Episodes
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Key to Your Heart - Ep 2 - Door to Ingredients
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
This week we took ourselves to Twilight Town in our continued search for the power of waking, or a person close enough to dive into the abyss for Aqua, or Roxas? We honestly don't really know. Junior Kingdom Hearts expert Jordon joins us again this week to walk through this spectacularly unsurprisingly confusing plot! Topics include: Door to Darkness, A strange rat creature, The Twilight Town crew, and really good Mickey impressions.
Intro/Outro Music: Don't Think Twice by Hikaru Utada
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Ep. 54 - Eliza
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
This week we discussed Eliza, a new Visual Novel from Zachtronics about an AI counseling service and the people who created it. We also discovered that intros are hard and closers are even harder. Talking points include: Mental Health, tech culture, human nature, responsibility, and then a lot more about mental health.
Intro/Outro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Ep. 53 - Life is Strange 2: Faith
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
This week we dive right back into that Life is Strange well and talk about episode 4: Faith. We discuss everything ranging from racists to religious fanatics which is actually not a huge range. Talking points include: Desertbillies, distrust of others, sentimental dreams, character motivation, and raising the cross like he raised Jesus.
Intro/Outro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
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.
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Ep. 50 - Dream Daddy
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
This week we finally got around to playing Dream Daddy: A dad dating simulator. Join us as we talk about the different dads, their children, and the different story telling methods this game uses to hook the player to keep dating these dads! Topics include: LGBTQ+, visual novel design, speed dad questions, and more. If you've already played Dream Daddy I recommend you skip to about 23:30 Thanks!
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Dream Daddy theme -
taken from Dream Daddy game
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
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Key to your Heart - Ep 1 The Kingdom Hearts Truth
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
On this brand new series, we talk about Kingdom Hearts 3 and all the magical worlds you can experience with that old thought From Player One twist. Hope you enjoy the beginning to a brand new long-running series!