by useyouritems
A podcast about video games, design, and what they mean to us. Supported by our blog useyouritems.substack.com
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April 21, 2025
Today Fran and Jason talk a walk through Wyoming with Delilah and Henry in Campo Santo's Firewatch from 2016. Don't forget to use your antlers! Spoilers begin at 1:19:00 Credits Field Notes: How Devs Recreate Wilderness In Gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-of-ethan-carter-firewatch#more-243319M Firewatch: hope and heartbreak in the American wildernesshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/firewatch-american-wilderness-campo-santo The Art of Firewatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdxQ3HlhTE8 Firewatch's Wyoming fosters a bigger, weirder adventure than I expectedhttps://www.pcgamer.com/firewatchs-wyoming-fosters-a-bigger-weirder-adventure-than-i-expected/ Why less is more when it comes to Firewatch’s beautiful treeshttps://www.pcgamer.com/why-less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-firewatchs-beautiful-trees/ Field Notes: How Devs Recreate Wilderness In Gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/making-of-ethan-carter-firewatch#more-243319M Firewatch: hope and heartbreak in the American wilderness https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/01/firewatch-american-wilderness-campo-santo Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games. If you'd like to support the show please join us on Discord or leave us a review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts-we've love to chat! ---------------------------- Join the conversation on Discord, it's free! https://linktr.ee/useyouritems Follow Jason at: @skilled-drizzler.bsky.social Follow Fran at: frantastico | Instagram | Linktree Follow us at: useyouritems.bsky.social ---------------------------- Art and Research by Francisco Martin Editing by Jason Weiss Theme music by William O'Rourke
March 24, 2025
Use your items celebrates a year of recording by returning to the game that started it for them with Final Fantasy VII...REMAKE! Break down with us as we dig into the history of the remake, the character design, and the Nomura of it all! RPG history at your fingertips. Spoiler-free: 0:00-1:22 Spoilers: 1:23-end Credits Final Fantasy remakes sold separately https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-remakes-sold-separately/1100-2679121/ Square Enix Once Promised Final Fantasy VII, VIII And IX Remakes https://www.siliconera.com/square-enix-promised-final-fantasy-vii-remake-cancelled/ FFVII Remake: Nomura interview translation [Famitsu 25/06/15] https://thelifestream.net/lifestream-projects/translations/33038/ffvii-remake-nomura-interview-translation-from-famitsu/ Final Fantasy VII Remake details: reason for multi-part release, CyberConnect2 collaboration, more https://www.gematsu.com/2015/12/final-fantasy-vii-remake-details-reason-multi-part-release-cyberconnect2-collaboration-more 10 Questions And Answers About The Final Fantasy VII Remake https://web.archive.org/web/20160420143428/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/04/11/final-fantasy-vii-remake-interview-game-informer.aspx Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games. If you'd like to support the show please join us on Discord or leave us a review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts-we've love to chat! ---------------------------- Join the conversation on Discord, it's free! https://linktr.ee/useyouritems Follow Jason at: @skilled-drizzler.bsky.social Follow Fran at: frantastico | Instagram | Linktree Follow us at: useyouritems.bsky.social ---------------------------- Art and Research by Francisco Martin Editing by Jason Weiss Theme music by William O'Rourke
February 24, 2025
Jason accuses a Snatcher of stealing Fran's body and impersonating him to access our excessive and gross podcast revenue. This time, we discuss the Kojima cult classic, Snatcher! Played on the Sega CD; we get into the details of cyberpunk, Snatcher's role in that genre, and some meta-narrative discussion of the game at large. Spoiler-Free: 0-1:04 Spoilers: 1:05-End Francisco is a game designer and engineer, while Jason brings a literary background to each game analysis as they piece together the why and how of our favorite games. If you'd like to support the show please join us on Discord or leave us a review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts-we've love to chat! ---------------------------- Join the conversation on Discord, it's free! https://linktr.ee/useyouritems Follow Jason at: @skilled-drizzler.bsky.social Follow Fran at: frantastico | Instagram | Linktree Follow us at: useyouritems.bsky.social ---------------------------- Art and Research by Francisco Martin Editing by Jason Weiss Theme music by William O'Rourke
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