Arcade Bookshop
In Arcade Bookshop, listen to Bryce Johle and Caleb James blab about the stories in video games and books. As writers and gamers, the co-hosts want to emphasize the importance of stories told in all forms, as well as the artists behind them. Play and read along every other Monday!
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Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
In Episode 22, Bryce opens by complaining about Caleb not accompanying him at 3 Rivers Comicon, which occurred over the weekend.
In the core of the show, Bryce and Caleb talk about the manga, Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue! They discuss storytelling themes in Japanese literature, compare it with modern day JRPG storytelling, and the insanely admirable amount of work Inoue puts into the writing and illustrating for the series.
If you haven't listened to sister episode #21 yet, check out our coverage of Sea of Stars, which reminded us to read Vagabond.
Play and read along with the guys! See the show schedule for the future episodes below!
Show Schedule:
6/17: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
7/1: Return of the Obra Dinn
(Dates subject to change at any time, but these are all real episodes!)
Send game and book pairing suggestions or comments to arcadebookshop@gmail.com.
Follow us on TikTok @ArcadeBookshop.
Find us and send us a message @arcade_bookshop on Instagram.
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Your miniature answer to the full-length episodes of Arcade Bookshop! Every week we catch up on video game progress, book progress, video game news, writing and publishing updates, and more!
Today we discuss the conversations around Assassin's Creed: Shadows' protagonist and whether this choice is a disrespectful one or not. In the latter half of the show, we respond to Spencer's (Drunken Pen Writing Podcast) response to Bryce from last week's solo show (AC 13) regarding whether or not Stephen King can write women. It's a good one!
Get in on the advance sale period of Bryce's book! It's a tad bit cheaper and Bryce hardly makes anything from these sales, but it would just be cool to know people are reading. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/airplane-graveyard-by-bryce-johle/
Don't forget Arcade Bookshop will be at 3 Rivers Comicon in Pittsburgh the weekend of June 1st! We'll have tons of stickers available if you stop by to chat, and tell Bryce you want your voice featured on a future episode!
Listen to our most recent episode #21, which covers Sea of Stars!
Regular episodes of Arcade Bookshop air every other Monday. The next brand new episode of Arcade Bookshop airs 6/3. Sea of Stars reminded us of the famous manga, Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue!
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Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Your miniature answer to the full-length episodes of Arcade Bookshop! Every week we take about 30 minutes to catch up on video game progress, book progress, video game news, writing and publishing updates, and more!
Today Bryce is all alone due to some last-minute scheduling issues! He talks a bit about the freshly available Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door remake for the Nintendo Switch, as well as some thoughts on the rumored Playstation handheld console coming in the future. Bryce goes over his new chapbook of poetry available for preorder and reads the synopsis, then goes into a little detail about The Quick and the Dead by Martin O'Cadhain.
Get in on the advance sale period of Bryce's book! It's a tad bit cheaper and Bryce hardly makes anything from these sales, but it would just be cool to know people are reading. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/airplane-graveyard-by-bryce-johle/
Don't forget Arcade Bookshop will be at 3 Rivers Comicon in Pittsburgh the weekend of June 1st! We'll have tons of stickers available if you stop by to chat.
Listen to our most recent episode #21 on Sea of Stars! It's a very decent episode and definitely worth the listen.
Regular episodes of Arcade Bookshop air every other Monday. The next brand new episode of Arcade Bookshop airs 6/3. We're covering a book that reminded us of Sea of Stars, a masterful piece of Manga called Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue! Another pretty interesting conversation about Japanese culture, literature, and manga.
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Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
In Episode 21, the guys open by address Caleb's extremely limited technology when it comes to his ability and willingness to play new games! What's the deal?!
In the core of the show, Bryce and Caleb talk about Sabotage Studios' near-perfect new JRPG, Sea of Stars! They talk about what makes this game's story unique by comparing and contrasting it with the classic storytelling implemented in JRPG-style video games. And what is it within Japanese culture that makes JRPG stories what they are?
The fellas start to frame this game against the book they read with it, which was the famous manga, Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue. This conversation will continue in Episode #22!
Play and read along with the guys! See the show schedule for the future episodes below!
Show Schedule:
6/3: Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
6/17: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
7/1: Return of the Obra Dinn
(Dates subject to change at any time, but these are all real episodes!)
Send game and book pairing suggestions or comments to arcadebookshop@gmail.com.
Follow us on TikTok @ArcadeBookshop.
Find us and send us a message @arcade_bookshop on Instagram.
Friday May 17, 2024
Friday May 17, 2024
Your miniature answer to the full-length episodes of Arcade Bookshop! Every week we take about 30 minutes to catch up on video game progress, book progress, video game news, writing and publishing updates, and more!
Today we dive into what the future of video games looks like amidst an era of massive layoffs and video game studio closures. What's going to happen in the next decade or so of gaming? Specifically, we address the latest news with X-Box/Microsoft. After that we touch on Bryce's new chapbook of poetry, Airplane Graveyard, and other assorted writing updates.
Get in on the advance sale period of Bryce's book! It's a tad bit cheaper and Bryce hardly makes anything from these sales, but it would just be cool to know people are reading. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/airplane-graveyard-by-bryce-johle/
Don't forget Arcade Bookshop will be at 3 Rivers Comicon in Pittsburgh the weekend of June 1st! We'll have tons of stickers available if you stop by to chat.
Listen to our two most recent episodes #19 and #20 on StarTropics and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Regular episodes of Arcade Bookshop air every other Monday. The next brand new episode of Arcade Bookshop airs 5/20. We're covering the incredible JRPG by Sabotage Studios, Sea of Stars!
Instagram @arcade_bookshop
TikTok @arcadebookshop
arcadebookshop@gmail.com
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Your miniature answer to the full-length episodes of Arcade Bookshop! Every week we take about 30 minutes to catch up on video game progress, book progress, video game news, writing and publishing updates, and more!
Today we talk briefly about the state of the podcast and potential future reformatting ideas. We also bring up Bryce's poetry chapbook presales starting soon, address all that Helldivers 2 nonsense, and the Nintendo Switch successor announcement about when they might announce it.
Don't forget Arcade Bookshop will be at 3 Rivers Comicon in Pittsburgh the weekend of June 1st! We'll have tons of stickers available if you stop by to chat.
Listen to our two most recent episodes on StarTropics and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Regular episodes of Arcade Bookshop air every other Monday. The next brand new episode of Arcade Bookshop airs 5/20. We're covering the incredible JRPG by Sabotage Studios, Sea of Stars!
Instagram @arcade_bookshop
TikTok @arcadebookshop
arcadebookshop@gmail.com
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
In Episode 20, the guys open by talking about a grumpy man in a coffee shop.
In the core of the show, Bryce and Caleb talk about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a novel by Douglas Adams. They discuss writing overly convenient circumstances and making them believable, laughing through the whole book, negative similes, and more.
The fellas bring this story back to StarTropics by talking about Douglas Adams's version of science fiction, and some conversation about British culture and mentalities, as opposed to the Americana in StarTropics.
Play and read along with the guys! See the show schedule for the future episodes below!
Show Schedule:
5/20: Sea of Stars
6/3: Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue
6/17: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
7/1: Return of the Obra Dinn
(Dates subject to change at any time, but these are all real episodes!)
Send game and book pairing suggestions or comments to arcadebookshop@gmail.com.
Follow us on TikTok @ArcadeBookshop.
Find us and send us a message @arcade_bookshop on Instagram.
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Your miniature answer to the full-length episodes of Arcade Bookshop! Every week we take about 30 minutes to catch up on video game progress, book progress, video game news, writing and publishing updates, and more!
Today we talk briefly about Bryce's adventures in Iceland, we discuss a bit about a spooky game called Still Wakes the Deep coming soon, an interesting Batman announcement, and crafting poetry specifically for a "magazine" who publishes new issues each month in the form of Instagram posts.
Don't forget Arcade Bookshop will be at 3 Rivers Comicon in Pittsburgh the weekend of June 1st! We'll have tons of stickers available if you stop by to chat.
Regular episodes of Arcade Bookshop air every other Monday. Listen to a brand new episode covering Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (sister episode to StarTropics) on Monday, 5/6!
Instagram @arcade_bookshop
TikTok @arcadebookshop
arcadebookshop@gmail.com