Character Customization and Nostalgia in RPGs

We're joined by Scott Anderson (Unity), Carolyn Petit (Kotaku), Xanagear (youtube.com/xanagear), and Glove (UFO 50 Historian/ska podcaster) to discuss Valbrace, the 37th game in the UFO 50 collection.

“No knight has ever survived the journey into Gnothrok Keep. What makes you think you'll be any different?”

Next week: Rakshasa

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway

Discussed in this episode:

My Perfect Console Ep. 119: Bennett Foddy, philosopher, game designer (QWOP, GIRP, Getting Over It) https://shows.acast.com/my-perfect-console/episodes/bennett-foddy-game-designer-musician-philosopher-qwop-girp-g 

Odd Object Game Studio https://oddobject.zone/ 

Hot Streak https://www.cmyk.games/products/hot-streak 

Carolyn on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/carolynmichelle.bsky.social 

Scott on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/impossible.bsky.social 

Oak & Yarrow Web Design Studio https://oakyarrow.com/ 

Xanagear on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/xanagear.com 

UFO 50 Fan Discord 50games.fans 

Cherry Rush (UFO 50 Speedrunning Charity Event) https://www.cherry-rush.org/ 

The Rude Boys ska podcast https://www.youtube.com/@rudeboyspodcast

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow 

http://discord.gg/eggplant

https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow