Gaming Memories

The Profit
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Miyamoto - The Father, Kojima - The Son & Carmack - The Holy Ghost appeared to me in vision commanding me to create the true gaming podcast by interviewing creative and interesting people about their favorite gaming memories growing up.

  1. Bloat is Optional & Pragmata Proves it

    5d ago

    Bloat is Optional & Pragmata Proves it

    Pragmata might be the most disciplined AAA game I've played in years: one combat verb, ten to fifteen hours, no padding, no open-world bloat. I think that narrowness is the whole point — it's the reason a quiet, almost wordless ending hits as hard as it does. Capcom spent six years making this game smaller instead of bigger, and this is my case for why that restraint is exactly what I want more of AAA to be.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:28 Disclaimer03:22 Part One — Capcom's Quiet Revolution05:42 Part Two — The Director You Haven't Heard Of08:39 Part Three — NASA Punk13:07 Part Four — A Strand of Hair17:50 Part Five — One Loop, Done Right22:00 Part Six — Diana, and the Game Underneath27:42 Part Seven — The Sacrifice32:10 Part Eight — What Discipline Costs35:46 Close━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SOURCESOFFICIAL / PRIMARY SOURCESPRAGMATA on SteamSource: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/33...Pragmata interview: combat, hacking, resource management, and moreSource: PlayStation.BlogLink: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/...Capcom's All-new IP PRAGMATA to Launch on April 24, 2026Source: BusinessWireLink: https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...DEVELOPER INTERVIEWS / PRODUCTION HISTORYWhy Pragmata disappeared for 6 years, and how Capcom built a new IPSource: GamesRadar+Link: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/acti..."There Was So Much Trial And Error" — Pragmata Director Reveals The Reason For The Game's Indefinite DelaySource: TheGamerLink: https://www.thegamer.com/pragmata-dir...Capcom Had To Tweak Its RE Engine For One Unexpected Thing In PragmataSource: GameSpotLink: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cap...Capcom has thanked Macross and Transformers legend Shoji Kawamori for PragmataSource: VGCLink: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n...REVIEWS / RELEASE COVERAGEPragmata Review - Capcom's Next Great FranchiseSource: GameSpotLink: https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/prag...Review: Pragmata (PS5)Source: PushSquareLink: https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps...Pragmata's Review Scores Among The Highest Of 2026Source: TheGamerLink: https://www.thegamer.com/pragmata-rev...RETROSPECTIVES / COMMENTARYPragmata Is a "Fun Uncle" GameSource: The Punished BacklogLink: https://punishedbacklog.com/pragmata-...COMMUNITY / FAN DISCUSSIONPragmata fans support dad whose late daughter looked just like DianaSource: DexertoLink: https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/pragma...TECHNICAL / PERFORMANCE ANALYSISPragmata Performance Benchmark Review - 30+ GPUs TestedSource: TechPowerUpLink: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/pr...Future Capcom games will have better hair, thanks to PragmataSource: VGCLink: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/n...REFERENCEPragmataSource: WikipediaLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragmataVanquish (video game)Source: WikipediaLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanquis...)Shinji MikamiSource: WikipediaLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_...Dead Space (2008 video game)Source: WikipediaLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sp...)Binary DomainSource: WikipediaLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_...Zone of the EndersSource: WikipediaLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SUPPORT THE CHANNELPatreon —   / gaming_memories  Discord —   / discord  Everything else — https://linktr.ee/gamingmemoriesBusiness inquiries — gamingmemories311@gmail.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This started as a passion project. It still is.#gamingmemories #videogameessay #pragmata #capcom #ps5

    38 min
  2. The Most Final Fantasy Final Fantasy

    May 27

    The Most Final Fantasy Final Fantasy

    Final Fantasy 16 is divisive, and I think it's also the most aggressively Final Fantasy Final Fantasy ever made. The Clive and Ultima story is Creative Business Unit III interrogating the franchise's own identity, out loud. I paired this argument with over a terabyte of custom footage I captured myself using free cam tools at the highest graphics settings — angles and moments you won't find anywhere else on the internet. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 02:06 Disclaimer 03:39 Part 1 — A Brief History 05:29 Part 2 — The Argument — Mythos and Logos 08:35 Part 3 — Devil May Clive 12:48 Part 4 — The Connection to Vagrant Story 15:41 Part 5 — Eikons Are Emotional Architecture 19:30 Part 6 — Accept the Truth 22:48 Part 7 — The Brother 25:29 Part 8 — I, Ultima, Am the Fandom 28:38 Part 9 — The Book Is Final Fantasy RESOURCES & LINKS// DEVELOPER INTERVIEWS //Naoki Yoshida sheds new light on Final Fantasy XVI — PlayStation.Blog — https://blog.playstation.com/2022/06/21/interview-naoki-yoshida-sheds-new-light-on-final-fantasy-xvi/How To Build A New Final Fantasy — Game Informer — https://gameinformer.com/exclusive-feature/2023/06/06/how-to-build-a-new-final-fantasyMaehiro on worldbuilding and viewpoints — PlayStation.Blog — https://blog.playstation.com/2022/11/04/final-fantasy-xvi-interview-worldbuildingWho is FF16 Creative Director Kazutoyo Maehiro — RPG Site — https://rpgsite.net/feature/13134-who-is-final-fantasy-xvi-creative-director-kazutoyo-maehiro-developer-profileDevil May Cry Designer Crafts Magnum Opus with FF16 — Push Square — https://pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/devil-may-cry-designer-crafts-magnum-opus-with-final-fantasy-16Don't Worry, FF16 Is Inspired By Good Seasons Of Game Of Thrones — Game Informer — https://gameinformer.com/exclusive-feature/2023/05/24/final-fantasy-16-dont-worryA discussion with Ben Starr and Ralph Ineson — RPG Site — https://rpgsite.net/interview/14419-a-discussion-with-ben-starr-and-ralph-ineson// MODERN RETROSPECTIVES //Un-Tradition: On Final Fantasy's Identity and Reinvention — RPGFan — https://rpgfan.com/feature/un-tradition-on-final-fantasys-identity-and-reinvention/Final Fantasy's Greatest Strength Has Always Been Familiarity — The Escapist — https://escapistmagazine.com/final-fantasy-strength-familiarity-not-reinvention-myth/Does Final Fantasy 16 Even Know Why It's Copying Game of Thrones? — GamesRadar — https://gamesradar.com/does-final-fantasy-16-even-know-why-its-copying-game-of-thrones/Final Fantasy XVI and the Sins of Individualism — SUPERJUMP — https://superjumpmagazine.com/final-fantasy-xvi-and-the-sins-of-individualism/FF16 Is Two Years Old — How Do You Feel About It Now — ResetEra — https://resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-xvi-is-officially-2-years-old-as-of-today// REVIEWS //Final Fantasy 16 Review - On Its Own Terms — GameSpot — https://gamespot.com/reviews/final-fantasy-16-review-on-its-own-terms/1900-6418081/Final Fantasy XVI Review — Eurogamer (3/5)Final Fantasy XVI: The Kotaku Review — Kotaku — https://kotaku.com/review-final-fantasy-16-ffxvi-ps5-rpg-release-date-1850558485Polygon Final Fantasy 16 Review// POST-2025 CONTEXT //Yoshi-P Answers The Final Fantasy 17 Question — ScreenRant — https://screenrant.com/yoshi-p-final-fantasy-17-turn-based-action/Success of Clair Obscur Might Push Final Fantasy Back To Turn-Based — Vice — https://vice.com/en/article/success-of-clair-obscur-expedition-33-might-push-final-fantasy-back-to-turn-based-combat━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SUPPORT THE CHANNELPatreon — https://www.patreon.com/c/gaming_memoriesDiscord — https://discord.gg/yjM2j6wWEverything else — https://linktr.ee/gamingmemoriesBusiness inquiries — gamingmemories311@gmail.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This started as a passion project. It still is.#finalfantasy16 #ffxvi #videoessay #jrpg #gamingmemories

    34 min
  3. Navigating Kingdom Hearts w/ Eric from Unlockables

    04/18/2025

    Navigating Kingdom Hearts w/ Eric from Unlockables

    Eric is the host of the Unlockables podcast & a Kingdom Hearts SAGE. We chat the games that shaped him growing up and he gives me the lowdown on the total arc of Kingdom Hearts. Check out more Eric here : https://linktr.ee/unlockablespodcast

    1h 54m
  4. Esoterism in Video Games w/ Bledsoe Said So

    04/07/2025

    Esoterism in Video Games w/ Bledsoe Said So

    Aliens, Orbs and Esoteric Final Fantasy w/ Bledsoe Said So: Summary: We cover everything from Devil May Cry 5's kabbalistic inspiration, the gnostic teachings of Kingdom Hearts and the secret meaning behind the trifoce. SAUCY!! About the guest: Bledsoe Said So is Ryan Bledsoe, Nick Fermanides, Alex Wishon & Jennifer Bledsoe They cover a wide range of spiritual topics, occult mysticism and the UAP phenomenon. Links: https://linktr.ee/bledsoesaidso https://linktr.ee/gamingmemories

    1h 59m
  5. Gaming Memories Podcast #68 - Stormageddon

    10/29/2024

    Gaming Memories Podcast #68 - Stormageddon

    Matt Storm AKA Stormageddon is a podcaster, DJ and content creator. More Matt: https://linktr.ee/dj_stormagedddon

    1h 44m
  6. Gaming Memories #67 - Tales From The Backlog

    10/08/2024

    Gaming Memories #67 - Tales From The Backlog

    Dave Jackson is a podcast, streamer & content creator. Get more TFTBL : https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog

    1h 54m
  7. Gaming Memories #66 - SWARM

    08/08/2024

    Gaming Memories #66 - SWARM

    SWARM is a music producer, voice actor & aggressive book reader. More SWARM : https://ffm.to/ahig More GM : https://linktr.ee/gamingmemories

    1h 58m
  8. Gaming Memories #65 - Liam Brown

    06/25/2024

    Gaming Memories #65 - Liam Brown

    Liam Brown is over corporate sponsorships for the Knights group, a gamer and competitive bodybuilder. More Liam : https://linktr.ee/theonlyliam More Gaming Memories : https://linktr.ee/gamingmemories

    1h 42m
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Miyamoto - The Father, Kojima - The Son & Carmack - The Holy Ghost appeared to me in vision commanding me to create the true gaming podcast by interviewing creative and interesting people about their favorite gaming memories growing up.

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  • Creator
    The Profit
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    72
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    Gaming Memories