@brainlordspod
A panel between artists and the art they love. Each episode, hosts @cutemonster.bsky.social and @jmanvelez.bsky.social tackle an essay topic to help them answer to the ultimate question: ARE VIDEO GAMES ART?! (yeah) https://brainlords.podbean.com/
Brain Lords episode 29 - What is the gamer aesthetic ft Jiikae
This week on Brain Lords we attempt to solve the origins of the khaki shorts/green Zelda shirt combo. Special guest @jiikae.com helps us understand what game characters are so hot but gamers are all to often so not!
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Find yourself someone who gets so passionate about their hobby that they change languages mid-sentence just to info dump about it.
This week we have guest @oceanity.live to discuss furry games! Want to ask/tell us about your favorite platformer mascots, anthropomorphic video game crushes, whatever! Use the form below.
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Leonardo Devito, Dark Souls, 2025
Leonardo Devito, Dark Souls, 2025
(www.leonardodevito.it/en/opere/)
The best N64 games: hard mode featuring Paper Dawn
New episode! Tired or constantly recommending the same games, we bring on @paperdawn.bsky.social to help us pick the best N64 games with the following rules:
•Nothing produced by Nintendo
•Nothing developed by Rare
•No games also released on PS1/Windows 98/ Dreamcast etc.
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We're recording with special guest @jiikae.com about The Gamer Aesthetic. Got thoughts about gamer fashion (or lack there of) or the vibes of your favorite consoles? Ask/Tell use about it here:
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We're renaming the video game genres this week! Do you have any genre names you dislike and why?
Submit any and all questions using the form below. forms.gle/R1ow44fvabHz...
Kirby Bowl / Super Famicom / Nintendo / 1994
It's our Brain Lords anniversary! Happy Brian Day! Come hang with us as we go over Brain Lord, the SNES game that inspired our name and a bunch of other silly and retrospective topics for our first year of shows!
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Game Over / MSX / Summit / 1987
What even is an indie game? Episode card for Brianlords depicting the slimes as various indie icons. Plus expedition 33 clickbait!
This week on Brainlords, we finally answer the age old (roughly 2008) question, what is an indie game?? Join us for the definitive answer on whether Budget, Team Size, Publisher, CEOs, or being French will take away your indie cred!
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On the next episode we're wondering, what even is an indie game? Tell us that or ask any other questions using the form below!
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New year new episode! This week we talk about features added in sequels, spinoffs, and spiritual successsors that taught us less is more. Stinky skill trees, crappy crafting, and oh no another open world, we discuss the bloat that gets our goat. Listen here!
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Enjoying GDQ? Check out my new @gamesdonequick.com designs, now available through @fangamer.com 🏎️💨 $16 from every sale benefits the @preventcancer.org foundation!
🎮✨My Games of the Year 2025!!!✨🎮
LIVE and PUBLIC and (perhaps) SHOCKING!!!
I had a rough year (i'm getting better)!! How did that reflect on my list???
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It's the final episode of our podcast, and we're covering the unreleased SEQUEL BOOK of The 10th Kingdom!
And 🎄Merry Christmas!🎄 Now ALL of this podcast is free to the public! Check it out, enjoy us recappin' and riffing on The 10th Kingdom! Thanks to the Patrons!
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Just in time for Xmas, the Final Fantasy X Retrospective is here! Learn about the creative decisions behind the game, the state of Square as a company after the failure of The Spirits Within, and the grander themes which may have eluded western players.
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This might be the hardest Andrew has ever worked on a video and get! We even made some cameos in it!
Merry Christmas from the Brain Lords!
Christmas came early, we have a Game of the year extravaganza featuring @esper.bsky.social! We have spacial awards just for the best 2025 games in our BACKLOG.
Come listen to use yap about games we did play, games we *didn't* play, and even a special Audio Drama.
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Bayonetta looking like your rich aunt with presents.
Rodan from Bayonetta dressed like a santaman.
Happy Bayonetta 2 day to all who celebrate.
Final Fantasy Xmas is tomorrow, but today, you can hear me flex my seldom-used voice acting muscles in the latest episode of @brainlordspod.bsky.social! I did my lines at the end of the last FFX VO session and shredded my throat in the process.
Enjoy!
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shopping w/ her
We're doing a game of the year episode with @esper.bsky.social with one stipulation, we can only award the games in our backlog!
Got any questions about GotYs, backlogs, The Game Awards, whatever? Use the form below!
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This is what the average episode of Brain Lords feels like.
Putting a pin on that
This is the most for me any episode of anything has ever been but I also want to agree with them that the Tenchi Muyo dub is so great. Got 90s dub charm and rough edges and everyone nails their character. It’s maybe my favorite dub ever. Tenchi also rocks for being anime flavored anime.
New episode! This week Special Guest @bowloflentils.bsky.social helps us discuss our most influential fan translations. Some games defined entire careers, others crashed as a petty squabble for clout. Find out more in this super high school level episode!
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@bobvids.com helps us uncover a shocking revelation about P.T. - The baby is now an 11 year old.
Simon Belmont faces a tender piece of chicken (similar to the turkey being eaten today) that seems to have been hidden in the masonry of Dracula's castle.
Real talk y'all, thanks for giving us your time to be a part of our little show.
