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Use Your Items!
A podcast about video games, design, and what they mean to us. Supported by our blog useyouritems.substack.com
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Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Episode 6 and we fill the gaps with our favorite compound glue, KINGDOM HEARTS! Join Fran as he leads Jason through a breakdown of the series and the first game. Some spoilers within.
Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a scholarly, literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games.
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Art by Francisco Martin
Theme music by William O'Rourke
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Episode 5 and we are diving deep into Subnautica. Complete with seamoths in inappropriate places and posters of prawns.
Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a scholarly, literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games.
Spoiler-free 0-33:00
Full spoilers 33:00-Finish
Credit to the Last Bacon on Youtube for some awesome Subnautica content-check them out!
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Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at: useyouritems@gmail.com
Read us at: useyouritems.substack.com
Chat us at: twitch.tv/useyouritems
Follow Jason at: @dancingfroggame on twitter
Follow Fran at: @el_frantastico on threads
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Art by Francisco Martin
Theme music by William O'Rourke
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Episode 4 and today we tackle all Undertale, intention, and how branching paths may lead to dead ends. Spoilers ahead!
Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a scholarly, literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games.
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Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at: useyouritems@gmail.com
Read us at: useyouritems.substack.com
Chat us at: twitch.tv/useyouritems
Follow Jason at: @dancingfroggame on twitter
Follow Fran at: @el_frantastico on threads
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Art by Francisco Martin
Theme music by William O'Rourke
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Episode 3 and we discuss the small, indie game Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I promise we only mention Elden Ring and Super Mario 64 maybe two or three times?
Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a scholarly, literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games.
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Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at: useyouritems@gmail.com
Read us at: useyouritems.substack.com
Chat us at: twitch.tv/useyouritems
Follow Jason at: @dancingfroggame on twitter
Follow Fran at: @el_frantastico on threads
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Art by Francisco Martin
Theme music by William O'Rourke
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Episode 2 and we talk about the merit of finishing games, Cronenberg, and Bowsette, of course. No fan art please.
Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a scholarly literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games.
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Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at: useyouritems@gmail.com
Read us at: useyouritems.substack.com
Chat us at: twitch.tv/useyouritems
Follow Jason at: @dancingfroggame on twitter
Follow Fran at: @el_frantastico on threads
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Art by Francisco Martin
Theme music by William O'Rourke
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Join us on our inaugural episode of Use Your Items! Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a scholarly literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games.
Francisco and Jason discuss FF7 and the idea of the podcast.
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Join the conversation on Discord
Email us at: useyouritems@gmail.com
Read us at: useyouritems.substack.com
Chat us at: twitch.tv/useyouritems
Follow Jason at: @dancingfroggame on twitter
Follow Fran at: @el_frantastico on threads
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Art by Francisco Martin
Theme music by William O'Rourke