Sorry for the delayed post this week. I was traveling and Alan was not in the studio for the holiday weekend. As I said on twitter, sorry I ruined your morning commute!
This week is all* about vikings!
*and anything else I can tie to vikings.
The show can be downloaded here,
or streamed here:
Here is the trailer I mention:
And here is one of my own personal pictures - mobile phone quality!
And the track list below:
# - Game - Track - System - Composer
1 - Prophecy I: The Viking child - The Village / Level 1 - Amiga - Barry Leitch
2 - Erik the Viking - New Dawn (Erik the Viking’s Theme) - NES / FC - Neil Baldwin
3 - Lost Vikings - Factory Beat - SNES / SFC - Charles Deenen
4 - Lost Vikings 2 - Dark Ages - SNES / SFC - Glenn Stafford
5 - Myth: History in the Making / Conan: The Mysteries of Time - Title Theme - C64 - Jeroen Tel
6 - Spike in Transylvania - intro number 35 - Amiga - WOTW (“Warrior of the Wind”) / Supplex (Group)
7 - Heimdall - Track 4 - Sega CD - Martin Iveson
8 - Viking Squad - Cathedral - Playstation 4 - A Shell in the Pit
No worries! It was still a Wednesday release, plus you gave me a chance to listen to the new episodes of LMH and VGMPire(after a loooong hiatus).
ReplyDeleteGreat episode, and I can't wait for the sequel. For a guy that wasn't especially eager to do themed episodes, you come up with quite a lot of unique topics. For next time, don't forget the Banner Saga games, or Jotun, or (arguably) Stormlord.
I loved the information about Conan's origin. Creating a mythical age before civilization has its problems, but all in all, it was a pretty clever idea. Incidentally, I lived in Iceland for over a year, so that probably fed into my interest in the theme. While I was there, I got to experience traditional viking food. No wonder they were such cantankerous bastards.
My one anectdote I'll share: When I first got there, I had a tour wherein the guide took us to a large statue of Leif Erikson in Reykjavik. The guide said with great pleasure, "Leif Erikson was clever enough to discover the Americas, and smart enough to leave them alone". Here's a pic of the statue: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-waymarking-images/b43059a0-4497-4bd1-8183-91104f58af49.jpg
Hey hey, ND/UN!
DeleteI definitely have enough fodder for a future sequel. And actually, one of the inspirations for this episode was cut out completely because I realized it wasn’t really a Viking or Viking-related game. In fact, it will be its own themed episode down the line. I’ll get more into what I mean then…
And I did listen to the Banner Saga OST because I actually have that game on my phone! It is one of the few mobile games I own. I would say it falls into the more “mood-setting” category, though. I was going to put in a track anyway because I had actually plated the game, but I decided to hold off for now. Jotun I think I saw on the huge list of games, but I don’t think I listened to it before I filled out the show. I’ll have to check it next round. Same with Stormlord. I can finagle an “arguably” into a “fits real nice” without problem.
As for themed episodes – it isn’t that I prefer “free play” episodes, necessarily. It just turns out that (as I predicted) themed shows take a WHOLE LOT more work. If I had the type of show where I spoke extemporaneously about topics with another person, I might get away with it more often.
Typically for the themed shows I need to comb through soundtracks I am not already familiar with. On top of that, I generally do a fair bit of research on my little tangents, and it adds even more to the prep time. I actually think the themed shows can be more fun to work on, and offer the most potential for unearthed musical worm meat.
I’m not sure if I had any proper Viking food while in Scandinavia, but I did indulge in traditional local fare in both Sweden and Norway. Most surprising was that I really enjoyed the Swedish blood pudding. I love that statute quote. Very funny. Also, that’s so interesting that you lived there! I was in the Reykjavik airport for a few hours, but that’s the extent of my experience thus far. I’d like to visit for real someday.
You should check out YouTube clips of Jotun. The animation is spectacular.
DeleteIt's pretty cool looking. It's like... cell shaded almost, but not.
DeleteSpeaking of interesting graphical styles - have you seen the trailer for Cuphead? I don't know if the run 'n gun style of game is really my cup of tea (cuphead of tea), but visually it is completely unique!
Rock solid episode The Diad! Funny, informative, unique, and the music rocked!
ReplyDeleteThanks JT! And you tolerated an old episode before my mic upgrade. Kudos to you!
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