Live, Laugh, Love A Live! Keifer brings on cartoonist John P Golden (BONEMEN and Adventure Time: The Test For Heroes) to talk about a video game that changed the way he Lives His Live: Live A Live.

Other topics we discuss include: how Live A Live is even pronounced, the incredible music of Yoko Shimomura, the intersection of nerd culture with wrestling culture, monster-taming games, fan translations, dealing with Linux, the beauty of 7/10 video games, being one of the dozens of Americans who played Romancing SaGa, the incredible work of fan translation groups like Aeon Genesis, and more!

Other games discussed:

The Pokemon series, Mischief Makers, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, the Dragon Quest Monster series, Dragon Quest III, IV, VII, and IX, Robopon, Keitai Denjū Telefang, Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, Earthbound, Mother 3, Dark Cloud, Chrono Trigger, RPG Maker Romancing SaGa, SaGa Frontier, Undertale, Deltarune, Mega Man Legends, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy Tactics, Octopath Traveler, Hanjuku Hero, Gargoyle’s Quest II, Golden Sun, and more!

Select and Start is a video game podcast where the host, Keifer Lirette, talks with his guests about their most meaningful and memorable video game experiences. It is part of the Moonshot podcast network.

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Artwork provided by Avry Ott: https://linktr.ee/AvryRobinOtt

Theme Music Provided by Mike Pettry: https://linktr.ee/mikepettry

Works Cited: Wiki A Live, the Live A Live Wiki Takashi Tokita - MobyGames Credits - Live A Live 1994 Credits - Live A Live - 2022 Famitsu Interviews Takashi Tokita Dengekionline - "Live A Live" released for Wii U Famitsu - Live Broadcast for Live A Live Remake LIVE A LIVE remake shipments and digital sales top 500,000 Aeon Genesis

Gameplay Audio sources: LIVE A LIVE - Prehistory Walkthrough (Complete) LIVE A LIVE - Twilight of Edo Japan Walkthrough (0 Kills) Live A Live - Watanabe Compilation LIVE A LIVE - All Ending Scenes with Oersted Live A Live (Remake): Odio's Question [LIVE A LIVE] Imperial China - Ending

Sections: [TIME STAMPS COMING]

Introducing John

Dragon Quest

Pronouncing Live A Live

Introducing Live A Live

Romancing SaGa

First encounters with Live A Live

No Country For Old Games

What Live A Live means to us

Final Chapter and Endings

Live A Live’s impact and final thoughts

Recommendations and Outro

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