The Stage Select Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Welcome back! This episode of The Stage Select was plagued
with technical difficulties, and the first hour of the show doesn’t sound as
good as it usually does, but after that things should be ok. We’re starting to
think that the show is cursed. Already, whispers of a Phantom of The Stage
Select are beginning to circulate backstage…
00:00 Introduction
10:35 2024 Video Game Presidential race update, some
personal things from Justin
24:01 Top Spin 2K25, Harold Halibut
53:37 Space
01:19:15 Dragon’s Dogma 2
01:41:18 Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes
02:22:57 Fate and Life: The Mystery of Vaulinhorn
02:41:55 Questions, Comments, Concerns
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.  
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Welcome back! On this edition of The Stage Select we’re
welcomed by the internet’s own Brock Wilbur, who gets very introspective on
this thing here that we call video games. Are we using gaming to paper over our
deep-seated issues? Probably! Is that revelation going to change our behavior?
Almost certainly not!
00:00 Introduction, getting to know Brock Wilbur
17:01 Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, embracing
the 7 out of 10s of the world
37:36 Final 2024 video game presidential primary
nominations
44:19 Justin’s fanfiction
54:14 Deleting games that don’t bring joy, Star Wars
Jedi series, Star Wars Outlaws
01:08:52 No Rest For the Wicked
01:17:16 Harold Halibut, Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred
Heroes
01:41:40 Rise of the Ronin keeps going, the music of
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
02:00:49 Ask Sherwin Williams
02:10:04 Final thoughts on Unicorn Overlord
02:31:07 Questions, Comments, Concerns
Check out the blog from Big Nerd Gaming we mentioned:
https://bignerdgaming.com/2024/04/16/psa-7-10s-are-good-video-games/

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.  
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Welcome to a breezy and chill edition of The Stage Select
that transitions between video game discussion and absolute madness that you
likely won’t notice that it’s happened until it’s TOO LATE. MWAH, HAH HA!
00:00 Introduction, we have a Discord now (see
linktree in notes)
17:03 2024 Video Game Presidential nominees
21:29 Balatro on console, Open Roads
34:15 Julian did a thing!
55:47 Rise of the Ronin
01:27:01 Diablo IV
02:01:20 Ark: Survival Ascended, a brief Unicorn
Overlord update
02:17:10 Morgun’s fate, Questions, Comments, Concerns
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.  
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!
Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

Welcome back to The Stage Select! This week, we have a new
guest: Westen from Big Nerd Gaming. He’s proof positive that there are great
people that you can meet and interact with on Twitter still, and he brings a
pleasant and balanced view of video games to the discussion. We also have a
fun/stupid announcement in this episode that will hopefully become a popular
recurring bit this year!
00:00 Introduction, Getting to know Westen
24:23 Rise of the Ronin, open world game design
56:42 2024 Video Game Presidential election: Primary
nominations
01:05:24 Ultros, A little more Unicorn Overlord (wait,
come back!)
01:17:03 Justin may be done with Dragon’s Dogma 2
01:30:01 Julian, a grown-ass man, cannot navigate downtown
Austin
01:49:14 Persona 3 Reload
02:23:53 “60% of time spent in video games in 2023
was spent on games at least 6 years old”
02:42:45 Stellar Blade
Be sure to submit your video game presidential nominees to
us, however you would like to submit those to us!

Check out Westen’s blog, Big Nerd Gaming: https://bignerdgaming.com/

Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com

Logo and artwork by John Gholson

Announcer: John Gholson

Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect

Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com

Theme song lyrics:

What could this possibly be?

Seems a lot like a podcast…

Wonder what specifically?

Talkin’ bout video games,

With your hosts, you’re in good hands.

Not more of the same!

Now we’ll jump right in,

So expect the unexpected and more.  

Now we’ll get groovin,’

Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!

There just might be some treasure in this chest,

Having fun with our special guests,

Time for Stage Select!



Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

It’s a trim episode of The Stage Select this week, as we
only have a handful of games to talk about. That doesn’t mean it isn’t chock
full of stupidity, though. That’s kind of our whole thing!
00:00 Introduction, Julian and Justin meet James and
JJ
04:54 Unicorn Overlord
01:02:01 Invoking dark forces with WWE 2K24’s create
a wrestler mode, shenanigans
01:11:05 Dragon’s Dogma 2: the create mode, the game,
and the Discourse™
01:34:56 Knowledge, or Know Lady
01:52:27 Looking at the next few months of game
releases
Check out Julian and Justin on Retrofits:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7yejPTOoc
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.  
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions

It’s another episode of The Stage Select, and this time we’re
joined by our good friend Mike Fallek, fresh off his work developing the game
Troma Presents Poultrygeist. If you’ve listened to our previous podcast you
know what you’re in for. If this is your first time hearing Mike, buckle up!
00:00 Introductions
07:30 Mike talks about developing Troma Presents
Poultrygeist (and laws around lawncare?)
23:49 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and
Tears of the Kingdom, and why Julian and Justin are WRONG
01:00:28 Unicorn Overlord, Billy Joel
01:27:30 Justin’s game’s pitches
01:58:37 Sports games, an unreasonable amount of information
about Ohio
02:21:52 A small update on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
02:41:02 Videoverse
03:05:13 Questions, Comments, Concerns
Check out the Perfect Storm Gaming stream that Julian was
on:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrdVUkD6LEE
Check out the episode of Ballin’ Out SUPER that Mike was on:
https://soundcloud.com/ballin-out-super/akira-toriyama-tribute-episode-w-katie-rose-leon-alex-ptak-and-more?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com
Logo and artwork by John Gholson
Announcer: John Gholson
Consider supporting The Stage Select by sharing the show or
donating: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect
Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com
Theme song lyrics:
What could this possibly be?
Seems a lot like a podcast…
Wonder what specifically?
Talkin’ bout video games,
With your hosts, you’re in good hands.
Not more of the same!
Now we’ll jump right in,
So expect the unexpected and more.  
Now we’ll get groovin,’
Never know who’s gonna walk through the door!
There just might be some treasure in this chest,
Having fun with our special guests,
Time for Stage Select!

Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions