Show Notes
Guest host Esper Quinn asks Frank, Ash, and Brandon about Xbox’s Black Friday failure, The Game Awards, and creative uses for soy sauce. Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Nu metal
Xbox 360
“It’s not just me—there’s a trillion of us!”
Toledo, Ohio
Cyberpunk 2077
Simple Flashlight mod
Fallout: New Vegas
Viva New Vegas
World of Warcraft
Dragon Age series
Honda Prelude
Pontiac Tempest
1: Vanessa B asks, what is the most ridiculous fighting game outfit you’ve seen and what about it irks your nerves? (04:51)
Street Fighter series
Lara Croft
Ep. 418 - Keep Cringe Alive, with Vanessa B
Juri
Cammy
Tekken series
Leroy Smith
Heihachi
Chun-Li
Mario
2: You guys see the Nex Cube outsold the Xbox on Black Friday? (09:29)
Mat Piscatella
Black Friday console sales
PlayStation 5
Switch 2
Nex Playground
Xbox Series
Kinect
Amico
Wii
Jackbox series
Epic Games v. Apple
Handheld TV game
3: If you ran a video game history foundation, what would you do with an unreleased NES game? (18:30)
Video Game History Foundation
Chris Oberth
Xcavator - Lost 1991 NES Game Found and Released
Golden Tee series
Time Killers
Mega Cat Studios
WrestleQuest
iam8bit
Lost In Cult
4: Given that we record this show on the Thursday before it’s released, recap what happened at The Game Awards (23:46)
The Game Awards 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hideo Kojima
Geoff Keighley
Half-Life 3
Dreamcast 2
Kermit the Frog
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Vitamin D
Emmet Otter
Legend of Zelda live action movie
Willem Dafoe
Will Farrell
The Lego Movie (2014)
Barbie (2023)
Flute Guy
5: Yeso asks, if video games had a currency, who would be on the $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills? (30:05)
Insert Credit Flavored Questions that are too stupid for the Dirtbag
Mike Haggar
Final Fight series
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Ulysses S. Grant
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton
Ralph Baer
Sonic the Hedgehog
Kane & Lynch
Persona series
Polybius
Princess Peach
Tingle
Bonk
Bobby Kotick
Master Chief
Solid Snake
Yo! Noid
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Wario
how do you politely tell a hookup that they have massively overstayed their welcome?
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Nintendo 3DS
6: What age should a person play their first video game? (37:27)
Intellivision
Atari 2600
7: What is the soy sauce of video games? (41:04)
Soy sauce
Men’s Testicles Have Taste Receptors?
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Even More Magic the Gathering Cards (45:39)
Recommendations and Outro (52:47):
Frank: The Video Game History Foundation’s Winter Fundraiser Calendar of Events
Brandon: Bullets Over Summer (1999), Jai D - Keichitsu Vol.1, Yoshie Kashiwabara - Luster, please review Demonschool
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