Maximum Utcast – 07 – Shantae Advances the WayForward into Our Hearts and Minds
Maximum Utcast is the flagship podcast for this blog where Zoey and Jonathan talk about videogame news and opinions in a free-wheeling format. Regular segments include discussion of kusoge as well as interviews with people involved in videogames from news writers and game developers to enthusiasts.
On this thicc episode of the Maximum Utcast, Jonathan interviews Matt Bozon and Michael Stragey of WayForward about their game Shantae Advance that originally began development over 20 years ago as a GBA game only to be shelved indefinitely before being revived this year. Shantae Advance finally got released this year on actual GBA cartridges through Limited Run Games or available digitally just about everywhere else. Jonathan also makes a plea for a sequel to Boogerman (which Michael produced and programmed). Later, Jonathan and Zoey talk about what a sequel to Boogerman might look like and we also reveal that this show has potentially always been an Earthworm Jim fan cast? Sometimes you gotta separate the art from the artist, and other time, you gotta hold the limes in your mind!
0:00:00 – Comparing Cults
0:07:47 – Holding the Limes of My Mind
0:09:36 – The Magical Alchemy of Shantae Advance with Matt Bozon and Michael Stragey
1:25:44 – Should They Make a Boogerman Advance?
1:35:11 – The Subtle Distinctions of Earthworm Jim Versions
1:37:08 – Separating Art from the Artist on this Earthworm Jim Fan Cast
1:43:06 – Wrap Up/Plugs/Thanks Patrons!
1:51:15 – Sweatshirt
1:52:54 – That’s the Spirit
WayForward on Bluesky
Zoey on Bluesky
Jonathan on Bluesky
Maximum Utcast on Bluesky
Maximum Utmost on website
Maximum Utmost’s Ko-Fi
Maximum Utcast on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube
You can follow this show wherever you get your podcasts such as
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Podbean
RSS
Daniel Sanford
Daniel is a podcast producer and musician who spends way too much time in the edit to make audio sound as good as possible. He’s cutting the “umms” and “uhhhs” and replacing them with cartoon sound effects. His taste in video games is often extremely specific, and he’s recently learned that a lot of his opinions about video games are bad and wrong, but that won’t stop him from having them. His music was featured in Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons. He's been producing podcasts since 2021.
