An interview with EarthBound, USA producer Aaron Cargile! EarthBound, USA will be publicly available on November 27th, 2023, but I had the chance to see an exclusive early screening & speak with the movie's archival producer. We talk copyright & fair use (in YouTube and in film), Fangamer, and the EarthBound fandom!
NOTE: Aaron Cargile’s opinions are his own, and not necessarily representative of Fangamer.
Also, just my lines in this interview are re-recorded, largely due to an error with the source audio. Though mainly read from a script, I tried to approximate the original diction & intent.
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⍟ EarthBound USA website:
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www.fangamer.com/ ⍟ Legends of Localization Book 2: EarthBound trailer:
• Legends of Localization Book 2: Earth... ⍟ Legends of Localization website:
legendsoflocalization.com/ ⍟ Voiceoverpete EarthBound clip uploaded by Violet:
• Attention all EarthBound gamers! ⍟ EarthBound - AVGN:
• Earthbound (SNES) - Angry Video Game ... ⍟ Fangamer commercials:
youtube.com/@FangamerCom/videos ⍟ Curiomatic - Welcome to the World of MOTHER 3
• MOTHER 3: Tribute ⍟ Mother Forever:
mother4ever.net/ ⍟ Mother Direct 2023:
• Mother Direct 2023 - MOTHER / EarthBo... ⍟ Bubsy The Woolies Strike Back trailer:
• Bubsy The Woolies Strike Back - Speci... ⍟ THE POWER OF TERRY - An Old Spice 10th Anniversary Collaboration by Old Spice Collaboration Team:
• THE POWER OF TERRY - An Old Spice 10t... ⍟ MOTHER 3 Times articles:
mother4ever.net/mother3-times/ ⍟ MOTHER 64 trailers:
mother4ever.net/videos-mother64/ ⍟ Curiomatic - MOTHER 3 (GBA) vs. MOTHER 3: Tribute Comparison
• MOTHER 3 (GBA) vs. MOTHER 3: Tribute ... 0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Aaron's life & history w/ MOTHER
06:23 - Aaron's filmmaking background
07:56 - Thane's YouTube inspirations
08:41 - Fangamer as a career
11:05 - Aaron's role in EarthBound, USA
13:33 - Copyright & fair use
23:43 - The research process
29:11 - Deleted scenes
33:23 - Hardcore fans vs. casual audience
34:23 - What's your favorite thing?
35:33 - Is your own life MOTHER 4?
36:47 - What is Mayonnaise Hole?
38:39 - Props in EarthBound, USA
40:20 - Staff Easter eggs
42:34 - Bubsy's better than EarthBound!?
44:34 - Kickstarter backers
45:48 - Give us MOTHER 3!
49:20 - EarthBound 64
49:57 - The future of MOTHER
51:35 - EarthBound, USA's release
54:27 - Which flavor?
54:56 - EarthBound's text speed
56:29 - Film vs. YouTube
58:15 - Meeting Aaron
59:05 - Passing the torch
01:01:09 - Patrons & end slate
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@ThaneGaming
6 months ago
Full English captions are available, as transcribed by me. Even though the interview is in spoken English, I still personally love to turn on subtitles whenever available so I can more easily follow along! I do think the main appeal is listening to this interview like a podcast, but I went ahead and threw in some additional visuals for anyone watching anyway. There’s a playthrough of the beginning of EarthBound I did just for this interview in the background, with some commercials/trailers relevant to the conversation periodically spliced in. Let me know what you think of the questions asked, and if you enjoyed the full thing!
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