2024-09-17
1 小时 11 分钟This week's episode is sponsored by Tune and Fairweather, the Irish publisher of fine books including Blood Echoes, a Bloodborne anthology.
It's an anthology of writing on a game that many consider to be one of the finest ever made.
Bloodborne.
Released in 2015 by From Software.
Directed by the legendary Japanese director Hidetaka Miyazaki, Blood Echoes features a selection of essays about the game, its themes, its music, its world, and the book is illustrated by the digital artist Shimhak.
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My guest today is an American video game artist and designer.
Born in Pasadena, California in the early 80s, he started mapping out games on graph paper when he was still a child.
After graduating college with a degree in computer science, he moved to San Francisco to work as a freelance illustrator.
In 2007, he developed a satirical run and gun freeware game titled I'm a Murder Simulator, a response to a challenge set down by the notorious critic of video games and previous guest of the show, Jack Thompson.
He then formed a studio with one of his I'm OK collaborators and together they released Aquaria, a critically lauded side scroller.
That game's success enabled My Guest to make Spelunky one of the most popular and influential roguelike platformers yet made.
Spelunky sold more than a million copies, won numerous awards, and begat an equally well regarded sequel.
Now, four years on, my guest is about to release UFO 50, a collection of games that combine an eight bit aesthetic with pioneering design.
Welcome, Derek Yu.
Thanks for having me, Simon.
It's lovely to see you, Derek.
So yeah, A recent issue of Edge magazine described you as an icon of the 2000s indie game renaissance.
Oh my gosh, you're witnessing there.