics where influenced by teenage naivety, and why the 00s are such a rich period for coming of age stories. Finally, we wrap up with a teaser for the upcoming sequel, Perfect Tides: Station to Station. You can learn more about Meredith's games and comics on her website. Meredith's Cool Things to Share- Having a VHS collection with Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001) Things Discussed- Perfect tides (Three Bees, 2022)- Octopus Pie (Meredith Gran, 2007-2017)- King's Quest (Sierra, 1984)- I Like Movies (Chandler Levack, 2022)- PEN15 (Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zvibleman, 2019-2021)- Perfect Tides: Station to Station (Meredith Gran, upcoming) Kritiqal Care is produced by me, Nathalie, with music by Desired. It's available on Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get podcasts. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a review or rating, sharing it with a loved one, and supporting KRITIQAL on Ko-Fi.
Welcome back to another teen angst-ridden episode of Pixel Pizza! This week we've got acclaimed comic writer and game developer Meredith Gran on the show, talking about her point-and-click adventure game Perfect Tides and its upcoming sequel Perfect Tides: Station to Station
PushingUpRoses and Matt Aukamp introduce you to their brand new podcast: Save Your Game! We talk about how we got into adventure games, some of our favorites, and Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire. Then, we dig in deep on 2022's Perfect Tides.Email us: MattandRoses@gmail.comGames Discussed: Swanky Maximino Kings Quest III: To Heir is Human Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Kings Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder Secret of Monkey Island Curse of Monkey Island Dust: Tale of the Wired West Toonstruck Escape from Monkey Island Sanitarium Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire Perfect Tides Adventures of Willy Beamish
Meredith Gran ( https://meredithgran.com/ ) ( Perfect Tides, Octopus Pie ) Cameron Kunzelman ( https://ckunzelman.com/ ) ( Critic, Ranged Touch ) And don't forget to check out the show Saturday at 2-4pm EST at indiepocalypse.com/radio! Get episodes the Monday after they air at indiepocalypse.com/patreon or a month later in podcast places --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiepocalypse/support
Let's dork out about comics! Lexi & Ben share their essential comic reads from monthlies, graphic novels, comic strips, and webcomics: Lynda Barry, Osamu Tezuka, Hergé, Trudy Cooper, Gary Larson, Bill Waterson, Randall Munroe, Scott McCloud, Matthew Inman, Junji Ito, Meredith Gran and just, like, so, so many more! FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:Here are the comics we recommended:Louis Riel by Chester Brown (Lexi & Ben)Judge Dredd from 2000 AD (Jon)Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka (Ben)Tintin by HergéCalvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (Lexi & Ben)xkcd by Randall Munroe (Jon)Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (Ben)Making Comics by Scott McCloud(Ben)Gyo by Junji Ito (Fiona)Uzumaki by Junji Ito (Fiona)Krazy Kat by George Harriman (Who's That Pokemon)Syllabus: Notes From an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry (Lexi)The Death of Superman from DC Comics by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding (Jon)Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Ben)Tales from the Crypt from EC Comics (Fiona)Sharaz-de: Tales from the Arabian Nights by Sergio Toppi (Lexi)The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman (Lexi & Jon)Y: The Last Man by Pia Guerra and Brian K. Vaughan (Ben)Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne (Fiona & Ben)Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett (Lexi)The Far Side by Gary Larson (Jon & Lexi)Saga by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan (Ben, obviously)Love and Rockets created by Mario, Gilbert, and Jaime Hernandez (Fiona)Johhny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez (Lexi)Monstress by Sana Takeda and Marjorie Liu (Lexi)From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (Lexi)Stardust by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess.The Sandman series created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg (Lexi)It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth (Lexi)Smile by Raina Telgemeier (Ben)Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran (Ben)Bobbins/Scary Go Round/Bad Machinery by John Allison (Ben)Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (Ben)Holy shit! That was a lot of comics!BONUS CONTENT:HoodoosIgnatzThe Secret Life of CanadaJess' comics offering: Cathy by Cathy Guisewite and Jamie Loftus' AackCastSOCIALS:Here's where you can find us!Lexi's website and twitter and instagramBen's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade ArtsDork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and redditEnjoying dorking out with Dork Matters? Give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods and help us spread the word.“To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.” -Scott McCloud
GOLB! This week Chris and Daniel discuss Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift by Meredith Gran and Carey Pietsch. We also talk about all the new Marvel shows and movies announced by Disney, and more Spider-Man 3 casting rumors. Visit us online: https://thereadercopypodcast.libsyn.com/ ( Check out The Reader Copy Podcast website) Our iTunes page: https://goo.gl/MikhDd ( Listen to more episodes) Even More Stuff: https://goo.gl/4iDTXn ( Check out our Instagram) https://goo.gl/cVFw7r ( Follow us on Twitter) https://goo.gl/RsnXc1 ( Like us on Facebook) Show music provided by MDK - Hyper Beam
Adv of Super-Sons 1, Green Arrow 43, DC Superhero Girls, Infinity Wars, X-Men Gold Annual 2, Frozen: Breaking Boundaries, Seeds, Project Superpowers 1, Robots versus Princesses, Bebop and Rocksteady Hit the Road, Leviathan, Steven Universe Harmony, Disney Gravity Falls: Lost Legends OGN Additional Reviews: Amanda Knox documentary, The Boy News: Peter Simeti printing strategy, Super-Pets movie, Kraven movie, Immortal Men cancelled, Jason Todd’s new costume, Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek Comics Details: Adventures of the Super-Sons 1 by Peter Tomasi, Carlo Barberi, Art Thibert, Protobunker Green Arrow 43 by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Javi Fernandez, John Kalisz DC SuperHero Girls: Out of the Bottle GN by X-Men Gold Annual 2 by Seanan McGuire, Marco Failla, Rachelle Rosenberg Infinity Wars 1 by Gerry Duggan, Mike Deodato, Frank Martin Leviathan 1 by John Layman, Nick Pitarra, Michael Garland Frozen: Breaking Boundaries by Joe Caramagna, Jai Nitz, Kawaii Creative Studio Seeds 1 by Ann Nocenti, David Aja Robots versus Princesses 1 by Todd Matthy, Nicolas Chapuis, Sean Rinehart Project Superpowers 1 by Rob Williams, Sergio Davila, Felideus Bebop and Rocksteady Hit The Road 1 by Ben Bates, Dustin Weaver, Brittany Peer Long Lost Vol 2 by Matthew Erman, Lisa Sterle Steven Universe Harmony 1 by Shane-Michael Vidaurri, Mollie Rose Disney Gravity Falls Lost Legends by Alex Hirsch, Meredith Gran, Mike Holmes, Valerie Halla, Priscella Tang, Jim Campbell, Jacob Chabot, Asaf Hanuka, Stephanie Ramirez, Serina Hernandez, Dana Terrace Comics Countdown, 01 August 2018: Mister Miracle 10 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Highest House 6 by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Fabien Alquier Gravity Falls: Lost Legends by Alex Hirsch, Meredith Gran, Mike Holmes, Valerie Halla, Priscella Tang, Jim Campbell, Jacob Chabot, Asaf Hanuka, Stephanie Ramirez, Serina Hernandez, Dana Terrace Quantum Age 2 by Jeff Lemire, Wilfredo Torres, Dave Stewart Batman 52 by Tom King, Lee Weeks, Bettie Breitweiser Cosmic Ghost Rider 2 by Donny Cates, Dylan Burnett, Antonio Fabela Deathstroke 34 by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Trevor Scott, Jeromy Cox Seven to Eternity 10 by Rick Remender, Jerome Opena, Matt Hollingsworth Justice League 5 by James Tynion IV, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Wil Quintana TMNT Universe 25 by Ian Flynn, Nelson Daniel
Celebrated comic author and aspiring game Dev Meredith Gran decided to come on and share her expansive wisdom of web comics, self publishing and being a confused 20 year old! Confused yourself? Well maybe she can help you out!! Youtube Counterpart https://youtu.be/HPwfkeci57Y Audible Trial--- https://audibletrial.com/DOPETALK Patreon--- https://www.patreon.com/cocadope Want to discuss art some more? Got more questions? Hang out in our discord! discord.io/coca MEREDITH'S MELODIES https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/465155699/perfect-tides http://www.octopuspie.com/ https://octopuspiecomic.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/granulac https://www.patreon.com/octopuspie COCA'S ADDITIONAL STUFF https://twitter.com/Cocadope http://twitch.tv/cocadopeart http://cocadope.storenvy.com
This week, we get to talk to Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie) about her approach to storytelling, the internet, teaching, and being financially self sufficient while making comics. We talk about the game Meredith is making and the history of webcomics (as we know it.)
Salt & Honey is a podcast by two friends and full-time cartoonists, Sloane (From Under Mountains, A Map to the Sun) and Leslie (Snotgirl) who want to delve delve deeper into why they like what they like and hate what they hate. Each week, we explore different aspects of different comics (popular and obscure), as well as other popular media, including but not limited to movies and television. Find Sloane- twitter.com/sloanesloane sloanesloane.net Find Leslie- twitter.com/lesliehung instagram.com/dairyfree Intro by Too Much soundcloud.com/toomuchband/ Mentioned in this episode: From Under Mountains imagecomics.com/comics/series/from-under-mountains Snotgirl imagecomics.com/comics/series/snotgirl Year 24 Group- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_24_Group Moto Hagio- Otherworld Barbara vol. 1 www.fantagraphics.com/otherworldbarbara/ Otherworld Barbara vol. 2 www.fantagraphics.com/otherworldbarbara2/ Heart of Thomas www.fantagraphics.com/heartofthomas/ A Cruel God Reigns en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cruel_God_Reigns Keiko Takemiya- Toward the Terra/To Terra... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toward_the_Terra Riyoko Ikeda- Rose of Versailles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_of_Versailles Check Please by Ngozi: omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/ Romance Comics- Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran: www.octopuspie.com/ Wet Moon by Sophie Campbell: www.amazon.com/Wet-Moon-Book-Fee…gs/dp/1620103044/ Tillie Walden: tilliewalden.com/category/comics Sex Fantasy by Sophia Foster-Dimino: www.hellophia.com/sex-fantasy/ Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley: www.amazon.com/Scott-Pilgrim-Col…ous/dp/1620100002 BFF by Mickey Quinn: www.bffcomic.com/ Open Spaces Closed Places by saicoink: oscp.smackjeeves.com/ Patience by Daniel Clowes: www.fantagraphics.com/patience/ The Sculptor by Scott McCloud: www.amazon.com/Sculptor-Scott-Mc…oud/dp/1596435739 High Teen Boogie by Yukio Goto and Kazuko Makino: www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20652
Ceci n'est pas une podcast! This week Kyle, Matthew and Natalie sit down with comedian Kevin Macias to talk about Art History, as they discuss their favorite time periods and artists through the ages. Natalie likes cave paintings and ancient art, Kevin and Kyle share their mutual love of fascist artwork, and Matthew phones a friend (Laura) to learn why Greek/Roman nudes weren't "packing heat." They also talk graffiti, performance art and give a lot of great recommendations for contemporary artists you should totally check out! Weekly Rads: Our new website thisisradpodcast.com, The Limestone Comedy Festival and radsters in Bloomington, Indiana; Teen Witch Fan Club, David Cook aka Bonethrower, Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran, Bernie Wrightson's The Amazing Spider-Man Hooky, Slowdive, Day of the Dead Raddendums: Nat Geo WILD, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Picasso, Rothko, Mondrian, Yves Klein, Keith Haring, Robert Arneson, Cindy Sherman, Pecker, De Chirico, Neo Rauch, Cake/Cake 87, The Artist Is Present, Narcissister, Basic Instinct, Frida Kahlo, Destino, Basquiat, Blank City, Yue Minjun, Bosch, Goya, Koontz, Ed Ruscha, Damien Hirst, Richard Serra, Walter De Maria, James Turrell, Oskar Kokoschka, Geoff McFetridge, Pettibone, Patrick Martinez, Banksy
As a follow up to last weeks show, this weeks is the second panel, this time featuring Brandon Graham, David Brothers, Adam Warren, Meredith Gran and Farel Dalrymple. And of course, all this was hosted by the great and inquisitive … Continue reading →
This week Meredith Gran, the Ignatz Award winning creator of long-running webcomic Octopus Pie, joins us to talk about her creative history and process as well as the release of Octopus Pie in trade form from Image Comics, out February 26th. … Continue reading →
It’s a new episode in a new Act! 2 down, 4 to go. (This one’s Act 3.) Look alive!This week: It’s Jade! A bubbly oracle with a bent for remarkably dangerous hobbies. Meanwhile, Rose discovers a big pulsating underground server grid, Jade receives our first in-story trolling, and Dave gets wrecked by a literal puppet. Pages 2660 to 2769.Here’s a bunch of other stuff that comes up:Listen to Jade’s homemade music on page 2730.A YouTube upload of “[S] Jade: Play a hauntingly relaxing bassline.”Read the line “Jade is beginning to regret breaking the fourth wall for this ill advised escapade” and all subsequent narration in the voice from this video. [note: i have no idea what this is meant to link to because our shownotes broke]We got asked for webcomic recs! Check out Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran and Cucumber Quest by Gigi D.G.We also got asked for book recs! Go read the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, or Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.Next week is Episode 10! Bad news: Lydia screwed up the teaser text again and we won’t properly see Bec until Ep 11. Good news: John confronts his father’s room, Jade confronts her grandfather, and a familiar-looking carapace agent confronts an enormous pointing finger and a very silly hat. 2770 – 2879.Ask us questions on Tumblr, Twitter or hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com!This fresh, organic, streaming audio content has been delivered to your door by Alex and Lydia.Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” – Malcolm BrownOutro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” – Malcolm Brown, arranged and performed by Kevin RegameyBoth from Homestuck Vol 1-4, listen and purchase on Bandcamp!Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.
Grant Morrison, Darwyn Cooke's Parker: The Hunter, The Outfit, and The Score, Locke & Key: Clockworks by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez from IDW, In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Windsor McKay/Little Nemo), Jim Cheung, Brain Wood's X-Men, Desert Island's Smoke Signal #13 (Tony Millionaire, Brian Chippendale, SKINNER, and more), The Return of King Doug by Greg Erb, Jason Oremland, and Wook-Jin Clark from ONI Press, Ryan Estrada and The Whole Story (Ryan North, Doug TenNapel, Meredith Gran, Jeffrey Brown, Katie Cook, Box Brown, Nam Dong Yoon, and a whole lot more), Kickstarter (Creature Box, Remind by Jason Brubaker, etc.), Black Dynamite on Adult Swim, and a whole mess more!
I'm very excited to welcome Meredith Gran onto the podcast to talk about her new videogame project Perfect Tides, what it means to take your creative process to gaming, and, of course, some Octopus Pie for good measure.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/no-cartridge-audio/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.