This Week on Post Games:
Patreon Bonus: The Rules of Persona Summer
Act 1: Persona, Explained!
Act 2: Where to Start (or Continue) with Persona
Act 3: Why Tribeca Film Fest Includes Video Games
Guests:
Brendon Bigley and Stephen Hilger: co-hosts of Into the Aether
Leigh Alexander: narrative designer, writer, and former games journalist
Casey Baron: Senior Programmer of the Tribeca Film Festival
Closing Song: “Aria of the Soul” by The Blueshift Big Band (The Persona 30th Anniversary Jazz Album)
Patreon Bonus: The Rules of Persona Summer
The Persona Summer game lists (Displayed above, courtesy Stephen Hilger)
Persona 4 Golden: Bonus Episode (Into the Aether)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons & Persona 5 Royal (Into the Aether)
The PlayStation Vita: A Retrospective (Into the Aether on Spotify)
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore (RPGFan)
An Introduction to the Sega Dreamcast w/ Chris Plante (Into the Aether)
Act 1: Persona, Explained!
the entire history of persona, i guess (Courtney)
Persona (series) (Wiki)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Review (IGN)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (AV Club)
What I Discovered From Gaming Like A Girl (Kotaku)
Act 2: Where to Start (or Continue) with Persona
Persona 3 Portable (Steam)
Persona 3 Reload (Steam)
Persona 4 Golden (Steam)
Persona 5 Royal (Steam)
Persona 4 The Animation (Crunchyroll)
Persona 5 The Animation (Crunchyroll)
Act 3: Why Tribeca Film Fest Includes Video Games
Games Events at Tribeca (Tribeca Film Festival)
9: The Last Resort (Wiki)
De Niro Con (Tribeca Film Festival)
LAN Party (Wiki)
The Future of Gaming at Tribeca's 25th Anniversary with Casey Baron (Spawn on Me)
Susan O’Connor (The Narrative Department)
The NYU Game Center Incubator (NYU Game Center)
The Birth of Tribeca Festival (Tribeca Film Festival)
Despelote (Steam)
DRIFTED (Tribeca Film Festival)
Kidbash: Super Legend (Tribeca Film Festival)
Rebounder (Tribeca Film Festival)
Rivage (Tribeca Film Festival)
Gumbo Collective (https://gumbonyc.org/)
LOFSÖNG (Tribeca Film Festival)
Virtue and a Sledgehammer (Tribeca Film Festival)
This Week in Video Game Links
Overworld is the video game news aggregator of my dreams! (Overworld)
Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove (The Verge)
The Console Wars are Good, Actually (One More Round)
An Essential Cyberpunk Roguelike Returns In 868-BACK (Kotaku)
Valve, the Anticorporate Hero of the Games Industry, Has Its Antitrust Moment (Bloomberg)
Pictonico! review: new Nintendo WarioWare-like is a silly blast (Screen Hub)
007 First Light's Bond Is as Big a Character Shakeup as Daniel Craig's Version, and I Love It (PC Gamer)
The Uncomfortable Truth About Pragmata (peterspittech/YouTube)
Why Did EarthBound Fail in America? (The Video Game History Foundation/YouTube)
Free Game of the Week: Future? No Thanks! demo
The latest game from the brilliant Molleindustria has a free demo! Here's the Steam summary: "Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. You're old, bitter, and scheduled for euthanasia. Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you." (Steam)
What Else I’m Enjoying
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Charlie Parker (NYTimes)
Summerween Vlog 🎃 | Horror Books, Spooky Picnic & Video Store Nostalgia (Ghoul Host)
Gelli Haha - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (KEXP/YouTube)
Song of the Week: “Aria of the Soul” by The Blueshift Big Band
From The Persona 30th Anniversary Jazz Album, available for pre-order until June 8 on iam8bit.