Persona 4 Golden | Bonus Episode

Stephen and Brendon discuss the entirety of Persona 4 Golden and answer questions about friendship, social psychology, and what it's like to be a maligned cartoon bear in the human world.
Discussed: Persona 4 Golden
ITA's PS1 Playlist (backloggd.com/u/Stephen_Hilger/list/ita-ix-the…)
Matt Horton's video essay on P4G (youtube.com/watch?v=DkkfaLO6wC4) for Flow State
"It's Time to Talk About it: Atlus, Naoto, and Transphobia" (mattiebrice.com/its-time-to-talk-about-it-atlu…) by Mattie Brice
"Atlus, We Haven't Forgotten Your Mishandling of LGBTQ Characters" (vice.com/en/article/atlus-we-havent-forgotten-…)by Carol Grant
"Persona 4's Identity Crisis Invalidates its Themes" (playstationlifestyle.net/2019/04/16/persona-4-…) by Lucas White
"Denial of the Self: Queer Characters in Persona 4" (gamespot.com/articles/denial-of-the-self-queer…) by Carolyn Petit

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Timecodes:

• (00:00) - "Shadow World" composed by Shoji Meguro, Vocals by Shihoko Hirata, lyrics by Benjamin Franklin

• (00:10) - There's no way you thought this would actually be lowkey right?

• (02:52) - Hey welcome to the show!

• (05:12) - The culmination of an eight year journey

• (13:30) - Stephen's history with the franchise

• (23:28) - General thoughts

• (01:05:42) - Should you start with this one?

• (01:11:32) - Spoiler checkpoint!

• (01:11:53) - "Time to Make History" Composed by Shoji Meguro, Vocals by Shihoko Hirata, lyrics by Benjamin Franklin

• (01:12:29) - FINAL SPOILER WARNING

• (01:14:10) - How it begins

• (01:25:24) - The first dungeon

• (01:27:22) - Teddie pt. 1

• (01:31:29) - Yukiko and the first dungeon

• (01:46:28) - The progress-gating

• (02:00:09) - "Signs of Love" Composed by Shoji Meguro, Vocals by Shihoko Hirata

• (02:00:34) - It's Kanji time

• (02:21:48) - Dojima and Nanako

• (02:27:50) - The fridge

• (02:29:08) - The family unit

• (02:31:53) - Rise

• (02:40:47) - Teddie pt. 2

• (02:51:35) - The Summer

• (02:57:46) - Naoto

• (03:06:17) - We've got the full party!

• (03:08:20) - "Heartbeat, Heartbreak" Composed by Shoji Meguro, Vocals by Shihoko Hirata

• (03:08:54) - The endings

• (03:18:51) - How was the final reveal?

• (03:25:31) - SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 5 INCOMING

• (03:26:56) - The culprit's motivations and moving toward the true ending

• (03:35:31) - Fighting God

• (03:38:21) - The Jungian lectures

• (03:48:10) - The final months

• (04:04:28) - The ski trip

• (04:16:30) - The epilogue

• (04:20:21) - "Reach Out To The Truth" Composed by Shoji Meguro, Vocals by Shihoko Hirata

• (04:20:45) - Listener questions

• (04:20:59) - Favorite way to make tofu from Jared (feat Percia)

• (04:26:44) - Stephen's prop

• (04:39:28) - Favorite and least favorite social links from Everyone

• (05:08:04) - Dream/Nightmare blunt rotations from Neo Geo Pocket

• (05:09:35) - Adjusting arcana from Lex

• (05:13:34) - What is it like replaying Personas from Neo Geo Pocket

• (05:18:43) - Favorite vocal performance from Ashley

• (05:20:59) - Best visual/mechanical boss design AND best track from Matt

• (05:25:03) - Era appropriate albums from Brittlemoon

• (05:29:15) - Arcana resonance from Brady

• (05:31:36) - Antagonist comparison from King Blackjack

• (05:33:50) - What music genre from Biscuit

• (05:38:08) - Chapter 50

• (05:50:22) - THAT'S IT

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