Ep. 448 - Werewolf Cancellation

Our illustrious panel covers the end of games on discs, Marathon Steve, and how much money Ash has spent on Love and Deepspace. 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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You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your Bitch Is Too Bad. They’ll Kill You

“You notice a dog smell.”

Taekwondo

Cleveland Dragon Boat Association

Aikido

Bouldering Grades

Bouldering

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

Rock climbing

1: Can we address Sony? (06:20)

Kotaku: Sony Ending Discs For All New PlayStation Games Starting In 2028

Eurogamer: Sony announces an end to the PS3 and Vita digital stores

Kotaku: PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies From Customers’ Accounts

E3 2013: Xbox One

Star Fox

Resident Evil 4

GameCube

GameStop

Kotaku: Xbox Is Reportedly Testing A Way To Digitize Your Physical Games

Funko Pop

Kingdom Hearts series

Tomb Raider series

Bloodborne

Limited Run

FanGamer

Strictly Limited

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

2: What’s the longest you’ve played a game before realizing you were playing it the wrong way? (12:50)

Aftermath: I Believe In The Idea Of ‘Marathon Steve’

Marathon

Pokemon series

Pidgey

Rattata

Sonic the Hedgehog series

MMO

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II

PC Engine

Final Fantasy XIV

Infinity Nikki

3: What are the most inventive ways the camera has been used in a video game? (17:56)

Fatal Frame

Nintendo 3DS

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Love and Deepspace

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Silent Hill

Silent Hill (2006)

Pac-Man

Karateka

Apple II

Jordan Mechner

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

Alfred Hitchcock

Square Enix

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VIII

4: What should Jaffe do about the fan response to his popular romance game? (24:21)

Kotaku: Love And Deepspace Devs Decide To Cancel New Werewolf Love Interest After Fans Reportedly Send Them Cow Shit

Mass Effect 3 ending controversy

BTS

Metroid series

5: spencergifs asks, how long should it take to make a game? (34:15)

This month’s monthly bonus episode

Riddler

Star Citizen

Blue Prince

Sos Sosowski

Lazy Kickers

Claude

Grand Theft Auto VI

Sega Genesis

Zoop

6: On which non-video game subjects does most or all of your knowledge on them come from video games? (40:35)

Assembly language

Golf

Baseball

R.B.I. Baseball

Volleyball

Haikyu!!

Rock Band series

La Li Lu Le Lo

Templars

Cooking Mama

Nintendo 3DS Guide Louvre

Animal Crossing series

Jiangshi

Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?

Devils Lake

Persona series

Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer

Roger Maris

7: What is The Godfather Part III (1990) of video games? (46:07)

Kingdom Hearts III

Sofia Coppola

Shenmue III

Final Fantasy III

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Dino Crisis 3

Fallout series

Atari

Atari Recharged series

Masters of the Universe (2026)

Bubsy series

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Sonic Mania

Toy Story series

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Price is Sprite (52:04)

Recommendations and Outro (01:04:59):

Frank:

matttt - comic & manga history

Brandon:

The Amstrad GX4000: A VERY Underrated Console | Kim Justice

I Love Boosters (2026)

Quadrophonia - Cozmic Jam

Blu-Ray.com

Auntie Ash’s Self-Care Corner:

Take your shirt off

Write shit down

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