Show Notes
The panel you know and love returns to discuss E3, user generated content, and Ryan Baby Goose.
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:
The Criterion Channel
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
Akira Kurosawa
Gatorade Zero Glacier Cherry
Costco
Water
Vitamin Water XXX
xXx (2002)
Stella Sacco
1: What’s everybody been up to lately? (03:13)
San Diego Comic-Con
Funko Pop
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Star Trek
Steve Ditko
Kimba the White Lion
Batman
Hutchinson Island
Sea turtle
Crow
Lemming
Sea cucumber
Rabbit
Florida Keys
Jellyfish
America the Beautiful
2 What was E3 like? (12:06)
E3
Dreamcast
PlayStation 2
Crash Bandicoot
NEC Interchannel
PC Engine
The Video Game History Foundation E3 Collection
Carolyn Rauch
The Beatles: Rock Band
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Game Informer
Spider-Man
3: What are the best implementations of weather effects in video games? (19:27)
Haunted Mansion
Soulslike
Final Fantasy X
Ghostwire: Tokyo
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Super Mario series
Looney Tunes
Journey to the West
Astro Boy
Astro Bot
Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball
Peanut Butter the Speedrunning Dog
Jerry Rice & Nitus’s Dog Football
Hollywood Reporter: ‘Air Bud Returns’ Movie Reboot Sets Cast Ahead of 2026 Release
Variety: Ryan Gosling Cast as Ghost Rider in Marvel Movie
Baby Driver (2017)
Ryan Gosling
Gosling
4: Design a dating game that takes place at the Cheesecake Factory (25:05)
Cheesecake Factory
Applebee’s
Bucca di Beppo
Chipotle
Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! series
Date Everything
5: Room Check! (32:24)
Game Developer Conference
Children’s Fairyland
“It’s Just Emulation!”: The Challenge of Selling Old Games
It’s Still Emulation: Saving Video Game History Before It’s Too Late
Preserving Game History: It’s Just Us
Bubsy
Gunpla
MS-09 Dom
Advanced Variable Geo
6: SteveWithAB asks, what was a major inflection point for video games that didn’t feel like one at the time? (40:04)
Roblox
Dreams
LittleBigPlanet
Minecraft
Elden Ring
Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
7: What is the Emily Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey of video games? (45:29)
Emily Wilson
Christopher Nolan
The Odyssey (2026)
NPR: ‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn’t have written the movie himself
Hideo Kojima
Capcom
Dante’s Inferno
Console Wars
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Stellar Blade
Bayonetta
Dracula
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Sephiroth
Anne Rice
LIGHTNING ROUND: Notable Patreon Characters (54:22)
Recommendations and Outro (01:05:31):
Brandon: Game Industry Hardship Bundle
Ash: Drink more tea
Frank: Go somewhere without an agenda
Jaffe: Magic Every Day with Esper Quinn
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