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Twilight Princess | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Andi beat a game! And it's a Zelda game! Come hang with us for a bit while we discuss the special place the Zelda series has in each of our hearts.

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Media used

Also included is background music and marketing from a variety of Zelda games, including Link to the Past, Twilight Princess, and Breath of the Wild.

Ōkami | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

Jonathon was finally left with no excuse to not play Ōkami, when Cam joined the crew, Steam library in tow. Like the game, we spend a lot of time hanging out and talking too much.

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Media used

Ōkami OST
"Harushiden," halc, ocremix.org

Games mentioned

Ōkami
Myst (series)
Death Stranding
Spyro the Dragon
The Witness
Viewtiful Joe
God Hand
Vanquish
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Bayonetta
Nier: Automata
Snake Pass
Crash Bandicoot
Katamari Damacy
Chibi-Robo!

Other references

Sorry, I don't like Okami, Tim Rogers, Kotaku

Quern | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 07:00:00 GMT

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Myst, Andi and Jonathon discuss their history with the Myst franchise, games that remind us of Myst, and their experience playing the 2016 game Quern: Undying Thoughts.

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Media used

Cyan logo soundtrack, Windows 3.1 release
Myst Theme, Myst OST
Moiety Theme, Riven OST
Finale, Myst OST
Adventure, Fez OST

Games mentioned

Myst (franchise)
Breath of the Wild
The 7th Guest
Lemonade Stand
Quern: Undying Thoughts
Obduction
Fez
The Witness
SOMA
Celeste
Gone Home
Tacoma
What Remains of Edith Finch
Dear Esther
The Journeyman Project (franchise)

Other references

Classic Games Postmortem: Myst, Robyn Miller, GDC
Keith Balard, YouTube
Sequelitis, YouTube
Myst (books)
The Magician’s Nephew

Dads | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:00:00 GMT

In a very special episode of Game Older, Jonathon explores the primordial history of his computing and gaming life by talking with his dad, who was there to witness it all. Along the way they divert into such tangents as the horrors of VHS tracking, TI-99 machine code, and Microsoft Flight Simulator.

This episode features prominent clips from the album "Home," a self-produced record from the 1970's gospel band P.O.A.

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After publication, Andy Anderson followed up with this response:

While listening to this, I remembered that my first encounter with computer games was around 1973 or 74 when I went with a friend to EIU's computer lab (he was a student) and played a text game in which you were given information about an enemy invader and and had to make decisions regarding your strategy. No graphics, just text. The game was on the mainframe. It was INTERESTING.

Media used

Not So Cheap Thrills
Son Rise
Soul Brother
Lantern
Sleeping
Home

Also includes a clip of the soundscape from the Matel Intellivision game "Snafu," as well as a clip from ISO/BOBS: The Lonesome Pine Special, which bears particular sgnificance to both Jonathon and his dad. Listen to find out more!

SOMA | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:00:00 GMT

After playing and ranting about Amnesia, the Dark Descent, Andi and Jonathon revisit the work of Frictional Games with their latest entry, SOMA.

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Media used

The Prestige
SOMA soundtrack
Star Trek, Deep Space 9
Balance and Ruin: Elegy for a Ruined World

Amnesia | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Jonathon's got things to say about Frictional Games' "Amnesia: the Dark Descent"! After trying and failing to put his thoughts down in essay form, he's taken to the podcast in hopes that Andi will be able to extract from him why he thinks that the game is more than just a really good monster closet.

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Games mentioned

Amnesia: the Dark Descent
Amnesia: a Machine for Pigs
Soma
Silent Hill 2
Resident Evil (series)
The Witness
Bioshock
Valkyria Chronicles

Brothers | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Andi played Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons with our two sons one Sunday afternoon, and went in blind. Hear her go into emotional detail about why she might have regretted it.

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Music used

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (launch trailer theme)
No Sugar In My Coffee by Caught in a Ghost (from the reveal trailer for A Way Out)

Tandem Gaming | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Andi and I play games together, but not really traditional multiplayer games. Join us for a long-delayed, rambling conversating about what games bring us together; and how it affects us, our friends, and our family.

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Games mentioned

Myst (series)
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Peasant's Quest
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Valkyria Chronicles
New Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Galaxy (series)
Mass Effect (trilogy)
Metal Gear Solid (series)
Obduction
The Witness
Ibb and Obb
Dark Souls 2
Snipperclips
The Walking Dead
Heavy Rain
Indigo Prophecy
Half Life 2
Portal (series)
Fable 2
Oblivion
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy X
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons
World of Warcraft
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap

Music used

Myst Theme by Robyn Miller, from Myst
Succeeded Wish (instrumental) from the Valkyria Chronicles "Steam" Launch Trailer

The Witness | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Long imagined but never before realized, I managed to get one of my non-gamer friends to actually play a game and share their experience with me! My father-in-law saw me playing The Witness over Christmas, and didn't want me to leave before I set him up to play it after I was gone. More than that, he totally bought in to engaging with it at a satisfying philosophical level. I loved having the conversation, and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

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Music used

Escape Artist by Zoe Keating (from the trailer for The Witness)

Cyberpunk 2077 | Game Older

Jonathon Anderson — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Our second attempt at a podcast makes it a real thing, right? This time we consider sexuality and objectification as portrayed in a video game trailer compared with a related music video.

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Music used

Bullets by Archive
Hatchet by Archive
Cyberpunk 2077 trailer by CD Projekt RED (featuring Bullets by Archive)