State of the Arc Podcast

We discuss character building--in particular what makes a 3-dimensional character and whether it is important to ALWAYS make your main character 3-dimensional. Is there ever a time when making your main character 2-dimensional is the right choice? Time Codes: 1. Playstation Skipping E3 2019 (1:16) 2. Devil May Cry Animated Series Coming To Netflix (10:25) 3. George R.R. Martin Explains Why Winds Of Winter Isn't Finished Yet (14:00) 4. What Is A Multi-Dimensional Character? (18:32) 5. Community Stories (1:02:11)

We discuss the abundance of amnesia as a plot device in Asian media, and what makes good dialogue--in particular why dialogue in anime and JRPGs is often considered so 'cringey' to western ears. Timecodes: 1. Smash Ultimate Nintendo Direct (3:00) 2. End of the road for game consoles? (10:15) 3. MediEvil Remake (14:30) 4. FFXV 2nd Anniversary Debacle (18:41) 5. PS Classic Using Open Source Emulator (30:58) 6. Castlevania Getting 3rd Season (32:00) 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (33:47) 8. Amnesia in Asian media (36:38) 9. What makes good dialogue (1:07:45) 10. Community stories (2:22:48)

Just some updates on the podcast. We've moved our hosting over to soundcloud and I'm trying to get all of our podcast apps updated with the new RSS. Some of them require that we have at least one upload so this is it!