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I've always wanted The Stand to be adapted into a RPG. King himself described the book as his version of The Lord of the Rings saga. It would be a good fit for a Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest-style game. You'd follow the sagas of Stu/Fran, Nick/Tom/Ralph, and Larry in Part One, Part Two would be set in Boulder, and Part 3 would be the final big confrontation with Flagg. There are so many characters that could act as enemies and bosses. You could probably do a Final Fantasy VI setup with this book. The Eyes of the Dragon, which also features Flagg, might be a good RPG except that the protagonist spends most of the book locked up in a tower, weaving an escape rope out of cloth napkins.

On a side note, my other favorite author, Douglas Adams, was actually adapted into a computer game. There was a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure made by Infocom. It loosely followed the plot of the first book up until the landing on Magrathea.

I remember that Game Informer had the idea of adapting Old Yeller as a first-person shooter in one of its April Fools' issues.

Cage Match:

You know how you said I know a lot about video games? Well that's true, but you managed to find a couple of holes in my knowledge with this one. I've never played either of these games. I did hear of Loaded in the pre-FF7 PS1 days, and I only have the fuzziest recollection of Crusader: No Remorse. I'm going to go with Crusader because it was made by Origin Systems. 

Garriott got the Lord British nickname from the University of Oklahoma, of all places. He didn't have an accent, he just said "Hello" instead of "Hi." He was born in Cambridge, England. His dad is Owen Garriott, an astronaut originally from Enid, OK. i understand he used to open his Austin home up as a haunted house in the 90s. I wish I could have gone.

Distant Worlds is still going on. In fact, they're doing a concert in Phoenix in March highlighting FF7R. Uematsu doesn't attend much, he's been having health issues. I got to meet him at Distant Worlds in Omaha in 2013. He autographed my FF9 cover art. It also happened to be his birthday.

And I rather like these music episodes. I know they take a lot of time and effort to put together though.

You are a natural at this podcasting thing. You have a good voice for podcasting.

Every once in awhile I will try video using free programs. I don't have much experience editing video. Writing is my forte. I have a face for radio and a voice for a newspaper.

Seriously, though, it's cool that you and your brother have a podcast going. Kind of interesting to hear what you sound like after reading your stuff and about your brother. You ought to see if the gents here at Pixlbit. might give your podcast a little promo.

So is there a podcast about all the pornographic games Justin mentioned?

My stage select and cage match entries are in the previous episode's comments.

It's funny, Midway/Atari stuff keeps getting passed around from owner and owner and still somehow keeps ending up back in the possession of Warner Media, which owned Atari during the 2600 days.

I wish there was a way to play Midway arcade classics on more modern hardware. In this generation we can play almost every Japanese arcade game out there. Even Nintendo's arcade games are now available. But the arcade classics owned by one of the largest American media conglomerates in the world are nowhere to be found. At least Balloon Fight fills the Joust void pretty nicely.

I have an idea for a cage match. Quest 64 keeps crawlimg out of the grave and getting pummeled. Meanwhile, the champion decides to take on its biggest competitot in a rematch of the ages. The battle of two champions: Final Fantasy VII versus Ocarina of Time!