Show Notes
Writer and Game Developer Mathew Kumar joins an episode hosted by Esper Quinn, covering live service games, personalized Silent Hills, and the Kentucky Loan Ranger.
Hosted by Esper Quinn, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Mathew Kumar. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Sensible Soccer: European Champions
ZX Spectrum
Batman
“All I need are tasty waves, and total carnage.”
Captain Planet
PC Engine
1: What would it take to get you into a live service game today? (03:57)
Marathon
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Fortnite
Steam Deck
PSP
Helldivers II
Left 4 Dead
2: Has a video game ever led to you taking up a non-video game hobby? (10:56)
Death Stranding
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series
BioShock Infinite
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Magic: the Gathering
Crimson Desert
Pokémon Pokopia
PowerWash Simulator
Wanderstop
Ivy Road Closes its Doors
Demonschool
3: Brandon Sheffield asks, have you ever found a piece of media you didn’t realize was based on a video game, then played the video game? (17:24)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Gnosia (anime)
Gnosia
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Mortal Kombat series
Street Fighter (1994)
Street Fighter series
Pac-Man cartoon
Pac-Man
The Crow (1994)
Worlds of Power
Pokemon series
Dennō Senshi Porygon
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
Super Mario Galaxy
4: If you had access to the most advanced 3D graphics rendering capabilities available today, what would you make? (24:19)
Cyberpunk 2077
Afrika
Yakuza series
5: Alex Jaffe asks, what would your Silent Hill be like? (30:20)
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill f
Silent Hill
Pyramid Head
Winnie The Poohing
Hudson News
6: What’s the most work you ever put into a video game doing something that wasn’t explicitly encouraged by the game? (37:00)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Game Developer Magazine
Crysis 2
P.T.
Resident Evil 4
Bubbles
Defender
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Castlevania series
7: What is the anime waifu car wrap of video games? (47:05)
Gran Turismo 7
NicoMaki
Xbox 360
The iDOLM@STER series
PSM
Magic Knight Rayearth
Triforce
Nintendo DS
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Magic Cards, Odyssey Block Edition (51:05)
Acceptable Losses
Cunning Wish
Basking Rootwalla (not a real animal, but based on the real Chuckwalla)
Faceless Butcher
Gallantry
Hunting Grounds
Bamboozle
Recommendations and Outro (58:32):
Brandon: Skip Tracer (1977)
Mathew: Backyard Bloodbaths
Frank: Thunderbean
Esper: Blippo+
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