Being a working parent means that side projects require effort outside regular hours. This time around, we got up at 5AM on a Tuesday to make sure we had our chance to catch up on everything important in the world of us gaming.
In this episode we start off catching up on the latest games we’ve been playing (Matt: Battlefield 1, Steve: Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright). Steve was able to finish off playing Birthright and has now moved onto reading up on the Reverse Design Forum’s Final Fantasy VI analysis. Bringing this up lead into a conversation about some of the books we’ve either read or have been intending on reading. For those who might be interested in checking out some of the titles we mentioned…
Some of these books include:
- ・I am Error
- ・Flow
- ・The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
- ・Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Memorial Book Vol. 1
- ・Mention of the artwork that can be found in the special features of Final Fantasy Origins
- ・The Art of Final Fantasy IX
- ・Final Fantasy XIV: A Real Reborn The Art of Eorzea
- ・Tactics Ogre Art Works Book
- ・R20+5 Rockman
- ・Advanced Renderman: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures
- ・The Animator’s Survival Kit
- ・The Art and Science of Digital Compositing: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation and Motion Graphics
Stores that we mentioned that we like are:
With some brief discussion on the shows:
Sometimes podcasts don’t go 100% as planned. In this case we sat down with an important agenda… and instead just wandered where the road took us. Join us as we talk “Battlefield 1” and our experience playing multiplayer games such as “Marvel vs Capcom” and “Left 4 Dead”. This took us down Nintendo Power memory lane and finally to the new Nintendo Classic Mini launch.
Right about now most of the Americans we know are talking about moving to Canada… but in this exciting episode of the Vagabond Gamecast, Matt and Steve meet up (in the US of A) to discuss what it was like for them to move to the home of the brave.
This week we discuss the ins-and-outs of balancing our lives as gainfully employed, somewhat ambitious creators-of-things and video game enthusiasts with being a parent to young kids. How does one maintain a family life while beating every game on their to-beat list in just one lifetime?
Episode 3:
We gnaw on the gritty details of what it’s like finding time to play games and rawk life as a busy parent / adult, as well as both of our general approaches to task management and prioritization of all those ‘adult’ tasks outside of work and play. We finish with a quick discussion of games we’ve played and look forward to playing.
This time, on another exciting episode of The Vagabond Gamecast, Matt and Steve catch up on the latest games they’re playing (Metroid Fusion, To The Moon, and Fire Emblem: Birthright). This leads into a mini discussion of their thoughts on the Final Fantasy franchise before finally getting into the meat of what every retro gaming dad has on their mind: Should babies play games too?
Episode 2:
While Matt has allowed his daughter the privilege of holding a SNES controller, Steve has focused on allowing his son to have free reign over his phone. 22 month old Lazarus appears to enjoy such hit apps as: Ethereal Dialpad, Super Hexagon, Baby Wooden Blocks Puzzle, and Endless Alphabet.
In this super cool episode of The Vagabond Gamecast, we hop out of our comfort zone as retro geeks (and mostly-immobile gamers) to discuss some recent goings-on in the game industry, namely the recent PlayStation VR launch and our impressions of both PSVR and VR in general.
The Vagabond Gamecast hopes to be a regular podcast, which will track the happenings of a couple of globetrotting nerd parents and their ongoing quest to keep up with the world around them.
Episode 1:
We share some general musings and impressions of the Playstation VR and the future of virtual reality.
As some of you may remember, back in 2013 two enterprising individuals (one Matthew Langille, and one Stephen Tucker) decided to work on indie game development in their spare time. While Sprixelsoft may be no more, this was neither the beginning nor the end of the pair’s hijinks. Indeed, if you’ll fast forward (or rewind depending on when you’re reading this) to 2016, you’ll find yourself here: at The Vagabond Gamecast!
The Vagabond Gamecast hopes to be a regular podcast, which will track the happenings of a couple of globetrotting nerd parents and their ongoing quest to keep up with the world around them.
Episode 0:
Our heroes begin their podcast and geek out over the upcoming Nintendo Classic and Family Computer mini.