Ep. 421 - Clearing the Question Hole

Frank, Ash, and Brandon spend the end of the year clearing out the Question Hole, finding brainslop, Tommy Tallarico’s new alias Sammy Salazar, and the death of Sonic the Hedgehog. 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:

“Earth friend, if you want to stay alive, turn off the computer.”

Persona series

The Hierophant

The Tower

The High Priestess

The Chariot

Magical Drop series

Tarot

WonderSwan

Sega Saturn

Ayami Kojima

1: MarkJ asks, what’s the most inappropriate time and place for a video game merchant to set up shop? (04:02)

Phantasy Star series

Pokemon series

Elden Ring

Fantasy Zone

Opa-Opa

The Simpsons

Resident Evil 4

Merchant

Leon Kennedy

Moogles

Final Fantasy IX

2: Call Me By Your Name asks, which game would you play until eternity ends? (7:30)

Elevator Action Returns

Memento (2000)

Nethack

Dwarf Fortress

Holedown

Tetris

Baldur’s Gate III

Pluribus

3: David asks, what would it take to make a consistently funny game? (10:36)

Disco Elysium

High on Life

Marvel Deadpool VR

Kaizo

FromSoftware

4: Ryan asks, if you could be the best in the world at one video game what would it be? (12:37)

Tetris

California State Lottery

Street Fighter series

Tekken series

Kimberly

Elena

5: NVB asks, how would you bring back text adventure games? (13:56)

Ace Attorney series

Twine

6: Gallander asks, do you have any game or experience that makes you reflect on how things that once were won’t ever be again, or makes you too sad? (14:58)

Why Do They Call It Oven When You Of In The Cold Food Of Out Hot Eat The Food?

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

XCOM series

Animal Crossing series

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

7: Horizontal Hold asks, what video game soundtrack is most analogous in its sound as it is to its gameplay? (16:56)

Tetris Effect

Demonschool

Rez

WarioWare series

Sound Shapes

The Legend of Zelda

8: Billy asks, what modern non-arcade games would be improved if only available in arcades? (18:25)

Beat Saber

Balatro

CloverPit

Dogpile

9: Corey asks, what is the next phenomenon that will be predicted by a Hideo Kojima game? (19:18)

Hideo Kojima

Death Stranding

Metal Gear Solid 2

Sammy Salazar

Tommy Tallarico

Mr. Snrub

10: SvenserSblant asks, how has working in the game industry impacted your ability to enjoy games? (22:20)

Game Boy Advance

11: Gaagaagiins asks, what would be the for a cool run? (23:58)

Tool-assisted speedrun

Mega Man series

The Sopranos

SNK 40th Anniversary Collection

Games Done Quick

12: MDS asks, if you knew better in the past, what game or console would you have been super into? (27:20)

Super Nintendo

Game Boy Color

Commodore 64

Amiga

Karateka

Jordan Mechner

Online Multiplayer: Two Game Blister Pack Pairing (30:36)

13: FLCL Forever asks, If Sega had nigh-unlimited money, what could they have done to save the Saturn? (32:47)

Sega Saturn

Xbox One

PlayStation

32X

Dreamcast

A $5 Million Gift From Sega Saved Nvidia

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

14: Chin asks, what do you think of violence in video games? (39:31)

Spec Ops: The Line

Amnesia: the Dark Descent

Clock Tower

15: Dan Cantou asks is licensed crap inherently worse than original crap? (41:39)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Terminator 2D: No Fate

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

007: First Light

Fortnite

Home Alone

NiGHTS into Dreams…

Yuji Naka

16: Malcove asks, how do we make a Studio Ghibli game? (44:37)

Ni No Kuni series

Giblets

Boku no Natsuyasumi

17: Chopemon asks, what setting would you design for a Resident Evil-style one location video game? (45:52)

Paradise Killer

Promise Mascot Agency

Las Vegas Strip

Disneyland

Crow Country

Catacombs of Paris

Doom

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Silent Hill series

18: Devilsblush asks, who is your favorite