Thoughts from Player One

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!

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Music track: High Spirits

Dream Daddy theme - 

taken from Dream Daddy game 

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 [email protected]

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Music Track: High Spirits 

Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS) 

License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com

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

This week we talk about the latest and honestly greatest Life is Strange 2 Episode, Wasteland! Join us as we talk about the tension between the brothers as they make enough money to get to Puerto Lobos by working in an illegal weed farm. Topics include: Teens (duh), weed tutorials, introducing characters and more!

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Music track: High Spirits

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).

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Music Track: High Spirits

Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)

License his music from: www.Shockwave-sound.com   

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! 

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!

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Music Track: High Spirits

Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)

License his music from: www.Shockwave-sound.com   

Join us this week as we launch another Itchstravagansa with 2 new Itch.IO games! After a rocky few attempts to start the episode we eventually talk about Alienmelon's Everything is Going to Be Okay and Turnfollow's Little Party. We may or may not continue this in the future, who knows! If you have any suggestions for future small Itch.IO games let us know at [email protected]

Music from https://filmmusic.io:

Intro Music - 

Music Track: High Spirits

Composer: Bjorn A. Lynne (PRS)

License his music from: www.Shockwave-Sound.com

Join Alex, Duncan, and special guest Josh as they discuss Devotion, the new horror game by Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games. The game is currently not available for purchase due to a political/cultural/censorship related issue that we discuss at the back end of this episode. Talking points this time include: The experience of streaming a game, central themes of devotion, difficult story summaries, and Taiwan/China relations.

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Music track: High Spirits