In 1991, a manga artist released a Famicom game (his only game!) with such a singular vision that it's survived multiple financial failures and obscurity. The game is Metal Slader Glory, and the artist is @yoshimiru-hoshi.bsky.social! Listen to our discussion of him here: rss.com/podcasts/sec...

Our video game auteurist podcast dips into interactive fiction with the work of @victorgijsbers.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy! Full-time philosophy professor from the Netherlands, part-time hobbyist text parser game writer. What kind of games does he write? Find out: rss.com/podcasts/sec...

Our video game auteurist podcast is about celebrating independent creators... that's why we did an episode on Shigeru Miyamoto! Donkey Kong? Mario 64? Devil World? Does it all have a cohesive vision? Is this BlueSky post late because I only forgot to add it now? Shut up!! rss.com/podcasts/sec...

Platformers, reflex games... art games? Experimental interactive fiction??? On this episode of the ONLY* video game auteurist podcast we look at @terrycavanaghgames.com, from his commercial hits (VVVVVV, Super Hexagon) to his smaller games (Moving Stories, American Dream): rss.com/podcasts/sec...