Show Notes
Your Insert Credit Panel discusses the future of Xbox, the difference between dad games and mom games, and weird little guys. 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:
KEXP
Italian AOC
“This wild aura, man. Can’t let this go.”
Falsetto
1: When are you convinced to go back to a particular game after putting it down? (02:51)
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Cronos: The New Dawn
Red Dead Redemption II
Deadwood
Sega Genesis
Sony PlayStation
World of WarCraft
Quest 64
Quest 64 Official
The Ooze
barleybap
2: Through video game history, how has the job of level designer evolved? (07:44)
TUME
Disney’s Aladdin
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Uncharted series
Titanfall 2
Iwata Asks
Legend of Zelda series
Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka
3: What are the differences between a dad game and a mom game? (12:59)
Pragmata
Cooking Mama
Bayonetta
Amnesia: Rebirth
Super Metroid
NieR
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
Stardew Valley
The Sims
Black & White
Peter Molyneux
You know it’s bad for AI when even Peter Molyneux, king of overpromising, is tepid on its use in game dev
Grateful Dead
Black Sabbath
4: Design a video game trilogy intended to grow up with the player base (19:39)
Pokemon series
Palworld
Mewgenics!
Final Fantasy XII
Master Chief
Game Freak
NFT
5: Death_Strandicoot asks, is Xbox a third party now? Is there still a Big 3? (28:01)
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
Developers, developers, developers
Nintendo
Sony
Roblox
Epic
Fortnite
Circana
List of largest video game companies by revenue
6: What are some new ways to torture players in masocore games? (33:42)
Masocore
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
QWOP
Dark Souls
Minecraft
Marvel Rivals
Jackass
Virtual Boy
Speedrunning
7: What is the McDonald’s Sprite of video games? (38:42)
McDonalds
Sprite
Steam Deck
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Roblox Mobile (43:51)
Recommendations and Outro (49:51):
Frank: apply for Video Game History Foundation’s Charity Development Coordinator if you meet the qualifications
Ash: For All Mankind
Brandon: Boogiepop Phantom, Ikarie XB-1 (1963), Baby Steps Developers React to 7 Minute Speedrun
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