Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Except, this time it's something inspired by the inspirations we've covered so far! Wake Up Dead Man is the latest Benoit Blanc mystery film from Rian Johnson, of Knives Out fame. This time going for a dark, gothic mystery bathed in religion, Blanc assists Father Jud who's (of course) been accused of murder. A big, stellar cast, excellent cinematography, and plenty of humor keep us entertained this time around, although we do have a few critiques as well! We dive into just how Catholic this movie is, the excellent performances from Josh O'Connor and Daniel Craig, and we even have our usual diversions to talk about another movie or two. Join us, won't you?

NEXT TIME: Our favorite Ace Attorney music, maybe?!

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Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! We made it to episode 100! Wow! Thanks for sticking with us for this long! To celebrate, we're doing a watchalong of the first Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban musical by the Takarazuka Revue: Gyakuten Saiban: The Truth Reborn! Grab your copy of the video and sync it up with us as we do a little MST3K (or Rifftrax), and talk over this entertaining production. (You may need to find such a video file on an archive on the internet.) This is our longest episode ever and hopefully you'll enjoy this wacky and extra-special episode 100 to celebrate this milestone! Thank you for listening, and for coming along with us as we enjoy Ace Attorney!

NEXT TIME: Wake Up Dead Man

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The cat statue.

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! This time we're inverting things and talking to someone inspired by Ace Attorney, Famicom Detective Club, and Hotel Dusk! Joey from Armonica is the lead developer on Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved, which is a soon-to-be-released adventure game with a command select interface and a groovy soundtrack! We discuss his inspirations, work on the game, and the game design ethos behind it. We also evangelize the command select menus, adventure games as a whole, and get a few tangents in there, too! (Let us know if you like the idea of interviewing game devs about their work in the adventure game and visual novel genres more in the future!)

NEXT TIME: Episode 100 Celebration!

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Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved on Steam

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Dessy returns, and we discuss one of the most influential games of all time, but has never come out in English officially! The Portopia Serial Murder Case is an early adventure game made by Yuji Horii, which combines adventure game mechanics with text adventures and hard-boiled detective stories! The result? A surprising game that seems almost banal and short by today's standards, but had a huge impact on creators like Hideo Kojima, Eiji Aonuma, Shu Takumi, and many, many more. We discuss Portopia '81, Ace Attorney canon fursonas, spending time at the long day factory, and uh... police brutality! A little something for everyone!

NEXT TIME: Bonus Episode! Interview with Joey from Armonic, chatting about Detective Instinct: Farewell My Beloved!

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Further read/watching on Portopia as well as some of my reference material: Jeremy Parish NES Works video on Portopia Hardcore Gaming 101: Portopia Tsundoku Diving - Talking Games | The Portopia Serial Murder Case

Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Unfortunately Dessy is still out, but will be back next time! We dive back into the world of 1929 New York with Inspector Queen and his son Ellery, and end up with even more racism than before to deal with! It even factors into the motive of the killer! We deal with that as best we can, discuss the witnesses and our favorite side characters, whether the book has too much investigating, and if Ellery can be normal at all. Tiago defends Angela Russo (no surprise there!), Rose critiques a confusing scene, and then we all get distracted talking about future Ace Attorney stuff and if it'll ever even happen. The clock is ticking, Capcom! The 25th anniversary is next year!

NEXT TIME: The Portopia Serial Murder Case - NES Version

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Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Unfortunately Dessy is out this time around, because they got roped into helping to plan a wedding! The rest of the crew solemnly carries on... We've met Alice Arisugawa, but now it's time to meet the work that inspired HIM! Ellery Queen, one of the most famous American detectives, has finally entered the podcast. Today we discuss the 1929 novel's first half, with an explosive play at the start, an expansive cast of characters, and the father-son detecting duo at the heart of it all. Rose also gets herself in hot water with an "I think Coolsville sucks!" moment, Tiago restrains himself more than once, and we all bonk Queen on the head with a baseball bat through time because of the, you know, racism. But at the heart of it all is some compelling writing, lots of fun characters, and one very important missing hat!

NEXT TIME: "The Roman Hat Mystery" by Ellery Queen (Parts 3 & 4)

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Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! After being so well-behaved last time, this episode the crew gets particularly unruly, and even attempts to usurp Ben as host. Bombs, chemicals, and well-endowed actors are the name of the game here! Columbo always gives us a nice place to blow off some steam, and if the silly string isn't enough, we also consider the mellified man, an Ace Attorney dinner party, and Dessy deploying a long-awaited chemical-based pun. Join us for all this and more as we dive back into Peter Falk's bumbling detective!

NEXT TIME: "The Roman Hat Mystery" by Ellery Queen (Parts 1 & 2)

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Join us as Ben, Dessy, Tiago, and Rose cover the inspirations behind Ace Attorney! Today we've got a special guest, an expert in shin honkaku mysteries: MinovskyArticle! He graciously agreed to help break down this influential novel by Alice Arisugawa that helped inspired many other modern mystery writers, including our favorite Ace Attorney directors Shu Takumi and Takeshi Yamazaki. We chat about the fun character interactions, the strange island that revolves around puzzles, and what the solution to it all could be! And we also engage in some classic UAR diversions, although less than usual, because I (Ben) threatened everyone to be on their best behavior. Maybe. :) Who's the REAL mastermind? Find out as we break down "The Moai Island Puzzle!"

NEXT TIME: Columbo, "Short Fuse"

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Egami as drawn by Gosho Aoyama