Maximum Utcast - 20 - Weird Freaks, Plenty of Leaks, Edmund McMillen Speaks

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on spooky video games and an interview with game developer Edmund McMillen about his career and Mewgenics.

It's the longest episode of Maximum Utcast ever! Zoey regales us with tales of spooky video games that enrapture dogs before we talk about Mewgenics. Then one of the developers of Mewgenics, Edmund McMillen, stops by to catch up with his pal Jonathan about his career in the games industry working on games like Super Meat Boy, the Binding of Isaac, the End is Nigh, and more recently Mewgenics. Following that, our hosts get into a discussion about how ethical consumption can be a minefield to navigate. By the end of the show, Jonathan discusses his green slime secretions. 0:00:00 - Practicing Ghouls N Ghosts 0:09:22 - The Benevolent Queen and the Smelly Freak 0:11:17 - Have You Played That Mewgenics? 0:15:07 - Accepting Our Weird Genes in Mewgenics with Edmund McMillen 1:45:30 - The Meows Are Not Endorsements 1:53:45 - Plenty of Twenty 1:57:59 - Leaks, It's What I Live By 2:01:07 - Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons! 2:08:45 - Eat Ass Zoey on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adzuken.bsky.social Jonathan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tronknotts.bsky.social The podcast’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ttwav.bsky.social Daniel on Bluesky…

People in this episode

Hosts: Zoey, Jonathan, Daniel

Guest: Edmund McMillen

Topics covered

• spooky video games
• Mewgenics
• ethical consumption
• game development
• interview with Edmund McMillen

Keywords

• spooky video games
• Mewgenics
• Edmund McMillen
• game development
• ethical consumption

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Super Meat Boy, the Binding of Isaac, the End is Nigh, Mewgenics

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