80-Bit Podsmash

Penguin & Termite discuss the best franchi.... their favorite franchise in all of video games, The Legend of Zelda. We talk favorites, as well as the impact of Zelda on industry. Reference: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/16779-How-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Changed-Gaming Music: 8-bit Hell All Hallows Eve -H-Pizzle - Ghosts of a Fallen Empire https://archive.org/details/AllHall...

Penguin & Termite reflect on the gaming industry and discuss what we're thankful for this year in gaming as well Thanksgiving gaming memories. Music http://ozzed.net Ozzed - Lesser than Three - 04 Delicious Keys http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite interview an Actor, Motion Capture Performer, Fight Director, Certified Stage Combat Instructor, Andrew Ray a.k.a A -Ray. Resources: http://a-rayfights.blogspot.com/ https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/27/16373944/volition-layoffs-agents-of-mayhem-sales   Find A-Ray on Twitter: @adr612   Music http://ozzed.net/ Lesser Than Three - No Fight But Cool   http://creativecommons.org/license...

Penguin & Termite banter over their most wanted wish list of video games. Sequels, remasters, and completely off the rails requests. Marvel and Square Enix article:  https://na.square-enix.com/us/blog/marvel-entertainment-square-enix-announce-avengers-project Music: Ozzed.net - Nackskott http://ozzed.net/music/nackskott.shtml

The journalism website, The Atlantic, posted an article questioning the existence of storytelling in games. Penguin and Termite take them to task in this episode of 80-Bit Podsmash! https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/video-games-stories/524148/ Music courtesy of: This House - Welcome to HorrorLand Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Nestrogen -  https://archive.org/details/@nestrog...

Penguin and Termite discuss how differing personality types may affect which games you buy and play as well as how you might approach playing them. We also come up with our top 10 must have N64 Classic titles. Resources: Link to N64 Classic leak http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1408657   Article about personalities and video games https://www.16personalities.com/articles/might-or-magic...

Penguin and Termite interview the fabulous, wonderful, internet sensation, Kristen Corradeno aka "Shut Up Kristen!" We discuss cosplay and video gaming culture and we dare take on the hot button topic of women in gaming. Shut Up Kristen's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/users/kristencakess   Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/shutupkristen   Kristen's collaboration with Pemberley Digital h...

Penguin and Termite discuss the issue of timelessness in video games. Is it just nostalgia or is there something more to it? Music: 8-Bit Heroes | Daydream Anatomy Nin10day Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Releasing unfinished video games seems to be normal and acceptable. We are declaring it "acceptable" because it keeps happening. Why does this happen, what are the causes?   GameStop circle of life issue http://kotaku.com/new-gamestop-program-leads-employees-to-lie-to-customer-1791874332   Mass Effect Andromeda released March 21st, big patch Thursday April 6th http://gematsu.com/2017/04/mass-effec...

-Roger Ebert famously claimed that "video games cannot be art". We take that argument to task. http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/video-games-can-never-be-art -Links to the TED talk given at USC by Kellee Santiago are in the link provided.  -Kojima's comment http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news240106kojimaart   -Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games_as_an_art_form#List_of_artistic...

Get to know the personalities behind Penguin and Termite as well as the 80 Bit Podsmash name. We discuss the reasons we want to start this Podcast as well as lay the foundation for what types of things we'll be discussing. Music Credit: 8-Bit Heroes | Daydream Anatomy https://daydreamanatomy.bandcamp.com/album/8-bit-heroes Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/#