Episódios
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Welcome back! On this edition of The Stage Select we’re
welcomed by the internet’s own Brock Wilbur, who gets very introspective on
this thing here that we call video games. Are we using gaming to paper over our
deep-seated issues? Probably! Is that revelation going to change our behavior?
Almost certainly not!
00:00 Introduction, getting to know Brock Wilbur
17:01 Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, embracing
the 7 out of 10s of the world
37:36 Final 2024 video game presidential primary
nominations
44:19 Justin’s fanfiction
54:14 Deleting games that don’t bring joy, Star Wars
Jedi series, Star Wars Outlaws
01:08:52 No Rest For the Wicked
01:17:16 Harold Halibut, Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred
Heroes
01:41:40 Rise of the Ronin keeps going, the music of
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
02:00:49 Ask Sherwin Williams
02:10:04 Final thoughts on Unicorn Overlord
02:31:07 Questions, Comments, Concerns
Check out the blog from Big Nerd Gaming we mentioned:
https://bignerdgaming.com/2024/04/16/psa-7-10s-are-good-video-games/
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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Welcome to a breezy and chill edition of The Stage Select
that transitions between video game discussion and absolute madness that you
likely won’t notice that it’s happened until it’s TOO LATE. MWAH, HAH HA!
00:00 Introduction, we have a Discord now (see
linktree in notes)
17:03 2024 Video Game Presidential nominees
21:29 Balatro on console, Open Roads
34:15 Julian did a thing!
55:47 Rise of the Ronin
01:27:01 Diablo IV
02:01:20 Ark: Survival Ascended, a brief Unicorn
Overlord update
02:17:10 Morgun’s fate, Questions, Comments, Concerns
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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Welcome back to The Stage Select! This week, we have a new
guest: Westen from Big Nerd Gaming. He’s proof positive that there are great
people that you can meet and interact with on Twitter still, and he brings a
pleasant and balanced view of video games to the discussion. We also have a
fun/stupid announcement in this episode that will hopefully become a popular
recurring bit this year!
00:00 Introduction, Getting to know Westen
24:23 Rise of the Ronin, open world game design
56:42 2024 Video Game Presidential election: Primary
nominations
01:05:24 Ultros, A little more Unicorn Overlord (wait,
come back!)
01:17:03 Justin may be done with Dragon’s Dogma 2
01:30:01 Julian, a grown-ass man, cannot navigate downtown
Austin
01:49:14 Persona 3 Reload
02:23:53 “60% of time spent in video games in 2023
was spent on games at least 6 years old”
02:42:45 Stellar Blade
Be sure to submit your video game presidential nominees to
us, however you would like to submit those to us!
Check out Westen’s blog, Big Nerd Gaming: https://bignerdgaming.com/
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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It’s a trim episode of The Stage Select this week, as we
only have a handful of games to talk about. That doesn’t mean it isn’t chock
full of stupidity, though. That’s kind of our whole thing!
00:00 Introduction, Julian and Justin meet James and
JJ
04:54 Unicorn Overlord
01:02:01 Invoking dark forces with WWE 2K24’s create
a wrestler mode, shenanigans
01:11:05 Dragon’s Dogma 2: the create mode, the game,
and the Discourse™
01:34:56 Knowledge, or Know Lady
01:52:27 Looking at the next few months of game
releases
Check out Julian and Justin on Retrofits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7yejPTOoc
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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It’s another episode of The Stage Select, and this time we’re
joined by our good friend Mike Fallek, fresh off his work developing the game
Troma Presents Poultrygeist. If you’ve listened to our previous podcast you
know what you’re in for. If this is your first time hearing Mike, buckle up!
00:00 Introductions
07:30 Mike talks about developing Troma Presents
Poultrygeist (and laws around lawncare?)
23:49 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and
Tears of the Kingdom, and why Julian and Justin are WRONG
01:00:28 Unicorn Overlord, Billy Joel
01:27:30 Justin’s game’s pitches
01:58:37 Sports games, an unreasonable amount of information
about Ohio
02:21:52 A small update on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
02:41:02 Videoverse
03:05:13 Questions, Comments, Concerns
Check out the Perfect Storm Gaming stream that Julian was
on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrdVUkD6LEE
Check out the episode of Ballin’ Out SUPER that Mike was on:
https://soundcloud.com/ballin-out-super/akira-toriyama-tribute-episode-w-katie-rose-leon-alex-ptak-and-more?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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It’s a jam-packed edition of The Stage Select this week, what with big games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and WWE 2K24 to talk about. We also try some things. We’ll…let you decide how those things went.
00:00 Introductions and thank you to our friends and listeners
12:18 Julian and Justin’s personal 2023 Top Ten list
28:00 Julian’s second 11th birthday
34:12 Minami Lane, Contra: Operation Galuga
42:54 WWE 2K24
01:12:39 Musical Guest: Megan McDuffee
01:20:02 A Tribute to Akira Toriyama
01:34:05 Breaking News
01:44:35 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Please check out some of our friends that spread the word of our debut:
A Gamer Looks at 40: https://agamerlooksat40.com/
Perfect Storm Gaming: https://linktr.ee/perfectstormgaming
Gamelogica: https://www.youtube.com/@GamelogicaYT
Games My Mom Found: https://gamesmymomfoundpodcast.podbean.com/
Soundtracker: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/966wb-20e0bc/Soundtracker-Podcast
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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Hello there! Our second episode is very different from our
first episode, but that’s kinda the things about The Stage Select: you never
know what you’re gonna get each week! This is our 2023 Game of the Year
deliberations, and they are a prototype for what we have planned for the 2024 GotY
podcast(s). We’re joined by Xavier Krieger, and this is an excellent episode to
get a great grasp on the gaming tastes of your hosts. We’re whittling our list
down to ten, and then putting those ten games in order. Do things get spicy?
Maybe! Listen and find out! Also, this was recorded before our first episode,
so keep that in mind. Enjoy!
00:00 Introductions, the nominees, and the first cuts
34:55 Down to the top 20
1:03:49 Intermission, 3 games left to cut
1:53:45 Ordering the top 10
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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At last, it’s time for the first episode of The Stage
Select! Strap in for the beginning of a truly unique video game podcast journey.
We hope you enjoy what we’re putting down here, and there’s much more to come,
so please share and tell your friends if you like this kind of independent
podcasting!
00:00 Introductions: getting to know us!
17:34 Tekken 8
44:41 Balatro
1:04:04 We have concerns about Silent Hill
1:19:11 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
1:55:41 Julian went to AEW, and has some complicated
feelings about wrestling now
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: [email protected]
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions
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Every show has to start somewhere, right? Well, this is where we start. Before we start. A pilot, if you will. Will we get picked up by the network for the season? Listen and find out! (Spoiler alert: the answer is "yes")
We hope to be back by March 2024 with the whole shebang, but in the meantime please subscribe and find us on that one place @StageSelectPod. See you then!
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Introducing The Stage Select: a video game variety show! This is just a taste of things to come. Watch this space in 2024!
