Gaming Memories - The One True Video Game Podcast

About Gaming Memories - The One True Video Game Podcast

Miyamoto - The Father, Kojima - The Son & Carmack - The Holy Ghost appeared to me in vision commanding me to create the true gaming podcast by interviewing creative and interesting people about their favorite gaming memories growing up.

Publisher

The Profit

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Jul 2019

Latest episode

4 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

73 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Aug 2026

   Squaresoft's Secret Konami Game

   DESCRIPTONA 1997 horizontal shoot-em-up about a kamikaze pilot from the Moon attacking a city named after Sodom — built by ex-Konami programmers inside Square at the peak of the Final Fantasy VII era.I want to talk about why Einhänder exists, why the production story matters more than most people realize, and why the game is one of the most specific shmups ever made.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CHAPTERS00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqWRmytf1k) - Intro03:06 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqWRmytf1k&t=186s) - Part 1 — The Konami Game Hiding Inside Square 12:13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqWRmytf1k&t=733s) - Part 2 —Squaresoft is Hiding in the Name20:35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqWRmytf1k&t=1235s) - Part 3 — Stricken from the Records━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SOURCESEinhänder on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einh%C3... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rU1BSNUJSNGRLSnJwR2h4WGZpcEF1MHxBR3JiS2FtS1VDNU9YWmQ1R0hzeG5qZkZmR0wzaHd2ZW4zZ1RpY3RHaG5oMzFKVEh2ZmptbE5KMDVKbGU1a29NNTRiTFctNlRSNTZ5SFFENEhvalBNWjk5aGlTWFNkWjVVY0N5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FEinh%25C3%25A4nder&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder Deep Dive — Paul Brownlee, Hardcore Gaming 101 (2007)https://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ein... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUWR6X1BNWG9RMktYSlcweEJjT0xXdHxBR3JiS2Fub3JqU0hFV1lLQTNOazdYc1ItSU1PU2hoaWZYd1NoSjlycXVYeC1OT3lNTG5tenBqbTZQNHpKYV9VaFhtcHBFZjMtMHFaRUtZcUJ0ZFQwdFo0Q1dnUWhvVVR0MWVK&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hardcoregaming101.net%2Feinhander%2F&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Re-release This: Einhänder — Marc Normandin, Retro XPhttps://retroxp.substack.com/p/re-rel... 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(https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rU2pDczdVamt0bVJMRnVOVUVadUpYR3xBR3JiS2FuSDFSYlNFU0ZWdFBHanFkQnpzaTI5dXltaXlGWjh4MU5YamVaWEg2WS04WVhsM05QSWVDRWZRdHF3Y3hQMkwySUFFR0w5amVxU0Q5dVJuem5EY2VDSnQ4bG02UjZy&q=https%3A%2F%2Fautomaton-media.com%2Fen%2Freviews%2F20231226-25118%2F&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder Review — Greg Kasavin, GameSpot (1998)https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/einh... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rVHhNdHhqTjVfLVFzcFZlbDZFUHZKbnxBR3JiS2FsV3ZTZlgteWpEQWJoTXdMVmhCdE0wMXZUc2FqTGMyRUhBeTdJOV8tZVRpeVNsY3dyRGlFbUM5OFRCUEhXbE9zMUVSTldDZHB5SENHbXQ3T21yckduUWdKQmw5MERw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespot.com%2Freviews%2Feinhander-review%2F1900-2547418%2F&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder Review — Jay Boor, IGN (1998)https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rU2tkbUJ4d3phNVdQRkJjM3RwRlM0ZHxBR3JiS2FrS3M2RDQ4LUN2SkVnbVdZTkRacF9QM2tYek5qNVFxajRJY0pGNkdYUk1HcFNRMUFkQ1RvV2RUQ2pJT3NoRTlvWG55MGg3eHFrSjVMcHhwTl90V3NNR3hVay1XQ05p&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2F1998%2F08%2F24%2Feinhander-2&v=wnqWRmytf1k)TGS: Einhänder Steals the Show — IGN (1997)https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/09/... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rVEZFTFlDMUYxU0plR0lVLVdUNzN5NXxBR3JiS2FrRGszcTRnbkZaZUl2Wlc5Z0FJSF85VE85elRhV3ExUXlOaWZVb2xRUk82ak93bWNJM0s3Xy1sSFlnNURnRFlUak1Jc3BRS3hBenZWYm14VEV6RHNwRkhEOG9GcVhL&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2F1997%2F09%2F06%2Ftgs-einhander-steals-the-show&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Square Enix Osaka Studio History — NeoGAFhttps://www.neogaf.com/threads/square... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUktNMkpIb3k0TVpCcDRlazVZZk93OXxBR3JiS2FsTVkyQ1VWcGE0eXRlZzJhSHAzTFdLeHh1Y0ZZRlpsY29KVDBxN1Znek92cXl5Q0w3UUpiazNVeUdfOW5ZcnZOblEzSVJ0QWhtc0hhOHdCSFIycm9LSXRsd3VPckw5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neogaf.com%2Fthreads%2Fsquare-enix-osaka-the-studio-most-people-dont-know-exist.385294%2F&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Kenichiro Fukui Composer Profile — VGMOhttp://www.vgmonline.net/kenichirofukui/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rVGZNSC1vbVV5VEFja3BBTjNlZTJPWnxBR3JiS2FuY3ltYXBwWVpac3BxcXRjc3A0bXJtR05IYVFtdzIxNklPanVqUTRXN1pXNGVsNE54QVdWWW5YUW1JRG1fLUZvR0NEUnZNcjdCOXIzbk9MM1lMNlZjVFF0NEVodU5k&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vgmonline.net%2Fkenichirofukui%2F&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder Original Soundtrack Review — Soundtrack Centralhttps://soundtrackcentral.com/einhand... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUTFlMUhHd2x0V0phX2daQTBaTE45QnxBR3JiS2FteTlEX0RIRzhucGdoel9Bd2lNMEVXS3I1bVlPTnhXdXVkclZWM2hUcmJFYXBZZkotMnBCb0RPWV9RVmV5b3RuMFhYYmg3cHNNaVBZblpRUkFmQnJSRzNjTElwREZI&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundtrackcentral.com%2Feinhander-original-soundtrack%2Fst81&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder OST Review — VGMOhttp://www.vgmonline.net/einhander/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUzMxNlZpUlplUEJoWGh0QWhfOFFaVXxBR3JiS2FrY2x5a08zYVYzbHJRYWZZWGJ6TGhueTRaV1ZYd253dGRNVlE3WjBGTWplX1VNZnRxYWxKSkl2bnc3eEZrTnU5c3RJRG50MUpTd0FTME9UeHdQWFdnWkxuN3FfQlFz&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vgmonline.net%2Feinhander%2F&v=wnqWRmytf1k)ROM HACKS & PRESERVATIONEinhänder Soundtrack in FLAC — Internet Archivehttps://archive.org/details/einhander... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUmRnSkFpUTVVSzdzdC1WRmQ4RU9JTHxBR3JiS2FrRkZQRFFrczlIOV8xWndTTk9sNnp0VXVuY3o2X19JQ1pIN09VRlVqMDc2M3c2eDktVDlBcVREa3FEOUdCLWVkZ2piOVRKRWM3bEpVV3JVV3ItWm5SN01LVjBwNTYx&q=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Feinhandersoundtrackflac&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder Regional Differences — The Cutting Room Floorhttps://tcrf.net/Einh%C3%A4nder (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUjJfazRIbXMxSWtmZTZjVmxYaUp4R3xBR3JiS2FubDVCR3FKNzQ2cnlmUVMwSkxYLUpCb3lBaVpGV3ZnVDQ2QlVodmRWMEc5dXV2MFREQjQ0andzR3F2bUxwc2s1VzlkZlM0b2g4M0hNTktRLVpLMURzQld6WGtRMTFD&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftcrf.net%2FEinh%25C3%25A4nder&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder Plot Analysis FAQ — MMitchell, GameFAQshttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/1972... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUkFQOVJ4cnBta0VTMEk2OGhzNmdkMHxBR3JiS2FrdU5FWXJKc2FrM05jQ1FDSEhKVFdlQ2JNc05Xdmk2QnJFazlTR29uZWFGeDBiV1RfMnVQWTd0RFdiR2JKYjYxTTYzMmtkUFVBV0ZYVGxzeFltY1QzSy1ONFk2dFRV&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgamefaqs.gamespot.com%2Fps%2F197217-einhander%2Ffaqs%2F18750&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Einhänder FAQ — Zach Keene, GameFAQshttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/1972... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rU3pfU0pQc1BOSEVUUm5aRDB6Y3RfcHxBR3JiS2Fsa0w2VFF6dUN2dUpBazBxOXQxNTdVSlFwcXJaeWpHQkRzQmZNejBWcU93cjhlZ1U4RVRKN01ic1lRUHlVVWU3M1RiMTltZVZLVDBraHJDVUVNU2NDMzN0U0dGMmVD&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgamefaqs.gamespot.com%2Fps%2F197217-einhander%2Ffaqs%2F3840&v=wnqWRmytf1k)FAN PROJECTSMetal Crisis — An Indie Einhänder Homage Currently in Developmenthttps://www.timeextension.com/news/20... 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(https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUjRyUzAwNWtWbThOSHJrY1BsMXdCWHxBR3JiS2FsYm1mTnhSeE5IdWpjTTVsZE9VM3p3Nm5TQjdwMDdrejJMa3lwUmNvYU96VTNfU1BFM0pDVVRyNTR6bFFkYnNRMjY1MjFiR1hyTGJWeXpqYVRPeHU1eWV2Q1hpeURu&q=https%3A%2F%2Fshmups.system11.org%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D18269&v=wnqWRmytf1k)Kingdom Hearts III Einhänder Easter Egg Discussion — ResetErahttps://www.resetera.com/threads/kh3-... 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2. 

   3 Jul 2026

   Bloat is Optional & Pragmata Proves it

   Pragmata might be the most disciplined AAA game I've played in years: one combat verb, ten to fifteen hours, no padding, no open-world bloat. I think that narrowness is the whole point — it's the reason a quiet, almost wordless ending hits as hard as it does. Capcom spent six years making this game smaller instead of bigger, and this is my case for why that restraint is exactly what I want more of AAA to be.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CHAPTERS00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM) Intro01:28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=88s) Disclaimer03:22 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=202s) Part One — Capcom's Quiet Revolution05:42 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=342s) Part Two — The Director You Haven't Heard Of08:39 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=519s) Part Three — NASA Punk13:07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=787s) Part Four — A Strand of Hair17:50 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=1070s) Part Five — One Loop, Done Right22:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=1320s) Part Six — Diana, and the Game Underneath27:42 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=1662s) Part Seven — The Sacrifice32:10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=1930s) Part Eight — What Discipline Costs35:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJXhVTaOqM&t=2146s) Close━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SOURCESOFFICIAL / PRIMARY SOURCESPRAGMATA on SteamSource: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/33... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1ZxaldqeE5RRklUbk5OOEVzbFlfMW1Dd05HZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttTG90TUdINi05dzVwYVh3UmZSUG9DZXZiUFdtTjliTW43enB3YzNCMTUzTXY2aU1vOEY0OWlPUG9vVEJBSHc3RjlycUtrV0NyQVZ4NFQwOTAwSzBUOHlfUHdpNUhSSjdNY1U1VTM0c1lFTlVIQW1yTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fstore.steampowered.com%2Fapp%2F3357650%2FPRAGMATA%2F&v=aMJXhVTaOqM)Pragmata interview: combat, hacking, resource management, and moreSource: PlayStation.BlogLink: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEQ4LURTM0hJZlZTOUx2ZVZoN2NHZHllcXdXZ3xBQ3Jtc0trOUQ0VXB0MFlwZnFfLV9CMHV3RC1tT0tlTFE0NlZ3RXdUM3RhcVlXN3JNWGZmOFAtUnJiZ256LUtHLXJ5d2xWSnFUUEdlVW9qbUF1a2VZM2lJZ3drN083eHM1bUlwR3NzYWhqMzRSek1WeG5tajJiQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.playstation.com%2F2026%2F03%2F19%2Fpragmata-interview-combat-hacking-resource-management-and-more%2F&v=aMJXhVTaOqM)Capcom's All-new IP PRAGMATA to Launch on April 24, 2026Source: BusinessWireLink: https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbThrS0dEUlZXakM1OGVfTUtfUXkzOVdHM3A2Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttV0JNa0EzMWJkTjVFOE9MVjI4SlN2TjNZRDNHTWtLSDgxVUJHV1pvRlBBeUxZT1E3M0hBYzR3LUZoOG5XeUlYV2tJRF9WaVVIWmtGYnRpNjNnT3JZaWM2NTFfcUt1cTVnYjEyVlYxUHJHSUI4cUh5VQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businesswire.com%2Fnews%2Fhome%2F20251212791950%2Fen%2F&v=aMJXhVTaOqM)DEVELOPER INTERVIEWS / PRODUCTION HISTORYWhy Pragmata disappeared for 6 years, and how Capcom built a new IPSource: GamesRadar+Link: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/acti... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVFibXZXV3BkSmY2aDdhbC1ya2xxQ21PN3JFUXxBQ3Jtc0trZHhSdG04THp2bTdKSENhR3p0U0k1LVlnOHBmbE1LQVQwM3o4eURNQmJlT1JwVjRSTndWYzNBeDAwUmstRFJPZHN1MFMycVNzSk5oOGkyRnlnUEM3dmlYRmN0MVlqY0JzbUF0ZzZBZFFCMEVvLXMzYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamesradar.com%2Fgames%2Faction%2Fwhy-pragmata-disappeared-for-6-years-and-how-capcom-built-a-new-ip-while-the-games-industry-imploded%2F&v=aMJXhVTaOqM)"There Was So Much Trial And Error" — Pragmata Director Reveals The Reason For The Game's Indefinite DelaySource: TheGamerLink: https://www.thegamer.com/pragmata-dir... 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   27 May 2026

   The Most Final Fantasy Final Fantasy

   Final Fantasy 16 is divisive, and I think it's also the most aggressively Final Fantasy Final Fantasy ever made. The Clive and Ultima story is Creative Business Unit III interrogating the franchise's own identity, out loud. I paired this argument with over a terabyte of custom footage I captured myself using free cam tools at the highest graphics settings — angles and moments you won't find anywhere else on the internet.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CHAPTERS00:00 Intro02:06 Disclaimer03:39 Part 1 — A Brief History05:29 Part 2 — The Argument — Mythos and Logos08:35 Part 3 — Devil May Clive12:48 Part 4 — The Connection to Vagrant Story15:41 Part 5 — Eikons Are Emotional Architecture19:30 Part 6 — Accept the Truth22:48 Part 7 — The Brother25:29 Part 8 — I, Ultima, Am the Fandom28:38 Part 9 — The Book Is Final Fantasy━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━RESOURCES & LINKS// DEVELOPER INTERVIEWS //Naoki Yoshida sheds new light on Final Fantasy XVI — PlayStation.Blog — https://blog.playstation.com/2022/06/21/interview-naoki-yoshida-sheds-new-light-on-final-fantasy-xvi/How To Build A New Final Fantasy — Game Informer — https://gameinformer.com/exclusive-feature/2023/06/06/how-to-build-a-new-final-fantasyMaehiro on worldbuilding and viewpoints — PlayStation.Blog — https://blog.playstation.com/2022/11/04/final-fantasy-xvi-interview-worldbuildingWho is FF16 Creative Director Kazutoyo Maehiro — RPG Site — https://rpgsite.net/feature/13134-who-is-final-fantasy-xvi-creative-director-kazutoyo-maehiro-developer-profileDevil May Cry Designer Crafts Magnum Opus with FF16 — Push Square — https://pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/devil-may-cry-designer-crafts-magnum-opus-with-final-fantasy-16Don't Worry, FF16 Is Inspired By Good Seasons Of Game Of Thrones — Game Informer — https://gameinformer.com/exclusive-feature/2023/05/24/final-fantasy-16-dont-worryA discussion with Ben Starr and Ralph Ineson — RPG Site — https://rpgsite.net/interview/14419-a-discussion-with-ben-starr-and-ralph-ineson// MODERN RETROSPECTIVES //Un-Tradition: On Final Fantasy's Identity and Reinvention — RPGFan — https://rpgfan.com/feature/un-tradition-on-final-fantasys-identity-and-reinvention/Final Fantasy's Greatest Strength Has Always Been Familiarity — The Escapist — https://escapistmagazine.com/final-fantasy-strength-familiarity-not-reinvention-myth/Does Final Fantasy 16 Even Know Why It's Copying Game of Thrones? — GamesRadar — https://gamesradar.com/does-final-fantasy-16-even-know-why-its-copying-game-of-thrones/Final Fantasy XVI and the Sins of Individualism — SUPERJUMP — https://superjumpmagazine.com/final-fantasy-xvi-and-the-sins-of-individualism/FF16 Is Two Years Old — How Do You Feel About It Now — ResetEra — https://resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-xvi-is-officially-2-years-old-as-of-today// REVIEWS //Final Fantasy 16 Review - On Its Own Terms — GameSpot — https://gamespot.com/reviews/final-fantasy-16-review-on-its-own-terms/1900-6418081/Final Fantasy XVI Review — Eurogamer (3/5)Final Fantasy XVI: The Kotaku Review — Kotaku — https://kotaku.com/review-final-fantasy-16-ffxvi-ps5-rpg-release-date-1850558485Polygon Final Fantasy 16 Review// POST-2025 CONTEXT //Yoshi-P Answers The Final Fantasy 17 Question — ScreenRant — https://screenrant.com/yoshi-p-final-fantasy-17-turn-based-action/Success of Clair Obscur Might Push Final Fantasy Back To Turn-Based — Vice — https://vice.com/en/article/success-of-clair-obscur-expedition-33-might-push-final-fantasy-back-to-turn-based-combat━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━SUPPORT THE CHANNELPatreon — https://www.patreon.com/c/gaming_memoriesDiscord — https://discord.gg/yjM2j6wWEverything else — https://linktr.ee/gamingmemoriesBusiness inquiries — gamingmemories311@gmail.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This started as a passion project. It still is.#finalfantasy16 #ffxvi #videoessay #jrpg #gamingmemories

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