Podcast Super Gamer Podcast

Francisco González of Grundislav Games is on the pod this week to talk about Rosewater, a point-and-click adventure game set in the same world as Lamplight City. We talk about the game’s all-star voice cast, the fear of people forgetting about your game, rotoscoping, and what Conan O’Brien might say were he to review Rosewater. […]

Alice Ruppert is the creator of The Mane Quest, and has become the authority on all things horses in video games. We talk about horse games having a Renaissance, what games tend to get wrong about horses, funny horse names, and the game Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch, which Alice worked on. Download link – […]

Michelle Eng is the founder of the Gamer Symphony Orchestra out of the University of Maryland. Eng is passionate about helping others start their own game symphonies, has a podcast on that very subject, and performs VGM covers under the name MeowsicalVGM. We discuss how the GSO started, advice for others interested in starting their […]

The last two interviews straight from VGM Con! Ian Cowell and Abandon Quest, and a baby. We talk dancing, mistaken identities, never being too old, and the difficulty of playing a show while running a Smash tourney. Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 159 – VGM Con Extravaganza Part Deux

Recorded live (does that make sense?) from VGM Con in Plymouth, Minnesota, it’s the Super Gamer VGM Con Extravaganza episode!! Uh, part one. Guests in this episode include Brooke Ferd, Becca Michaelson, and Audio Mocha! Becca, Brooke, and I talk about video game music being used in music education, while Audio Mocha and I surf […]

No new pod this week so please enjoy this classic episode, which originally aired June 8th, 2020. A gamer for more than 40 years, Haughty Chicken tells us about her initial fear of streaming, her love of World of Warcraft, and more! You can follow Haughty Chicken on Twitter here. Stay tuned for next week’s […]

VGM OG Mustin (of The OneUps, Bad Dudes, and Mustin Enterprises) is on the pod this week to talk about his new album, dropping April 4th! We also discuss licensing games music, VGM Con, the growth of the VGM community, Mayonnaise Hole, and more! Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 157 – Delicious and […]

Josh Pendlebury of Bonus Stage Van is on the pod to talk about the upcoming VGM show in Winnipeg! If you’re in Winnipeg April 18th, and you’re a fan of video game music, come out and support this thing because it’s going to rock! Josh and I also talk about hosting video game variety shows, […]

Ro Panuganti is a staple in the VGM community (heck, he even got a shoutout on our last episode), as a guitarist, a videographer, a podcaster, and all-around cool guy. He’s on the pod this week to talk about his upcoming shows, silly faces, Oreo McFlurries, what VGM means to him, and more! Download link […]

To paraphrase The Simpsons, Who likes The Limit Breakers? ‘Cause we’ve got three of them! Jisun Hughes, Alex Garcia, and Paul Butler are on the show to talk about the band’s first EP, Iron Fist, which just released last week. We also talk VGM Con, how the band came to be in its current form, […]

Our guest this week is the writer of Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West, Aidan Moher! We talk about why this is a story Moher wanted to tell, the work that went into it, why Chrono Trigger doesn’t need a remake, and […]

Chrono Trigger, zombies, mispronounced character names, and more! Our guest this week, Animalisa Keys, is an amazing pianist who covers video game tracks, best known for her full Chrono Trigger soundtrack. We discuss the unseen work that went into that piece, troll comments, and what’s on deck. Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 152 […]

Our guest this week, The Taco Adventure, is on a quest to play every PC English language graphical adventure game. But they also have a database of all of these games, and, well, at 5,300+ games… it’s a tall order. We talk about the Why of this endeavour, soft locks, speedrunning, nostalgia, and more! Download […]

Our guest this week is a trombonist, VGM cover artist, and YouTuber. It’s Allison Martin! We talk about her covers, her debut original single (some of which is heard in this episode), Mario Kartifying TV show theme songs, and of course Trombone Champ! Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 150 – Raising Eyebrows with […]

Our guest this week, 8BitBoyUK, has every single official Sega Master System game made in the PAL region (well, except for two, which we’ll get into). How does one acquire such a collection? How, if there are only 269 PAL games, does he own more than 300? What is the #MasterSystemChallenge? Tune in and find […]

It’s time for the first parody song of 2023! Sloan gets the Super Gamer treatment with this song about Breath of the Wild. Enjoy! Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 148 – Calamity Ganon with ME!

Award-winning composer and audio designer Chase Bethea is on the pod this week to talk about how he got started in the industry, composing on the Game Boy Camera, not treating sound as an afterthought, what it means to be a “game whisperer,” and more! Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 147 – The […]

Our guest this week is a classically trained flautist and self-taught pianist who has been arranging and performing video game covers on YouTube for a few years now. Madalyn Music has collaborated with several people in the VGM scene, including Nico Mendoza, Samantha Ballard, MusicMike512, and more! We discuss how Madalyn connected with other musicians, […]

Our guest this week — Dr. Teresa Lynch — is an assistant professor at Ohio State University whose research focuses on emotions and gender in video games. We discuss various studies Dr. Lynch has done, including one on fear, one on gaming discourse, and one on how hyper-sexualized characters affect players. Plus, writing music for […]

Our guest this week is a vtuber with a keen interest in gaming history, who has also created a playable demo of a Megaman-style game based on the Compose Man albums by Chips N Cellos. Our guest is… Eiri! We discuss the Compose Man demo, imposter syndrome, game awards, streaming, and more! Download link – […]