Welcome to Desert Island Arcade — a podcast about video games and the people who love them hosted by Anthony Barlow, a freelance journalist (and full-time book publisher) who has covered the video game industry since 2008. Episode #2 sees Anthony talking to, composer and sound designer, Tom George. Tom is currently working in-house at Stainless Games, an independent developer based on The Isle of Wight, where he has most recently worked on ShockRods (Apple Arcade, PC). Outside of his work at Stainless, Tom is also working on the music and sound design for 'Vigilance' — an independently developed cyberpunk bounty hunting game. In this episode, Tom talks about his love of big, cinematic, story-based games, the power of a game like Journey, how he got his start working at Stainless Hames, and more. But which games will make his list for the Desert Island Arcade? There's only one way to find out! Tom George<a href="https://twitter.com/tlatwuk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://instagram.com/tomgeorgecomposer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Desert Island Arcade<a href="https://twitter.com/arcadedesert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Anthony Barlow<a href="https://twitter.com/antbarlow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.jumpdashroll.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jump Dash Roll</a> Theme'Skeleton Gameboy' by Tiny Spells<a href="https://tinyspells.bandcamp.com/track/skeleton-gameboy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy it here!</a> Sound Effects by

Episode 2 — Tom George (Composer, Stainless Games)

Welcome to Desert Island Arcade — a podcast about video games and the people who love them hosted by Anthony Barlow, a freelance journalist (and full-time book publisher) who has covered the video game industry since 2008. In our pilot episode Anthony talks to long-time friend, musician, and up-cycled clothing boss Emma Speakman of Earthbound Clothing.Check out the amazing stuff that Earthbound makes over at www.earthboundcult.com. Emma Speakman is the self-proclaimed "big boss" at Earthbound Clothing – an up-cycled clothing brand for all things geek culture that is rooted in DIY and punk rock. Some of you may also know Emma as a musician. Under the guise of Emma Hallows, she has written and recorded original music for over a decade including 'Ellie's Song', an unofficial musical epilogue to 'The Last of Us'. In this episode Emma discusses Silent Hill and her love of horror, the most important Legend of Zelda game, and the surprising impact of Hideo Kojima on her life. But which will make her list for the Desert Island Arcade? There's only one way to find out! Emma Speakman<a href="https://twitter.com/EarthboundCult" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/earthboundclothing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Desert Island Arcade<a href="https://twitter.com/arcadedesert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Anthony Barlow<a href="https://twitter.com/antbarlow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.jumpdashroll.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jump Dash Roll</a> Theme'Skeleton Gameboy' by Tiny Spells<a href="https://tinyspells.bandcamp.com/track/skeleton-gameboy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buy it here!</a>

Pilot — Emma Speakman (Earthbound Clothing)

Building the perfect collection of games, one guest at a time. Curated by the people who play them, create them and love them.

Desert Island Arcade is like that other 'Desert Island' show, but for video games. An imperfect list of games added to each episode by a new guest from in and around the video game industry. Hosted and curated by <a href="https://twitter.com/antbarlow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anthony Barlow</a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/arcadedesert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>