Dev Game Club

In this third episode discussing Final Fantasy IX, we welcome a bunch of new listeners. We return to talking about themes, some of which are evolving, but also pacing and combat balancing. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: From Black Mage Village to Treno (Tetra Master Tournament) Podcast breakdown: 0:28       Intro & reintroduction of hosts/podcast 11:52     First segment: themes and pacing 39:04     Break 1 39:32     Second segment: literariness, Vivi, Iifa Tree battle, pacing 1:21:48  Break 2 1:22:15  Third segment: reader mail, outro Issues covered: host history and what the podcast is about, correction!, has Brett turned Tim into a JRPG player?, Shakespeare influences, mazes of twisty little passages, orphans, automatons becoming sentient, getting hitched in Sanctuary, written dialog vs recorded dialog, using mechanics to do something amusing (something only games do?), humor via timing vs repetition, thiev