Let’s get back to nature with Matt from Normal Happenings on this Stardew Valley…
Mage Cast
If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer. – Yogi…
Sing with us the bittersweet Symphony of the Night on this Castlevania episode starring SanityCrypto and Aros Elric.
The eyes of Ganon are everywhere and we’re going to talk about The Adventure…
The epic conclusion of our Chrono mini-series is finally here!
Our 2nd Chrono Trigger episode commences with Ryan from RetroGameBrews!
Our first in a three-part series of Chrono Trigger podcasts features Brent the ABXY Mage and a talk on the game’s soundtrack.
This episode we dive headfirst into the horrors of a cult classic: Shadow Hearts, discussing how to win a game of hangman, the definition of cult classic, our take on Lovecraft’s works and Lovecraftian themes present in Shadow Hearts, purple prose and classic literature, anti-anthropocentrism and cosmic horror, the technical word for fear of dolls (never use it, please)…
It’s time to get dark and gritty talking about DC Universe Online with fellow DC Comics fan, the Black Humor Mage!
I got to chat with my dad, the 16-bit one (@16bitdadblog), about Parasite Eve! We get into the differences in horror between the West and East and how Parasite Eve blends the two, how the story connects to the incident in Japan in the novel…
I sat down to talk about last of the PlayStation One FF games, Final Fantasy IX, with my own real laifu waifu!
We’re looking toward the Horizon for a new Dawn with Zero regrets!
I can show you a Super Mario World, shining, shimmering, splendid.
It’s our pizza time podcast talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time for Super Nintendo!
February is the month of love so for this Final Fantasy X pod, I brought on my very own real-lifu waifu, Blythe the White Out Mage!
When you walk away you don’t hear me say pleeeeease listen to this Kingdom Hearts podcast episode!
Hear us dance this Grim Fandango featuring Brent Mead the ABXY Mage and myself, the stuffy nose mage, talking this game’s unique combination of influences, its concept of the afterlife, its interesting visual design, whether games as art is really the same thing as music as art, the difference between artistic and art form, the nature of jazz, death puns, championing memorable NPCs, personality world building vs exposition, our personal histories with adventure games, floppy disks, how adventure games lost their footing in the internet age and how to keep puzzles challenging, and that satisfying feeling of accomplishment when you complete one, the state of humor in games, and the false need for relief in the form of comedy.
Ape puns coagulate in this Donkey Kong Country episode, featuring the dudes at The Pixel Meditations podcast!
Co-founders Red and Timely sit down to chat about Cosmic Star Heroine on this episode of Mage Cast.
So a red mage, a ninja, and a coffee guru walk into a podcast…
I got to sit down this podcast with the comics experts at Opinioneering to chat about Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Whatever happened to the Blue Bomber? This Mega Man X podcast revisits the grimdark successor of the Rockman series.
You were talking about the physics of it… I think that Sonic 1’s physics are glorious… in Green Hill Zone.
-Normal Happenings
In this EarthBound episode, the idyllic vision of America, the death of innocence, the lost art of memorable NPCs, and more.
Final Fantasy Tactics, the Dead Sea Scrolls, themes of equality and corruption, and how the heck you are supposed to pronounce “Beoulve”, anyway.
Alien: Isolation podcast with much fear and trembling in the context of the Alien film franchise and other Alien video games.
MAGE CAST
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A thoughtful ensemble podcast hosted by the Well-Red Mage and a rotating roster of guests casting their magical insights on video games, one title at a time.
“Shall we accompany our automobile trip with a session of MAGE CAST?”
