Arcade Bookshop

In Episode 3 of Arcade Bookshop, Bryce and Caleb reach for story in Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True, a point-and-click crime-noir video game made for a variety of platforms. They discuss the version made for the NES, which was apparently much less graphic than the version released for other platforms. Nevertheless, this was the one Caleb played before, so that's what we agreed to talk about. As a...

UPDATE! Bryce talks about when and how often an episode of Arcade Bookshop goes live, sound quality, the Cleveland Gaming Classic, and asks to hear from the Arcade Bookshop community.  Stay tuned for the next feature episode about Deja Vu, which was made for a variety of platforms, but your hosts played the NES version. Listen to chats about stories in video games and their literary counterparts e...

Arcade Bookshop debuts with co-hosts Bryce Johle and Caleb James, who talk about why video games are special to them and how their stories are generally underrated. They discuss their backgrounds in writing and literature, and what this podcast means for themselves as they provide this as a fun, occasionally intellectual conversation for listeners to feel a part of.  In the meat of the show, they...

Bryce and Caleb talk about Earthbound's literary counterpart, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. The discussion addresses Bradbury's writing style, the history of this famous novel, and what he might be saying about parenting, making choices, coming of age, and how it all ties in nicely after playing Earthbound. Listen to chats about stories in video games and their literary counterp...

Arcade Bookshop co-host Bryce Johle introduces the podcast and talks about what to expect in each episode.  Listen to Bryce Johle and Caleb James chat about stories in video games and their literary counterparts every other Monday!  First two episodes covering the Super Nintendo game, "Earthbound," and the classic spooky novel, "Something Wicked This Way Comes," by Ray Bradbury drop August 28th! T...