Welcome back to the Arcadian Rhythms podcast. Here’s a very special episode featuring a very special guest, recorded in the very special month of April. Mike from the Brighton film podcast You Total Cult joins us to discuss videogames that possess cinematic qualities and stand out for that reason. Dylan, AJ, Potter and Shaun come along for the ride.
Timeline
00:00 – Introductions
01:53 – A very special gift for a very special guest
03:50 – The eyes, the googly eyes!
05:20 – The power of SEO
06:08 – Explaining why we’re all here
10:00 – The first game – sourced soundtrack material
13:17 – The second game(s) – film sequelitis vs. videogame sequelitis
17:28 – A vision from the future
18:05 – The third game – emotional reactions
23:26 – “I’m in favour of genocide”
27:35 – “We’ve got nothing”, but Mike has his fourth game – which has charm
33:40 – The fifth game emerges blinking from the miasma of save-scumming – oh, no it doesn’t
37:27 – It finally arrives – and it’s arthouse
41:29 – Mike and Shaun enthuse about a couple of games they can’t remember the names of
46:10 – We begin to head towards a conclusion
44:49 – we drift onto music and ramble about that for a bit
52:54 – the elephant in the room emerges
Games mentioned
Psychonauts
Tunnel Rats
Dragon’s Lair
Metal Gear Solid
Clock Tower
WipeOut 2097 / WipeOut XL
Mickey Mania
GoldenEye 007
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Cool Spot
Ready to Rumble 2
Space Channel 5: Part 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars:Â The Force Unleashed
Enter the Matrix
Halo: Reach
Red Dead Redemption
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead (Telltale)
Army of Two
Disgaea
Ni No Kuni
Reccetear
Jet Set Radio
Half Life 2
Civilization 4
Half Life
Limbo
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
Far Cry 3
Far Cry: Blood Dragon
BioShock
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Films mentioned
Doom
Dredd
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li
Tunnel Rats
Postal
Star Wars (et al)
The Matrix
Brokeback Mountain
Credits: Thanks once again to Ben Alleguen (Soundcloud) for the use of one of his tunes in our intro and outro segments. Thanks to Mike for joining us – check out You Total Cult!
Comments
11 responses to “AR Podcast #9: You Arcadian Cult”
Couple of notes:
I was wrong about Sonic 2, it was Sonic 3 that Michael Jackson worked on.
One of the games that Mike couldn't remember the name of:
http://www.molleindustria.org/everydaythesamedrea…
Mike kindly sent us that a few days later.
Ah, that's the one. Couldn't for the life of me remember.
After about an hour of digging I've found the game I was talking about. It's a Source mod and it's called Tedium: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/11/01/repeti…
That link has spoilers, along with the phrase "It’s basically a more abstract version of something like Every Day The Same Dream." :)
Note that in this podcast, I am relatively sober. Few/no slurred words, occasional awkwardness, no repeating myself, no shouting, swearing or factually inaccurate accusations regarding my fellow podcaster's genitalia.
The second and third podcasts recorded that day tell a very different story. Apparently. I have absolutely no memory of anything said or discussed in either of them, but I have heard stories.
Outstanding. I didn't realise you were that drunk.
You took on the role that I normally would, although I think I was competing for it.
I asked Dylan to host as he is less of a rambler than you or I. ;)
I think the next one/two casts will be… interesting!
The offer for me to pay you £40 in order to not put them on the internet still stands.
I'll take £100 and your Dark Souls saves.
Call it £10 and you can borrow my copy of Dark Souls.
Few things to note about my Dark Souls disc:
1) It needs quite a lot of attention, you can't leave it alone for long.
2) It normally has it's own pillow at bed time, and is happier at the top of the bed by your head where it can see you
3) It doesn't like light, water, or being fed after midnight
That is a rubbish deal, and also apparently a terrifying one.
Have now listened to the rest of the recordings… There is some valid stuff in there but I think there isn't enough for another podcast.
I reckon we save that for the NEXT PODCAST TM
I've been saved. Let's just keep putting it off for forever.