Watch Out for Fireballs! 25: Earthbound (Part 1)

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get weird with the first half of EarthBound.
They say playing good RPGS (after a month of awful games) is healthful and dandy. We’ve found this to be true. Join us as we follow Ness and his friends on the most good-natured and surreal battle against unfathomable cosmic horrors ever to hit a screen. Also, fuzzy pickles.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Earthbound: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthBound

• Starmen.net: starmen.net/

• Shigesato Itoi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigesato_Itoi

• Satoru Iwata: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_iwata

• Mother: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_(video_game)

• Mother 3: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_3

• The Shawshank Redemption: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hB3S9bIaco

• “Cat’s in the Cradle” - Harry Chapin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c

• Clifford (Martin Short Movie): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBj31rJb_Ps

• Earthbound - Before I Play: beforeiplay.com/index.php?title=Earthbound

• Psyduck: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyduck

• Another Moon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBmJW318Bw

• RPG Maker: www.rpgmakerweb.com/

• O.H.R.P.G.C.E. rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Main_Page

• Walking Tall (2004): www.youtube.com/watch?v=X67H5J9ZMds

• Guided by Voices: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_By_Voices

• Cthulhu Saves the World: store.steampowered.com/app/107310/

• The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmsMLsxTbE8

• The Blues Brothers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjGfnsjdJec

• The Screaming Trees - “Nearly Lost You”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5f561Y1x4

• Animaniacs: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs

• Scientology: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology

• Age of Consent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent

• Final Fantasy IV: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_fantasy_iv

• Treehouse of Horror - Shinning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yGJGTjV2WE

• Phantasy Star 2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy_Star_II

• The Who - “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q

• The Who - “Baba O’Riley”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g

• James Taylor - “Fire and Rain”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T35WXFOmwI

• Mr. Saturn Font: www.zone38.net/font/

• “Mystic Mysidia”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtdCcviYl4

• “Welcome to the Machine”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6iI1Fh4VQ&feature=fvst

• “In Living Color” Fly Dancers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHzZLVyuv98

• USB SNES Adapter: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IX…=stunthdottran-20

• Orthogonal Projection: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal_…onal_projections

• Isometric Perspective: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_projection

• The Binding of Isaac: store.steampowered.com/app/113200/

• This Suit Burns Better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPJzRgYZgC0

• Homer’s Soul Mate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMR53zHrdzg

• MC HONKY - “Sonnet No. 3 (Like A Duck): www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NurZeEtNQE

• Dr. Demento: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento

• CBT: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy

• Mysteries: Do They Exist? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo4tzrxyXsA

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