A Gamer Looks At 40
An exploration of the history of video games told through the stories of the every day people who lived it. Join me along with a rotating cast of friends, family, gaming journalists, and industry types as we share personal recollections from the last thirty years of gaming, one story at a time.
A Gamer Looks At 40
Ep 84 - Earthbound Part Onett: An Introduction Into a Strange New World
When Earthbound landed on American shores in 1995, nobody knew quite to make of it. In an RPG landscape where Final Fantasy 6 and Chrono Trigger ruled supreme, a silly game about farts and fuzzy pickles didn't garner much interest. At least according to the marketing. Fast forward nearly 30 years, and Earthbound has grown from 16 bit outcast to the stuff of legends.
On this initial decent into the heart of Giygas, a cast of 12 intrepid explorers share their initial impressions of the game, the aforementioned marketing, and how the game hits us now as world weary adults.
STARRING (all handles from Twitter)
Cat Blackard (@NeonFeline) of the Mother, She Wrote Podcast (@EarthBoundPod)
Celeste (@faeriecrypt) of Another Zelda Podcast (@AnotherZeldaPod)
Dan aka Captain Gingerbeard (@ScurvyBay)
Ian aka @teacherbloke85
Kyle VonKubick (@okaykube) of Read Only Magazine
Lucas White (@HokutoNoLucas)
Michael K Hughes (@KaidanXain) of the Capes and Junk Podcast (@GamesAndJunk)
Mike Albertin of Games My Mom Found (@mom_found)
Mustin, music producer (@Mustin)
Rigney of the Reliving Retro Podcast (@Reliving_Retro)
Robert P. Ottone, author of The Triangle (@RobertOttone)
Sam of the RetroLogic Podcast
SONG COVERS
Earthbound Town Medley - Acoustic/Classical Guitar Cover by Super Guitar Bros - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koX4XLkB5sY
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