Show Notes
Frank, Ash, and Brandon answer questions about episodic games, the ever-changing “average gamer,” and full-frontal Mario.
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:
Video Game History Foundation
Sonic Sez
Punky Brewster
“I’m brave, I’m hairy, and your dad loves me.”
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The Lost Woods Theme
Alarmo
Jay
John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change
Evanesence - Bring Me to Life
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
1: When should a game be released in chapters as opposed to all at once? (04:28)
Deltarune
Esper’s bluesky post
Sam & Max series
Toby Fox
Poppy Playtime
Dispatch
Telltale Games
AdHoc Studio
Dreamcast
Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei
GameTap
American McGee’s Grimm
Katamari Damacy
Tim Burton
Temu
2: How old should a game be before it gets a remake? (09:54)
The Last of Us series
Resident Evil series
Silent Hill series
Final Fantasy VII: Remake
Metal Gear Solid series
MindsEye
Star Fox
Disney’s Robin Hood
Five Nights at Freddy’s series
3: What would you consider the worst timed video game releases in history? (15:18)
Kotaku: Konami Is Suing To Unmask Whoever’s Responsible For The Major Metal Gear Solid 2 Source Code Leak
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
Propeller Arena
Grand Theft Auto VI
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Doom Eternal
Barbenheimer
Hades
Battleborn
Overwatch
The Outer Worlds
Outer Wilds
Duke Nukem Forever
4: What is an uncle game? (20:06)
The Guardian: Long live the ‘unc game’
AAVE
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
World of WarCraft
Madden series
FIFA series
Wordle
Spelling Bee
Roblox
Mecca Chameleon
Mina the Hollower
Friendslop
Grand Theft Auto V
NCAA Football series
NBA 2K series
NBA Jam series
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Tiger Woods PGA series
Street Fighter II
Sonic the Hedgehog
Guilty Gear series
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Tony Hawk skateboarding series
Lode Runner
Duke Nukem series
Atari
Coleco
Intellivision
Sega Genesis
Mortal Kombat
5: Room Check! (29:39)
youtube.com/insertcreditshow
Soundsheets
Darius
Space Harrier
Quartet
Fantasy Zone
Master System
Osamu Murata
Casette tape
KQED
Forum
Sega
Take Your Daughter to Work Day
City Year Cleveland
Jesse Owens
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (2005)
Scarabaeidae
Dung beetle
6: SuperDQP asks, which game franchise should get a “the movie the game” treatment? (38:45)
Street Fighter the Movie the Game
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Super Mario series
CD-i
Midway Games
Mortal Kombat series
NARC
Cyberpunk 2077
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Naughty Dog
Crystal Dynamics
Java
JavaScript
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Paul W. S. Anderson
Wii
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Jim Carrey
The Riddler
Sonic and the Black Knight
007: First Light
King of Fighters (2009)
Tekken (2009)
Need for Speed (2014)
Gran Turismo (2023)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Pride or Die (46:12)
Recommendations and Outro (57:50):
Brandon:
not any of the Jaws sequels
Nirvana X-Rom - Wired Into Your Brain
Priscilla Page’s Predator and Prey essays
Karaoke Videos - 99% Invisible
InnerSpiral’s I Built This Body To Hold Yours
Jim Wilson’s Center Core Never More
seiji oda - LAST SUMMER
Ash: Road to Empress II or maybe not because it has a lot of Gen AI
Jaffe: give us money! Or leave a review
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