LIVE A LIVE with John P Golden
Live, Laugh, Love A Live! Keifer brings on cartoonist John P Golden (BONEMEN and Adventure Time: The Test For Heroes) to talk about a video game that changed the way he Lives His Live: Live A Live.
Other topics we discuss include: how Live A Live is even pronounced, the incredible music of Yoko Shimomura, the intersection of nerd culture with wrestling culture, monster-taming games, fan translations, dealing with Linux, the beauty of 7/10 video games, being one of the dozens of Americans who played Romancing SaGa, the incredible work of fan translation groups like Aeon Genesis, and more!
Other games discussed:
The Pokemon series, Mischief Makers, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, the Dragon Quest Monster series, Dragon Quest III, IV, VII, and IX, Robopon, Keitai Denjū Telefang, Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Earthbound, Mother 3, Dark Cloud, Chrono Trigger, RPG Maker Romancing SaGa, SaGa Frontier, Undertale, Deltarune, Mega Man Legends, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy Tactics, Octopath Traveler, Hanjuku Hero, Gargoyle’s Quest II, Golden Sun, and more!
Select and Start is a video game podcast where the host, Keifer Lirette, talks with his guests about their most meaningful and memorable video game experiences. It is part of the Moonshot podcast network.
Support John Golden and his projects: https://www.jpegolden.com/
johnpgolden on Instagram
Jpegolden on Bluesky
His webcomic Bonemen
Buy his shirt
Follow Keifer and support the show: https://www.patreon.com/KeifersCorner
Artwork provided by Avry Ott: https://linktr.ee/AvryRobinOtt
Theme Music Provided by Mike Pettry: https://linktr.ee/mikepettry
Works Cited: Wiki A Live, the Live A Live Wiki Takashi Tokita - MobyGames Credits - Live A Live 1994 Credits - Live A Live - 2022 Famitsu Interviews Takashi Tokita Dengekionline - "Live A Live" released for Wii U Famitsu - Live Broadcast for Live A Live Remake LIVE A LIVE remake shipments and digital sales top 500,000 Aeon Genesis
Gameplay Audio sources: LIVE A LIVE - Prehistory Walkthrough (Complete) LIVE A LIVE - Twilight of Edo Japan Walkthrough (0 Kills) Live A Live - Watanabe Compilation LIVE A LIVE - All Ending Scenes with Oersted Live A Live (Remake): Odio's Question [LIVE A LIVE] Imperial China - Ending
Sections: [TIME STAMPS COMING]
Introducing John
Dragon Quest
Pronouncing Live A Live
Introducing Live A Live
Romancing SaGa
First encounters with Live A Live
No Country For Old Games
What Live A Live means to us
Final Chapter and Endings
Live A Live’s impact and final thoughts
Recommendations and Outro
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