This Week on Post Games:

Act 1: Everything You Need to Know about Bond

Act 2: Why Bond Games and Movies Have Become So Tough to Make

Patreon Bonus: A History of Bond Games in Five Titles

Act 3: 007 First Light’s Narrative Director on Creating a New Bond

Guests:

Matt Gourley: co-host of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, James Bondings, With Gourley & Rust, and many other great podcasts

Martin Emborg: Narrative and Cinematic Director, 007 First Light

Act 1: Everything You Should Know about James Bond

James Bonding (Apple Podcasts)

Matt Gourley Tests Conan & Sona's James Bond Knowledge | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend (Team Coco on YouTube)

List of James Bond novels and short stories (Wiki)

Octopussy (JustWatch)

Bond, James Bond Ranked (James Bonding)

James Bond 007 | EVERY "BOND, JAMES BOND" (YouTube)

The Man with the Golden Gun (1/10) Movie CLIP - Meeting Andrea (1974) HD (Movieclips on YouTube)

JFK loved James Bond: How Ian Fleming’s spy novels influenced the CIA (Slate)

Tomorrow Never Dies (JustWatch)

Act 2: Why Bond Games and Movies Have Become So Tough to Make

Women want to be with him, men want to be him – and other phrases (James Bond Memes)

Covid: James Bond film No Time To Die delayed for third time (BBC)

Amazon Paid $20 Million for Control of James Bond, But There’s Fine Print That Isn’t Public (The Hollywood Reporter)

James Bond Auditions Have Officially Started, ‘Game of Thrones’ Casting Vet Nina Gold Tapped to Find Next 007 (Variety)

James Bond Auditions Are Officially Underway, and These Actors May Be at the Top of the List (Vanity Fair)

Callum Turner Goes Silent When Asked About James Bond (Vanity Fair)

Layer Cake (Letterboxd)

Remington Steele (IMDB)

Eon Productions (Wiki)

Young Bond (Wiki)

Denis Villeneuve (IMDB)

James Bond Jr (Full Episodes) (YouTube)

Eton College (Wiki)

r/JamesBond (Reddit)

The Spy Who Loved Me (C64 Longplay) (YouTube)

Sega Master System (Fandom)

Why were Sega Master System games made with a cheap cover? (Reddit)

Quantum of Solace review (Eurogamer)

James Bond 007: Blood Stone Review (GameSpot)

James Bond 007 (Game Boy) Review (Nintendo Life)

007 First Light Title Sequence – Lana Del Rey (IO Interactive on YouTube)

The Man with the Golden Gun Opening Title Sequence (YouTube)

Patreon Bonus: A History of Bond Games in Five Titles

Shaken But Not Stirred (Wiki)

GoldenEye 007 (GameSpot)

James Bond 007 for Game Boy (IGN)

007 Legends (IGN)

GoldenEye 007 on Switch (NME)

Act 3: 007 First Light’s Narrative Director on Creating a New Bond

007 First Light (Steam)

JAMES BOND | Casino Royale "Daniel Craig" Screen Test (YouTube) 

Patrick Gibson (IMDB)

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Wiki)

Solo: A Star Wars Story - How Han Got His Name (YouTube)

What's Bonds body count? (r/JamesBond)

Michael G. Wilson (James Bond Wiki)

Licence to Kill Longplay (C64) [50 FPS] (YouTube)

This Week in Video Game Links

Mina the Hollower's creators put "Game Genie cheats" in their Zelda Soulslike mashup (Mothership)

Mixed Up Tapes (Innerspiral)

Why Video Games Cost So Much To Make (Jason Schreier)

007 First Light In-Depth: The Big Digital Foundry Tech Review (Digital Foundry)

Extreme Strong Female Characters and the Transfem Gender Callus (NEET Ozma)

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 - Official Reveal Trailer (YouTube)

Free Game of the Week: Normal Golf Game demo

From its Steam summary: "Hazy memories. A $100,000 fee. No sign of an exit. Welcome to my Normal Golf Game. Well, the demo of it at least. This demo is the first 30 minutes(ish) of the full game. You only have access to the small area around the clubhouse, while in the full game, you eventually unlock access to a full 9-hole golf course." (Steam via PCGamer)

What Else I’m Enjoying

Robert De Niro’s Closet Picks (Criterion)

The bubble is getting a lot bubblier, folks (Garbage Day)

Obsession (Letterboxd)

The Shout (Letterboxd)

Song of the Week: “The Man with the Golden Gun”

The audio isn't included in the show for copyright reasons, but you can read the full lyrics on Genius.