Ep. 36: Metroid Monkey Ball: Banana Dread

Happy October, listeners! The autumn air is crisp, Halloween is approaching, and we are smack dab in the middle of the fall video game season. There are just so so so many video games to play and discuss at this juncture in time, so this week, we're taking a look at two recent video game releases that we've been enjoying!

Eric talks about his spooky space adventures with Metroid Dread, while Laurence brings some vaporwave monkey marble madness to the table with Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania. We briefly discuss the history of these two franchises and what these new entries bring to their respective series in 2021!

These games also prompt us to discuss the recent Discourse™ regarding the usage of video game emulators & ROMs (Is it ethical? legal even? Well, it's complicated!)

Plus, we shout out Unsighted - a new indie Metroidvania action RPG developed by a team of two Brazilian trans women & released recently on PC & consoles. Check it out!

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)

Show art by Nick Adams (@nickadams.art)

Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, & Martha Turner <3

MUSIC featured this week:
"Metroid Dread Title Theme" by Sayako Doi, Soshi Abe
"Monkey Target Theme" by SEGA