On this Doki Doki Panic podcast: four Mario games in one episode plus kaizo game design, Lost Levels, and SMB2’s contributions to Mario canon.
Japan
The Day of Infamy takes the stage with Medal of Honor: Rising Sun in remembrance of Hawaii’s history and World War II.
Listen to a mix of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics video game music from the opening ceremony, in case you missed the event!
Are we living in the golden age of gaming right now? The Infernal Accountant Mage makes a point via Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen.
Mario Roulette (Arcade) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Mario’s Super Picross (SFC) joins the Super Mario Multiverse for MAR10, 2020: celebrating the history, inspiration, imagination, and joy of Super Mario!
Radical Dreamers may have just received an official translation, but fan translators have made the game accessible for years!
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Go ’round, come ’round, distant time,
Come ’round, oh, distant time,
Come ’round call back the heart,
Come ’round call back the heart
Birds, bugs, beasts, grass, flowers, and trees,
Teach people how to feel,
If I hear that you pine for me,
I will want to return to you,
I will want to return to you
“Mister Raccoon, Mister Raccoon
Can’t you play with me somehow?
No, I can’t I’m eating dinner now.
What’s for dinner? I want some!
I am eating pickled plum.
Can I have a little crumb?
Don’t be such a greedy bum. Get your own!”
“Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.”
-Shinichi Suzuki
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it Love.”
-Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss
