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Episode 59: Icons, Idols, and Identity
"Fun" and Games Podcast
English - August 23, 2019 14:00 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsTechnology Leisure Video Games gaming videogames Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 58: All Your Memes Are Belong to Us
Next Episode: Episode 60: Set the Pattern
Putting a recognizable and marketable face on your company can do wonders. Game consoles, developers and franchises have had countless mascots help build brand identity and sell product. Sometimes they're catch on and sometimes they're Bubsy. Matt & Geoff discuss some of their memories of the faces that have selling us video games since the early days of Pac-Man.