The Art Eater Podcast

Mar 01 2024 86 ep. 124 mins 94
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Your new fav podcast ✌️. We discuss the craft of games, art, culture and media. Join Richmond, Shawn, Thomas, James and Adam - We are a group of international game industry vets and creators of the Art Eater blog (art-eater.com). Each week we are joined by an inspiring rogues gallery of artists, creators and passionate people. This is for people who love art, culture and especially gaming not to mention interesting tangents and weird facts. We hope this will be your new fav podcast.

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92: Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama (鳥山明)

Mar 01 2024 142 mins  
Richmond, Shawn and AJ offer a tribute Akira Toriyama(鳥山明) likely one of the most influential artists and creators of our lifetimes. After his tragic passing in March of 2024 - we discuss his life and work and how it has penetrated and enriched our lives. Rest in Peace, 鳥山明.

89: Hot-Take - The Boy and The Heron

Feb 02 2024 61 mins  
**SPOILERS - The Boy and The Heron will be discussed at length and spoiled. Go watch it first! (or not)...** Richmond, James and Mike Judge(@goro_toro) have an impromptu podcast immediately after coming out of the latest Hayao Miyazaki film, The Boy and The Heron. The crew explores the film's artistry, structure and Miyazaki's influences and development as a director coming into po

88: Fresh Impressions - On Gaku: Our Sound (Spoilers)

Jan 31 2024 81 mins  
SPOILERS - On Gaku will be discussed at length and spoiled. Go watch it first! (or not)... Richmond and James have an impromptu discussion after immediately after rolling the credits on the 2019 film On Gaku: Our Sound(音楽) written, directed and animated by Kenji Iwaisawa and based on the 2005 self-published manga - Ongaku to Manga by Hiroyuki Oohashi.

87: A Year of Renewal (2023 Year End)

Dec 17 2023 136 mins  
We return to being fans rather than creators. A year of renewal and rebirth. Richmond, Thomas and AJ take some time to talk about the things they legitimately enjoyed as a fan in 2023.

86: Crew Catch Up & Gamescom Postgame

Sep 23 2023 141 mins  
The Art Eater Crew catches up, Richmond discusses his Gamescom and Devcom trip plus a casual postgame discussion of 2023's Gamescom focusing on the smaller upcoming games that we are excited about with plenty of tangents.

85: Creator Interview: Zeno and Federico from Tmesis Studio

Sep 12 2023 64 mins  
Thomas welcomes Zeno and Federico, the two talented developers from Tmesis Studios (https://twitter.com/tmesis_studio) working on the upcoming European comics inspired game "Universe For Sale". They dive into what makes Italian and French comics unique, how it influenced the game, and share references of (very) local artists and publications that defined their childhood and sensibi

84: Gamescom Pregame (MK1, Persona 3 Reload, Sand Land, Black Myth: Wukong)

Aug 21 2023 134 mins  
Join Richmond live from Germany chatting with Shawn and Thomas for a bit of a pre-game to discuss games we are excited to see more from at Gamescom 2023. We talk Mortal Kombat 1, Model kits, Persona 3 to Web vs. Game UI as well as Akira Toriyama's love of military hardware and the cultural artistry of Black Myth: Wukong.

83: Baldur's Gate 3: Initial Impressions

Aug 10 2023 138 mins  
Richmond, Shawn and Professor Andy gather for some undirected initial impressions of Larian Studios' latest CRPG, Baldur's Gate 3 as well as some discussion of older Baldur's gate titles, glowing cats, the game design philosophy, XCOM, turn-based Metal Gear and some storied encounters, fun gameplay tips and more. More Baldur's Gate 3 episodes to come!

80: Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Deep Trailer Analysis (Part 1)

Jul 21 2023 128 mins  
Richmond, AJ and Professor Andy gather for a session to dive deep into Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This is a analysis of the Tears of the Kingdom trailers but we discuss the design philosophy, themes, lore, connection to Breathe of the Wild and more! This discussion was so extensive that we split it into two episodes.

79: The OG Resident Evil 4

Jul 09 2023 123 mins  
Richmond, Shawn and James have been playing the remake but WE CAN'T talk about said remake without talking about the original, genre-defining Resident Evil 4. We discuss our intro to RE4, industry context all the way to Leon's glow up and THE KICK. Join us as we gush about and revisit the original Resident Evil 4.