168: Persona 4 Golden (with Flora Merigold)

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Persona games are a tough sell for a guy who does a weekly podcast like this, so thank you to my wonderful patrons for voting Persona 4 Golden onto the show. While it has all of the pacing issues that you would expect an 80 hour game to have, I thought this is, in some ways, the best of the Persona 4/5/Metaphor trio that I've played in the last five years. Tune in to the episode to find out why.

Guest Info: Flora Merigold

• Find her writing at Epilogue Gaming https://epiloguegaming.com/flora-merigold/
• Hear her on Left Behind Game Club https://leftbehindgame.club/
• Follow her on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/floramerigold.bsky.social

TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 Title Card
• 0:22 Intros
• 4:40 Personal Histories with Persona and Persona 4
• 8:07 Opening Thoughts about Persona 4 Golden
• 16:05 Murder Mystery Story Setup
• 21:55 Characters and Problematic Representation(?)
• 37:13 Story Themes and PSA for New Players
• 49:03 Visuals
• 57:12 Music
• 1:05:42 Dungeon Crawling and Combat
• 1:28:03 Life-Sim Gameplay
• 1:44:52 Closing Thoughts/Recommendations/Plugs
• 1:55:14 SPOILER WALL/Patron Thank-Yous
• 1:56:49 Spoilers- Kanji, Naoto and Representation
• 2:37:34 Spoilers- Teddie and Rise and More

Music used in the episode is credited to Shoji Meguro. Tracks used: Glimpse of a Memory, Signs of Love, Like a Dream Come True, Heartbreak, Heartbeat, Reach Out to the Truth (First Battle), Sauna, Studio Backlot, Junes Theme, Your Affection, Results

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