The (Personal) History of Games: Recent Episodes
Eric Kanius
Games are so much more than reviews, the latest and greatest tech, sales number, and industry news and that's what we’re here to show you. Join Eric Kanius every Monday as he chats with a different guest from around the world to find out how games have influenced their life and in what ways. If you ever wanted to know how the games you love have been a part of other people’s experiences, you’ve come to the right place.
To close out Season 2, I was so pleased to speak with my Aunt Dawn about her time reconnecting with family playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour for the Wii. This is some of the most personal history of games to me, so I hope you like it too because it was really a joy to hear these first hand stories of coming together.
Comedian, streamer, and pal of mine, Pat Baer joins me to chat impressing cousins, importing games, and booking shows while we play DDR songs in Stepmania. (So if you hear any stomping, that's me playing DDR for an hour while interviewing a guest!)
This week Samit Sarkar, front page editor of Polygon and all-round sports fanatic, joins me to play some classic NHL 95 while we talk getting the most of out a game, luck and happenstance, and unions (spoiler: They're great!).
We're joined by my good friend Gino Grieco this week to get deep into Final Fantasy storylines while reminiscing about bad parties, apple picking, and debate clubs.
We got an EIC in the house this week with Ty Galiz-Rowe from Uppercut Crit bringing all the Kingdom Hearts knowledge to blast my brain into smithereens from Goofy's death (and quick revival) to blowing up eels and so much more.
This week Luiza Tanaka puts a pause on creating mind-blowing environments for Singularity 6 and joins me to play World of Warcraft while we talk long-distance friends, languages, and believing in yourself.
Indie dev Aerial_Knight joins me this week to play a little Pokémon Gold for the GameBoy Colour while we chat Rugrats, sneaky gaming, and making opportunities for yourself.
Season 2 is here and the guests are poppin'! This week I'm joined by Ben Wilson. Creative producer at Die Guten Fabrik, Ben shares some time with me to play Micro Machines V3 for the PS1 while we chat brother hijinks, half-lives and conkers.
A change of pace this week, Robyn guest hosts to interview me, Eric! I wanted to share some of my personal history of games so you can know me better as we travel through the personal history books together.
I liked this week’s guest so much, I married her! That’s right, we’re joined by fellow podcast producer/host Robyn to play Pokémon Snap and chat about lifelong friends, DDR, and working at arcades.
This week Melissa Coleman, character artist at Insomniac Games, joins me to talk Costco rotisserie chickens, being an indoor kid, and the nightmare that is Kingdom Hearts while we play Animal Crossing for the GameCube.
This week I'm joined by actor/friend of the show Gabby play Crash Bandicoot Warped while talking about family gaming, learning English & cheat code books.
My final guest from PAX West 2019, developer, writer, and programmer Tom Francis joins me to play Morrowind while we talk reptiles, game design, and working publicly.
At PAX West 2019 I sat down with voice actor extraordinaire Sarah Elmaleh to play Full Throttle while discussing acting, New York City, and making a career for yourself.
This week my best friend Jordan and I play 1080 Snowboarding for the N64 and talk about big dad moves, sibling gaming, and dropped sheet-cakes.
Back again from PAX West 2019, Secret Door’s Kate Welch stops by to point, click, talk sandboxes, Lord of the Rings, and more!
This week gaming professor/STEM diversity advocate Shareef Jackson and I play Combat for Atari 2600 while we talk about arcades, teaching what you see, & how many bounces is too many.
In this episode streamer/co-host of Talk Guys Kate Stark and I sit down to play Final Fantasy VII while talking about supportive parents, positive communities, & 90 Day Fiancé.
This episode I’m joined by actor and friend of the show Amy (@ChickpeaPlays)! She was kind enough to share Mario Land 2 for the GameBoy with us as we talked about private gaming, public gaming, and logophobia.
For our premiere episode we go to the Premier League with founder of NoClip Danny O’Dwyer (@dannyodwyer)! I was lucky enough to sit down with Danny during PAX West 2019 to talk family competition, video production, and babies while we duke it out in Fifa ‘19.
Here is a preview trailer for our brand new video game/interview podcast launching October 12th! The (Personal) History of Games is here to bring you stories from various people from all walks of life as we gather their personal stories and share them with you.