Description

Chris Johnston and Max to go back to the early aughts to explore working on EGM and the heyday of E3. CJ shares about his journey from working in the press to being a video game producer.

You can download a copy of this episode's transcript here.

How We Met

• CJ's Call to Action
• Humanity - Reveal Trailer
• Relay FM
• Parsec

EGM

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)
• EGM Issue 59, June 1994: Interface - Letters to the Editor
• EGM Issue 59, June 1994: Press Start News
• TurboDuo
• 3DO
• EGM Issue 61, August 1994: PSX Mind-Boggling Effects
• Hasbro Toaster VR Console
• DisneyQuest VR
• Metroid Prime Development

In Memoriam of E3

• GameCube Space World 2000 Demo
• The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker E3 2002 Reveal
• EGM Issue 148, November 2001: Cel-da Debate
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess E3 2004 Reveal
  • Crowd Reaction [Warning: Language]

EGM's Top 100 Games

• EGM Issue 100, November 1997: The Top 10 (out of 100) Games
• Tetris (2023 Film)

Sonic & Tails in Melee

• EGM Issue 153, April 2002: Sonic and Tails in Melee
  • Upscaled Render
• Sonic Brawl Reveal Trailer
• Sega Neptune April Fool's Joke (Wayback Machine Archive)
• Sega Neptune

Adult Swim Games

• Regular Show
  • Correction: The high pitch "Turner" was, in fact, "Frederator," which you can listen to here.
• Robot Unicorn Attack
• Mafia Wars
• Max's Pitch for Celeste
• Earthblade

Enhance User Experience

• Fortnite's Unreal Engine 5 Upgrade – Digital Foundry

Lost to Time

• Video Game History Foundation
• Max's Review of The Last of Us
• "A Passion for Smash" – Celebrating 15 Years of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Peter Spezia

Chris "CJ" Johnston

• CJ's Mastodon @superpac@mastodon.social
• Player One Podcast
• Enhance

Max Frequency

Chapter Select

• Season 0 – The Last of Us
• Season 1 – Paper Mario
• Season 2 – God of War
• Season 3 – Banjo-Kazooie
• Season 4 – The Fast and the Furious
• Season 5 – Resident Evil

Max's Twitter @MaxRoberts143