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Ben, Steve, and I bid farewell to a perfidious year and discuss what we've been playing to help us make it through.  We invite you to join us for future discussions.  EarthBound music comes courtesy of the trove at starmen.net. 

Remembering the lives and work of Millicent Lenz , Antonia Syson ,  and William Gray .  Please see the course page to learn more and ask questions. Thanks for listening, sharing, or lending your support. 

On ch 22-23 of Pullman's The Amber Spyglass. See the course page to learn more and ask questions. Thanks for listening, sharing, or lending your support. 

Sarah and Steph, The Video Game Academy's resident AC experts, are here to discuss the unfolding phenomenon. We invite you to join us for future discussions, wishing you happy holidays!

We delve once more into the strange afterlife of The Hex, seeking some unifying understanding among its multiple mysteries, and are punished for our hubris. Forgive us.

On Walk, Lionel's magnum opus, and its references to each of the previous game segments in The Hex. See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions.

Apologies for the audio gaps on this one. At about the ten minute mark, Craigbot, our discord recording device, decided to go for a walk. Maybe he had a date on the dating simulator. All that gets lost there is a bit of summarizing: how we get from the bar, via the backroom armory and Vicious Galaxy, to the Gameworks HQ. Fortunately, Ben came through with the backup audio from that point. See the...

Ben, Steve, and I tactically survive our way through the mods and hallucinations of Wasteworld. See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions. It's gonna get weird. 

We glitch our way through Secrets of Legendaria with the apparently un-renameable Chandrelle and her sidekick, Lazarus. Lots more interesting names, references, and study topics await on the course page , and you can also join us for future discussions. 

Ben and I follow the barkeep's orders and fight our way through the memories of Bryce the cook. See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions.

Ben, Steven, and Craigbot join me for our introductory discussion of The Hex. This is Daniel Mullins' follow-up to Pony Island, and it's equally if not more bizarre. So we start with some leftovers and secrets and connections there, before getting into the murder-mystery frame and the Super Weasel Kid memory sequence. See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions. 

Ben and I outfox a daemon, escape the arcade, and maybe beat the game...?  See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions. Up next: The Hex. 

Ben and I hack ourselves some wings and revisit Baphomet for another glimpse in Pony Island's Adventure Mode.  See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions. 

Ben and I launch into a new semester at the Video Game Academy focusing on the work of Daniel Mullins, starting with Pony Island.  See the course page for more info and join us for future discussions.  

On ch 20-21 of The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman. See the course page to learn more and ask questions. Thanks for listening, sharing, or lending your support. 

On ch 18-19 of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass. See the course page to learn more and ask questions. Thanks for listening, sharing, or lending your support. 

Ben and I scale Kefka's Tower and take on the final boss before addressing the end credits. Thanks for listening! Join the conversation at https://www.patreon.com/videogameacademia 

Ben and I discuss the Ancient Castle and the Cultists' Tower

Ben and I unlock Gau's makeover, rescue Relm from her possessed painting, and set Locke free from his past

Ben and I interpret Cyan's Dream

Ben and I find Gogo, Terra, and the Dirt Dragon

Ben and I follow the birds to Cyan on Mt Zozo, meet Gau and Shadow in the Cave on the Veldt, and scoop up Mog and Umaro in Narshe

Ben and I bring Setzer through Daryl's Tomb to the resurrected airship, the Falcon

Ben and I recover Sabin and Edgar in the World of Ruin, but Terra remains apart