LSG 010: Jordan Maeve talks about hitting the beat in Amplitude, playing the Stalk Market in Animal Crossing, and living her life on tilt playing Overcooked

Welcome to Episode 10 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 wonderful wife Jordan Maeve. Jordan is a huge fan of rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution, puzzle games like Tetris, and cozy games like Animal Crossing. We talk a lot about Amplitude, a rhythm game on the PS2. We don't mention it in the episode, but the developer of Amplitude, Harmonix, would go on to develop the first Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. So all our comparisons to those later games make a lot of sense in hindsight. Jordan also talks about loving her Sega Pico which was this combination tablet/TV video game with edutainment games with Sonic and other Sega characters. Jordan talks about playing a not-so-legitimate copy of Pokemon: Yellow in the original Japanese and having to decipher the game by comparing it to her friend's Pokemon games to get through it.

Jordan is an illustrator and graphic designer. She frequently does portrait commissions for people's Dungeons & Dragons characters and has sold prints and merchandise at local conventions in Southern California. She features most of her work on her Instagram so follow her there to see all her great art! 

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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 https://www.instagram.com/thejollity/ 

Corrections:  The Mario Kart 64 level Jordan was probably referencing was Choco Mountain that had the falling boulders. Ash Ketchum’s character in the original Japanese version of the Pokemon anime was named Satoshi Tajiri. Blasto the Spectre was a member of the hanar species in Mass Effect. 

Games Discussed: Elden Ring,Tetris/Attack, Dr. Mario, Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros., Puzzle Bobble Bust-A-Move, Microsoft Encarta MindMaze, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sega Pico, Mario Kart 64/8, Super Mario 64, Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros., PaRappa the Rapper, Dance Dance Revolution, Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon: Yellow, Amplitude, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Overcooked, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Final Fantasy VII: Remake, Bang Dream, Wordle, Super Mario Odyssey