The SEGA Lounge

This week, I'm joined on the Lounge by the amazing Tom Campbell. Radio presenter, part of the Cultaholic Wrestling website and YouTube channel and, most importantly I'd say, Sonic the Hedgehog fan. As you probably know, everyone's favorite blue hedgehog is turning 30 next year and Tom decided a good way to celebrate that was to put together an audio documentary about the games, the cartoons, the comic books and the fans that make the blue blur such a beloved character. This has been one of the best times I ever had recording an interview and that's saying a lot so I do hope you enjoy getting to know the legend that is Tom Campbell. Reach out to Tom using the many links available here: https://linktr.ee/TomCampbell Check out "A History of Sonic the Hedgehog" at http://sonicpodcast.com/ This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, I'm thrilled to be joined by Scott Strichart, localization producer of the Yakuza series at SEGA of America. If you listened to our bonus summer episodes, you may remember a talk I had with Scott back in 2018 on another show, which you should definitely go listen to if you want even more detail into his video game experiences. This time, however, it was great to have him on for the full Lounge experience. Listen as he discusses working closely with RGG Studio and the process behind localizing Yakuza: Like a Dragon and much more. We'll also find out if he is indeed worthy of his Twitter bio title of "Patriarch of the Yakuza Localization Family" in another challenge that is not for the faint of heart. Follow Scott on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TriggerRedd Check out RadioSEGA's WinterFest 2020 schedule: http://radiose.ga/winterfest2020 This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, I’m joined on The SEGA Lounge by Riku Rose, chairman of The Tojo Dojo, a recent but great resource for all your Yakuza and Shenmue needs. Created earlier this year, it’s grown in support on social media and has been sharing memes and news related to, mostly, the Yakuza franchise. It was really nice to get to know Riku Rose and put his love for SEGA to the test in another hard as nails challenge. Visit The Tojo Dojo: https://tojodojo.com/ Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetojodojo Like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetojodojo/ Check out their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetojodojo/ This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, I'm incredibly honored to be joined by the current co-owners of Shenmue Dojo, the most prominent online resource for Shenmue news, info and more, and also the most active community. The Dojo turned 20 years old earlier this month, which is in and of itself an achievement, but when you add to that the importance of its community (and others, of course) to the evolution of the Shenmue series, it's an even bigger deal. I've had the pleasure of sitting down with James Brown, aka SkillJim, and Matt Oliver, and what follows is a longer than usual episode of The SEGA Lounge, but also one that was certainly a pleasure to record as it's not very often that I get to have fellow Shenmue enthusiasts on the show. They also address the ongoing, yet already funded, Kickstarter project for Shenmue World, a fanmade magazine focused on Shenmue. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed recording it. Shenmue Dojo: https://shenmuedojo.com/ Shenmue Dojo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shenmue_Dojo Shenmue Dojo YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShenmueDojoVOD Shenmue World Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skilljim/shenmue-world-unofficial-fan-magazine Submissions thread in the Shenmue Dojo forums: https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/index.php?threads/artwork-submissions-for-future-issues.3304/ Suka Pass: https://www.sukapass.com/ James' Twitter: https://twitter.com/skilljim James' YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/theskilljim Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattOliver18 This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, I'm joined by Jord Odell, E-commerce and Social Media Manager at SEGA Shop Europe, which includes both the UK and European storefronts. Jord is the marketing wizard that connects the fans and Numskull, the people running the shop. She kindly agreed to have a chat with me about her career and her love for video games and was also kind enough to let me put her through another brutal edition of The SEGA Lounge Challenge. SEGA Shop Europe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SegaShopEurope SEGA Shop Europe: https://www.segashop.eu/ SEGA Shop UK: https://www.segashop.co.uk/ This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

In the distant year of 2013, I had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Davies, a programmer, SEGA fan, and the creator of RetroAchievements, a project that intended to add achievements to old games. This week, I'm joined on The SEGA Lounge by Meleu, a staffer over at RetroAchievements. We talk about the site's inception, Meleu's work with the RA community and what's in store for the future. Do you love collecting trophies or achievements in modern games? Ever wished you could get achievements in your favorite retro games? Keep listening to find out how you can make that happen thanks to RetroAchievements. Check out the RetroAchievements website: http://retroachievements.org/ RA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RetroCheevos RANews: https://news.retroachievements.org/ This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, I'm proud to be joined on The SEGA Lounge by three members of the Victory Heat Rally team. If you're not aware of it, Victory Heat Rally is an upcoming retro-style, super scaler, arcade racing game, that is heavily inspired by classic SEGA arcade racers and is currently looking for funding on Kickstarter. I sat down with Ian and Aidan from Skydevilpalm and our old friend RoBKTA, one of the soundtrack composers, to discuss the project. And we also play a musical game. I hope you'll give it a shot as well while you're listening. Support VHR on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skydevilpalm/victory-heat-rally Follow VHR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VHRgame Follow Ian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixeldewd Follow Aidan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreampathos Follow RoBKTA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoB_KTA This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week's episode is focused on another big Sonic community event: the Sonic Hacking Contest 2020, taking place between Monday, October 26th and Sunday, November 1st. Spanner of the SHC team joins me on the show this week to discuss the history of the event and what we can expect from both the Contest and Expo sides of it this year. If you're into playing Sonic hacks and mods, keep listening. Enter our giveaway of two codes for ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove on Steam here: https://gleam.io/XsDK1/the-sega-lounge-toejam-earl-back-in-the-groove-giveaway Entries close on October 28th, 2020 at 11:59pm GMT. Sonic Hacking Contest: https://sonichacking.org/ SHC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shcontest Support the Kickstarter for ToeJam & Earl's Funky Fresh Foods of Funkotron Cookbook: bit.ly/FunkyCookbook This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week's guest is the amazing Bex Trista, aka TristaBytes. Presenter, interviewer, gamer, voice actor... You name it, she can probably do it. Trista hails from the UK and is well-known for her YouTube and more recently Twitch channels and she is a very entertaining person. Whenever you drop by her Twitch streams you'll be greeted with tea, biscuits and stickers and she's a delight to watch as she covers everything gaming, comic book, movie and TV related. And much more. Listen to this episode to find out more about her journey and see how she fares against one of the most brutal SEGA Lounge Challenges to date. TristaBytes on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/TristaBytes TristaBytes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TristaBytes TristaBytes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TristaBytes This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

My guest this week is Casey Corrigan, editor of the upcoming "ToeJam & Earl's Funky Fresh Foods of Funkotron Cookbook". It's currently being funded through Kickstarter and it's exactly what it sounds like: a book filled with recipes inspired by the ToeJam & Earl series of video games. How did this happen and what is it all about, you ask? Find out by listening to my chat with the awesome Casey. Be warned: this week's challenge is a culinary one... in a way. Check out the Kickstarter project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funkyfreshfoods/toejam-and-earls-funky-fresh-foods-of-funkotron-cookbook Follow the official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/FunkyFreshBook Purchase Mother's Cookbook: https://www.fangamer.com/products/mothers-cookbook Purchase Legend's Cookbook: https://theyetee.com/products/the-legends-cookbook or https://www.amazon.com/Legends-Cookbook-Peter-Abreu-ebook/dp/B084ZXH1BR This episode is sponsored by Podpage: thesegalounge.com/podpage Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week's guest is Mikael Tillander, the Swedish developer behind a fairly recent Mega Drive game called Tänzer. It's a blend of different genres, the most notable ones being platformer, hack 'n' slash and shoot-em-up. A fast-paced action game with an amazing soundtrack that you can get for your Mega Drive or Genesis in physical format. I talk to Mikael about his hobby as a video game developer, his newfound love for the SEGA Mega Drive and what to expect from him in the future. Check it out. Buy Tänzer here: https://megacatstudios.com/collections/genesis/products/tanzer-sega-genesis Follow Mikael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mix256 If you're curious about the game and want to know how it plays and sounds, I'll be doing a Lounge follow-up Twitch stream on my channel on Wednesday, October 7th from 9PM UK time. I'll be playing through the game, or trying at least. I'll probably be dying a lot so you will be able to at least laugh at my lack of skills. As I mentioned last week, September 30th was International Podcast Day. We celebrated it early in a way with the amazing SEGAGUYS from The SEGAGUYS RetroPod, but I'd be remiss if I didn't give a shout out to other amazing podcasts out there: The Saturn Junkyard's Titancast Arcade Perfect Podcast Dreamcast Years The SEGAGUYS RetroPod Longplay The fine folks at Feedspot included The SEGA Lounge in their Top 10 SEGA Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020 list. Not only that, but we are number one on that list. Thank you very much, Feedspot, for naming The SEGA Lounge the number one podcast you must follow this year! Of course, none of this would be possible without you guys, the listeners and I have to say your support for the current season of the show has been tremendous and humbling. Thank you very much! Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

Celebrating International Podcast Day in advance, this week's guests are James and Dan, aka The SEGAGUYS, a couple of veteran SEGA fans who host The SEGAGUYS RetroPod. I had a great time recording this interview and learning about the guys' love for SEGA and how they got together to start the podcast. I also learned a lot about how playing Sega Rally can be a meditative experience. Listen to the episode if you want to know more about this awesome SEGA podcast. Check out The SEGAGUYS RetroPod: https://segaguys.podbean.com/ Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/segaguys Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swooper_d Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSegaHolic Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week's guests are two members of the team behind Dormiveglia, one of my favorite games of this year's Sonic Amateur Games Expo. Dormiveglia is a 2D Metroidvania style game starring Quinn, the young whip-wielding hero of Spring Plaza. After their village is ransacked by the mysterious Somnia, Quinn quickly sets out to chase after her. Since the game is currently on Kickstarter trying to get funding for its completion, Darkonius Mavakar and Awesome3475 are here to tell us more about the origins and future of this project. Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dormiveglia/dormiveglia Download the demo: https://darkonius-mavakar.itch.io/dormiveglia-2020-sage-demo Follow the project on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DormivegliaGame Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

My guest this week is a fellow Portuguese who's been working at SEGA of Europe for six years now and is currently a Senior Designer. She is also a Twitch streamer in her spare time, and a very entertaining one at that. We talk about her gaming experience, how she got a job "making pretty pictures for the interwebs", and a stupidly hard SEGA Lounge Challenge gives Marta a run for her money... or is it the other way around? Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Marta, Marta Camilo. Marta's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/thisismartaaa Marta's Twitter: https://twitter.com/myunie Marta's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myunie/ Marta's Discord channel: https://discord.gg/3RQUADb This past week, I've used my personal Twitch account (twitch.tv/kc_radioman) to showcase some of the indie titles being presented at this year's SAGE. In case you missed them, here are the VODs: SAGE Stream #1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/734390666 SAGE Stream #2: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/736271583 Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

The SEGA Lounge has officially reopened for business. This week, and it's a Lounge tradition already, we're covering SAGE, the Sonic Amateur Games Expo 2020. It's a special one, not only for the sheer amount of fan games and indie games that will be showcased, but also because it's the event's 20th anniversary. So you can definitely expect it to be bigger and better than ever. SAGE 2020 takes place from September 5th to September 12th, and it's a pleasure to have Carson, aka Neo Hazard, on the show to discuss it. Stick around for some interesting points regarding what makes this year's event so unique, what Carson thinks of the evolution of SAGE throughout the years and a crazy challenge, as always. Check out SAGE 2020 when it goes live: https://www.sonicfangameshq.com/SAGE/ Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, we're going back in time to May 2018 and re-airing an interview with Michael Corker, former editor of Sonic the Comic Online. The comic was celebrating 25 years of existence at the time and Michael went on RadioSEGA's The Manic Monday Show to talk about the original physical comic, the online version that came after it, and more. Check out Sonic the Comic Online: http://www.stconline.co.uk/ Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com/album/megane-hatsune-miku-project-diva. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

It's time to go into the vault and bring out another not-so-new chat. Back in April 2018, I had the chance to talk to Scott Strichart, localization producer of the Yakuza series. At the time, I divided the interview into two parts, with one of them airing in April, close to the release of Yakuza 6, and the second one airing in May. The latter focused more on Yakuza Kiwami 2, which would be released later that year. The two parts of the interview were compiled into one and now you get the chance to either listen to it for the first time or, if you're a RadioSEGA listener, relive it. Follow Scott on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TriggerRedd Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week I'm bringing back an interview first aired on RadioSEGA's The Manic Monday Show on the 26th of February 2018. The person I interviewed is Steve, aka OSC. He is a long time collaborator of mine doing music for RadioSEGA shows as well as being the director of one of the station's remix albums. He was also kind enough to do the amazing remix that serves as the theme song for the current season of The SEGA Lounge and to allow me to use some bits of his works throughout different parts of the episodes. OSC's website: https://www.opussciencecollective.com/ OSC's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpusScience OSC's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/opusscience/ Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

Hello! I hope you’re all safe and as happy as possible these days. As you know, The SEGA Lounge is currently on break for the whole month of August. But I wanted to bring you some bonus content during the month so starting this week you’ll be able to listen to some short interviews I did back in 2018 as part of "The Manic Lounge" segment of The Manic Monday Show on RadioSEGA. This week, we have a legendary vgm composer, the marvelous Matt Furniss, known for many iconic game soundtracks, including The Terminator, Alien 3, The Lost Vikings and many more on SEGA systems. Enjoy the interview and come back next week for another bite-sized chat. Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mfurniss Check out his Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/matt-furniss And his music Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/furnissmusic Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman

This week, I finally get to talk with a living legend of the Sonic and SEGA community. For some reason, it took me a long time to ask him to come on the show. Silly KC... Lewis Clark, aka Sonic Yoda, is the webmaster of SEGADriven.com and SonicYoda.org before it, our guest is an old school SEGA fan, a musician, a former RadioSEGA show host and more. His website and YouTube channel are personal favorites of mine. Check out SEGADriven: https://www.segadriven.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/segadriven Twitter: https://twitter.com/segadriven Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/segadriven Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/segadriven Remember you can still back the Dreamcast: Year Two project on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dreamcastyearone/dreamcast-year-two-unofficial-book Theme song of The SEGA Lounge by OSC. You can buy it at 'name your price' by going to https://opussciencecollective.bandcamp.com. Follow The SEGA Lounge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesegalounge Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesegalounge Check out our website at https://www.thesegalounge.com Find KC on social media: https://streamerlinks.com/kcradioman