Gamer Era

Episode 033 - Art, Code, Love (ft. @middlethought)

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Love is a many-numbered thing… In a Skip-flavoured special, Sam brings on friend of the show Middlethought (@middlethought.bsky.social, bowserblr) to discuss the oft-overlooked Art Style series! On this tour of the gallery, we also cover the splintered history of Love-de-Lic, the twilight years of the GBA, and how it all ties into Nintendo’s early download experiments through the DSi and 3DS eras. There are plenty of side-passages and tangents, but it all fits together like all great puzzles should. Spread the happiness!

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Main topics:

  1. 00:02:44: Gaming Fortnight #1 - Middlethought
  2. 00:08:47: Gaming Fortnight #2 - Sam
  3. 00:21:02: History of Skip Ltd. - Pt. 1
  1. 00:48:40: Bit Generations (GBA)
  1. 01:16:40: History of Skip Ltd. - Pt. 2
  1. 01:36:00: Art Style (DSiWare / WiiWare)
  1. 02:06:16: History of Skip Ltd - Pt. 3

Also mentioned:

  1. Phantom Spark, Replicube (see also: Parking Garage Rally Circuit, Jellycar), Breakout Beyond, The Talos Principle Remastered
  2. StreetPass Mii Plaza Games (via NetPass), Nintendo Switch 2 Speculation, Donkey Kong Bananza
  3. Love-de-Lic (Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, L.O.L.: Lack of Love); Punchline (Rule of Rose, Chulip); Vanpool (Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers); Pullblox, Splash or Crash, Freakyforms; Doshin the Giant, Cubivore, Custom-Robo, Animal Crossing
  4. Mother 3, Rhythm Tengoku, WarioWare: Twisted!, Mario Party Advance; Rotohex
  5. Captain Rainbow, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Rhythm Heaven Fever, “Project Rainfall”
  6. UFO 50, Q-Games, Shin’en Multimedia, Glow Artisan
  7. Bit.Trip series; Snowpack Park, Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder, Zip-Lash; Ko-Robo, Tetrachroma, Mixolumia, Lumines, Meteos

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