Jack Loves Games

Today we're talking about a game I thought looked so cool, I paid for it over a year before it came out. Let's Talk Beacon Pines.
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
Bright Ideas
Out of Hiding
Meltwater
Every Step is Special
 
Sources: 
The ProNerd Report: Interview with the Creator/Director of the Must Play Indie game, Beacon Pines! 
Exclusive interview with the creators of the Stranger Things-like Beacon Pines
Beacon Pines Interview: Devs Discuss Kickstarter, Early Fantasy Prototype, And More
Beacon Pines Creative Director Matt Meyer on What’s Next
Beacon Pines Music Sheets
Let's Play of Beacon Pines I Like
 
Feel free to reach out to me at jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com. I also have a Tumblr where I posted updates and reblog fan art. 

Today we are looking at the oldest game I'll be talking about in this series whose legacy can still be found in a number of RPGs released today. Let's Talk Earthbound. 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
Hope for Tomorrow
Make It So
Busy Hands
Making Our Future
 
Sources: 
WIRED Article: Octopi! Spinal Tap! How Cult RPG EarthBound Came to America
Weekly Famitsu: Itoi Interview
Weekly Famitsu: Iwata & Malta Interview
 
Feel free to reach out to me at jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com. I also have a Tumblr where I posted updates and reblog fan art. 

Today we are looking at a game that casts a wide shadow in the world of indie video games. Let's Talk Stardew Valley. 
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
Forever Friend
Bright Ideas
A Greater Love
Isola Bella
Sources:
Stardew Valley: Pushing The Boundaries of Farming RPGs
The legacy — and future — of the farming game Stardew Valley
Still Growing Strong: Eric Barone on the Success of ‘Stardew Valley’ Nearly a Decade Later
"you notice how far you’ve come instead of how far it is left to go"
ConcernedApe on X
Stardew Valley 10-year Anniversary Video
 
Feel free to reach out to me at jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com. I also have a Tumblr where I posted updates and reblog fan art. 
 

Today we stepped out into the wide and vast world of AAA Gaming as we talk about our first non-indie game. Let's Talk Breath of the Wild.
 
Side Note: It occurs to me that I never really defined what a AAA Game is in the Podcast itself. It's a largely informal/marketing term to define games made by or at least distributed by major publishers in the video game industry. Usually these games are defined by large budgets and big marketing pushes. However, their is a lot of arguments to be made that the distinction between AAA and Indie is largely arbitrary in our modern day (the channel Extra Credits actually did a really good write up on the subject). So really, AAA is about budget, marketing, and vibes. 
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
Emerald Isle
Best Adventure Ever
Meltwater
 
Sources:
Some of the problems with the AAA Gaming Industry
Can You Beat Breath of the Wild Without Climbing?
Could a Human Beat BOTW
How Long to Beat
Speedrun.com
Design Philosophies Behind Breath of the Wild’s World
"I could be done now"
 
Feel free to reach out to me at jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com. I also have a Tumblr where I posted updates and reblog fan art. 

For Episode 4, we're going to dive into a game that acted as my gateway to the larger world of Monster Collecting games. Let's Talk Cassette Beasts. 
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
'Bright Ideas'
'Moments in Time'
'Make it So'
'Ecstasy'
 
Sources:
Adam Millard - The Architect of Games
Making monsters out of myths with the Cassette Beasts dev
Cassette Beasts Video Game Composer Joel Baylis
Cassette Beasts Dev On Doing What Pokémon Doesn't In A Zelda-Inspired Overworld
 
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them to
jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com

With Episode 3, I think it's time we talk about a game that I actually used for my test episode of the podcast. Let's Talk Tadpole Treble. 
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
'Best Adventure Ever'
'Building Blocks'
'Meltwater'
'Hopes for Tomorrow'
'Always on a Journey'
'Emotional Wilderness'
 
Sources:
Tadpole Treble Encore Developer Premium Interview
My second quote was from an email
 
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them to
jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com

For our second episode, let's stop and take things slow so we can all get a clear photo of TOEM. 
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
'Building Blocks'
'Emotional Wilderness'
'Forever Friends'
'Eco Project'
'Sunbeam'
 
Sources:
 TV's Bingewatching Model Is... 
Not Camera Shy – TOEM Interview 
Postmortem: TOEM
Beats & Bleets Episode 9: TOEM
 
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them to
jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com
 

Let's start off this little podcast series with a game that often gets me pretty introspective about art.
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Opening titles: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.
All other music used (listed in order of appearance) is also sourced from Purple Planet Music unless specified otherwise:
'We Will Find a Way'
'Emotional Wilderness'
'Moments in Time'
Sources:
 Gamifying Creativity in 'Chicory: A Colorful Tale' 
Interview: Indie Developer Greg Lobanov Talks All Things Chicory: A Colorful Tale (gamerant.com)
Bringing out players' creativity in the wondrous Chicory: A Colorful Tale (gamedeveloper.com)
 
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send them to
jacklovesgamespodcast@gmail.com
 

Jack Loves Games is a podcast about Jack(that's me)'s experience with video games. Maybe you've heard of them. Maybe you haven't. But all of them are games that I have something to say about. So get ready for this limited series podcast starting January 3rd, 2026. 
 
Jack Loves Games is Written, Produced, and Preformed by Jack Palmour.
Art work was done by my friend Hades (who asked not to be linked in the description). 
Music: Feelin' Good by Purple Planet Music.