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A relentlessly on topic smorgasbord of hard hitting video game questions as addressed by a panel of experts. Featuring Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and a rotating group of special guests. Hosted by Alex Jaffe. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
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Ep. 341 - Nixon Babies
Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield cover the best of Sunsoft’s Looney Tunes games, soundtracks for emotions and driving, and 256-bit consoles. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Brandon asks: When do you feel like a video game was made for you? (06:19)
Should we rank the Sunsoft Looney Tunes games? (13:21)
What are the most common lies told in the video game industry? (NOTE: This segment contains MAJOR spoilers for Avengers: Endgame (2019)) (16:28)
What are the best video game tracks to listen to after a breakup? (22:46)
Magnanimous asks: If you could double any number in video games, what would it be? (28:46)
What do you look for while the credits are rolling on a video game? (34:50)
What is the memorizing all state capitals of video games? (41:10)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Kentucky Derby Winners (49:19)
Recommendations and Outro (57:24)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Atari Lynx
Amiga
The Bitmap Brothers
Oliver Twins
Sega Genesis
Motorola 6800
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Game Boy Advance SP
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Grim Fandango
Final Fantasy VII
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Ep. 340 - Dog Eyeballs
Game Developer Magazine Feb. 2011 “The Minecraft Cover”
David Carson
Ray Gun
Paradise Killer
Return to Monkey Island
Ron Gilbert
Ep. 227 - Door Bustin’ Gun Totin’ Flea Men
A Short Hike
Celeste
Baba Is You
Kingdom: Two Crowns
Backbone
Cloud Gardens
CrossCode
Wandersong
Valis
Lupin III: Pandora no Isan
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Cheese Cat-Astrophe starring Speedy Gonzales
Sunsoft
Looney Tunes
Taz-Mania
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage
Ninja Gaiden series
Castlevania series
David Cage
Scarlett Johansson
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Road Runner’s Death Valley Rally
Killzone
Assassin’s Creed series
Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
EarthBound
Earthbound - Buy Somethin’ Will Ya!
Lords of Thunder
Lords of Thunder - Title Screen Music
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone
Mazda MX-5
Fishers, Indiana
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - Bury My Shell At Wounded Knee
Sunset Riders
Guardian Heroes
Gunstar Heroes
Sonic Heroes
Sonic CD
Tommy Tallarico
OutRun
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Yoshi Star Galaxy
Alundra
Vay
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Phantasy Star
Ys series
Makai Hakkenden Shada
Vampire Survivors
Street Fighter II Turbo
Demonschool
Phil Collins
Theodore Roosevelt
Ms. Pac-Man
Winston Churchill
Richard Nixon
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
#IDARB
List of US State Capitals
David Letterman
Final Fantasy series
Home video game console generations - Wikipedia
Super Smash Brothers series
Street Fighter series
Mewtwo
Recommendations:
Frank: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, Ufouria: The Saga 2, open Moon Crystal on your MiSTer and turn on cheats for infinite lives
Brandon: Crow Country, We Never Stop
Tim: Interview with the Vampire, the best show on television
Jaffe: the first season of Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman
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Ep. 340 - Dog Eyeballs
The leading minds in video games confer on past visual design choices, how bad minigames happen, and the Shenmue MMO, ShenMMO. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Brandon, can you defend this Game Developer Magazine cover? (08:03)
Why do bad minigames happen? (16:39)
What have you closed the door on in video games, both recreationally and professionally? (21:50)
If you had to wear the same video game t-shirt every day and get complimented on it or you’d die, what would it be? (27:30)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Legendary Puns (35:18)
Chopemon asks: What video game “booms” have their been? (37:36)
What is the getting to the bus stop at the exact same time as your bus of video games? (44:04)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Minecraft (49:26)
Recommendations and Outro (51:47)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Darkseid
DC Heroes & Villains: Match 3
Banjo-Kazooie
Super Mario 64
Donkey Kong Country
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Growing Up Sixty-Four
Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer
Game Developer Magazine Feb. 2011 “The Minecraft Cover”
Game Developer (magazine)
Minecraft
Assassin’s Creed series
Deadly Premonition
Game Developer Magazine Aug. 2010 “The Deadly Premonition Cover”
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Guitar Hero
Eternights
Final Fantasy VI
Satellaview
Super Mario Bros.
Halo 3
Sonic the Hedgehog
Stray
Dan Dussault
Boku no Natsuyasumi
Action Button Reviews BOKU NO NATSUYASUMI: The Bottom Line (by Dan Dussault)
Pentagram
Doom
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
Grand Theft Auto III
Ghost of Tsushima
Days Gone
Elden Ring
Rainbow Six series
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series
Spec Ops series
World of WarCraft
Beckett Massive Online Gamer
Fortnite
Five Nights at Freddy’s
The Lord of the Rings Online series
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Shenmue series
Shenmue Online
Metal Slug series
King of Fighters series
Wii Sports
Final Fantasy VII
Forza Motorsport series
NBA 2K11
OnLive
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
EarthBound
Recommendations:
Brandon: Spin-Clean Record Washers, wire folder racks to dry records, Crow Country
Frank: Once you’ve done the second thing in Animal Well you can youtube the rest, support video game preservation by buying a Thou Art Dead shirt
Jaffe: 52 Pickup
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Ep. 339 - How to Like Video Games
Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield develop a new video game show, up our Tallarico quota, and return to Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Let’s try to develop the first episode of Frank’s show with recipes for playing video games (05:30)
When have you fallen out of love with a video game you once liked all the way through playing the first time? (18:05)
What will the eight episode season one arc be for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider? (24:43)
Luis asks: Was Tetris inevitable? (31:17)
Rank these actions from best to worst: sliding, spinning, flipping. (39:10)
What is the guy outside of an airport pretending he’s an Uber driver of video games? (43:00)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (51:39)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:10)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Elden Ring
Family Guy
MiSTer FPGA
Open Broadcaster Software
EarthBound
Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
Final Fantasy VI
Elevator Action Returns
Soulslike
Super Mario Bros.
Rolling Thunder
Metal Slug
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Jerry Lewis
Freakazoid!
Mike Allred
Madman
Good Eats
Passage
Jason Rohrer
God of War: Ragnarök
Ape Escape
Valis III
Landstalker
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
‘Tomb Raider’ Series From Phoebe Waller-Bridge Greenlit at Amazon
Tomb Raider series
Fallout
Killing Eve
Fleabag
No Time to Die (2021)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The Hardy Boys
Star Wars
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Marx Brothers
Ripley
Jodie Comer
Assassin’s Creed series
Tetris
Alexey Pajitnov
Shigeru Miyamoto
Pac-Land
Yu Suzuki
Marvel Spider-Man 2
Super Mario Odyssey
Yars’ Revenge
Tetris 2
Tetris (2023)
Ted Lasso
Severance
Zach Cherry
Tetromino
Puyo Puyo
iPhone
TurboExpress
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Bonk series
Crash Bandicoot
Tasmanian Devil
Link
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Andy Bogard
Mega Man series
Yakuza 4
Tommy Tallarico
David Cage
Ep. 338 - The Speed of Speed
Secret of Evermore
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Inuyasha
Forspoken
Puggsy
Bubsy
Lemming
Pikmin
Kid Dracula
Child of Light
Frey Holland
Ada Wong
Recommendations:
Brandon: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, Animal Well, Crow Country, Conan the Barbarian (1982) soundtrack
Frank: info@gamehistory.org if you have a bunch of old video game magazines you don’t want anymore, or buy “Mystery Box” Vintage Video Game Magazines
Tim: Connor O’Malley - Stand Up Solutions
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Ep. 338 - The Speed of Speed
The panel decides on a strict definition of “isekai,” finds hope for the future of video games, and writes a woke, political Big Bang Theory script. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Brandon asks: Are there any video game sequels like Dino Crisis 2? (06:18)
Apart from the racing genre, when is velocity most important in video games? (12:43)
What’s the best video game to fit the definition of an Isekai? (17:18)
Who is the unluckiest person in video games? (23:57)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Meal-Morial Madness 2024 (28:44)
Owen from NYC asks: Come up with achievements for the arcade game Asteroids. (30:45)
With new reports of massive video game industry layoffs, is the party over? (36:30)
Punch up a scene involving video games for The Big Bang Theory (41:06)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Team Sonic vs. Team Mario at the Olympic Games (47:41)
Recommendations and Outro (01:04:13)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Home Improvement
Tim Allen
Buzz Lightyear
Bergamot
Cymbopogon
Lavandula
Earl Grey tea
Shang Tsung
Mortal Kombat series
Dino Crisis series
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIII
Onimusha series
BloodRayne series
Max Payne series
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
Super Mario Bros. 3
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Final Fantasy X
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Dark Souls series
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Super Smash Brothers series
Space Invaders
Faster Than Speed
.hack series
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
Magic Knight Rayearth
Star Ocean series
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Another World
Inuyasha
Persona series
Futurama
Ufouria: The Saga
Outlander
Game Developer
Tekken 8
Bobby Kotick
Asteroids
Hyper Gunsport
Asteroids: Recharged
Among Us
videogamedunkey
Animal Well
Cryptmaster
Devolver Digital
The Big Bang Theory
Fortnite
Young Sheldon
Boba Fett
Data
The Rocketeer
Darkman (1990)
Chewbacca
Spider-Man
Hudson Hawk
Din Djarin
Princess Leia
Recommendations:
Frank: Cryptmaster
Brandon: Do general maintenance, Iron Butterfly - Scorching Beauty, Irish Wish (2024)
Tim: Unfrosted (2024) if you want to watch a movie that has “too punchy” of writing
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Ep. 337 - Holland Oats
Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield divine the difference between spite and guilt, develop a cool season pass, and steal the International Prototype of the Kilogram. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
When did you first start to feel out of touch with the modern gamer? (06:14)
What role does spite play in video game development? (11:03)
How can developers make the best of it when forced to build a “Season Pass” of post-launch content? (16:47)
What’s the most vindicated you’ve ever felt by a video game? (22:17)
Insert Credit Quick Break: Amazing Grace available 6/6 at 6:66 PM (27:27)
Gaagaagiins asks: What studios best at naming games? (28:52)
How do you make stealth good? (36:18)
What is the opposite of video games? (41:23)
Make a video game about the unit that establishes the pound (43:32)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess the User Review (47:13)
Recommendations and Outro (56:33)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Witch
Knuckles the Echidna
MLA Handbook
The Chicago Manual of Style
Alex Jaffe
Cursed Problems in Game Design
Ep. 186 - Dirtbag Strikes Back, with Alex Jaffe and Mathew Kumar
SimCity
Ep. 324 - Bocket Tinesters
Stellar Blade
Rami Ismail
Zach Gage
Nintendo Power
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Fear Street
Goosebumps
EA FIFA series
Call of Duty series
Hall & Oates
Michelangelo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
God of War: Ragnarök
Vindicators
Bonk series
Shigeru Miyamoto
BioShock
Yoshiki Okamoto
Street Fighter series
Brave Prove
Brave Story: New Traveler
Namco
Galaga
Galaxian
Bosconian
Pac-Man
Mappy
Rally-X
Wonder Momo
Lucky & Wild
Xevious
Taito
Landmaker
Puchi Carat
Growl
Puzzle Bobble
Cleopatra’s Fortune
Bubble Bobble
Libble Rabble
Transcendental Meditation
The Tower of Druaga
Baraduke series
Sky Kid
Grobda
Activision
River Raid
Beam Rider
The Dreadnaught Factor
Mindshadow
Panic Park
The Outfoxies
Tinkle Pit
Rolling Thunder
Pitfall!
Dirt Dash
Time Crisis
Rodney’s Funscreen
Ninja Princess
After Burner
Rodney Alan Greenblat
PaRappa the Rapper
Hitman series
Deadly Premonition
Metal Gear
Metal Gear Solid
Watch_Dogs
Radiolab
≤ kg
International Prototype of the Kilogram
National Treasure (2004)
Goldfinger (1964)
Assassin’s Creed series
Recommendations:
Brandon: BelGioso Parmesan Snacking Cheese, pick your battles
Frank: Get an air popper
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Ep. 336 - Defeating the Dirtbag, with Christa Lee
Our most supportive patrons have filled our dirtbag with questions, and only console modification expert Christa Lee can guide our panel through. Hosted by Christa Lee, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by MoxBagel, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
Footfoot asks: Is there a single player game particularly suited to group settings? (06:34)
Spencers Gifts asks: What are your favorite moments seeing a video game developer’s fingerprints? (13:05)
Brindo asks: What are your thoughts on missable items in RPGs? (20:02)
Crumar Bones asks: What game series should IO Interactive integrate into a “Hitman Warriors” style game? (27:12)
Sneaking Mission asks: If you were to donate a fraudulent piece of video game history to a museum to confuse future historians, what would it be? (34:46)
Honky Tonk Tom asks: What are some real world businesses that have GTA-style business names? (41:07)
Kiko B asks: What job advice would you give to someone who wants to be an “idea guy?” (50:46)
Yeso asks: What would be the gamer version of Gift of the Magi? (57:38)
LIGHTNING ROUND: The ___ of Video Games Questions (01:04:26)
Recommendations and Outro (01:12:00)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
Umihara Kawase series
Final Fantasy series
E-Prime
Remnant II
The Last Remnant
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
King of Dragon Pass
Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure
Shenmue
Xenogears / Xenosaga universe
Mark J. Ferrari
Loom
MAME
Shrek (2001)
Psycho Fox
Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken
Pokémon universe
Tetsuya Nomura
Bonk series
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Demonschool
The Tower of Druaga
Dark Souls
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sam & Max
Project 007
GoldenEye 007
Hitman series
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
The Prisoner
Batman: Arkham series
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Far Cry 2
Fallout games
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Wolfenstein Series
Ace Attorney series
Yeah Yeah Beebiss II
Mother 3
Astal
Geist
Grand Theft Auto series
Conker’s Bad Fur Day
The Gift of the Magi
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mushihimesama Futari
Under Defeat
Mamorokun Curse!
Balan Wonderworld
Rodea the Sky Soldier
Lost Odyssey
Recommendations:
Brandon: Space Rangers, The Ulysses Cut of Waterworld (1995)
Frank: Viva New Vegas for Fallout: New Vegas setup
Christa: Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still, learn Japanese
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