Show Notes
The panel reviews Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, deeming it the most British Japanese game ever, and potentially the future of video games. 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:
Mortal Kombat series
“Look! Look!”
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Blinky
Pac-Man (TV series)
The Ghost Witch of Netor
Sue
Will Smith
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Monkey Island series
1: Why is this game like this? (06:16)
The Cutting Room Floor - Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (Genesis)
MobyGames
Marvel Land
Namco
Pac-Attack
Pac-in-Time
Yakuza series
The Honeymooners
I Think You Should Leave “Eggman Game” sketch
Red Dead Redemption
Super Princess Peach
Garry’s Mod
Freddi Fish series
Putt-Putt series
Sesame Street licensees
Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
The Experience Share
Pokemon series
Tomb Raider series
Age of Empires series
Tekken series
Kingdom Hearts
2: If you had to live in a house shaped like a video game character, who would it be? (38:53)
Super Mario Bros. 2
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
Steve
Slime
Baba Is You
Kirby
Kim Kardashian
3: What other video game sequels take such a big swing they deserve the subtitle “the New Adventures?” (41:08)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
Overwatch 2
Valis series
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Batman
Final Fantasy VI
Tōru Iwatani
4: Spencer Gifts asks, should Zelda style game be called adventure games or should point and click games be called adventure games? (46:56)
Legend of Zelda series
Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure
Book Off
Uncharted series
God Hand
Hey You, Pikachu!
Lifeline
Seaman
The Sims
Little Computer People
Haunting Starring Polterguy
Lemmings
Shadow Labyrinth
5: Let’s talk about the hot girl in Pac-Man 2. (52:56)
The Ghost Witch of Netor
Pac ’n Roll
Pac-in-Time
Pac-Land
Demona
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Mom
Dexter’s Mom
Mike Pence
6: Let’s talk about the arcade segments stapled onto this game. (58:17)
The Lion King
Mr. Bones
7: Is this a good game? (01:03:37)
Indika
Uncharted series
Keita Takahashi
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - The New Adventures (01:13:21)
Credit Report (01:21:06)
Recommendations and Outro (01:22:45):
Frank: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Brandon: The Feminine Complex, Corpse Mania (1981), Total Recall 2070, donate to Trans Continental Pipeline
Ash: Read Aftermath, pay for journalism, take a walk in the sun
Jaffe: Share your interests with people
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