Show Notes
Your Insert Credit Panel covers bargaining with publishers, sordid secrets of video game couples, and the Zohran Mamdani of esports.
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:
Cookie’s Bustle
Linux
Steam Deck
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Stevie Nicks
“Nothin here except a stinkin’ pile of manure.”
Coke Zero
Looney Tunes
1: What’s your favorite cartridge shape? (03:19)
Atari Jaguar
Sonic & Knuckles
Game Boy
Game Gear
Sega Genesis
HuCard
TurboGrafx-16
WonderSwan
Game Boy Advance
2: As a game developer, how do you buy more time from your publisher? (08:21)
Ysbryd Games
Demonschool
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Yu Suzuki
Space Harrier
Hayao Nakayama
3: What are the most important skills people don’t talk about in esports? (13:16)
Esports
Zohran Mamdani
Holes Filled
SonicFox
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Sumo
4: Given recent drama, what are some other secrets of video game character couples? (18:55)
Capcom Addresses Street Fighter 6 ‘Incest’ Controversy
Alex
Street Fighter III
Bayonetta 3
Sonic ’06
Sonic
Princess Elise the Third
Shadow
Maria Robotnik
Tails
Mary Shelly
Frankenstein
5: What video game would you recommend to Mary Shelly? (27:15)
Date Everything
Elden Ring
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
Yume Nikki
Silent Hill f
Fatal Frame
Frankenstein: The Monster Returns
Monster Mash
Amiga
Guitar Hero series
Spooky Scary Skeletons
Final Fantasy XV
6: SteveWithaB asks, was there a time you remember being bullied for enjoying video games? (30:04)
Columbine High School shooting
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Sega Saturn
7: What is the waking up just a few minutes before your alarm of video games? (37:47)
Treasure Co., Ltd.
Ironic
Batman: Arkham series
Resident Evil: requiem
Crimson Desert
Grand Theft Auto VI
LIGHTNING ROUND: ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID? (41:26)
The inspiration for this Lightning Round
archive.gamehistory.org
Recommendations and Outro (58:38):
Frank: Kinetica, actually donate the stuff you set aside to donate
Brandon: Suddenly In The Dark (1981)
Ash: Out of the Closet Thrift Stores
Jaffe: Donate goods to Housing Works
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