Nintendo Gets the History Book It Deserves (Keza MacDonald) (Patreon)

This week on Post Games:

Act 1: How Nintendo Became a Game Company

Act 2: Nintendo’s Present

Patreon Bonus: The Future of Nintendo After Its Icons Depart

Act 3: News of the Week

Guest: Keza MacDonald, journalist and author of Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play

Closing Song:  "Oubliette: from Ratcheteer DX (Matthew Grim)

Act 1: How Nintendo Became a Game Company

Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald (Linktree)

Hiroshi Yamauchi - The Man Who Made Nintendo (Nintendo Life)

How Gunpei Yokoi Reinvented Nintendo (Vice)

Space Invaders (The Strong Museum)

The forgotten history of Donkey Kong (Post Games)

Gunpei Yokoi's Life Story: The Man Who Made Nintendo (Did You Know Gaming)

Act 2: Nintendo’s Present

Nintendo’s design guru Shigeru Miyamoto: ‘I wanted to make something weird’ (The Guardian)

11 Memorable Satoru Iwata Quotes (IGN)

Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World (New Yorker)

The Impact of Iwata - Hardcover Book (Nintendoforce Magazine)

Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO (Simon & Schuster)

Shigesata Itoi (Wiki)

Super Nintendo World is sensory overload (The Verge)

List of video games featuring Mario (Wiki)

Patreon Bonus: The Future of Nintendo

The genius behind Zelda is at the peak of his power — and feeling his age (Washington Post)

Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games (YouTube)

Walking Tour of Nintendo Global Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan (Kit & Krysta)

Nintendo’s shiny new museum needs more dirt (The Verge)

Act 3: News of the Week

Ubisoft Shake-Up: Layoffs, Studio Closures Begin in Major Reorg; Six Games Canceled, Including ‘Prince of Persia’ Remake (Variety)

Interview: As Arc Raiders surges, Nexon CEO eyes the west (and is dreaming of gaming's "third wave") (Game File)

EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55 Billion (EA)

This Week in Video Game Links

‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam (The Guardian)

MIO: Memories In Orbit Review – GOTY In January? (TheIndieFormer)

MIO: Memories in Orbit nails the art of the Metroidvania (Polygon)

PATHOLOGIC 3 REVIEW: A marvelous, grim, often comedic time-travel mystery hybrid. (PCGamer)

A Game Doesn't Need To Be ‘By And For Fans’ (Aftermath)

Free Game of the Week: Ratcheteer DX Demo

From the Steam summary: "Explore the interconnected caverns below the frozen surface and a vast Snowcean above as you set out to rescue friend, foe, and stranger alike in this lo-fi action-adventure!"

Song of the Week: "Oubliette" from Ratcheteer DX

Music by Matthew Grim.

What Else I’m Enjoying

Korean Competition shows on Netflix are PEAK TV (Kofie)

‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: Machine Yearning (NYTimes)

Capitalism: A Global History by Sven Beckert (Penguin Random House)

Learn to Reparent Yourself With Internal Family Systems (I'm Happy You're Here)