The Character Issues Podcast
@characterissues.bsky.social
A podcast building the most definitive list of the best video game characters of all time. Hosted by Rich Davison, Brian Edwards, and Leah Haydu.
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Give us a follow, download our most recent episode, and get ready for a new one on Monday. We are so excited and we hope you enjoy the show!
Give us a follow, download our most recent episode, and get ready for a new one on Monday. We are so excited and we hope you enjoy the show!
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New podcast: Castlevania Legends
Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan – along with contributors from the community – ask just why this prequel was eradicated from the canon, never to be restored.
Available now for free from the places where podcasts lurk.
Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan – along with contributors from the community – ask just why this prequel was eradicated from the canon, never to be restored.
Available now for free from the places where podcasts lurk.
Castlevania Legends - The Cane and Rinse videogame podcast
In our latest Castlevania series podcast, we land on the late OG Game Boy offering, Castlevania Legends. We ask just why this prequel was eradicated from the canon, never to be restored.
caneandrinse.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New podcast: Castlevania Legends
Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan – along with contributors from the community – ask just why this prequel was eradicated from the canon, never to be restored.
Available now for free from the places where podcasts lurk.
Leon, Brian, Leah and Ryan – along with contributors from the community – ask just why this prequel was eradicated from the canon, never to be restored.
Available now for free from the places where podcasts lurk.
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New podcast: Kingdom Hearts II (early access)
Who says thay a boy, a duck, and a dogman cant save the world with the power of friendship? Join Brian, Chris W, Leah and Ryan as they examine Kingdom Hearts II, the legendary Square/Disney crossover.
Support our Patreon for just $2 per month.
Who says thay a boy, a duck, and a dogman cant save the world with the power of friendship? Join Brian, Chris W, Leah and Ryan as they examine Kingdom Hearts II, the legendary Square/Disney crossover.
Support our Patreon for just $2 per month.
Kingdom Hearts II - Cane and Rinse No.695 | Cane and Rinse
Get more from Cane and Rinse on Patreon
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November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New podcast: Kingdom Hearts II (early access)
Who says thay a boy, a duck, and a dogman cant save the world with the power of friendship? Join Brian, Chris W, Leah and Ryan as they examine Kingdom Hearts II, the legendary Square/Disney crossover.
Support our Patreon for just $2 per month.
Who says thay a boy, a duck, and a dogman cant save the world with the power of friendship? Join Brian, Chris W, Leah and Ryan as they examine Kingdom Hearts II, the legendary Square/Disney crossover.
Support our Patreon for just $2 per month.
Most world leaders: "we want a good economy, stable housing market, and affordable healthcare."
Our douchebag: "REMAKE PORKY'S"
Our douchebag: "REMAKE PORKY'S"
President Donald Trump wants a revival of the “raucous comedies and action movies” of the late ‘80s to late ‘90s, and has allegedly pressed the Ellisons to make a new Rush Hour movie at Paramount. https://bit.ly/3LVZZxQ
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Most world leaders: "we want a good economy, stable housing market, and affordable healthcare."
Our douchebag: "REMAKE PORKY'S"
Our douchebag: "REMAKE PORKY'S"
Our new episode is live and it features a lovely guest in @elmore.zone! We discuss the finer points of games, smut, and professional baseball. Download it now wherever you get your podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
79. Awesome foursome
Podcast Episode · The Character Issues Podcast · 11/24/2025 · 1h 39m
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our new episode is live and it features a lovely guest in @elmore.zone! We discuss the finer points of games, smut, and professional baseball. Download it now wherever you get your podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...
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#CRTWR: Spin Dash us your Three-Word Reviews of Sonic's debut 3D outing, Sonic Adventure (by 8pm GMT today Saturday)!
sonic the hedgehog is standing on a brick sidewalk near the ocean
ALT: sonic the hedgehog is standing on a brick sidewalk near the ocean
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November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#CRTWR: Spin Dash us your Three-Word Reviews of Sonic's debut 3D outing, Sonic Adventure (by 8pm GMT today Saturday)!
Facts of life, @itsleah.bsky.social and I both own that exact bread pillow.
there he is
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Facts of life, @itsleah.bsky.social and I both own that exact bread pillow.
As predicted by @jeffgerstmann.com
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's co-op Endgame mode will unlock for all players tomorrow, Friday November 21. https://bit.ly/3LHzPyO
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
As predicted by @jeffgerstmann.com
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FINALLY i got to gush about how good Heaven's Vault is somewhere other than social media! Lovely, rare treat to be back on Tales from the Backlog.
New on Tales from the Backlog- @duckvalentine.bsky.social is back to deep dive Heaven's Vault! It's a remarkable feat of storytelling, and learning the in-game language was a blast. As always, no spoilers for a while!
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/192
WATCH: youtu.be/dYsfc9wUdZ4
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/192
WATCH: youtu.be/dYsfc9wUdZ4
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
FINALLY i got to gush about how good Heaven's Vault is somewhere other than social media! Lovely, rare treat to be back on Tales from the Backlog.
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Jazzed about this one. Banger of a recording.
New podcast: Dark Cloud (early access and extended)
Dark Cloud remains a slightly odd beast. Chris Worthington, Brian Edwards and Chris O'Regan unpack it all here.
Support Cane and Rinse for just $2 (or equivalent) per month to get every new podcast four weeks early.
Dark Cloud remains a slightly odd beast. Chris Worthington, Brian Edwards and Chris O'Regan unpack it all here.
Support Cane and Rinse for just $2 (or equivalent) per month to get every new podcast four weeks early.
Dark Cloud - Cane and Rinse No.694 | Cane and Rinse
Get more from Cane and Rinse on Patreon
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November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jazzed about this one. Banger of a recording.
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It's finally coming!!
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's finally coming!!
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
Hey, if that companion in Metroid Prime 4 ends up being annoying your life is gonna be just fine. Feels like some people need to remember that. If you don't like a feature in a video game you can simply not play it. It's gonna be ok, big fella.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hey, if that companion in Metroid Prime 4 ends up being annoying your life is gonna be just fine. Feels like some people need to remember that. If you don't like a feature in a video game you can simply not play it. It's gonna be ok, big fella.
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However @caneandrinse.com and @characterissues.bsky.social
This is legitimate "Super Human Ben Cartlidge" behaviour.
Video going live soon.
This is legitimate "Super Human Ben Cartlidge" behaviour.
Video going live soon.
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
However @caneandrinse.com and @characterissues.bsky.social
This is legitimate "Super Human Ben Cartlidge" behaviour.
Video going live soon.
This is legitimate "Super Human Ben Cartlidge" behaviour.
Video going live soon.
Hey, fuck this. Call of Duty doesn't make enough money to pay banner and calling card artists? Get the fuck out of here.
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hey, fuck this. Call of Duty doesn't make enough money to pay banner and calling card artists? Get the fuck out of here.
This game is awesome. If you like NHL Hitz but never played this, give it a look.
November 15 1996, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey debuted on the N64 in the Americas!
Not only were all the skating animations done by taping Gretzky himself, being a Midway product there were originally going to be Mortal Kombat style finishers (which the NHL vetoed)...and didn't make it to retail!
Not only were all the skating animations done by taping Gretzky himself, being a Midway product there were originally going to be Mortal Kombat style finishers (which the NHL vetoed)...and didn't make it to retail!
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This game is awesome. If you like NHL Hitz but never played this, give it a look.
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#CRTWR: Grab your sea salt ice cream and Mickey ears, it's keyblade time. It's time to submit your Three-Word Reviews for Kingdom Hearts II by 8:00PM BST for potential use in today's recording.
a group of cartoon characters including donald duck and goofy are standing next to each other
ALT: a group of cartoon characters including donald duck and goofy are standing next to each other
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November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#CRTWR: Grab your sea salt ice cream and Mickey ears, it's keyblade time. It's time to submit your Three-Word Reviews for Kingdom Hearts II by 8:00PM BST for potential use in today's recording.
BB-8's interior volume allows for specifically 8 Buzzball Biggies
the bb in bb8 stands for buzzballz
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
BB-8's interior volume allows for specifically 8 Buzzball Biggies
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Also shout outs @characterissues.bsky.social and @caneandrinse.com respective people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7W...
You really don't have to be some kind "Super human Ben Cartlidge" to beat this game without continuing, however it does help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7W...
You really don't have to be some kind "Super human Ben Cartlidge" to beat this game without continuing, however it does help.
Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge (JP) - One Credit Clear
YouTube video by One Credit Classics
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Also shout outs @characterissues.bsky.social and @caneandrinse.com respective people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7W...
You really don't have to be some kind "Super human Ben Cartlidge" to beat this game without continuing, however it does help.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7W...
You really don't have to be some kind "Super human Ben Cartlidge" to beat this game without continuing, however it does help.
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New podcast: Monthly
A podcast about a podcast that funds a podcast.
Blood: Last Vampire
Demon Slayer
Jujutsu Kaisen
The Fire Hunter
Presence
The Long Walk
Good Boy
K-Foodie Meets J-Foodie
IT: Welcome to Derry
Ghost of Yotei
Shadow Tactics
Trine 5
Deep Rock Galactic
MK: LK
$2 a month!
A podcast about a podcast that funds a podcast.
Blood: Last Vampire
Demon Slayer
Jujutsu Kaisen
The Fire Hunter
Presence
The Long Walk
Good Boy
K-Foodie Meets J-Foodie
IT: Welcome to Derry
Ghost of Yotei
Shadow Tactics
Trine 5
Deep Rock Galactic
MK: LK
$2 a month!
Exclusive monthly for October '25 | Cane and Rinse
Get more from Cane and Rinse on Patreon
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November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New podcast: Monthly
A podcast about a podcast that funds a podcast.
Blood: Last Vampire
Demon Slayer
Jujutsu Kaisen
The Fire Hunter
Presence
The Long Walk
Good Boy
K-Foodie Meets J-Foodie
IT: Welcome to Derry
Ghost of Yotei
Shadow Tactics
Trine 5
Deep Rock Galactic
MK: LK
$2 a month!
A podcast about a podcast that funds a podcast.
Blood: Last Vampire
Demon Slayer
Jujutsu Kaisen
The Fire Hunter
Presence
The Long Walk
Good Boy
K-Foodie Meets J-Foodie
IT: Welcome to Derry
Ghost of Yotei
Shadow Tactics
Trine 5
Deep Rock Galactic
MK: LK
$2 a month!
Keep putting on that pressure, good for them.
220 employees at Rockstar North have signed a letter condemning the dismissal of 31 workers amid union busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
Over 200 Rockstar North staff sign letter demanding "immediate reinstatement" of fired colleagues
Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain says letter has been handed to senior management at developer
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Keep putting on that pressure, good for them.
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Personally I am of the opinion that it would be both Cool AND Good for everyone involved if I was hired somewhere as an in-house composer.
Hey everyone! I've put a new composition reel together in hopes of better displaying a range of things I have done/can do with music for video games. I'm always open to new projects, so please feel free to contact me if you're interested in working together! ^_^
🌐 satellitesound.net
🌐 elmore.design
🌐 satellitesound.net
🌐 elmore.design
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Personally I am of the opinion that it would be both Cool AND Good for everyone involved if I was hired somewhere as an in-house composer.
Hell yes
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hell yes
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absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖
if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫
i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖