Millennium Edition | GameCube, Dreamcast, and Games of the 2000s

Welcome to Millennium Edition! Millennium Edition is a new original podcast from the Sound Stone Network exploring video games form the last 90s and early 2000s. And rather than just looking back at these games, with this show we particularly want to reflect on how these games remain both relevant and current today. Various technological advances at the time led to games of this period aging particularly well, with, as we noted in our show description, many of them today feeling both nostalgic and surprisingly modern all at once. Writer and teacher Sean Douglass (@seandouglass.bsky.social), whom you may also recognize from our Kirby Conversations show, is the creator of Millennium Edition and will be its most frequent host, but you can also expect regular contributions from co-producers Gooey Fame (of Flashback 64) and Darren Hupke (of Pixels and Polygons) as well. If you're already a fan of Sound Stone podcasts, we hope you enjoy this collaboration between all three of the network founders.For this episode, Sean and Gooey are joined by SuperCombo writer, former FGC event coordinator, and friend of the network Jay (@idolismj.yase.world) for a talk on Soul Calibur II—particularly the incredible guest appearance of Link on the GameCube version. What made Link such a standout guest character? How did the Heihachi and Spawn end up as the guest characters for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions? And why does Soul Calibur II retain such a core following so many years later? With the game still as fun to play as ever, and recently back as a debut title for GameCube Nintendo Classics library, we knew this would be the perfect game to kick off a show about the lasting appear of games from this generation.Questions or comments about this show? Feel free to reach out at [email protected] 2000s-inspired theme music is by Duncan "PixelTea" Smith (https://duncansmith.carrd.co/), and our show art is by Andrew Elmore (https://bsky.app/profile/elmore.zone).If you enjoyed this show, please consider following us in your podcast player and leaving a positive review. For any five-star reviews left with names, we will personally thank you on the show.Millennium Edition is a Sound Stone Network original podcast. If you liked this show, we invite you to check out the rest of our lineup:Kirby Conversations: Air riding through over 30 years of Kirby and HAL Laboratory with Sean, Bridget, and WiKirby Editor-in-Chief GigiFlashback 64: the chronological Nintendo 64 podcast with Gooey and McKennaPixels and Polygons: a conversational video game podcast of short interviews from Darren Hupke...and a weekly livestream on video game manuals from Nic McConnell, Instruction Derby Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.