Fire Emblem: The Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall, and Rise

This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: Fire Emblem’s Many False Starts
• Act 2: Fire Emblem Rises from the Ashes
• Patreon Bonus: A Zelda Expert on the Ocarina of Time’s Controversial Design
• Act 3: Why We Quit Games We Love

Guests:

• Nadia Oxford:  the co-host of Axe of the Blood God and author of From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling
• Max Nichols: game designer and head of Hyrule Interviews

Contributor Segment:

• Najay Greenidge, one more round
• Nick Yee: co-founder of Quantic Foundry

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Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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