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Everybody"s Talking at Once

Drew Messinger-Michaels and Lucio Valentino

Trying to make sense of things, and sometimes even succeeding. A podcast about videogames, music, books, movies, television, theater, gallery art, and life as (mostly) proud citizens of the Internet.

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Relatively Manifold, with William Chyr

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2020/03/03

ETAO Podcast, Episode 77. William Chyr’s long-in-the-works puzzle-exploration art installation of a game, Manifold Garden, has been out in the world for a few months now—which means it’s the perfect time to talk through how the game came to be, how it changed over the past seven years, and how it fits into the tradition … Continue reading "Relatively Manifold, with William Chyr"

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Delicious to the (Mad) Max, with David Galindo

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2020/01/21

ETAO Podcast, Episode 74. David Galindo’s exacting, deadpan-absurdist Cook, Serve, Delicious! series is officially a trilogy, with Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! taking the at-the-margins dystopian elements from 2 (or 2!! actually) and running with them, full-tilt into a tale of human-robot partnership and combat-ready foodtrucks. In this episode, David talks about the difficulties of balancing … Continue reading "Delicious to the (Mad) Max, with David Galindo"

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What We Played and ‘Casted (and What We Didn’t) in 2019

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2020/01/07

ETAO Podcast, Episode 73. In this episode, we take stock of what we played this year, what we didn’t get to, and what we’re looking forward to playing next (just like we did last year). Our lists here aren’t comprehensive, because wow there are a lot of games worth playing, but we do try to … Continue reading "What We Played and ‘Casted (and What We Didn’t) in 2019"

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The Black Queen’s Tutorial, with cs wallace

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2019/11/26

ETAO Podcast, Episode 70. If you only know the arcade version Killer Queen by reputation, then you might assume Killer Queen Black is simply a home port of the same game—but in fact is Black another game entirely, albeit one that carries over many core mechanics from what is now officially called Killer Queen Arcade, … Continue reading "The Black Queen’s Tutorial, with cs wallace"

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Skating on Water and Swimming in Menus, with kalin

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2019/10/29

ETAO Podcast, Episode 68. kalin is the co-founder of Funktronic Labs, best known for their ambitious VR fare, from the consummately simulated garden-’em-up Fujii to the real-ass-RTS-but-in-VR Cosmic Trip. Here he stops by to talk about Wave Break, which began its life as a VR Wave Race-alike and gradually morphed into Tony Hawk on jet … Continue reading "Skating on Water and Swimming in Menus, with kalin"

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Where the Die Had Not Yet Been Cast, with Max Krieger

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2019/10/15

ETAO Podcast, Episode 67. We cross paths with Max Krieger and talk CROSSNIQ+ and the so-called, much-lately-in-vogue Y2K aesthetic. Come for the discussion of how aesthetics and attitudes toward technology are inextricable from history and politics, stay for a spirited endorsement of the indie game development scene in Cleveland (and of Cleveland in general). Let’s … Continue reading "Where the Die Had Not Yet Been Cast, with Max Krieger"

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Everything That Could Possibly Be More Complicated,...

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2019/10/01

ETAO Podcast, Episode 66. Sam Rosenthal shuffles on over to talk about Where Cards Fall, a reflective, touch-native narrative puzzle game almost a decade in the making—as well as his previous work on the fiercely and rightly beloved What Remains of Edith Finch. Along the way, Sam talks about how Apple Arcade could offer new … Continue reading "Everything That Could Possibly Be More Complicated, with Sam Rosenthal"

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When You’re in It, with Matthew Seiji Burns

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2019/09/03

ETAO Podcast, Episode 64. Matthew Seiji Burns is responsible for some of the best and least-discussed narratives and soundtracks in games, namely those in the beloved-for-other-reasons Zachtronics works Infinifactory, TIS-100, SHENZHEN I/O, and Opus Magnum—not to mention the generally under-discussed Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, his Twine work, and his past-life AAA work on … Continue reading "When You’re in It, with Matthew Seiji Burns"

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Welcoming Surrealism, with Melos Han-Tani and Marina...

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2019/08/20

ETAO Podcast, Episode 63. Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka worked together on the original Anodyne, its under-appreciated follow-up Even the Ocean, and now their latest Analgesic Productions joint, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust. It’s a game about getting to know the world in its infinite strangeness, acquiring and shedding preconceptions, and meeting new people who … Continue reading "Welcoming Surrealism, with Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka"

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Weird Mad Stuff, with Zachariah Chandler

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2019/05/28

ETAO Podcast, Episode 57. Zach Chandler catches the bus with us and talks about Nth Dimension[al] Hiking, his gently arcane spectral traverse-’em-up. We discuss Zach’s guiding principle, namely that if you’re going to make a game that isn’t obvious, then you’d better be sure that it’s nonetheless truthful. That’s easier said than done, of course, … Continue reading "Weird Mad Stuff, with Zachariah Chandler"

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Something Bigger Than We Are, with Jordan Thomas

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2019/05/14

ETAO Podcast, Episode 56. Jordan Thomas hides out with us to talk about The Blackout Club. It’s a game that is at once an “infinite meaning machine” and an authored narrative, a game about “extremely rewarding movement” but not “physical combat with a clear victor,” an early access experience that shares much of the appeal … Continue reading "Something Bigger Than We Are, with Jordan Thomas"

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There Is Co-Op on Mars, with Philip Buchanan

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2019/02/09

ETAO Podcast, Episode 49. Philip Buchanan went indie so that he could finish 39 Days to Mars, a consummately silly co-op-as-comedy physics-and-gadgets puzzle-’em-up rendered in florid trichromatic line drawings and bone-dry Britishisms. The result is as delightful as any cuppa could hope to be be. In this episode, Philip stops by to talk about the … Continue reading "There Is Co-Op on Mars, with Philip Buchanan"

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What We Played and ‘Casted (and What We Didn’t) in 2018

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2018/12/15

ETAO Podcast, Episode 45. As 2018 winds down, esteemed ETAO Podcast producer Frances Michelle Lopez sits down to talk about what we played in 2018, what we’re looking forward to playing in 2019, and what’s currently sitting in our to-read piles. We couldn’t get to everything, during this conversation or throughout this year. We never … Continue reading "What We Played and ‘Casted (and What We Didn’t) in 2018"

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Be a Part of the World You’re Changing, with Jakub...

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2018/11/03

ETAO Podcast, Episode 42. Headliner: NoviNews puts you in the shoes of he/she/xe who curates the news in a country that is rapidly going strange, and just as rapidly becoming politically unstable. It’s a game about information as a tool, news as a product, and ideology as a career. We talk about the process of … Continue reading "Be a Part of the World You’re Changing, with Jakub Kasztalski"

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Something Wicked This Way Apples, with Bobby Fowler...

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2018/10/31

ETAO Podcast, Episode 41. Bobby Fowler and Brenda Noiseux (collectively known as Almost A Game) stop by for a Halloween-as-hell chat about their whimsical tabletop skulduggery simulator, Wicked Apples. We talk about the unique joys of tabletop games—and of digital game, for that matter, and about translating each to the other. We also discuss the … Continue reading "Something Wicked This Way Apples, with Bobby Fowler and Brenda Noiseux"

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The Persistence of (Stories about) Memory, with...

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2018/10/20

ETAO Podcast, Episode 40. Henrik Pettersson introduces us to The Gardens Between, a wordless narrative puzzle game in which you play as time itself. We talk about themes surrounding memory, the quest to make complicated games simple (and vice-versa), the seemingly-ever-in-progress indiepocolypse, and a few untranslatable Swedish words. Oh, and SPOILERS for Persona 5 from … Continue reading "The Persistence of (Stories about) Memory, with Henrik Pettersson"

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You Can Feel Great All The Time Solving Problems,...

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2018/03/21

ETAO Podcast, Episode 34. Zach Barth is back to talk about Opus Magnum and SHENZHEN I/O, the latest in each of Zachtronics’ semi-distinct trademark genres: games where you make things that makes things, and games where you actually code or script, respectively. We talk about how these two parallel tracks came to be, where their … Continue reading "You Can Feel Great All The Time Solving Problems, with Zach Barth"

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Persona 5 and the Punk of Pope Joan, with Adam Osborn

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2017/06/09

ETAO Podcast, Episode 30. Medievalist, archnerd, and outspoken Persona-enjoyer Adam Osborn returns to discuss Persona 5—as well as visual novels, waifus, and Pope Joan, though not always at the same time and not necessarily in that order. Thrill as we trip over each other trying to remark on everything remarkable about this mad JRPG opus. … Continue reading "Persona 5 and the Punk of Pope Joan, with Adam Osborn"

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Criticizing Videogame Critique, Part 2, with Richard...

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2016/11/22

ETAO Podcast, Episode 28. Last week, Richard Terrell outlined his framework for taxonomizing and evaluating game criticism, and we spent some time using that framework to disagree vociferously about whether Arin Hanson is any damn good at talking about Zelda. This week we get into the weeds about the Zeldas themselves, and here’s the crux … Continue reading "Criticizing Videogame Critique, Part 2, with Richard Terrell"

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Criticizing Videogame Critique, Part 1, with Richard...

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2016/11/15

ETAO Podcast, Episode 27. Richard Terrell returns to talk about Design Oriented, his attempt to categorize, catalog, and (here’s where things get interesting) rate game critique. What’s being measured there, and how is he measuring it, and to what end? Last time, we talked about what games are, what art is, and why he considers … Continue reading "Criticizing Videogame Critique, Part 1, with Richard Terrell"

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