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This Week on Post Games:

Act 1: A Horror Novel About a Gamer

Act 2: Controlling a Corpse Like It's Mario

Patreon Bonus: Resident Evil: A Spoiler-Chat with Film Critic Jordan Hoffman

Act 3: A Life in Games Journalism Led to a Beautiful New Magazine

Book Excerpt: Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Guests:

Paul Tremblay: author of Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Jordan Hoffman: film critic and host of The Starlog Podcast

Mark Serrels: co-founder of CONTINUE? Magazine

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Logo and Show Art: James Bareham

Theme: Mark Sparling

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Excerpt:

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This Week on Post Games:

• The Mail Bag Is Open: Lots of Questions! Lots of Answers!
• Patreon Bonus: More Questions! More Answers!

Guests:

• Post Games listeners! 

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Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: Fire Emblem’s Many False Starts
• Act 2: Fire Emblem Rises from the Ashes
• Patreon Bonus: A Zelda Expert on the Ocarina of Time’s Controversial Design
• Act 3: Why We Quit Games We Love

Guests:

• Nadia Oxford:  the co-host of Axe of the Blood God and author of From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling
• Max Nichols: game designer and head of Hyrule Interviews

Contributor Segment:

• Najay Greenidge, one more round
• Nick Yee: co-founder of Quantic Foundry

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• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: The History of Wolverine in Comics
• Act 2: Wolverine’s Life as a Pop Culture Icon
• Patreon Bonus (Available to everyone): The History of X-Men Games

Guests:

• Connor Goldsmith: Comics writer, host of CEREBRO.

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: The Rise of the Retro Handheld
• Act 2: Can Retro Handhelds Go Mainstream?
• Patreon Bonus: The Perfect Handhelds for Every Price Range
• Act 3: The Big Announcements from Gamescom

Guests:

• Russ Crandall: Host of Retro Game Corps
• Giovanni Colantonio: Editor-at-large, Polygon

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• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: A Game Review Is the Possible Impossible
• Act 2: Written Reviews Aren’t Dead Just Yet
• Act 3: Better Living Through Game Reviews
• Patreon Bonus: How to Have Richer Conversations about Games

Guests:

• Chris Donlan: critic, essayist, and author

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Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: A History of the Fighting Game Genre
• Act 2: How to Get into Fighting Games
• Act 3: Why Marvel Tokon Is Getting All the Hype
• Patreon Bonus: The 5 Ingredients of a Perfect Summer Game

Guests:

• Ash Parrish: Senior reporter, Kotaku

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Show Notes:

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Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: The Sexy Game That’s Taken Over the World
• Act 2: A Werewolf Man, Dung Deliveries, and the Chinese Government
• Act 3: Loving a Game That Will One Day Disappear
• Patreon Bonus: Just How Bad Is the EA Sale?

Guests:

• Ash Parrish: Senior reporter, Kotaku
• Natalie Checo: Community + social media manager and writer, Sunset Visitor
• Rebekah Valentine: Senior reporter, Kotaku
• Closing Song: “Band on the Run (16 Bit, SNES)” by spaceyorick

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Show Notes:

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Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: This One Game Is Two Games
• Act 2: Fighting for Attention in the Age of Endless Distraction
• Patreon Bonus: Making Games with Christian Faith

Guest:

• Xalavier Nelson Jr.: Studio head, designer, and writer, Strange Scaffold

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Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: Game Freak’s 30 Years of Brilliant False Starts
• Act 2: Beast of Reincarnation Won’t Be Ignored
• Patreon Bonus: Game Freak’s Top 5 Games (That Aren’t Pokémon)
• Act 3: A New Game Magazine? In This Economy?!

Show Notes:

• Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.games

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Guests:

• Robert Sephazon: Game designer, producer, historian, and curator
• Ryan Rigney: Editor-in-chief, Chisel

Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

All interviews are edited for concision and clarity.

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