Cat will be at NC Comicon in Durham, NC this weekend! Meet the voice you know in her meat body!

THIS FRIDAY! The annual MOTHER Direct returns to celebrate exciting EarthBound endeavors! 🎁💌 Get ready for some instant memories...

THIS YEAR'S MOTHER DIRECT IS COMING! Watch this space:

> company sells a ness outfit for 14 years > finally plan an earthbound-themed halloween party > didn't coordinate costumes > bracing for prisoner's dilemma, "oops all nesses" > day of the party arrives > exactly one ness > TWO crested bookas

>Get Earthbound for the first time ever in 2025 >The world's gone mad >All the adults are useless at best or trying to kill you at worst >Everyone talks like a crazy person >Everything's too expensive >Your next door neighbor wants to be a dictator >Get home and start playing Earthbound

Come meet cat in person! She's a guest at NC Comicon in Durham, NC! Boing!

It makes our hearts swell that a happening new MOTHER server is holding streaming events for our show. 😭♥️ Come joint the party?

Just like when you see a present box on a nearby cliff, but the path to get it hasn't been revealed yet... See you soon!

Unrelated to our usual video game hi-jinks, Cat and Jess will be at GenCon, the tabletop gaming convention, net week! Cat's got a panel and we'd love to meet up with YOU if you'll be there. More info in the link below! 💌

For the past three years, our co-host, @jessicamudd.bsky.social, has been working on this magnum opus of an actual play podcast. (@catblackard.bsky.social is in it too!) We KNOW you love a heartrending story. Is Étude of the Storm the MOTHER 3 of TTRPG podcasts? Join us and find out!

Ah!♥️ The wonderful @remie64.bsky.social illustrated this moment from episode 2 of "MOTHER," She Wrote. Ninten is so HARD. 😎🧢

Unearthing some relics for the upcoming interview for @world-of-mother.bsky.social hosted by @biozilla.bsky.social and Echoes... Stay tuned!

@jessicamudd.bsky.social and I really missed an opportunity here.

HAPPY EARTHBOUND DAY! On this day 30 years ago MOTHER 2 debuted in North America as "EarthBound" with a now-legendary localization written predominantly by Marcus Lindblom. It didn't make a big splash at it's debut, but sometimes small ripples become epic waves that reshape the world for the better.

The folks behind this incredible concept album mash up of MOTHER and prog music are being interviewed - and they’re in need of YOUR inquiring minds.

Happy Mother’s Day from your MOTHERs! Eat some pizza and scoot off to bed 😽🍕

Hobonichi has put out a Mother 3 survey for its 19th anniversary. This is open until April 30th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And now for something completely different! In this episode Cat and Jess share a status update on season 1 but mostly tend to some unfinished business: Cat finally played Jess' favorite game: Final Fantasy VI!

@nyaasu.bsky.social's English translation of the MOTHER 2 gamebook by Enix is out now! I helped playtest it 🌎 nyaasunobouken.com/mother.htm Unlike "Invasion from the Unknown" (which took A LOT of creative liberties), this feels like an abridged, low difficulty playthrough of the video game.

Jazzy Benson (@jazzyboho.bsky.social), the director of EarthBound, USA, is an indie artist of limited means and her car just died. Show her some PK Love and join us in helping secure her a vehicle so she can continue her work creating powerful and challenging multimedia art!

That gum you like is coming back in style.

Step up folks! Bio is digging deep to find fascinating and forgotten MOTHER/ #EarthBound facts and needs assistance!

For this #AudiodramaSunday just wanted to say I am a huuuuuuuuuge fan of @mothershewrote.bsky.social

The most monumental EarthBound fan film of all-time is here! An Evil Dead-fueled, surreal, slapstick, garlic-munching, midnight movie opus. Don't know what EBSaga is? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! You'll figure it out! (Just bring a towel, it's gonna get messy) 🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️ youtu.be/fPUnCWwVlMQ?...

JOIN US! Jess and Cat take you on a tour of the Secrets of MOTHER 2 exhibit with special guests @monkeyness.bsky.social & @fangamer.com’s @hiimcharlie.bsky.social! Discover innovations that didn’t make it and deep insights into this legendary game. LISTEN: www.mothershewrote.earth/earthboundbe...

There's a new episode of MOTHER, She Wrote out today! We explore the history and influence of MOTHER 1 + 2's clay models with two artists inspired by them: Cosmix and @meeellla.bsky.social! Now playing on your favorite podcast apps. 🔊➡️: www.mothershewrote.earth/earthboundbe... #EarthBound

There's a new dimensional slip episode of @mothershewrote.bsky.social coming tomorrow. We're going to be chatting about the clay models of MOTHER.

At long last, the final MOTHER 1 guidebook left unarchived is in my possession, courtesy of Muraishi, who owns one the world's largest MOTHER collections, and @catblackard.bsky.social of @mothershewrote.bsky.social. I'll try to get this scanned as soon as I can!

We've just released a deleted scene from our most recent episode! What happens after Teddy's big rumble against the alien hordes? Teen angst and heartbreak! Deleted scenes are available to our supporters on Patreon and Supporting Cast: omni.supportingcast.fm/mothershewrote patreon.com/omniversemedia

Wasn't allowed to take pictures of the unused battle sprites at the Secrets of MOTHER 2 exhibit, but they didn't seem to mind me just sketching them into a notebook. So, here we can see a Flying Man, Eve from MOTHER 1(?!), Talah Rama, a lesser wooley shambler, and one that looks like a fry barnacle

We so excited and honored to share that we spoke with MOTHER/ #EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi and composer Keiichi Suzuki! We asked them burning questions and interviewed them about their life and work. Follow the show to be notified as soon as the interviews go live: pod.link/1682337146

We’re heading back to Japan! On a work-related project… hmmm!

We’re hyped for @graygoogirl.com’s PK Scramble randomizer *EarthBound* run at 11 EST tonight www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

Cat and Jess are presenting on a slew of panels as a part of @glasgow2024.bsky.social's online programming this weekend - including a discussion on JRPGs and food in anime! 🍕🍜

TONIGHT! We're taking Twitch by storm and joining Starmen.net's celebration of 30 years of EarthBound! Streaming starts at 8pm EST! There'll be obscure EarthBound facts, pizza topping polls (and we eat the results, and SMAAASHING evil in the face! Watch here: twitch.tv/starmanclub

I'm hosting tonight's Earthbound Funktastic Gameplay Summer stream! I'll be playing the 1st half of Threed in EmuVR. I'll be opening the room to multi-player so install the latest version if you want to try joining me! The stream starts at 6pm PDT. See you there! www.twitch.tv/starmanclub

What's in your engines!? We hit the mean streets of Ellay to roll with Teddy and the Black Blood Gang. Starring Christian Young as Teddy and the cast of The Penumbra Podcast as his rebels without a cause, raging against the alien menace.🛸 LISTEN: www.mothershewrote.earth/earthboundbe...

MOTHER DIRECT! THIS MONTH! The annual showcase of EarthBound-inspired art hits July 27 at 6PM ET and we're back in the mix debuting EarthBound Beginnings final main character with a live action trailer that's gonna rough you up. 💪🗡️😎 MARK YOUR CALENDARS. youtu.be/wO0YjqOoxcc?...

Happy Mother's Day from the Ueno Zoo! Thankfully there are no weird noises emanating from any administrative buildings in the area.

Our hosts @catblackard.bsky.social and @jessicamudd.bsky.social are lending their voices to Midnight Burger's new small town paranormal comedy companion series, Welcome to the Horizon! The first episode is out today!

Our interview with Pixelh8 was so big we had to cut it in two! Hear the other half on @catblackard.bsky.social's other podcast, Nerdy Show!

We're back and we've brought a friend! Music is an essential part of MOTHER's storytelling, so in this episode we speak to an expert: legendary chiptunes artist, Pixelh8, who shows us how to make music on the NES and shares what makes MOTHER's score unique: www.mothershewrote.earth/earthboundbe...

Hand-drawn EarthBound Valentine's Day cards from 1996! In 5th and 6th grade, @catblackard.bsky.social drew SNES RPG themed Valentine's Day cards for her class. See them all on Tumblr: bit.ly/3SMHXz6 New "MOTHER," She Wrote adventures are on the way!

I once spoke to the BBC about why the world was mourning Iwata. They asked if it was bc of Mario. I said ‘no. he understood that humans make Mario. he demonstrated care for humans, not just customers, but the people he employed. The west has never done that for developers. We are not a bottom line.’

JAPAN! 🇯🇵 We’re coming your way! @catblackard.bsky.social and @jessicamudd.bsky.social are heading to Nihon in May - primarily Tokyo and Osaka. Will we see you there? Wanna meet up?

I've been playing EarthBound Beginnings again (inspired by @mothershewrote.bsky.social), and since I just got the last of the eight melodies, I have thoughts. It has a rough reputation gameplay-wise, but I think its only true sin is its egregious encounter rate. Everything else is fine to great.

This little device lets me compose music using the original SNES hardware. It's pretty wild to be writing music using the same gaming console that I played on as a kid.

IN AN HOUR AND A HALF! Join us for Jess’ final EarthBound Beginnings session in preparation for our season finale! Ascend Mt. Itoi!