3 months ago

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/

https://www.instagram.com/johnpgolden/

https://bsky.app/profile/jpegolden.bsky.social

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/bonemen/list?title_no=483238

https://skeletonbreakfast.bigcartel.com/

Follow Keifer and support the show:

https://www.patreon.com/KeifersCorner

https://linktr.ee/KeiferL

Artwork provided by Avry Ott:

https://linktr.ee/AvryRobinOtt

Theme Music provided by Mike Pettry: