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A narrative focused videogame podcast, like a book club for games.
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Jan 19, 2017
Jan 19, 2017
1 hr 24 min
In the most somber episode of Thoughts From Player One yet we take a look at That Dragon, Cancer, A game created by Ryan and Amy Green, Josh Larson, and a small team under the name Numinous Games. Talking points this time include: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, religion, and games as a form of catharsis.
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Other Music:"Sad Day" and "Buddy" found on .
Dec 16, 2016
Dec 16, 2016
1 hr 30 min
Join us for our pre-Christmas episode as we discuss Contrast, a 3-D puzzle platformer with a shadowy twist!
Talking points include: Sonic 3, unrealistic people, lighting effects, and bad pirate ships.
Email us at thoughtsfromplayerone@gmail.com and follow us on twitter at @thoughtsfromp1.
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Dec 1, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
1 hr 16 min
In this special post-Thanksgiving episode we discuss our personal lists of top 5 story heavy games and then defend them to eachother. This is 100% not because we both did nothing over the long weekend, not even a little bit.
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Nov 17, 2016
Nov 17, 2016
1 hr 17 min
Join us for another exciting episode as we discuss Her Story, an interactive movie from developer Sam Barlow! Talking points include: Police Encounters, Murder Mysteries, Disney Channel Hijinks, Gamification, and much much more. Email us at thoughtsfromplayerone@gmail.com and follow us on twitter at @thoughtsfromp1.
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Nov 3, 2016
Nov 3, 2016
1 hr 30 min
Join us for a totally not late Halloween special as we play SOMA a horror game from developer Frictional Games. As a heads up this episode has tons of hot spooks in it so be warned. Story Breakdown ends at 23:15. Talking points include: Best Halloween costumes, consciousness and yourself, ghosts vs ghouls, and human nature as a whole.
Songs in this episode:
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Famitracker - Spooky Scary Skeletons (8-Bit VRC6 Remix)
New Chances by Muciojad https://soundcloud.com/muciojad
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Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/3S9DYvtcXSQ
Altocumulus by Muciojad https://soundcloud.com/muciojad
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0
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Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/rPQh_BiItgk
Oct 20, 2016
Oct 20, 2016
1 hr 40 min
In this episode of Thoughts from Player One we talk about the massively popular Firewatch, a walking adventure set in the woods of the Shoshone Forest. Talking points include: Mental illnesses, relationships, wilderness, narrative choice, and how to twitter. Intro music: High Spirits - Bjorn Lynne
Story Music 1:
Let me (take you to Australia) by Muciojad https://soundcloud.com/muciojad
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0
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Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/JBkpjLvZAR4
Story Music: 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSw426OT2Zs
Oct 6, 2016
Oct 6, 2016
1 hr 34 min
This week we talk about Dropsy! A point and click hugventure where you play a happy-go-lucky clown out to get the townspeople to like him after the untimely destruction of his circus tent and subsequent death of his mother. Dropsy was developed by Tendershoot and A Jolly Corpse and it was published by Devolver Digital.
Questions, comments, criticism and everything else can be sent to thoughtsfromplayerone@gmail.com and you can find us on Twitter at @thoughtsfromP1. Talking points include: Circus experiences, pharmaceutical companies, standard game protagonists, box brown hair, characterization without dialogue, adventure game tropes, work attire, and more!
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Sep 21, 2016
Sep 21, 2016
1 hr 31 min
Join us this week as we discuss The Fall, an action/adventure game by developer Over the Moon Games. Talking points include: Realistic AI, Sci-Fi films, Burger King, Popcorn Reading, and more!
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com
Sep 7, 2016
Sep 7, 2016
1 hr 24 min
In this week's episode we dive headfirst into Papers, Please a dystopian document thriller. Join us as we discuss such topics as: familial projection, human decency, stress in games, and the cost of crayons. Papers, Please was designed by Lucas Pope and published by 3909. It's currently on Steam for $9.99 USD.
Intro Music -
Music track: High Spirits
Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)
License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com