The Art Eater Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Join Richmond and Shawn - We are game industry vets and creators of the Art Eater blog (art-eater.com). Each week we are joined by an inspiring rogues gallery of artists, creators and passionate people.
This is for people who love art, culture and especially gaming not to mention interesting tangents and weird facts. We hope this will be your new fav podcast.
After a long hiatus, the Art Eater crew reunite to explore art, gaming, and culture through personal stories and shared inspirations. The conversation spans classical and modern art, philosophy, restoration, and identity, alongside deep dives into game design, animation, narrative structure, and community influence. From Darkstalkers to Nietzsche then indie games to pixel art, nostalgia, and visual storytelling, the discussion reflects on how history, culture, and personal experience shape creativity. We do our first annual Gaming White Elephant exchange featuring free game recommendations and games we have finished this year.
Richmond, Sh--!! and AJ keep up the tradition of a Halloween Special! A GHOST in the Machine._11- has deleted Shaw--n!___.//'s voice from the recording--._!!! - Despite, the ghostly glitches the duo discuss the energy of the industry and the recent film, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc along with the much older classic horror film, 28 Days Later plus a new indie survival horror game called Psycho Dead!
Richmond joined by researcher and translator, Ann Yamamoto, conducts an in-depth interview with Katsumi Ueda, the producer of the documentary series Manben Neo, hosted by Naoki Urasawa explores the unseen craft of how manga is made. The discussion covers the origins of the show, the challenges faced in production, and the insights gained from working closely with manga artists. Ueda shares his personal experiences and how his perception of manga has evolved through the process including his thoughts on the future of Manben and the importance of supporting manga culture globally.
Richmond, AJ and Noah Berkley (long time Art Eater film writing contributor, first time on the podcast) discusses Ryan Coogler's newest film, Sinners. The group discusses the types of discourse around the film and its layers of themes. From personal reflections to Coogler's messaging and relationships expressed, we explore many angles.
Richmond, Shawn and AJ offer a tribute Akira Toriyama(鳥山明) likely one of the most influential artists and creators of our lifetimes. After his tragic passing in March of 2024 - we discuss his life and work and how it has penetrated and enriched our lives. Rest in Peace, 鳥山明.
SPOILERS - The Boy and The Heron will be discussed at length and spoiled. Go watch it first! (or not)... Richmond, James and Mike Judge(@goro_toro) have an impromptu podcast immediately after coming out of the latest Hayao Miyazaki film, The Boy and The Heron. The crew explores the film's artistry, structure and Miyazaki's influences and development as a director coming into possibly his actual last film.
SPOILERS - On Gaku will be discussed at length and spoiled. Go watch it first! (or not)... Richmond and James have an impromptu discussion after immediately after rolling the credits on the 2019 film On Gaku: Our Sound(音楽) written, directed and animated by Kenji Iwaisawa and based on the 2005 self-published manga - Ongaku to Manga by Hiroyuki Oohashi.
We return to being fans rather than creators. A year of renewal and rebirth. Richmond, Thomas and AJ take some time to talk about the things they legitimately enjoyed as a fan in 2023.
The Art Eater Crew catches up, Richmond discusses his Gamescom and Devcom trip plus a casual postgame discussion of 2023's Gamescom focusing on the smaller upcoming games that we are excited about with plenty of tangents.
Thomas welcomes Zeno and Federico, the two talented developers from Tmesis Studios (https://twitter.com/tmesis_studio) working on the upcoming European comics inspired game "Universe For Sale". They dive into what makes Italian and French comics unique, how it influenced the game, and share references of (very) local artists and publications that defined their childhood and sensibilities.
Join Richmond live from Germany chatting with Shawn and Thomas for a bit of a pre-game to discuss games we are excited to see more from at Gamescom 2023. We talk Mortal Kombat 1, Model kits, Persona 3 to Web vs. Game UI as well as Akira Toriyama's love of military hardware and the cultural artistry of Black Myth: Wukong.
Richmond, Shawn and Professor Andy gather for some undirected initial impressions of Larian Studios' latest CRPG, Baldur's Gate 3 as well as some discussion of older Baldur's gate titles, glowing cats, the game design philosophy, XCOM, turn-based Metal Gear and some storied encounters, fun gameplay tips and more. More Baldur's Gate 3 episodes to come!
Richmond, AJ and Professor Andy gather for a session to dive deep into Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This is a analysis of the Tears of the Kingdom trailers but we discuss the design philosophy, themes, lore, connection to Breathe of the Wild and more! This discussion was so extensive that we split it into two episodes.
Richmond, Shawn and James have been playing the remake but WE CAN'T talk about said remake without talking about the original, genre-defining Resident Evil 4. We discuss our intro to RE4, industry context all the way to Leon's glow up and THE KICK. Join us as we gush about and revisit the original Resident Evil 4.
Anime discussion are now called Anime Therapy! Today we dive back into OVAs today. To discuss, we are joined again by special guest and film and game industry storyboard and concept artist, Jessie Lam (@axl99) currently a Principal Concept Artist at BrassLion and has worked with many huge games, studios and IPs such as Invincible, Gears of War 5, Skybound, The Coalition, Bandai Namco & EA among others. We each pick a favorite OVA to gush about. From Sol Bianca to to Bubblegum Crisis as well as M.D. Geist and Hellsing, its another fun episode where we enjoy a type of therapy about good animation.
The Art Eater Podcast is kicking off a new episode type with an amazing guest, C.Bedford (@cbedfordart), they are a super talented illustrator and digital painter, currently working on an awesome looking new game called "Sorry We're Closed". Rather than tackle a specific subject with our guest, this episode type is a deep-dive undirected interview with C. Join us as we meet, C.Bedford!
Art Eater is introducing a chill new episode type - Now Playing. Where we just talk in depth about media we are currently enjoying. For the first of this type of episode, its actually a "Now Reading" but that isn't as catchy. Anyway, join the Art Eater crew as we discuss our current fav comics and manga - We talk Fire Punch, American Gods, The Bomb, Nuns with Guns (many comics), Me & Roboco, Witch Hat Atelier and many many tangents.
Art Eater focuses on games but we cover anime as well -- today we dive head first into 80s and 90s OVAs! To discuss, we are joined by special guest and film and game industry storyboard and concept artist, Jessie Lam (@axl99) currently a Principal Concept Artist at BrassLion and has worked with many huge games, studios and IPs such as Invincible, Gears of War 5, Skybound, The Coalition, Bandai Namco & EA among others. We each talk about our first OVAs, favorites and classic influential examples. From Devil Hunter Yohko, Megazone 23 and Birdy the Mighty to Satoshi Kon, 801 TTS Airbats, Newtype, Cowboy Bebop and even Harmagedon.
Its Valentine's Day and The Art Eater Crew thought we would take a slightly more relaxed route and discuss, Love at First Sight in games. Although, we don't just talk about games of course -- Falling in love with fighting games, amazing statues, Batman & Robin for Playstation (that's right), Owlboy, King of Fighters sprites and even Chrono Break - our love that will never be...----- sigh -- Ahem. Also, Professor Layton's Hat, Akuma in Tekken, One Piece, X-Men: COTA and more!
Think about your first love and join us for a relaxing trip to discuss love....at first sight.
We are joined today by game journalist and writer, Derek Swinhart to talk about the Dead Space Remake and as well as modern survival horror. We get into allegorical themes, Lovecraftian influences, Callisto Protocol parallels, the important changes in the remake and the unique dismemberment mechanics in Dead Space.
We have a full house today with the Art Eater Crew and are joined by special guest, illustrator and animator, Darius Scott Hill (@burntmoth19) to celebrate Lunar New Year 2023, The Year of the Rabbit...by discussing Rabbits in games and media. We discuss the fighting game, Rabbit, Brutal: Paws of Fury, Peter Rabbit, Armello, Overgrown, Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit, Waku Waku 7, Sonic, Odin Sphere and more. SO MANY Rabbits. Celebrate with us.
Richmond, Shawn and AJ hang out and casually discuss our favorite games and media from 2022. We discuss Divinity: Original Sin, Marvel SNAP and Evil Dead: The Game and we even delve into great shows and moves including Chainsaw Man, Ranking of Kings and Reason to Leave. Grab your favorite drink and chill out with part of the crew.
The Art Eater Crew discusses game announcements that were revealed during The Game Awards 2022 . From the Street Fighter 6 reveals to Hades 2 and new indie titles like Hellboy: Web of Wyrd and Replaced as well as discussing a bit of Armored Core VI : Fires of Rubicon.
The Art Eater crew maturely discussions eroticism in games for our 69th Episode. We discuss early games with sexual depiction in them as well as how censorship of sexual content has changed in the industry plus discussion of the range of approaches in games such as King of Fighters, Baulder's Gate, Mortal Kombat and Hades.
Join Richmond and special guest, Joshua Santamaria (@dammitjosh) : cheese monger, comic writer, artist and enjoyer as they have an intimate discussion about Yukinobu Tatsu's manga that is ghost plus alien plus teen romance. Of course, its 2021 manga, Dandadan(ダンダダン)
The Art Eater crew comes off Halloween with a discussion about the newly announced upcoming remakes of some of our favorite survival horror games, Silent Hill 2 and Resident Evil 4.
The Art Eater crew find themselves walking in a howling storm through a dark wood when they come upon a totally not haunted mansion. Taking shelter inside, the group looks for a way out of the mansion and they are joined by special guest, Gianni Matragrano, a voice actor and all around spooky dude to talk about their scariest horror moves, comics, books, media and games as they pass the time searching.
A chill episode after our couple months hiatus. We use this time to celebrate and discuss the life and work of Shichiro Kobayashi, the massively influential background artist and art director of a mind-blowingly long list of anime masterpieces and classics such as Cyborg 009, Sally the Witch, The Gutsy Frog, Samurai Giants, Aim for the Ace, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Berserk, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Space Adventure Cobra, Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Venus Wars and tons more.
A chill episode after our couple months hiatus. We use this time to celebrate and discuss the life and work of Shichiro Kobayashi, the massively influential background artist and art director of a mind-blowingly long list of anime masterpieces and classics such as Cyborg 009, Sally the Witch, The Gutsy Frog, Samurai Giants, Aim for the Ace, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Berserk, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Space Adventure Cobra, Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Venus Wars and tons more.
The Art Eater Crew discusses the Street Fighter 6 Beta. A few of us had access, other didn't. We discuss the technicals of SF6, Ken and Ryu's new designs, Bushinryu in the game, overall mechanics, the BattleHub and more!
The Art Eater Crew discusses the Street Fighter 6 Beta. A few of us had access, other didn't. We discuss the technicals of SF6, Ken and Ryu's new designs, Bushinryu in the game, overall mechanics, the BattleHub and more!
Join Richmond and AJ as they discuss their favorite game trailers with facts, tangents and history about the game across a listen-along of each trailer - a great one to listen alongside the recording! We talk Silent Hill(s), Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Cyberpunk 2077 and more!
Join Richmond and AJ as they discuss their favorite game trailers with facts, tangents and history about the game across a listen-along of each trailer - a great one to listen alongside the recording! We talk Silent Hill(s), Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Cyberpunk 2077 and more!
The entire Art Eater crew is on for this episode as we discuss our initial thoughts and nostalgic ramblings in reaction to the announcement trailer for Street Fighter 6. We have so many thoughts that this is only Part 1.
Art Eater keeps on rolling with our dive into Game Advertising. Richmond's favorite commercial of all-time, mascots, Batdance, Joseph Kosinski, Earthbound/Mother and more!
Art Eater has a skeleton crew this week with Richmond and AJ continuing our dive into Game Advertising. In Part 2, we discuss Japan vs. USA, Street Fighter x Tekken, Pokemon and more!
The Art Eater crew embarks upon a massive and surprisingly meaty topic. Game Advertising. In Part 1, we discuss the shockingly inappropriate, sometimes smart and often mind bending avantgarde days of early console advertising. Print ads, weird videos, demo discs and more!
Happy Valentine's Day! The Art Eater crew celebrates by talking about LUV in games - our favorite couples, relationships, games - discussing Pokemon, Street Fighter, Catherine, Xenogears and more. Also, Thomas sings French songs of romance and its amazing.
The Art Eater Crew is joined by well-known fighting game competitor and commentator, Hellpockets. We talk about his history in the FGC (Fighting Game Community), some KOF history and we dive into the upcoming release of King of Fighters XV by SNK.
The Art Eater Crew brings in Chinese New Year 2022 - The Year of the Tiger by talking about...Tigers in video games! We talk Bloody Roar, Tekken, Tecmo Knight, Martial Masters, Tiger Electronics and even Ty: The Tasmanian Tiger...
The Art Eater crew comes together for our first (recording) of 2022 to talk about 2020 - Part 2 (2021) - games we played, things we enjoyed and what we are looking forward too...Turbo Teen, Resident Evil, the Sonic engine and more!
The Art Eater Crew discusses our first impressions of the upcoming fighting game DNF Duel by 8ing & Arc System Works and our experiences and thoughts playing the recent beta test.
The Art Eater crew talk about the King of Fighters XV Beta. James and Thomas, our resident fighting game experts go deep on SNK history and beta impressions.
The Art Eater crew talks Elden Ring, we start with deep analysis on Elden Ring trailers then move to Adam's experience with the beta along with extensive tangents where we speculate about Eldin Ring's story and break-down the extensive use of Norse imagery, implications of the lore and references in the game so far referencing its themes of forgiveness and class struggles not to mention some first gameplay impressions!
The Art Eater crew finds themselves in an unnamed wood on a cold night...
We are joined by an extra spooky-special guest, creator of videos on old games, horror games, indie games - RagnarRox (@RagnarRoxShow).
Sit by the campfire with us while we tell of spooky games and maybe the white stag will appear before us...
The Art Eater crew is joined again by character designer and art director, "The Other" Mike Judge (@goro_toro) for Part 2 of our discussion of favorite fighting game stages. The beauty of infinite stages, education on the accurarcy of French stages...everything from KOF, Samuari Showdown, Tekken, SVC and even Killer Instinct!
The Art Eater crew is joined by character designer and art director, "The Other" Mike Judge (@goro_toro) to relax and discuss our favorite fighting game stages.
Sonny Chiba recently and tragically passed away. He was a martial artist, film maker, director, producer, singer, lyricist, voice actor and so much more. A true legend in all types of media. The Art Eater crew reflects on his amazing and influential life.
Join Richmond, Shawn and AJ for an almost 3am Games that we call...Midnight Snacks. We talk about some great games to play that aren't quite weird enough for 3am Games. Unexpected dystopian action games with anime influences, a cinematic first-person indie game,the canceled sequel to Prey, even Google Doodles aren't off table.
Join Richmond and Professor Andy for an intimate discussion of Evangelion in the form of raw reactions and thoughts from the last Evangelion movie, 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
The Art Eater crew is joined again by Chris Ekins, the artist, programmer and composer of the fantastic indie title, Risk System (@RiskSystem_Game) to talk more about the aesthetics of Sega.
The Art Eater crew is joined by Chris Ekins, the artist, programmer and composer of the fantastic indie title, Risk System (@RiskSystem_Game) to talk about the aesthetics of Sega, a developer and publisher that has had tremendous influence on us and the industry as a whole.
Richmond and Professor Andy are joined for an intimate discussion about The Sega Dreamcast with Jörg Tittel - Director, Writer, Producer of Oiffy and now making VR game, The Last Worker and cinematic event, A Winters Journey. Learn about the last console that Sega made, its early history, the unique launch titles, its role Japan's internet infrastructure and its influences on the Indie video game scene.
We continue discussing Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk who recently passed away. Rutger Hauer movies, Miura's personal stories, ideals and caricatures, Sam Raimi fandom plus real historial coincidences, Persian symbols, Guin Saga and more. We discuss the various influences on Miura as he developed Berserk over the years.
This will be Part 3 of our Series of episodes on Berserk.
We continue on our discussion of the impact of Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk who recently passed away. Heroes with big swords to Akuma to martial arts gear then from Devil May Cry to Valkyrie Profile and even Marvel comics and movies.
We discuss the dramatic and extensive impact Berserk has left in our modern media.
This will be Part 2 of our Series of episodes on Berserk.
Kentaro Miura, the creator of Berserk recently passed away at too young an age. Berserk is one of the most popular and influential mangas and stories of modern media. The Art Eater crew reflects on Miura-sensei's life and impact.
This will be Part 1 of a Series of episodes on Berserk.
Thomas finally returns and its 3am : Soap opera class-struggle slapping, the deep internal fandom of Capcom, the origins of Super Deformed (SD), stop motion cockroaches, Liquid television vibes, amazing cinematic pixel art and French culture and literature...
Spinning limos, kaiju insanity, new age speculative fiction, creative adaptations of classic tales, cinematic side scrollers and urban legend games that actually exist. Its 3am yet again for the Art Eater crew.
A new Art Eater segment has entered the arena! We call this Character Select. A segment where we talk about our favorite characters and go in-depth about what makes them great. To start, Favorite Fighting Game Characters ( Part 1 because...we can't get that into one or even 20 episodes).
Its the 20th Anniversary of Nintendo's influential hand-held console, Game Boy Advance. We talk about our favorite GBA games plus hidden gems you should find and try that were created during this golden era of games.
MS-DOS Nightmare colors, Book of Enoch metrosexuals, Saturday morning cartoons with insanity and the weird but real era of celebrity nonsense game tie-ins. It feels like 3AM...
A casual episode where Richmond is joined by @AJMattis, @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to dicuss things we such as the music of Osamu Shoji, Cyberfunk and in-game radio stations and more. James introduces us to his folder - 3AM Games spawned by Grasshopper's Let it Die.
*This episode spawned our new podcast lane, 3am Games. https://3amgames.libsyn.com/
Regular guest, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) returns with Shawn and Richmond to recap our impressions of the recent Guilty Gear Strive Open Beta. Spoilers...we liked it and we are going to gush about it. Join us for art, mechanics, beer holding and more.
Recurring guest, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) returns with Richmond and Shawn to discuss the various teasers for Resident Evil Village and discuss the influences and ethos of the Resident Evil Series as its evolved over time. Crazy mansions, Shinji Mikami's influences, the impact of Noboru Sugimura's Tokusatsu writing, Chris Redfield's character and buffness plus speculations on RE Village.
Richmond, Shawn and James (@Beefy_Kunoichi) go back in time and discuss the launch of one of the uncelebrated consoles, Sega Dreamcast. The Cinnamon Bun, 9.9.9, launch titles galore including Power Stone and shape language, House of the Dead II arcade feel and VMU bling chains.
@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) are back to continue discussing X-Men: Children of the Atom. Super jumping, super heroes and super big sprites -- Dragon Ball as required reading at Capcom and Hokuto no Ken influences, the COTA sound design as well as industry context on how Capcom developed the game.
@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) RETURN to discuss influential classic, X-Men: Children of the Atom. We talk Jim Lee, Rob Liefeid Levis, Michiko Nishiwaki, Magneto's Bruce Lee references, Katsuya Akitomo's influence and more...
Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins again plus returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to discuss Vampire Savior 2 and finish out our series on the history of Darkstalkers. Deep gameplay discussion, secret characters and modes and some honest to goodness beautiful and inspiring thoughts.
Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins again as well as returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to continue our exploration of Darkstalkers with its third game, Vampire Savior. Bishōnen and Gakuen, B.B.Hood's subversive design, Hutch the Honeybee references and more...
Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins again as well as returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to continue our exploration of Darkstalkers with its second game, Vampire Hunter. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure references, Chinese Hopping Ghosts, logo evolution, insane backgrounds and more.
Game & Level Designer, Pixel Artist and Taekwondo champ, @AJMattis joins the show along with returning guests - @Beefy_Kunoichi and @Thomasorus to dive into the Darkstalkers series. Its gonna be a multiple episode guestravaganza where we gush about and analyze Capcom's stylish, quirky and beautiful Gothic horror fighting game series. First up, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) is back to gush with us over the latest announcements for Guilty Gear Strive including Leo Whitefang's redesign and an amazing brand new character, Nagoriyuki. Join us as we dive in : Zatoichi & Yasuke parallels, Blade vibes, Peanut Butter Banana Lobsters, color theory, Hōan robes. and more.
We are joined by special guest, Jonathan Kim (@personasama) - Animator on Indivisible, Skullgirls & the Scott Pilgrim game to talk about Persona and the new Shin Megami Tensei V trailer. Doujinshi, Namcot, intros to Persona and more!
Shawn gushes about the DNA of Suikoden I and II games while Richmond along with recurring guest - Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) dive deep into trailer and screens from the newly announced Eiyuden Chronicle by Rabbit & Bear Studios, a team of original Suikoden designers and other JRPG creators. We discuss the excitement behind who this team is and how cool it is that they are bringing an epic and fantastic classic JRPG built with modern design sense to reality.
Its the 10th Anniversary of King of Fighters XIII. Our now resident fighting game experts @Thomasorus, fighting game veteran and journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) are BACK to jump in to this beautiful sprite-based game. The history of KOF, martial arts plus Hong Kong cinema influences and even style approaches coming from little-known 2D fighter Daraku Tenshi.
@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist along with Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) are back for the INSANE conclusion to our six part series and to finally talk about Guilty Gear Strive. From Vogue and Balenciaga-esque fashion in the character designs to Zato being hot. We dive into the UI of the beta to 'Tinder Battle Arena' and even fonts. We go deep on new gameplay mechanics and more!
Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) is back along with @Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist and Chief Editor of Bas Gros Poing to discuss the technical genius and insanity of crafting a 2D anime fighting game in 3D while redefining fighting game styles yet again in Guilty Gear Xrd.
@Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist and Chief Editor of Bas Gros Poing returns along with, Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) to discuss Guilty Gear's era of creative experiments. We talk Arcsys history, Fist of the North Star, Battle Fantasia and more.
Enter a new challenger! @Thomasorus, fighting game veteran, journalist and Chief Editor of Bas Gros Poing joins us along with returning guest, Part Time Shuffle creator, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) to dive into the deep end of Guilty Gear XX (X2 in the US). We talk Bastard parallels, Guilty Gear lore, new additions to the cast, combo videos and more.
Professional artist and competitive fighting gamer, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) joins us again for Part 2 of our Guilty Gear series as we jam on its amazing second installment, Guilty Gear X. We talk being anime as hell, great stages, gatling combos, roman cancels, crazy character designs, typography and more. Are you Ready? Its Cool.
We are joined by creator of the comic, Part-Time Shuffle and competitive fighting game expert, James Stanley (@Beefy_Kunoichi) to get deep into the bold, aural and beautiful fighting game series, Guilty Gear. Join us for this multi-part series as we start the original and work our way to the upcoming game, Guilty Gear Strive -- Heaven or Hell, Let's Rock!
Richmond and Shawn are back with some good'ol fashioned discussion about comfort games. From Heroes of the Storm to GeGeGe no Kitarō, we wrap ourselves in the warm blanket of our favorite games. The value of hand-crafted artistry and the solace of Final Fantasy Tactics or Xenogears reverberate as we discuss gaming and its ability to immerse you and sweep your mind away.
Richmond and Shawn are sheltering at home and used our time to deep-dive into the FFVII Remake Demo. We talk exhaustively about the well-crafted lighting, interface, sound design and the beautiful blending of nostalgia with over 20 years of gaming technology.
We talk extensively on Baldur's Gate: from impressions of the PAX Baldur's Gate 3 demo, past titles, the history of BioWare and Larian Studios to troll cook and the influence of campfires while Andy digs deep into the history of D&D and how the game has changed over the years.
Part 2 of our last episode, we discuss Vanquish, another modern classic by Platinum Games that added new mechanics and language to games, redefined cover shooters and made smoking a main gameplay element. From Cliffy B's inspirations to the bullet hell genre, quick-time events and Splatoon. Rocket slide with us into another fun Art Eater discussion.
Recently remastered, we discuss Platinum Games' breakout stylish action game, Bayonetta from Hideki Kamiya, the influential director behind Devil May Cry, Okami and Viewtiful Joe. We explore one of the most striking character designs of modern games from empowering feminist themes to the story of the moon goddess and sky-father. Activating Witch Time we go deep discussing psychology, Buddhist and Hindu imagery plus witch-hunts, early Christianity and Zanshin.
This week, we dive into a masterful PSOne classic, Vagrant Story. From the kindred spirits of Yasumi Matsuno and Hideo Kojima to the artistic mastery of Akihiko Yoshida including butt-based design philosophies and a lineage of creators that spans much of the Final Fantasy series. We cover technical achievements, influences, the golden age of SquareSoft and more!
We are back with our picks for most influential games in the last decade along with some personal favorites. We go to dark places in our souls, we explore rims of the sky, monsters and the hunting thereof, as well as our odyssey with Mario and even the epic sphere of Odin along with many other tangents. Listen to find out our picks for our top games of the 2010s...
Introducing a new bonus episode series - Professor Andy! We've cut together post-episode chatter where Andy regales us with tidbits & thoughts about Final Fantasy, Bruce Lee, the greatness of Digimon, fashion in Pokemon, Dragon Quest and more.
For the end of the year...and the decade -- we talk about how the industry and games have changed. Go back in time with us as we discuss the rise of AAA, interesting trends, mobile, CCG & optimism for the next decade of gaming.
Join us as we take a walk down memory lane and sprinkle on heavy amounts of nostalgia as we recount some of our favorite PlayStation One games including obvious classics, Japanese-only gems and fun asides...
Our inaugural episode! We kick off The Art Eater Podcast with a discussion with our first impressions of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. We discuss influences like the Hindu ‘last and first man’ god Manu (means ‘human’, and became Manus ‘hand’ in Latin), Mario’s great bidepal controls, cave people and so on...