LSG 003: Stephanie Han and I talk about playing fighting games at SoCal arcades, the joys and drama of World of Warcraft Guilds, and saving the world as a country village girl in Star Ocean: The Second Story
Welcome to Episode 3 of Load Save Game, a podcast where I talk to people about their personal journey with video games. I am your host Jose Eusebio. My wonderful guest today is my great friend Stephanie Han. Steph is a life-long gamer, a big fan of JRPGs, fighting games, and rhythm games. We talk about a ton of great games from Star Ocean the Second Story and uh…Star Ocean the Second Story haha. It comes up a lot. We talk about the friendships and drama that came with World of Warcraft guilds and Raiding. Also I call them clans in the episode, I know they’re called guilds! Sorry I must have been thinking of old PC gaming clan tags, but yes they’re called guilds in WoW. We also talk about her time playing in the arcades in the Southern California fighting game community. Steph also works in the video game industry and has 10 years of experience working as a GM on an MMORPG, a Community Manager, and Graphic Designer. Toward the end of our conversation we talk a little bit about her advice for breaking into the video game industry.
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Thank you to Shaun Panado for the use of our theme song "One Shot, One Kill: Kestrel" off of the album Kind of a Big Deal Vol. 2. You can find his music and projects at his Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shonix
Show art by Jordan Maeve. You can see more of her art and graphic design at: https://www.instagram.com/thejollity/
Correction: I meant to say Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven, but it came out as Rhythm Agents. Star Ocean: The Last Hope was the fourth Star Ocean game.
Games Discussed: Ember Knights, Fruit Ninja, Final Fantasy VII, Bust a Groove, Star Ocean: The Second Story, Parappa the Rapper, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros., Final Fantasy IX, X, BlazBlue Chrono Trigger/Continuum Shift/Cross Tag Battle, The King of Fighers XI, Guilty Gear Xrd/Strive, Soul Calibur, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Street Figher IV/V, Ragnarok Online, Maple Story, Flyff, Trickster Online, Dungeon Fighter Online, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, League of Legends, DOTA, Candy Crush, Star Ocean, Terraria, Fortnite, Stardew Valley, Spiritfarer, Vampire Survivor, Pokemon, The Bouncer
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