Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writers/podcasters Stefan Heck (‘Go Off Kings’ Twitch, ‘Blocked Party’ podcast) and Hana Michels (Reductress, The Devastator) for a look at why the Legend Of Zelda franchise is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- Go Off Kings (Twitch)
- ‘Blocked Party’ podcast
- Stefan Heck on Twitter
- Hana Michels on Twitter
- Hana Michels’s writing for Reductress.com
- Hana Michels’s writing for BunnyEars.com
- Hana Michels’s writing for 1900HOTDOG
- “Mom Presents: I Think These Guys Are Hot Stuff” (Devastator Press)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- Mapping Manahatta: 10 Lenape sites in New York City (6sqft)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- trailer for Breath Of The Wild 2 (unofficial name) from E3 2021 (Nintendo / YouTube)
- A History Of Video Games by Iain Simons, James Newman, and Ian Livingstone
- 15 Things You Might Not Know About The Legend of Zelda (Mental Floss)
- The Civil War That Almost Blew Up Speedrunning (IGN video by Michael Swaim)
- Every Legend of Zelda Game, Ranked By Map Size (TheGamer.com)
- Most critically acclaimed videogame ever (Guinness Book of World Records)
- The 6 most expensive video games ever sold (GQ)
- ‘Super Mario 64’ Is Now the World’s Most Expensive Video Game (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Report alleges auction and grading ‘fraud’ is behind recent surge in retro game prices (VideoGamesChronicle.com)
- Here’s What You Hear When You Call Nintendo’s Old Tips Hotline This Weekend (GameInformer)
- The Famicom’s Built-In Microphone Was Wonderfully Weird (Kotaku)
- SuperSmash Wiki page for Tingle
- No one’s a fan of Tingle in Breath of the Wild (Polygon)
- Dragon Quest Wiki page for ‘Dragon Warrior Monsters’
- Eiji Aonuma and the spirit of adventure (The Guardian)
- Talk: Latest Zelda’s making process & “Ocarina of Time” proposal disclosed (denfaminicogamer.jp)
- A Tribute to the Nintendo Engineer Masayuki Uemura (The New Yorker)
- Sid Meier and the Meaning of “Civilization” (The New Yorker)
- How Breath of the Wild propelled Nintendo Switch to success against the odds (The Guardian)
- The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2 by Steven Kent
- Nintendo won the pandemic. How will the gamemaker confront COVID’s end? (Fortune)
In this episode...
Guests
- Hana Michels
- Michael Swaim
- Stefan Heck
About the show
A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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