{"podcast":{"title":"The Stage Select","slug":"the-stage-select-6734730","podcast_index_feed_id":6734730,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-stage-select/","website_url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/623aea51-9a8d-44a6-8b6d-eade8f27301b/New-Square.png","author":"Space Monkey Mafia Productions","episode_count":129,"summary":"Welcome to The Stage Select: a video game variety show hosted by Julian Titus and Justin Hamm! We guarantee that we'll talk about video games. Beyond that, you never know what (or who!) to expect each week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:21:43.045322+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 097: The Henry Hatsworth of Shooters","slug":"episode-097-the-henry-hatsworth-of-shooters","published_at":"2026-04-22T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-097-the-henry-hatsworth-of-shooters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/episode-097-the-henry-hatsworth-of-shooters","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0a00ad2c-bbb5-463a-bf1c-852be58d3f72.mp3","summary":"We’ve got musings on video game difficulty, first thoughts on Pragmata and that Street Fighter movie trailer, and more this week. Also, a very important announcement that may affect the future of The Stage Select. We watched so many movies that start with THE (IYKYK)! 00:00 Scott Steiner, flip phones 14:08 Important announcement 24:28 Bloodborne and the perception of “hard” 42:38 Backloggd, Street Fighter movie trailer 59:01 Ghost Hunting Journal 01:08:37 Pragmata first thoughts, Treasure of Nadia 01:33:19 Movie round-up (Mercy, The Drama, Totally Killer, Civil War, The Road, The Game, The Loft) Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com Logo and artwork by John Gholson Announcer: John Gholson Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com","meta_description":"We’ve got musings on video game difficulty, first thoughts on Pragmata and that Street Fighter movie trailer, and more this week. Also, a very important a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/episode-097-the-henry-hatsworth-of-shooters/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-097-the-henry-hatsworth-of-shooters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}