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In this episode our hosts welcome forum member JT to editorialize on auteur theory in gaming, discuss what they’d give up gaming for, contemplate Final Fantasy censorship, and ponder selling out. We’re on Twitter:Â @racketboypodcst [audio:http://racketboy.com/podcast/racketboy-podcast-0035.mp3] Download RSS Feed:Â http://www.racketboy.com/podcast/feed/ Subscribe to iTunes Show Outline: (“Four Brave Champions” – Castle Crashers) Playing/Pickups Guest Editorial: JT on Auteur […]
Another PAX East, another year of stellar podcast coverage. This year we rounded up representatives from three upcoming games that are sure to make your retro sensibilities tingle and hit them with a barrage of questions. Specifically, we chatted up folks working on Double Dragon Neon, Sonic 4 Episode 2, and Dust: An Elysian […]
Dave and John talk about the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series with Expert Correspondent TEKTORO, mull the fate of classic games being ported to touch devices, delve into a too-long discussion about their history of playing RPGs, weigh in on the Mass Effect 3 controversies, and go on for far too long in this most […]
This 97-minute episode of the show features Tom Lipshultz from XSEED games and Kirsten Miller from Endless History each talking about their role in localizing, sharing, archiving, and generally evangelizing two great RPG series – Ys and The Legend of Heroes – both of which were created by Japanese developer Nihon Falcom. The interview […]
In this first podcast of 2012 we finally unveil the new format for the show – one that will combine the best of the existing show with a slew of new features that people have wanted to see introduced. First and foremost, the show now has a co-host: John Stringer (jmustang1968 from the forums) […]
Dave decided to hold a spontaneous live call-in show to coincide with the end of this year’s charity auction, and now those of you who missed it while it went down can listen to the entire sordid affair, preserved for posterity. Â This is quite different than a normal show (thus it isn’t numbered), and […]
Henry Lowood, Ph.D. Henry Lowood was the leader of the first “Preserving Digital Worlds” group, funded by the U.S. Library of Congress, and is currently involved in “Preserving Digital Worlds II” as well as in the “How They Got Game” project at Stanford University. Â He is a well-known advocate for ensuring that future generations have […]
Presented by Dsheinem In my previous entry, I discussed how I got the notion at the 2011 PAX East convention that it was high time for me to introduce some form of arcade gaming (beyond arcade sticks) into my home retro gaming setup. My first foray into this – and something that would prove to […]
Final Form Games Final Form games are the creators of the acclaimed 2011 PC shoot-em-up Jamestown, a rousing success on the Steam platform and one of the best indie games of the year. For this episode of the podcast, I sat down in person with the three man team that runs the studio – Hal […]
THE PROTOMEN The Protomen have been rocking a unique brand of rock and roll – one inspired by the Mega Man Universe – for the past eight years. Â The day after their rocking show at this year’s PAX East, the Racketboy Podcast caught up with them to ask them about the past, present, and future […]
The good people over at Speed Demos Archive are having a marathon this weekend that you should check out. They will be doing speed runs in 50 games over 3 days in an effort to raise money for autism research. In this interview, several of the SDA staff talk at length about this and past […]
Mark Barlet, Dr. Ben Hertz, and Steve Spohn of the Able Gamers The Able Gamers have been working since 2004 to make a wider variety of games accessible to a wider variety of gamers. They do fascinating work, bringing together the gaming industry and gamers with disabilities, their families and friends, and an active […]
Live @ TooManyGames III – James Rolfe & Brett Vanderbrook Our friends at TooManyGames had us back once again last month to do a live podcast, and this time the interviews were with the Angry Video Game Nerd James Rolfe and last month’s guest on the podcast, PBC Prodcutions’ Brett Vanderbrook. The duo cover […]
Let’s Get Shakes With PBC This episode features an interview with Brett Vanderbrook and Chad Williams of PBC Productions, the company responsible for The New Adventures of Captain S and many other innovative, interesting, and engaging gaming-related video projects. Brett and Chad sat in to discuss the past, present, and future of PBC, reflect on […]
Chris Melissinos, Curator of The Smithsonian’s “The Art of Video Games” Exhibit Chris Melissinos is a long time gamer, an innovator in the games industry, and a public voice about the importance of games in contemporary culture. He is also the curator of the upcoming “The Art of Video Games” exhibit at The Smithsonian American […]
