We're joined by Stephanie Boluk (UC Davis), Patrick LeMieux (UC Davis), and Steve Gillham (OzymandiasAV) to discuss [REDACTED] hidden within the UFO 50 collection. Massive spoilers ahead!
Next week: Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games Presents: A Year of UFO 50 Finale Eggstravaganza - LIVE!
(Airing live on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 at 7:30pm CST at https://www.twitch.tv/eggplantshow)
Audio edited by Dylan Shumway
Discussed in this episode:
Eggplant Merch!
https://cottonbureau.com/people/eggplant-the-secret-lives-of-games-podcast
FuryForged – What dark secrets hide beneath the surface of UFO 50?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__FyJ-Obu9E
UFO 50 WRITE-UP v2
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuVnnJDmKKGrlTIGVn1Zykp9Tpn4rthGFei1gztRAN4/edit?tab=t.0
MAPPING MUSIC TO MIAS
MRMACDUGGAN'S GAME LORE SHEET
TERMINAL 101
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y2gHxlxKlm2jyTIY_7QoNOF6iUjhvfWnOO6mIy6P-H8/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Exeter Book Riddles
https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/exeter-book-riddles/
Mushroomy Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhNgQ16s-u8
Deadly Premonition OST – Life is Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzvXBFwcyek
Yume Nikki
https://store.steampowered.com/app/650700/Yume_Nikki/
Undertale
Off
Space Funeral the First
https://thecatamites.itch.io/space-funeral
Ib
https://vgperson.com/games/ib.htm
Petscop
https://www.youtube.com/petscop
UFO 50 Bandcamp
https://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/ufo-50
Miasma Tower Bandcamp
https://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/miasma-tower
B3313 Mario 64 Mod
https://b3313.fandom.com/wiki/B3313
Has anyone else seen this in miasma tower? i dont know how exactly to trigger it
https://www.reddit.com/r/ufo50/comments/1guzkfu/has_anyone_else_seen_this_in_miasma_tower_i_dont/
The Grasshopper (and "Words on Play")
https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-grasshopper-third-edition/#tab-description
Glider (Conway's Game of Life)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(Conway%27s_Game_of_Life)
Eric Zimmerman Manifesto: The 21st Century Will Be Defined By Games
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