About this episode

Rex from Beyond Electric Sheep discusses the impact of Evangelion video games and explores Tomodachi Life and Pokemon Champions.

Media historian Rex from Beyond Electric Sheep is here to chat about Evangelion video games! From visual novels to fighting games to mahjong, we (magma) dive into how one of Japan’s most important anime is also emblematic of a special time in Japanese gaming history. Plus, I look at the wacky Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and the deathly serious Pokemon Champions. Follow our guest! Website: https://www.beyondelectricsheep.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEYONDELECTRICSHEEP Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rnaboursiii.bsky.social And check out this week’s special ad: Kirby Conversations Podcast! https://www.soundstone.network/kirby-conversations (0:00) - Intro Feature (0:55) - Evangelion Video Games w/ Beyond Electric Sheep Games (37:44) - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (47:14) - Pokemon Champions News (56:22) - Rhythm Heaven Groove, new Nintendo merch Social media: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tokyogamelife.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokyoGameLife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tokyogamelife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tokyogamelife/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@tokyogamelife Website: https://tokyogamelife.com/ Like and subscribe…

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Host: Tokyo Game Life

Guest: Rex

Topics covered

• Evangelion video games
• Tomodachi Life
• Pokemon Champions
• Japanese gaming history
• media history

Keywords

• Evangelion
• video games
• Tomodachi Life
• Pokemon
• Japanese gaming
• media history
• visual novels

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond Electric Sheep

Products: Evangelion video games, Tomodachi Life, Pokemon Champions

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