Episodes
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Ep. 51 - NieR: Automata - Route C, D, E
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
In our final installment of the NieR: Automata episodes we discuss endings C, D, and E. Josh and Michael are back to hash out the final questions, like why in the world Josh thinks A2 was better than 9S. We also discuss other ideas from the final runs such as: Whether we are just our memories, character re-contextualization, still bad checkpointing, and whether or not someone on our podcast was secretly a cop.
Intro and Outro music from NieR Automata OST.
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Ep. 49 - Itchstravagansa Goes on the Road!
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Join us this week as we launch another Itchstravagansa with 2 new Itch.IO games! Just our luck the traveling Itch Conductor dropped us off two fresh ones we talked about Johannes Koberle and Arno Justus's Nortbound as well as Atelier Sento's Yurei station. Topics include: Road trips, identifying by shirt color, waxy faces, and Dora the Explorer. If you have any suggestions for future small Itch.IO games let us know at thoughtsfromplayerone@gmail.com
Music from
"Jolly PARADE instrumental" by Lion Free Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZcdTWmzcs)
Intro Music -
Music Track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Ep. 48 - NieR: Automata - Route B
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Only ONE FULL GREGORIAN CALENDAR YEAR after recording Route A we're back having played through Route B! Once again we're joined by Josh and Michael for a discussion about NieR: Automata's second play-through. If you haven't played the game (and you really should) be sure to listen to our first episode, which was episode 32. This time we dive straight into what was different this run, how we felt about those differences, and how they related to the game's larger themes. Talking points include: Are machines emotions "real", what makes emotions "real", what it means to be in a performative society, and DOES FATHER SERVO FUCK?
All music from the Nier: Automata OST. Listed below in order they were played on the show.
Weight of the World (8-Bit)
A Beautiful Song
Mourning
Thursday May 02, 2019
Ep. 46 - Hypnospace Outlaw ft. Jay Tholen
Thursday May 02, 2019
Thursday May 02, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Ep. 45 - Florence and Mobile Games
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
In this episode we dive into Florence, a game developed by Mountains and available on iOS and Android. After discussing it's Pixar Animated Short style we move on to discussing mobile games in general and naming a few of our favorites. Talking points include: Comfort in playing, Nintendo Switch setups, bad storefronts, Emotion through music and color, and great mobile games (Reigns, Solitairica, Mini Metro, Hearthstone, Threes, Bloons TD 5, Clash Royale, and more).
Intro Music -
Music Track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-sound.com
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Ep. 45 - Life is Strange - Farewell
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
We say farewell to the first season of Life Is Strange's characters in their bonus episode "Farewell". Listen along as we talk about Max & Chloe's final days together adventuring the nostalgic seas as pirates, deciding what to throw away, and struggling with how to say goodbye. Topics include: Nostalgic manipulation, character writing, Max's new moves, fuzzy moldy jawbreakers, and so much more!
Intro Music -
Music Track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-sound.com
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Follow Your Rainbow - Ep17 The Final Egg
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
This IS IT! The finale to our long-running year and a half journey to play Sonic Adventure 2 Battle two levels at a time. The final story really takes some dark and interesting turns you'd hate to miss. Topics include: Hallmark paying us $1,000,000 for Sonic based Valentines cards, Eggman's Grandpa the worlds saddest and most brilliant most scientist, the gauntlet that is the final level, and of course every bit of amazing dialogue in between. Sianoara listeners.
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Ep. 42 - Life is Strange 2: Rules
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
We're back with another Life is Strange Episode after a grueling few months of waiting. Join us as we continue to talk about Sean and Daniel's journey, this time to a safe haven. Talking points include: Supernatural control, diverging endings, completely reasonable grandmas, and everyone's favorite character Mushroom.
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Ep. 41 Return of the Obra Dinn
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
This week we played Return of the Obra Dinn, an extremely unique murder mystery game. Walk through the Obra Dinn with us and learn about its crew members and their fates. Topics include: unique logic puzzles, styles and how it affects game mood, and what would you do with a pocket watch that allowed you to see into someone's death? Also, we do our own Return of the Obra Dinn and it's really stupid but we had a great time doing it. If you can tell me all the fates of the TFP1 crew members, some plunder is in it for ye!
All music from the Return of the Obra Dinn soundtrack.
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Ep. 40 - Bandersnatch
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
This week we played through Bandersnatch, the new Netflix choose your own adventure movie. Listen as we talk about choice based narratives, having your cake and eating it too, and narrative confusion!
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com