Look, you'd be terrified too, alright? That dragon is frightening.
Episode 7 of Bit Transmission is now available for your listening pleasure. Joining us for the show is Gaijin Games CEO, Alex Neuse. We talk about their highly epic Bit.Trip series, something Jonathan Holmes has worked up an extensive theory on. Plus some discussion on the trials and tribulations of being an independent developer and we touch briefly on the games as art debate.
All you have to do to enjoy the show is click below! Or, if you follow the jump, we're testing out a new player for folks who would rather not download the episode. Full show notes also reside after the break.
Direct download: BTP007.mp3
Bit Transmission ep#007
Total running time: 1:16:15
0:01:02 - 0:04:00 | Bit.Trip Runner
0:04:10 - 0:06:57 | Game Over
0:06:58 - 0:09:24 | Ch-ch-ch-changes
0:09:25 - 0:10:40 | Going deeper
0:10:45 - 0:15:15 | Bit.Trip V
0:16:34 - 0:18:00 | Holmes is a danger to himself and others
0:18:05 - 0:24:45 | Atari 2600 influences
0:22:44 - 0:24:02 | WarioWare D.I.Y. microgames
0:24:30 - 0:27:30 | Being indie
0:27:31 - 0:31:06 | The price of progress
0:30:40 - 0:31:37 | Art games
0:34:06 - 0:34:48 | Cross-platform releases?
0:36:45 - 0:38:10 | Making it as an indie
0:39:18 - 0:42:50 | Lilt Line
0:42:51 - 0:43:48 | Gaming under the influence
0:43:48 - 0:46:23 | What's Alex playing?
0:47:37 - 0:49:37 | Back to Bit.Trip Runner
0:49:58 - 0:51:59 | The world of Bit.Trip
0:52:00 - 0:53:40 | Replay value
0:53:41 - 0:56:22 | Challenges
0:56:24 - 0:58:30 | The feeling you get
0:58:31 - 1:02:30 | Genre-bending
1:02:31 - 1:08:02 | Defining art
1:09:32 - 1:12:50 | Closing and episode 8 tease
Music used in this episode
Transition - Bit.Trip Beat OST
Descent - Bit.Trip Beat OST
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Conrad Zimmerman is Destructoid's News Editor and home to the busiest mustache in the gaming press. An amateur historian and pop culture fanatic, Conrad possesses a nearly limitless wealth of videogame factoids and a passion for the power of games to teach, inspire and entertain. He enjoys reading, writing and turning things which should be fun into work.
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