Show Notes
Our heroes convene to discuss the Sega Game Gear, the most satisfying punch in video games, and sports MMOs.
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:
Half Price Books
PlayStation 3
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Resistance: Fall of Man
Madden series
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
Criterion Closet
Severin Films
Joe Dante
Pirhana (1978)
Gremlins (1984)
The Howling (1981)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Synapse Films
Rent-A-Relic
“Please forgive me for my sin of making illegal copies. Please forgive me for my sin of hypocrisy. Please forgive me for my sin of arrogance. Amen.”
All Those Moments by Rutger Hauer
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
H. G. Welles
1: What kinds of video games do you think we’ll never see again? (07:27)
Metal Gear Solid
Teleprinter
Kinect
Nex Playground
Wii
Light gun
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Don Bluth
Dragons Lair series
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Mina the Hollower
Commodore 64
2: What’s the most satisfying punch you can throw in a video game? (12:15)
Shatterhand
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Final Fight
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Bayonetta
Game Gear
Krusty’s Super Fun House
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
Mortal Kombat series
Darkstalkers series
Toasty!
God Hand
Electronic Gaming Monthly
3: Which Game Gear games are most faithful to their source material? (17:07)
Gunstar Heroes
Dynamite Headdy
Ecco the Dolphin
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
Shining Force series
Battletoads
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Master System
Aleste series
Beep Games, Inc.
OutRun
Space Harrier
Yuji Naka
4: The Adaptation Game - Betty Boop (21:50)
Betty Boop
Mr. Boop
Cuphead
Stray
Rotoscoping
Max Fleischer
PaRappa the Rapper
The Charleston
23 skidoo
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
5: littleboat asks, what is the word of the year in videogames? (27:42)
Friendslop
“Slop” chosen as Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year
Peak
Big Walk
Untitled Goose Game
Titanfall 2
Titanic (1997)
H Game
6: Are there sports MMOs where everybody is one player? (35:38)
Second Life
Madden series
NBA 2K series
Rocket League
Rematch
Sifu
Hyper Gunsport
7: Has making a video game gotten harder or easier over time? (39:42)
Unity
Unreal Engine
Ed Annunziata
SGDK
Intellivision Amico
Blender
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Baldur’s Gate III (45:15)
Recommendations and Outro (52:52):
Frank: King Leo peppermint
Brandon: Dickens Fair, Dark Angel (1990), Cat Eyed Boy
Ash: Greyhound (2020), I, Claudius
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