Soul Mates! - The Art and Design of Gacha Game Characters!

asherlark, Ivy Fox
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  • Biweekly

A podcast exploring the worst and the best of character design in the silly little games we're obsessed with, including Mahjong Soul, Limbus Company, Arknights, Food Fantasy, and more!

  1. Oct 19

    S1E39 Palm Trees On The Adriatic

    In this episode, a difficult one, we zoom in on the...listen, I'll be straight with you, I spent a long time trying to come up with adjectives for this part of the episode description and it was too hard anyway it's Musa, who's uhh, he's a hyena I guess, that's cool, and then we look away from the bigger picture to ask about the small things: What ARE those white things in his little wine basket? Marshmallows...? Italian marshmallows...? Please watch this video by one of the internet's finest, Gyeong-mi and Stray Dog:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YFGJHSJ9ko Follow along:  https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/200078/  https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/200047/?skin=404705  https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/200075/?skin=407504  Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    S1E39 Palm Trees On The Adriatic

  2. Trailer

    Help Us Make a New Mahjong Soul Wiki!

    This is a call to action to the Mahjong Soul community: Help us build a new english-language Mahjong Soul wiki! Anyone can help as much as they're able to help; just go to this github repo: https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/ And move anything (that isn't already on the wiki) onto this open source wiki: https://mahjongsoul.wiki.gg/ Right now our main focus is on getting character pages up for all the new characters, alongside updating existing character pages with missing skins, emotes, and voice lines. Please help us do this! In the medium to long term, we're looking into setting up a discord server where we can coordinate moving everything else (items, stories, Catchats, Sky High Ambition, events, etc.) over, keeping the wiki updated, as well as general wiki improvements and beautification. Why are we doing this? Because we love Mahjong Soul, and we believe in cultural preservation and community access! Every game deserves a good wiki, and Mahjong Soul is no different. So one last time, please help us any way you can, because we'll all benefit from all of our hard work! Thank you very much! Please spread this around to anyone who might be interested! See you at the wiki shrine, jyanshi!

  3. Sep 20

    S2E9.5 LCB Catch Up #2: Two Librarians Can't Be Seen (Thirsty 4 Fish)

    In this episode, powered by Audacity 4, we continue our intervallo-esque lookback at everything we've missed in our mainline Limbus Company episodes (the woke previously known as season 2, woke 2) doing a 10 pull of recent art to look at gamer Ishmaels and wormlike Gregors, thinking about Clockwork-Time-Roly-Poly and a little bit too much about Headless Ichthys, prompting a sticky question: So how uh, how do we feel about a certain fish with a certain, ahem, inflated sack around visible around the chest area? Surely asking this will cause no problems, right? Follow along:  https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/List_of_Identities,  https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/List_of_E.G.O Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    S2E9.5 LCB Catch Up #2: Two Librarians Can't Be Seen (Thirsty 4 Fish)

  4. Sep 6

    S1E38 A New Stereotype About Shirtless Men

    In this episode, the new face of sexism, we zoom in the suave and sultry serpent-sheath shirtless scoundrel Saturne, who's proportions are simply a bit suspect, and ask a sickly question: Is there really a difference between being chronically ill and being a bottom? Because, okay, I know how it sounds, but hear me out -  To make sense of this episode you really should watch Demi Adejuyigbe explain Racism 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YFGJHSJ9ko Follow along:  https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/200097/  Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    S1E38 A New Stereotype About Shirtless Men

  5. Aug 24

    S3E11 The University Of Bangladesh

    In this episode, also known as "Oddly Enough,", we zoom in on our featured Operator and Food, the river-loving desert-roaming tomb-looting Philae, who is as gentle and kind as she is uhm I don't actually want a flyer, thanks, and the pollyp-producing prank playing pudgester Jellyfish Salad, who omg wow isn't she just so adowable I really just can't get over it, asking a game changing question: Chinese Egyptian Egyptian? Does anyone get this? Then, the worst 90s anime reboot ever with Swiss Roll, Courier, and Mullberry, asking: What if Cloud Strife was in Kingdom Hearts? Wouldn't that be crazy? Glassblower Makes Intricate Horse Effortlessly:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xf1Qwj7X_w And we are OUT of swiss rolls: https://youtu.be/VCc6OejUhkg Follow along:  https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Philae,  https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Jellyfish_Salad,  https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Swiss_Roll_(Kero),  https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Courier,  https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Mulberry Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    S3E11 The University Of Bangladesh

  6. Aug 10

    S1E37 Sabrage The Bulging Shape

    In this episode, a locked OUT one, we continue our adventures with Saki, the premier (?) mahjong anime, with the pandering pudgy protrusion penguin pedestal porting Nodoka Haramura, who plays mahjong out of passion and NOT because she's gay, and ask a question of ash to just make sure they're okay: Are you sure you like this default art piece? Like, really sure? Everything going alright at home, buddy? If you need a loser girl then you should click! This! Link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDW_hnyFxNM Follow along:  https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/200035/  Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    S1E37 Sabrage The Bulging Shape

  7. Aug 2 ·  Bonus

    BONUS 14 Saki Episode of Side A Watchalong: Let The Dinner Hit The Girl...?

    A piece in three movements: Movement One, the Prelude: Dinner...? Girl...? A sparse wasteland of decimation. Bellies are unfilled, mahjong unplayed. The seasons roll on with no regard for human suffering. Movement Two, the Bridge: What Kind of Dinner Hits that Girl? Over the horizon, a distant ray of hope, though quickly frozen over. Still we must persist, with gloves upon our palms and ties around our necks. Movement Three, the Finale: Let the Dinner Hit the Girl. As we reach the seaside, our wishes finally fulfilled with a feast fit for any girl; and a brush with death returns us to the apple-scented embrace of old friends. Follow along:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP_Ht6LsQ8I Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    BONUS 14 Saki Episode of Side A Watchalong: Let The Dinner Hit The Girl...?

  8. Jul 26

    S1E36 Gamer Emotions/Lizard Emotions

    In this episode, an episode in which we say the words "gender politics" so many times it loses meaning, we zoom in on our first Gun Gale Onli - I mean, Sword Art Online colab character, the slithering stoic sure-shot sniper Sinon, who's been popping heads with style since she's been 5 years old, and ask a truly devistating question: Should you watch Sword Art Online? The answer will...surprise you? The episode description is my domain, and you are all but thralls to my grand design; you WILL click on this link to see what we were referencing at the beginning of the episode:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-n56s-UEnA Follow along:  https://vg-mjg.github.io/MajsoulData/en/characters/20000125/  Support the show:  https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr:  https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Art by Ryegarden:  https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos:  https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash:  https://ko-fi.com/asherlark Follow Ivy on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-fox-is-typing.bsky.social

    S1E36 Gamer Emotions/Lizard Emotions
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A podcast exploring the worst and the best of character design in the silly little games we're obsessed with, including Mahjong Soul, Limbus Company, Arknights, Food Fantasy, and more!

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