Show Notes
Our panel of experts discuss AI in game development, how to guide players, and Duke Nukem’s actual, real balls of steel. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Xzibit
Pimp My Ride
Titan Quest
Ep. 430 - Pac-Man 2cular
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Ghost Witch of Netor
Three’s Company
John Ritter
Will Eisner
“I awakened prematurely, and I have found nothing but filth and destruction.”
Pecan pie
Cherry pie
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Pizza pie
Nobou Umeatsu
Metaphor: ReFantazio
1: At what point is a production tool considered AI? (08:38)
GenAI
Claude AI
Linux
GrapheneOS
Unreal Engine 5
2: What are the benefits of setting a game in the post-apocalypse? (15:26)
Rage
Pokémon Pokopia
Pokémon Blue Version
Star Wars
Cowboy Bebop
3: What’s the worst answer you’ve ever heard from a video game professional to a question? (20:43)
Naoki Yoshida
Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI has a medieval approach to diversity
PlayStation 3
Gamasutra
Shuhei Yoshida
Ouya
Simon Carless
GameDiscoverCo
4: What video game facts would you put on a Snapple cap? (26:16)
Snapple
Scrapple
Liverwurst
Pong
IGF
Gex series
Dana Carvey
Dana Gould
Viggo Mortensen Broke His Toe In ‘The Two Towers’
Donkey Kong series
K. K. Slider
Shigeru Miyamoto
Sonic the Hedgehog
Yuji Naka
Duke Nukem
Fushigi
5: LeFish asks, what are the best ways of misdirecting players in videogames? (33:49)
Yellow paint
BioShock
Kaizo
Dead Space
The Secret of Monkey Island
Zero Suit Samus
Final Fantasy XV
Cortana
6: What are historically the smallest decisions that have had the largest impact on video games? (40:30)
Magnavox Odyssey
Nolan Bushnell
Video game modding
Game & Watch
D-pad
Wii Sports
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Satoru Iwata
7: What is the realizing you were dehydrated when the water you drink is too good of video games? (45:56)
Artichoke
Super Mario series
Crow Country
Sonic Mania
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
Shōnen
Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Hunter x Hunter
YuYu Hakusho
Sega Dreamcast
LIGHTNING ROUND: Letters Delivery (51:26)
Recommendations and Outro (54:52):
Brandon: The videogame inspired by Philip Glass that nobody noticed, Demonschool is on sale (please rate and review), check out the library
Ash: Do whimsical things outside your normal routine,
Frank: Go out and find stuff
Jaffe: Stay indoors
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