Amusement Sparks

Our most important episode is here! This is a thoughtful, optimistic, and wide ranging discussion about Black Lives Matter and our culture featuring Godswill Ugwa Jr. (Twitter) and Sam Wright (YouTube). Music in this episode: Keep it Real—KarpaBeats Wake Up Everybody—Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes I Can’t Breathe--H.E.R. A Change is Gonna Come—Sam Cooke Freedom—Beyonce Follow Amusement Sparks on social media--let's have some conversations! Facebook Twitter Instagram

Stephen Dinehart IV returns to discuss how our current pandemic will impact the future of themed entertainment. It's a different type of episode, but it is definitely a time for a big change though the industry!

Nathan K joins to design a Donkey Kong Theme Park! Check out his podcasts at Secret Room Multimedia!

Briana Joy, frequent guest on Silph Radio, guests on Amusement Sparks! Frozen gets the full immersive theme park treatment!

Stephen Dinehart and Andrew discuss Species & Gender in tabletop RPGs and GiantLands!

Sam Wright of Metal Gear Mondays (website, twitter) joins to design our Tactical Espionage Action Theme Park!

Jim Ward is a game designer, fantasy author, and design partner on GiantLands. He is also a really fun guy! On this episode, Jim and Andrew discuss Jim's early days at TSR and what he loves about GiantLands!

Dr. Anthony Bean joins Andrew to design a next generation, interactive, and immersive Legend of Zelda Theme Park! Check out his: Twitter (https://twitter.com/VideoGameDoc) Website (https://anthonymbean.com/) Geek Therapy Training (https://www.geektherapytraining.com/)

@cheapshot from the CheapBeats record label joins the podcast to design a Chiptune Theme Park! Join the process of turning this incredible music aesthetic into a visual world to explore. This episode features a lot of music, check the transcript for track titles. Oh yeah, we have transcripts now--on AmusementSparks.com! Check out James' record label:cheapbeats.net Transcript and other goodies:amusementsparks.com Member of theFancyBat Podcast Collective Episode Transcript: ChiptuneThemeParkTranscript

High five! nic brings us another groundbreaking and pulse-pounding theme park concept. Always great having this guy on the show, and this episode is a ton of fun!