MageCast X
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MageCast X
Co-hosted by the Well-Red Mage and CriterionX, MageCast X is a rebranded podcast feat. fantastic guests and analytical discussion of video games, their intrinsic qualities and extrinsic contexts. One game at a time! Learn more at The-Pixels.com.
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#096 - "Did You Know That SMB2 Is..." (Doki Doki Panic)
If Nintendo was right in keeping Lost Levels away from the NES, the unpredictable rise of speedrunning, what your favorite Mario character says about...
#095 - "No Japanese Required" (Famicom)
Your favorite imports you've never played and why they didn't come to the West in the first place, the differences between translation and localizatio...
#094 - "Welcome Back, Raven" (Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon)
Catching up with a content creator from the Aloha State, finding an analogy for Hawaiian history in Armored Core, breaking down the assemblage of an A...
#091 - "New Game Plus" (MageCast X remake)
Introducing MageCast X, the newly rebranded podcast! Meet returning host Moses aka the Well-Red Mage and Jared aka CriterionX as we start this new jou...
#092 - "A Colossal Return" (Shadow of the Colossus)
Nostalgia vs new experiences, improving upon a masterpiece, facing the colossi of grief, methods for dealing with loss, and asking if the hero is the...
#090 - "Tears of the Dragon" (Breath of Fire II)
Where to start with the Breath of Fire series, Katt vs Nina, populating township, the immense suffering and sadness of the dragon tears, and the forma...
#089 - "Back to Loc Lac" (Monster Hunter Tri)
The innovations of Monster Hunter on the Wii, the challenge of underwater combat, restoring what was lost when the online servers went down, and the i...
#088 - "The Textual Revolution" (King's Quest)
The key differences between adventure and role-playing games, tinkering with the Adventure Game Interactive engine, existing in a game world vs trying...
#087 - "Jurassic World of Warcraft" (Total War: Warhammer II)
Tabletop wargaming in the 90s, the difference between strategy and tactics, macromanaging and micromanaging for the uninitiated, and how to rise up li...
#086 - "Wanna Take You For A Ride" (Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)
American, Japanese, and Australian arcades, #FreeMvC2, the best characters not in the game, the death of 2D AAA animation, and why more fighters need...
#085 - "Channel-6 Player Melee in Manhattan" (TMNT: Shredder's Revenge)
The lasting appeal of the TMNT, the original voice cast for the 4 shell-heads, the turtles as personality archetypes, and how to nail retro authentici...
#084 - "Simon SNEZ" (Super Castlevania IV)
The dark lord of censorship and the puritanical cultural movement fueling it, what makes a game a horror game, fake Castlevania titles, the future of...
#083 - "An Introvert's Guide to Geology, Dating, and Horticulture" (Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town)
The idealized work of video games contrasted with the manual labor of real life, the value and practicality of play, the very first farm sim, and how...
#082 - "You're Gonna Need A Bigger Podcast" (Jaws)
A randomized single-screen permadeath shmup roguelike with a stalker enemy, top-down overworld, and RPG elements, speedrunning and shark week, fishing...
#081 - "Hayao Miyazaki's Legend of Zelda" (Crystalis)
Oppenheimer, the Cold War, the Bomb, and Crystalis, a hidden gem or cult classic? Plus learning to forgive the negative qualities of retro games chalk...
#080 - "Do the Mario" (Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix)
How Dance Dance Revolution lived and died on home consoles, how classical music actually fits the Marioverse, and how to think of rhythm games as timi...
#079 - "Finger Prince" (Elden Ring)
Navigating the swamps of difficulty discussion, inspirations behind FromSoft's latest going all the way back to the NES, two very different approaches...
#078 - "Super Mario's Second Family" (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
We are the music makers but are you the dreamer or merely part of someone else's dream...? I'm the Well-Red Mage and this is MAGE CAST feat. Chris Osb...
#077 - "A Lynx to the Past" (Radical Dreamers)
A chronological interpretation of the Chrono series in earnest pursuit of Magus and Schala, a deep dive into the lore of Cross and Trigger, and how th...
#076 - "Ted Sephiroth" (Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin)
Nomura's Big Reveal, a Final Fantasy multiverse, how to hijack a creative project with bad marketing, how to love an experience whilst acknowledging i...
#075 - "Abzulutely not a Swimulator" (Abzu)
What is a game? What is play? Join me as we explore these questions, discovering the myths of Abzu, the identity of the Diver, walking simulators and...
#074 - "Games On Consoles Deader Than Uncle Ben" (Spider-Man)
The uniqueness of Spider-Man as a character, the difficulty adapting him to games, the Uncle Ben storytelling trope, an overview of more Spidey games...
#073 - "Hell March Madness" (Command & Conquer: Red Alert)
War as entertainment, time travel in video games, winking at the camera, love for the underappreciated RTS genre, and the lost or maybe not so lost ar...
#072 - "The Divine Absurdity" (Final Fantasy VI)
The cinematic language of 16-bit RPGs, the lost art of character development, Nobuo Uematsu's favorite works, and why Jaws doesn't need a backstory......
#071 - "Cry Me To The Moon" (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)
The illusion of simplicity and Shigeru Miyamoto fighting the fat cats, the Super FX2 chip, the bookends of the SNES, creating an emotional connection...
#070 - "The Fateful Eight" (Octopath Traveler)
Pixel art style vs substance and those iconic HD-2D visuals, nostalgia as an economy, the strongest and weakest vignettes in Octopath, and a whole lot...
#069 - "Mageality, Flawless Podcast" (Mortal Kombat)
It's time for a bit of the old ultraviolence: we're talking Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter, the necessity of the ESRB, politicians blaming video game...
#068 - “For England, Mage” (GoldenEye 007)
What's aged worse: GoldenEye 007 for N64 or James Bond himself? What does it even mean to age well? Plus, soundtrack, slapfights, and screen peeking.....
#067 - “Tim Burton’s A Bug’s Life” (Hollow Knight)
The unfettered creativity of secondary sources of funding, the inspirations of yesteryear on the world of Hallownest, how things remain special when t...
#066 - "The Return of the Queen" (Metroid Dread)
The controversy surrounding Metroid Dread, difficulty vs accessibility, challenge vs fairness, the trustworthiness of reviews vs first impressions, an...
#065 - "The Quick Brown Fox Jets Over La Fuzzy Chimp, Dawg" (StarFox)
Nintendo's place in space shooters, pioneering early 3D, the decline of legacy franchises, and the future of Star Fox... I'm the Well-Red Mage and thi...
#064 - "2001: A Snakes' Odyssey" (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
The Raiden reveal, the Metal Gear Solid movie, the Kojima canon and the Konami split, auteurs vs a complete staff, and whether MGS2 was truly propheti...
#063 - "Everything is Gotham" (Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham)
Fan scholarship and visual literature, dream LEGO games, the difference between Batman and Superman, the best tales of the Caped Crusader, DC and Marv...
#062 - "Two heads, one cup" (Cuphead)
Expectations for the last supper, an appreciation for jazz, the golden age of American animation, subculture wars, and how to sort the difference betw...
#061 - "Space Only A Mother Could Love" (Super Metroid)
How Super Metroid almost wound up canceled, the history of Metroid sales, what it's like playing a masterpiece for the first time ever, and the age-ol...
#060 - "Now You're Playing With Even More Power" (Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!)
The right fix for the right game, David Crane and his blob, objectivity in subpar design, how we grow as artists practicing our craft, and why real me...
#059 - "Microwaved Hamsters" (Maniac Mansion)
Censorship and sadistic puzzle design, the nature of comedy overlapping with horror, the distinction between funny and humorous, and a point-and-click...
#058 - "Mean Girls" (River City Girls)
The history of the Kunio-kun series, the future of neo beat 'em ups, ye olde arcades, how to combat monotony in the genre, and what makes River City G...
#057 - "Quoth the Raven" (Secret of Evermore)
Alchemy and Marty McFly, B-movie references and America in RPGs, why 2 player co-op would be a bad idea, and if it's really just a Mana clone or if Ev...
#056 - "Metaforce" (Metroid Prime)
Demystifying game development, designing Samus' spaceship the Thrush Eterna, collaborative creativity, Retro Studios' canceled games, and what even ha...