EarthBound’s Flavor Text (with Max Gorynski)

With a Terrible Fate

The flavor text of EarthBound tells a story you might have missed. This week, Aaron and Dan chat with fellow video game analyst Max Gorynski about the new article in his ongoing analysis series, A Comprehensive Theory of EarthBound.

Later on, we discuss Nintendo's announcement of the Switch OLED model, the value of hard copies, and the transformative potential of treating video-game-story analysis as a metagame.

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• Main Story
  • 00:07:36 EarthBound's Flavor Text (with Max Gorynski)
    • "Why EarthBound’s Flavor Text Tastes So Good," Max Gorynski
    • "Understanding Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts II," Dan Hughes
    • "What Can Magic: The Gathering and JRPGs Learn from Each Other? [PAX Online 2020 presentation]," Aaron Suduiko, Dan Hughes, and Max Gorynski
    • "Want to Learn How to Design Sidequests? Play Majora's Mask," Aaron Suduiko
• Side Quests
  • 00:38:43 "Nintendo Switch OLED model will go on sale October 8th for $350," Tom Warren
  • 00:49:31 "A copy of the original Legend of Zelda video game sold at auction for almost a million dollars,"Kelly McLaughlin
  • 00:56:23 Video-game-story analysis as a metagame

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