A return to...form(???) Jimmy and Daniel (remember Daniel?) talk about a video game a year after it came out. CLASSIC META'D. Let's chat about the newest game by From Software, Sekiro. I'll preface with the fact that Jimmy has not played this game at all so we get Daniel's gameplay perspective and Jimmy's surface-level blabber. We talk about the replayability of the game, overcoming difficult bosses, comparing the environments between Dark Souls, Bloodborne, ANIME and more in this episode! Speci...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Jimmy sits down with Conrad (Conradical Games) who is developing Lootbox Lyfe while also going to university. We talk about sleeping a lot, getting feedback for games while developing them, Instagram bots, Breath of the Wild's tutorial, and more in this episode!! Artist for Lootbox Lyfe: https://twitter.com/Dulcahn Composer for Lootbox Lyfe: https://twitter.com/AriaDisconnect Hit us up on twitter if you make stuff and want to be on the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: ht...
Dec 02, 2019•46 min
Jimmy sits down with Christian Sparks, independent developer of Woodbound, Technical Artist at Heart Machine and just all-around cool dude. We talk about the constant struggle of personal fulfillment as well as keeping a steady job. Christian and Jimmy talk about games, feelings, meeting your heroes, and more in this episode! Hit us up on twitter if you make stuff and want to be on the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'...
Apr 01, 2019•58 min
Jimmy has a chat with Thomas Loupe, a man who wears many hats some of which are: Sound Designer, Producer, Composer & Game Designer. 2019 already...okay! Jimmy has a chat with Thomas Loupe (aka First Sun) about music and games. They talk about struggling with imposter syndrome, creating music in general, getting busted for hacking school computers, Garth Brooks, and more in this episode! Sorry about some audio glitches in this episode (mostly my audio being doubled in some parts), podcasting...
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 27 min
Jimmy has a chat with Brian Cronin, a game engineer. It's just Jimmy and Brian today! Thanks for giving the podcast a listen!! In this episode Jimmy converses with Brian who has helped make quite a few games as a game engineer. They talk about Brian's love of the card game Netrunner, people obsessing over the meta of competitive games, asymmetrical gameplay, starting and finishing creative projects, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.faceboo...
Dec 04, 2018•56 min
This isn't a traditional episode of Meta'd by any means necessary. Within lies a compilation of various bloopers and outtakes from recording. It's not really in any order nor do we know if it's funny at all (we think we're hilarious btw). These are just some of the many clips of us completely messing up. This episode will act as a sort of capstone for "Season 1" of Meta'd. Anything after this episode will be different (if there is anything). Thanks for listening. You've been Meta'd. BYEE Twitter...
Aug 03, 2018•24 min
Get Out (2017). All the gang is back together to talk about a movie that is both mysterious and socially important. Glen gives insight, Paul and Tom are kept guessing till the very end, Jimmy is obsessed, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Jun 09, 2018•59 min
Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright (lots of releases over the years). [There are some technical difficulties in this episode. Hopefully we'll have them sorted out by the next episode. Sorry.] So mysterious! No Tom this week but Glen's back and ready to talk about mysteriousness in the Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright game (from 2012). Paul recounts lawyer stories from college, Jimmy has no idea what he is in for, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: ht...
May 26, 2018•1 hr
Firewatch (2016) and Gone Home (2013). Welcome to Mysterious May! Glen takes a week off so the dudes have a chat about some games that have a mystery within them. Paul is concerned he can die, Tom and Jimmy have the exact same Firewatch playthrough, Delilah does Delilah things, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
May 12, 2018•1 hr 7 min
The Hobbit (1937). The dudes read a book! We are so done with the Lord of the Rings now. Glen craves some bacon-wrapped dates, Paul reminisces about his dad reading him bedtime stores, Tom solves some riddles, Jimmy loves the narration in the book, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
May 05, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Episode 50 (!!) and the final episode in the trilogy of Lord of the Rings films. Paul loves scenes where dialogue gets cut off, Jimmy forgets what podcast he's on, Tom and Glen cry a lot, all of them go on a huge quote roll about half-way in, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Apr 20, 2018•1 hr 22 min
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002). This is the episode where the dudes talk about the second film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Glen learns to hate a certain audiobook, Paul and Tom argue about Saruman's motives, Jimmy tries to go off on a tangent about special effects again, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Apr 14, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). We're back and we're starting a new thing which means that we are talking about the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy in this episode. We've got a bunch planned for the coming weeks so stay tuned! Glen turns into Boromir, Paul talks about his Dad's hidden nerdiness, Tom and Jimmy reminisce about watching the movies in theaters, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/met...
Apr 07, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Into the Breach (2018). The newest game from Subset Games (the creators of FTL). http://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/Into_the_Breach/ Go buy it on steam right now!! The guys are joined by Brian from Fans of the Genre (another great pod) to discuss their first impressions. Glen loses sleep, Paul changes the meta, Brian wants a Switch port, and more in this episode! Fans of the Genre and Brian on Twitter: FOTG and Brian Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook....
Mar 03, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Your Name (2016). The dudes watch an anime. They all talk about their own experiences with the film. Paul's mom schools him with weeb knowledge. Glen gets frustrated by the narrative of the film and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Feb 24, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Paul, Jimmy, Glen and Tom talk FTL - Faster than Light (2012). Featuring flaaashbacks. Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Feb 17, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Paul, Jimmy, Glen and Tom talk Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Part 2 of 2. Now with 100% more Tom! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Feb 10, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Paul, Jimmy and Glen talk Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Part 1 of 2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Feb 03, 2018•1 hr
Paul, Jimmy and Tom talk Chrono Trigger (1995). Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Jan 27, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Hotline Miami I and II. Episode Artwork: K074 - Deviantart Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Jan 20, 2018•1 hr 1 min
In this episode, Paul, Jimmy and Glen try to come up with their own definition of Environmental Storytelling. They prattle on about hypothetical game situations and also talk about environmental storytelling in specific games. Glen and Paul agree to disagree about the exact same thing. Jimmy uses an environmental storytelling technique to add depth to his Dungeons and Dragons campaign. They circle around a sort of definition of what environmental storytelling is and end up with a pretty solid un...
Dec 02, 2017•57 min
In this episode, Paul and Jimmy talk about micro-transactions; both within the current events unfolding around Star Wars Battlefront II, and about some other games that also have micro-transcations. No Glen this week, to quote him, "My mind is mush," so we can't have any mush minds on this podcast! Paul brings Jimmy up to speed about the seething hatred of Reddit versus EA/DICE's newest Star Wars game. Jimmy recalls a certain gametype in Halo 5 that possibly has a pay-to-win model implemented. T...
Nov 18, 2017•53 min
In this episode, Paul, Jimmy and Glen speak on the topic of films made by Studio Ghibli but more so by the director Hayao Miyazaki. The dudes talk in depth about what feelings are brought up by these powerful movies and how they've had an impact on their lives as well as the entirity of Anime. Glen becomes a concept. Paul brings up the Hobbit again. Jimmy remembers being a twerp in malls. They end up getting into a deep conversation about human emotion and the condition of enjoying something for...
Nov 04, 2017•59 min
In this episode, Paul, Jimmy and Glen revisit a horror game that still holds it's own. SPOILERS AHOY (If you've never played Amnesia, give it a go. It's a great game)! They discuss many aspects about the game from simple mechanics to overarching thematical elements. Paul is unphased by scary games and his gamer-instincts kick in to "beat the game." Glen gets fucked up from 5 minutes of Amnesia. Jimmy has to dig up old memories of playing Amnesia the first time. They end up a little off-topic at ...
Oct 29, 2017•54 min
In this episode, Paul, Jimmy and Glen talk about one of the oldest and most hotly-contested debates: whether Gaston is actually the hero of Beauty and the Beast. The dudes kick things off with spicy discourse about the new and old Beauty and Beast films (both animated and live-action). After a good amount of time is spent on this topic the boys switch gears to talk more about the overall topic of compelling villains in all types of media. We mention a lot of series in this episode so make sure t...
Oct 21, 2017•1 hr 7 min
In this episode, Paul, & Jimmy (sans Glen this week) return to form to talk shop about the sub-genre of Metroidvania games. Paul and Jimmy played Castlevania: Symphony of the Night a couple years ago and share some memories about that. They both agree that the Metroidvania style of gameplay is very fun and rewarding. Paul loved Super Metroid and Jimmy loved Metroid Fusion so they talk about the elements in those games that stuck out to them. They both have played (or beaten) Ori & the Bl...
Oct 15, 2017•52 min
We're back! In this episode, Paul, Jimmy and Glen REALLY get back into the swing of things by talking about games that they can always return to (or in some cases never return to). Jimmy talks about finding deeper meaning in Wind Waker. Paul talks about RPGs that have little details that are often missed on a first playthrough. Glen reminisces about getting punched in the head by his brother over Simpson's Road Rage. The guys deeply apologize for the hiatus and hope to get back on some sort of s...
Oct 07, 2017•1 hr
In this episode, Paul, Jimmy and Glen get back into the swing of things by talking about a video game that Paul and Jimmy recently re-played: The first Suikoden. Paul grew up with this game series and is very knowledgeable of the series overall. Jimmy has watched Paul play countless hours of Suikoden and Suikoden 2 and was ready to play himself. Glen chimes in sometimes to keep the conversation on track. Fight for resistance! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebo...
Aug 13, 2017•1 hr 5 min
In this episode, Paul and Glen talk Jimmy through some general Dungeon Master tips as Jimmy begins his journey to Dungeon Mastery. They have all played role-playing games to some extent so the podcast has a lot of little stories of specific memories as well as broad ideas to why the style of gaming has been so appealing to them. Be whisked away on a magical adventure! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/chann...
Jul 29, 2017•1 hr 15 min
In this episode, Paul, Glen and Jimmy share their insight on the Super Smash Brothers series. Paul has personal experience with the competitive scene and opposite to that Jimmy has an absolute casual view of the game series. The dudes talk at length about their love of the game and how they grew up with Smash. Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8LhMbixxYCrIvx1Dv5btw Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim
Jul 14, 2017•1 hr 10 min
