The Look Back: September 2021

Intro

This is a new type of shorter episode that we'll be putting out each month, called "THE LOOK BACK!". In these, we'll be looking back at the previous month's episodes and giving you a rundown of them. That way, if you somehow missed one, you can get the low down on what you missed. Pretty handy eh?

We'd still recommend that you check out the podcast proper. And if you haven't already, then look for us on your podcatcher of choice and subscribe. It's 100% free to do so, you know.

Before we , we’re a week late with the look back this month. The reason for that is super simple: I edit everything, and a fair few podcasters have reached out to have me edit their shows; including one who will be producing a physical product - which is exciting.

Anyway, tell the people what we released last month Jay

Episode 125 - Chief Andrew is Lost in Cult

This past month - September 2021 - we put out two brand new episodes. The first episode was an interview with friend of the show

We didn't release a teaser for this episode, because it would have been exceptionally difficult to distil all of the humour and deep game narrative analysis (sometimes happening at the same time) into a 2 minutes clip. Squidge actually tried to to this, and it ended up being a copy of the episode - in all its 95 minute glory.

Andrew Dickinson. We called this episode Chief Andrew Is Lost in Cult, as it was all about Andrew’s many, many, many many projects. These range from being the Editor in Chief of the Lost in Cult publication Lock-On, to being one of the hosts of Lost in Cult’s official podcast (Cult Cast), and writing volume two of his Dreamcast Years book and hosting the podcast of the same name.

We discussed the games we’d been playing recently, MiniDisc players (because both Andrew and I are fans of the format), the SteamDeck, and we gave him a chance to revisit the Thunder Plains and swap some of the games he’d be taking with him - this is due to the recent controversy with Activision, Ubisoft, and others.

We also came up with a long list of podcast ideas - all of which are in the show notes, so do give them a look. The last time I checked, there were around 13 new ideas in the episode.

Episode 126 - Locked On with Jason Maddison

Next up was an interview with another friend of the show Jason Maddison. Jason is the Technical Director at Lost in Cult

Indeed Russell.

Anyway, the episode with Jason was called: Locked On with Jason Maddison. It was the first episode to include a wonderful intro performed by our friend Morgan .

Keen listeners to the show will know that we’ve already spoken to Jason about Lock-On. Back in March, we had a chat with him and Jon Doyle in a bonus episode we called Bonus: lock-on Volume 1 - A Discussion on Passion.

But in this episode we discussed how Jason got involved with the Lost in Cult crew, his piece “I Have Lived” and how close to home it felt for both Jay and myself, and the phenomenon of some people not wanting to read their physical copies of Lock-On for fear of somehow destroying them.

But before we could get on to that, Jason and I had this exchange:

Once we’d figured out that philosophical problem, we asked Jason to give us the low down on the “I Have Lived” piece.

Coming up This Month

We thought we’d give a little teaser on what’s coming up this next month (October, 2021); remember to subscribe if you haven’t already.

First off, we’ll be finishing out trifecta of our interviews with Lock On folks with an interview with the big boss himself: Jon Doyle. In this episode, we’ll be talking about how Lost in Cult came to be, covering a little on his passion for design, and we’ll be talking about some of the exclusive goodies that the backers of Volume 2 will get when it drops - this was news when we recorded, and some of them have stayed exclusives to our conversation. So definitely be on the look out for that episode when it drops.

After that we’ve got a super spoopy episode for Spooptober. We’re keeping the subject a secret for now, as we don’t want to let the cat out of the bag, or should that be skull out of the cauldron?

MWA HA HA HA HA!

We think you’ll agree that this coming month’s episodes are looking and sounding great. Keep an eye on the podcast feed or our YouTube channel for the trailers when they drop.

Wrapping Up

So that’s what we put out in September, and a little on what we’ll be putting out in October. Keep an eye open for more of these retrospective episodes each month, that way you’ll know about the episodes that you may have missed.

Music Credits

All music included in this episode is fully licensed and remains copyright of their creators/publishers. The music used was (in order of appearance):

• Abstract Vision #6 by Muz Station Productions
• Casual Arcade Track #3 Muz Station Productions
• Among The Stars by Muz Station Productions
• Breath Deep Breath Clear (Wu Chi) by Siobhan Dakay
• I N e e d Y o u 私の側て by G.H (removed from BandCamp)

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