EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Grimstone

EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Grimstone

Author: The Secret Lives of Games June 27, 2025 Duration: 2:18:06

We're joined by Stephanie Boluk (UC Davis), Patrick LeMieux (UC Davis), and Trent Kusters (League of Geeks) to discuss Grimstone, the 40th game in the UFO 50 collection.

"Praise Biggan, the four of you survived the saloon fire. But somethin' tells me this story's just gettin' started..."

Next week: Lords of Diskonia

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

 

Discussed in this episode:

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
https://finalfantasypixelremaster.square-enix-games.com/en_US/ 

SaGa Frontier Remastered
https://saga-franchise.square-enix-games.com/en-us/games/saga-frontier-remastered 

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
https://dragonquest.square-enix-games.com/games/en-us/dragon-quest-1-2-hd2d-remake/ 

Super Mario RPG 
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-rpg-switch/ 

Undertale 
https://undertale.com/ 

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
https://www.square-enix-games.com/games/final-fantasy-viii-remastered 

Mother 3 
https://mother3.fobby.net/ 

Final Fantasy VII 
https://finalfantasyviipc.square-enix-games.com/en 

Tales of Symphonia Remastered 
https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/tales-of/tales-of-symphonia-remastered 

Hylics 
https://mason-lindroth.itch.io/hylics 

Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/huicholesfilm

The Road to Dragon Quest 
https://archive.org/details/road-to-dragon-quest

Space Funeral 
https://thecatamites.itch.io/space-funeral 

Yume Nikki 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/650700/Yume_Nikki/ 

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tom-lin/the-thousand-crimes-of-ming-tsu/9780316542173/?lens=little-brown

Game Maker's Notebook - XCOM Creator Julian Gollop Shares Game Design Tips , Dev Stories and More 
https://gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/xcom-creator-julian-gollop-shares-game-design-tips-dev-stories-and-more 

 

Stephanie's Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/chouxsalad.bsky.social

Patrick's Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/alt254.bsky.social

Trent's Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/trentkusters.bsky.social

A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol II
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-mortol-ii 

A Year of UFO 50 - Rock On! Island 
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-rock-on-island 

A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol 
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-mortol 

A Year of UFO 50 - Fist Hell 
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-fist-hell 

A Year of UFO 50 - Vainger 
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-vainger 

A Year of UFO 50 - Porgy 
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-porgy 

A Year of UFO 50 - Bushido Ball 
https://eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of-ufo-50-bushido-ball 

Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 1 
https://eggplant.show/into-the-depths-kentucky-route-zero-part-1   

 

https://bsky.app/profile/eggplantshow.bsky.social

https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow 

http://discord.gg/eggplant

https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow


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