Bonus Episode 05 - The Tree of Wisdom

In the Bible, chapter 4 verse 1 of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Croatians, says “Yea, the Tree of Wisdom doth produce fruit that creates sweet tones, and unto them ye shall listen and be enlightened.” And to celebrate April 1st, which is called Wisdom Tree Day after this Bible verse and definitely not celebrated as any other kind of holiday, we’ll be listening to songs from Wisdom Tree, a developer that specialized in Christian games. Special thanks for this episode goes out to: Red McCano, host of the How Much in Bison Dollars? podcast, for letting me borrow Pastor Rick Swindoll and his informed opinions about martial arts. You can learn more about the How Much in Bison Dollars program by searching for “How Much in Bison Dollars” on your podcatcher of choice or on Patreon, and you can find Shadaloo Department of Treasury Senior Executive Vice Senior President McCano on most social media platforms as @hmibisondollars. Pastor Thomas, for his enlightening sermon.  If you want to reach me, I’m most active on Bluesky as @shujinacademy.bsky.social. You can also find me on Threads and Instagram as ShujinAcademyVGMClub. All episodes of the show are posted to my YouTube channel, which you can find by searching for Shujin Academy VGM Club. You can email me at [email protected]. Links to everything are available on my LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/shujinacademy. Please leave me a five star rating on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you’re finding this episode. New episodes are released once or twice a month depending on how often I get them done, and they premiere on Thursday mornings on your favorite podcatcher and on 8beats.co, the internet's number one game music radio station. My show is also featured on Terra Player, the cool app that’s a destination for gaming podcasts and other content, so you can check me out there. Finally, if you just can’t get enough of me, I’m also voicing esports reporter Samson Escapades on audio drama podcast How Much in Bison Dollars?, which you can find on FGC Radio, Patreon, and most podcatchers. If you’re listening on Spotify, please be aware that they’ve pulled a few of my episodes before. There’s a non-zero chance that they’ll eventually pull my entire podcast, as they’ve done with a few other game music podcasts, so I’d strongly suggest you subscribe elsewhere to be sure you can get all of the Professor Tom goodness you crave. To hear some of the actual theological underpinnings of Pastor Thomas’s teaching, here are some helpful links for you. On martial arts: https://youtube.com/shorts/iEcmxFb4pfc On Pokemon: https://youtu.be/aHPWJ1NPhhQ  Pastor Thomas’s views on Katamari Damacy are informed by Phil Phillips’s book “Turmoil in the Toybox”, which can be found in used bookstores online. Pastor Thomas's views on Neo Turf Masters are informed by the 16th hole on the Australian course, the 15th hole on the German course, holes 16 and 17 on the Japanese course, the second hole on the American course, and every single hole on the Scotland course.  Track Listing: 00:00 - Show Tagline 00:08 - Sunday Funday: The Ride (NES) - Main Theme (composers: Vance Kozik and Roger Deforest) 00:53 - Talk Segment 1 07:08 - Bible Adventures (NES) - Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath (composer: Vance Kozik) 08:03 - Talk Segment 2 13:10 - King of Kings: The Early Years (NES) - The Wise Men (arrangement of “We Three Kings” , composed by John Henry Hopkins Jr.; arranger unknown) 13:58 - Talk Segment 3 19:37 - Spiritual Warfare (Genesis) - Overworld Theme (composers: Roger Deforest and Vance Kozik) 21:25 - Talk Segment 4 29:16 - Exodus: Journey to the Promised Land (Genesis) - Stage Theme (arrangement of “Father Abraham”, composed by Pierre Kartner; arranger unknown) 30:01 - Talk Segment 5 36:34 - Super 3D Noah's Ark (SNES) - Menu (composer: Vance Kozik) 37:25 - Outro Talk Segment 41:36 - Tee Off (Dreamcast) - Let’s Get Golfing! (composer: Makoto Asai; lyrics: Cathy; vocals: Hitomi Ono)