Book Tour 21: Aidan Moher – Fight, Magic, Items

This time around, it’s my delight to welcome (finally) Hugo-winning fan writer, Aidan (@adribbleofink) Moher to the show! We’re talking about his new book, Fight, Magic, Items, which just released October 4th! Aidan reads from the introduction to the book, which leads us into a deep discussion of the games that shaped our childhoods.   Things we mention in this episode:   A Dribble of Ink Final Fantasy Dragon Quest The Offspring NOFX Warcraft II LAN Party Doom II Final Fantasy VI Xenogears Hironobu Sakaguchi Yuji Horii Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan Game Boy Final Fantasy Legend II The Legend of Zelda Akitoshi Kawazu Doom Final Fantasy III Game Players Electronic Gaming Monthly Nintendo Power Chrono Trigger The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks Magic: the Gathering Dragon Ball Z Shōnen Super NES Playstation 1 Final Fantasy XV Final Fantasy XIII Final Fantasy VIII Final Fantasy IX Final Fantasy X Grandia Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete Tales of Destiny Visual Novels The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Final Fantasy Adventure Mana series Kirby’s Dream Land 2 Pokemon Red Final Fantasy VII The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan Tetris Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (Game Boy game) Carl Jung Gnosticism K’Nex Metal Gear Solid Suikoden III Hideo Kojima Sega Saturn Panzer Dragoon Saga Grandia (Sega Saturn) Vagrant Story Aidan’s localization piece (not published yet, link TK) Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Power-Up, by Chris Kohler Final Fantasy V, by Chris Kohler Press Reset and Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, by Jason Schreier Pure Invention, by Matt Alt Sailor Moon Aidan’s website fighmagicitems.rocks Astrolabe Patrick Klepek Less Than Jake   Join us again in two weeks, when my guest will be Héctor González!