228: Golden Sun (with Rebekah Valentine)

About this episode

Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog It's not every day you revisit a favorite game from your teenage years, but today is that day as special guest Rebekah Valentine (Kotaku) joins me to discuss Golden Sun, one of the most beloved Game Boy Advance games. Camelot and Nintendo ended up splitting the game into two, and in this episode we focus on the first game, though we do discuss The Lost Age quite a bit as well. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy! Guest info: Rebekah Valentine (she/her) • Check out her work at Kotaku https://kotaku.com/author/rvalentine • Check out Reb's look back at Golden Sun https://kotaku.com/25-years-ago-golden-sun-video-game-adventure-2000721340 • Check out Reb writing as if it were 2002 again https://kotaku.com/golden-sun-the-lost-age-sequel-warp-week-2000723015 • Follow on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/duckvalentine.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS • 0:00 Title Card • 0:18 Introductions • 5:30 Our Histories with Golden Sun • 12:47 Top Level Thoughts • 17:42 Acknowledging The Lost Age • 25:31 Story Setup • 33:50 Golden Sins and Silent Prot