SHOW NOTES
In their quest to create a new musical called “Press Start”, Denver and Brian chat about fun potential song moments, the opening number, and a potential subplot. Plus, some Broadway trivia facts and a new segment called “Writer’s Block”!
WRITER’S BLOCK
What characters would YOU like to see in the show? Leave your comments below!
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Hey guys, loving the show! Wanted to put my opinion in for the “writers block.” Some of my favorite characters growing up were Sonic the Hedgehog, MegaMan, and Blanca from Street Fighter. But have you thought about some of the older arcade games like PacMan?
I am enjoying the podcast and appreciate you sharing it with us.
About characters, since this is going to be for middle schoolers, at least some of the characters should be from the games they are playing, although I do not know what/who those are. Sorry. But how will you deal with licensing of these characters?
Do you know what the Konami Code is? Are you that old? It was a sequence of buttons that gave you infinite lives in some early games. If I remember it went up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. That makes a nice rhythm and could perhaps have a song built around it (or some other button sequence).
Thanks @Chris – we totally remember the Konami Code and if we can find a way to work that into the show we will. Listen for our full response on the Episode 5 Writer’s Block!
I was wondering about the licensing too? I think it’s fun to use the characters, but licensing might be an issue. And costuming too… since the characters are so specific that could get expensive quickly… When I did We are Monsters we bought plaid shirts for the werewolves and vampire capes in bulk which helped lower the cost… 🙂
@Dan. Thanks for the comment – look for our response on the Episode 4 Writer’s Block!
Love the “Funny Thing….” reference!!