The Literate Pixel Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jonathan Myer & Nicholas Cullen
The Literate Pixel Podcast features the misadventures of Nick and Jon as they explore the mostly absurd world of books based on video game franchises.
In this episode, Nick and Jon discuss the second text-based murder mystery published by Infocom entitled, The Witness
On this episode, Nick and Jon are joined by Bedroth from the Very Good Music Podcast as they discuss the book, "Doom: Knee Deep in the Dead," by Dafydd ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver.
Jon also has to face the music and an odd fate befalls our guest.
If you want to check out Bedroth's podcasts, you can find them here:
The Very Good Music Podcast - https://anchor.fm/vgmvgm/
The Movie Bar - https://anchor.fm/moviebar
BGMania - https://anchor.fm/bgmania
On this episode, Nick is haunted by dreams of clones and tubes while we talk about our experiences playing the Infocom text adventure game about a clone in a tube controlling robots entitled, Suspended by Michael Berlyn!
Nick and Jon get used to their new surroundings, unaware of any change as they discuss the fascinating book set in the Myst Universe, the Book of Atrus written by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller and David Wingrove.
On this episode, Nick and Jon celebrate Voidmas in the best way possible, by singing songs and running for the lives. The books reviewed this episode are Arcade Game Typography by Toshi Omagari and Twisty Little Passages by Nick Montfort.
On this episode Nick and Jon discuss the third in the, "What Do I Do Now" series of books set in the Zork universe entitled, "The Caverns of Doom," written by Steve Meretzky under the pen name S. Eric Meretzky.
Plus, inside the caverns beneath, The Void, Jon gets coerced to commit a heinous in his search for Nick.
On this episode, Nick and Jon talk about the 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition entries, in particular the games 4x4 Archipelago, Aardvark vs. The Hype and The Last Night of Alexisgrad!
You can check out all of these games by visiting the IFCOMP website at https://ifcomp.org/
On this episode, Nick and Jon read and review the first entry in the Nintendo Adventure book series, "Super Mario Bros: Double Trouble," written in 1991 by Russell Ginns under the pseudonym, Clyde Bosco. Does this Choose Your Own Adventure-Styled puzzle adventure book live up to the Mario Bros. name or does it fall flat?
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On this episode of the Literate Pixel Podcast, Nick and Jon go LIVE on twitch.tv/bogusmeatfactory to discuss and dissect the absurd world of Lara's Book by Douglas Coupland. This visual art book/commentary on digital obsession is unlike anything else.
If you want to watch the LIVE recording, you can check it out at https://youtu.be/ODZ9UTQ4YsA
On this episode, Jon and Nick read and review, Tomb Raider: The Lost Cult, written by E. E. Knight. They also explore the labyrinthine passages below the void with two elves and learn that there are repercussions for one's actions.
In this Episode, Nick and Jon discuss the book, Zork: The Malifestro Quest, which is the second in a series of, "What Do I Do Now?" books written by S. Eric Meretzky AKA Steve Meretzky. Plus Jon works on rebuilding Robo-Nick and the two take an adventure with two elves under the Void. What will they find!? Listen in!
Feedback is always welcome and you can contact Nick and Jon through the following ways!
Email: LiteratePixelPodcast@gmail.com
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Twitter: @bogusmeatfactor
Twitch: Twitch.tv/bogusmeatfactory
CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicide
On this episode, Nick and Jon discuss their experiences with the Infocom Text-Adventure game classic, Deadline. Did this murder mystery live up to the hype or did it fall victim to a murder most foul?!
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On this episode, Jon and Nick discuss the book, "The Bard's Tale: Castle of Deception," by Mercedes Lackey and Josepha Sherman. They talk of love, perspective and boners as they dissect this interesting fantasy novel. But all is not well in the void. Nick must pay his dues and face the reaper as he recites erotic fan fiction and sings a woeful ditty in the name of personal humiliation!
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In this episode, Nick and Jon look back at their experience playing the Infocom Text-Adventure trilogy, Zork and discuss what went right and what went wrong with the series. Did it stand the test of time? Listen in and find out!
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On this episode, Nick and Jon read The Amulet of Power by Mike Resnick and features the resurrection of Lara Croft as she is hunted down by evildoers while she eats at a variety of restaurants without a care in the world.
The next book we will be reading is, The Bards Tale: The Castle of Deception by Mercedes Lackey and Josepha Sherman
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In this episode, Nick and Jon reminisce about the days of old enjoying baseball games as a kid and delving deep into the world of novelizations of sports games and epistolaries!
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In this episode, Jon and Nick delve deep into the great underground empire with Zork: The Forces of Krill, a What-Do-I-Do-Know book series written by S. Eric Meretzky.
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In this episode, Jon and Nick explore the wild world of the children's novelization of Mega Man 2 and wax poetic and about the "hidden meanings," behind the text.
If you would like to read along for the next episode, you can find the book, "Zork: The Forces of Krill," through the Open Library provided in the link https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15709878W/The_Forces_of_Krill_%28Zork_1%29?edition=zorkforcesofkril00mere
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Join Nick & Jon as they struggle to read, "The Rogue's Hour," by Scott Ciencin, a book in which a lot of nothing happens and the number of characters somehow outnumbers the number of pages.
Come listen to Jon and Nick regale you for 50 minutes about an 8 page foreword to the subject for the maiden voyage of their podcast, "R.A. Salvatore Presents Everquest: The Rogue's Hour." We promise it's interesting!