The Forever Classic Podcast

Sometimes it's fun to just sit and gush about a franchise with friends. We do just that with Izzy, a college friend of ours who adores Zelda, Digimon, and pretty anime boys, to talk about all things Legend of Zelda.

Warning! Full spoilers for pretty much the whole dang Kingdom Hearts series of games!

Immediately following the Xbox E3 2019 conference, we sat down to go through just about every game that was announced or shown. Xbox really set the stage for major publishers, ending with the announcement of Project Scarlet and that Halo Infinite will launch alongside the new system.

Longtime games media and public relations expert Andrew Peggs of Marooners' Rock joins us to talk about the coolest things from his PAX East adventures and some of the more interesting games he's found.

Following the release of Volume 2 of the SNES Omnibus book, we chat with author and longtime games writer Brett Weiss about the history of his work in writing about games, the process of making the SNES Omnibus, and some of our favorite books about games.

Delve deep into the caverns of NES Homebrew with Kevin of K3VBOT'S Homebrew Highlights who is publishing Candelabra: Estoscerro. Estoscerro is a part of a larger series on the NES and is a unique dungeon crawler that uses two controllers.

Alex and Zach sit down to talk about some of the major points of discussion in the gaming industry like game streaming, difficulty, and the upcoming Borderlands 3.

Alex and Zach discuss the concentrated Souls-like experience Sinner Sacrifice for Redemption with Vlad of Another Indie who was on the publishing side of the project but who also worked closely with the developers to localize and playtest for global audiences. Topics include Sinner, other titles at Another Indie, and the uniqueness of Asian video game markets.

Zach and Alex go through Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix on the PS4 and bring in Marshall Grogg (Alex's step-brother and longtime friend) to break down the franchise-sparking first game.