COOKERZILLA: Animation, Astrology & Video Games – Details, episodes & analysis

#001 | My first Saturn Return in Pisces has ended as I break down the astrology about my animated short “Depression’s Demonic Duration”, childhood 4th-house stuff, plus the full history of Macromedia Flash turning into Adobe Animate. Then I check the current state of indie games with Mewgenics, Romeo is a Deadman (Suda51), and Highguard.

0:00 Intro 
1:21 Saturn Return in Pisces 
23:30 Depression’s Demonic Duration project 
33:39 Animation process & challenges
1:24:04 Macromedia Flash / Adobe Animate history 
2:11:41 2026 Video Games state + Mewgenics 
2:42:43 Suda51 & Highguard deep dive 
3:05:01 Game industry challenges

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Music by Tyler Hayden.

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#000 | Mercury in Pisces hits right as I finally launch the Cookerzilla podcast. I talk the astrology of this transit, my artistic rehabilitation after years of creative blocks, the 6-year struggle with my short film “Depression’s Demonic Duration”, why I choose raw stream-of-consciousness over polished “hook culture”, and how animation + astrology + video games are my ABCs.

Timestamps: 
Introduction & Podcast Launch (0:00) 
Navigating Algorithms & Hook Culture (4:59) 
Astrology, Life Stages & Artistic Journey (28:02) 
Animation, Astrology & Video Games (40:15) 
Filmmaking Challenges & Artistic Rehabilitation (1:06:29)

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Hosted by Joshua Owen (Cookerzilla) New episode every week. Explicit. 
Music by Tyler Hayden.

JOSH@COOKERZILLA.CA 

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#002 | Deep within the Mars In Aquarius panopticon: 

#animation: I discuss my shift away from Youtube Shorts, 2+ years of being on Patreon.com/cookerzilla as an artist without a product or CTA... 

#astrology: Pisces Moon culmination, Aquarius New Moon Eclipse aftermath of Strength Training Class. 

#VideoGames: the very latest on the ground reporting from the battlefield of the ongoing "Attention War" of AAA video gaming.

Kotaku Article Discussed: 
https://kotaku.com/why-the-video-game-industry-is-dying-2000671338

Introduction and Podcast Themes (0:00)
The YouTube Shorts Experiment (8:45) 
Podcast Advantages and Patreon Authenticity (52:35) 
Astrology and the "Attention War" (1:47:54) 
Aquarius Eclipse Reflection and Conclusion (2:14:05)

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Music by Tyler Hayden.

JOSH@COOKERZILLA.CA 

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#003 | @cookerzilla weekly podcast is now every Monday! I rebooted the schedule with an upload to align with the lunar day of the week. 

#animation: we iron out podcast wrinkles with words.

#astrology: Transiting Venus in Pisces trines my Scorpio 12th house North Node and Uranus exacts its final opposition to my 12th house sun.

#VideoGames: an exhaustive Xbox debrief and my experience from 2002-2026 in light of the Phil Spencer Era ending + Listen to very end for Josh's vision for the gaming division of microsoft if he were to become CEO of Xbox tomorrow. 

Timestamps: 
- revised upon upload (figuring out ways around this!) 
Monday weekday #animation discussion (0:00) 
Transiting & Natal North / South Node & Uranus Astrology (56:55)
RIP Xbox 2002 - 2026 exhaustive debrief begins (1:38:30) 

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Hosted by Joshua Owen (Cookerzilla) 
New episode every week. Explicit. 
Music by Tyler Hayden.

JOSH@COOKERZILLA.CA 

write into the show with your questions / comments!

Support / Keep in the loop:
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Podcast Created and hosted by Joshua Owen // Cookerzilla

Music by Tyler Hayden