Show Notes
Our heroes confront Summer Game Fest, questions of manners when talking to swords, and another trip to the Omegaverse.
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:
Polka dot
“I have to stay alive and record this podcast before I die!”
PAX
Return of Monkey Island
Video Game History Foundation
Game Boy Camera
Alexey Pajitnov
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Dragon Age series
Solas
Thedas
Iron Bull
Cullen Rutherford
Game Boy Advance
Xeno Crisis
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Spyro 2: Season of Flame
Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor
1: What did you think of the PlayStation State of Play? (05:19)
PlayStation State of Play
God of War: Laufey
Kemuri: Hunt the Unseen
Report: Payment for some TheGamer staff now tied to per-article sessions
Gitaroo Man
God of War: Ragnarök
Jack Quaid
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Dungeons & Dragons
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Hairy Wolverine
Kratos
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis studio have used “AI-assisted tools” during development
Bubsy
2: Why do we do these and who are they for? (16:47)
P.N.04
Day of the Devs
GDC
3: If you could insert one sentence into Geoff Keighley’s teleprompter at Summer Game Fest this year, what would it be? (21:10)
Geoff Keighley
Pong
Free Palestine
Black Lives Matter
Trans Rights Are Human Rights
Kermit the Frog
Rainbow Connection
Costco Connection
4: CaptainNAC asks, which game would you pick as the secret handle to open a hidden passageway behind a false wall? (26:45)
Sega Genesis
NCAA Football
Columns
Columns III: Revenge of Columns
NBA 2K19
Coach K College Basketball
Sega CD
Ready Player One
NCAA: Road to the Final Four
NCAA Final Four Basketball
5: What would you guess are the first five mods a community typically makes for a video game? (35:27)
6-7
007: First Light
World of WarCraft
HDR
Special K
Shrek
Thomas the Tank Engine
Mortal Kombat
6: What is the John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972) of video games? (40:03)
John Waters
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Horses
Divine
Yoko Taro
Drakengard 3
Mouthwashing
Danganronpa series
The Godfather II
Scarface: The World Is Yours
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LIGHTNING ROUND: Omegaversus (44:42)
Omegaverse
Recommendations and Outro (01:11:34):
Brandon: Read Only Memo, Dirty Kopz (2001)
Frank: The Video Game History Hour Ep. 156 - Read Only Memo
Ash: Find something you like on Archive of Our Own and leave a comment and kudos on something you like
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