FunFactor
FunFactor
Podcast Description
Ty Schalter (VICE, FiveThirtyEight) and Aidan Moher (WIRED, Vulture) review what rocked and what sucked about the classic video game magazines that inspired them to become professional journalists, authors, and critics—and what they can tell us about today's digital media and games.New episodes drop every other Tuesday!
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The podcast focuses on the evolution of video game journalism, the nostalgia associated with retro gaming magazines, and the influence these publications had on the hosts' careers. Specific episodes cover topics such as the impact of magazine reviews on game releases and the nostalgia surrounding iconic titles from the 80s and 90s, highlighting the contrasting elements of game culture then and now.
Ty Schalter (VICE, FiveThirtyEight) and Aidan Moher (WIRED, Vulture) review what rocked and what sucked about the classic video game magazines that inspired them to become professional journalists, authors, and critics—and what they can tell us about today’s digital media and games.
New episodes drop every other Tuesday!
ISSUE LINK: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_31/mode/1up
Great jumpin’ ray guns, or some similar 1950sesque exclamation!
Captain Blasto, everyone’s favorite James Bond-meets-Inspector-Clouseau-meets-Flash-Gordon, except make it a parody, and also it’s Looney Tunes, superhero got a big, splashy cover and a huge preview spread in this issue–and why wouldn’t it? A bold, new, original-IP action platformer from Sony’s top U.S. studio, led by legendary programmer Dylan Cuthbert.
Except, well, it didn’t turn out great–and the seeds of why it didn’t were right there in the preview. How did they handle it? And how did WE handle how they handled it?? Listen to find out!!
We also go long on journalists’ role in the PR hype cycle, then and now, as well as dig in to NG’s big interview with Sid Meier, and super-ambitious feature declaring the six essential elements of great game design.
Other sources include the Internet Archive, Retromags.com, our original research, and our personal magazine collections.
The FunFactor theme, and all other original songs, are composed and performed by Millennium Falck. Check out his work at millenniumfalck.com!
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