Ep. 435 - Never Underestimate a PS4 Player from Kentucky Named Josh, with Catherine Masters

Video Game Journalist Catherine Masters joins the panel to cover console prices, the Microsoft BDS boycott, and Bubsy helping Mario with something. Hosted by Catherine Masters, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

“If I had a game console, I bet I’d play it all day.”

Nintendo DS Lite

Dogz 2

Atari 2600

Intellivision

Sega Game Gear

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble

Intellivoice

B-17 Bomber

DualShock

Game Genie

Rumble Pak

Sound Blaster

Mike Mika

1: How much more expensive can game consoles get? (04:43)

Sony raises PS5 prices by up to $150

PlayStation 5

Popular Kids Console Nex Playground Gets $50 Price Hike

Nex Playground

PlayStation 4

Sony Reportedly Testing Dynamic Pricing on the PlayStation Store

Nintendo Switch

Demonschool

Halo series

2: Why do people treat a Steam release like “the” PC release? (09:51)

Steam

itch.io

GoG

Kingdom Hearts series

Epic Games Store

EA Origin

PlayOnline

UPlay

Steam Deck

Alanis Morisette - Ironic

3: After a year, what impact has the BDS Microsoft boycott had? (15:23)

BDS Microsoft Boycott

RC Cola

OpenAI

Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

Anthropic

OpenAI just gave up on Sora and its billion-dollar Disney deal

4: What’s the deal with all these egg games? (19:05)

Fowl Damage

Egging On

Arctic Eggs

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Egg Squeeze

Terry Kavanaugh

yolkfolk.com

Dizzy and Seymour

Dizzy

Bubsy

The Yolkfolk

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk

Slender Man

The Backrooms

5: Alex Jaffe asks, what tattoo would you give to a tech bro asking for “gamer cred”? (24:55)

Offspring - Pretty Fly for a White Guy

Super Mario series

Triforce

Hylian Shield

Berserk

Master Chief

The cake is a lie

Skibidi Toilet

Lara Croft

SGMATRK

Warthog

6: What games could you rework from single player to multiplayer? (31:10)

National Videogame Museum (United Kingdom)

Twitch Plays Pokemon

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures

No Way Out

Knuckles’ Chaotix

Super Mario Odyssey

IndieCade

Tetris: The Grand Master

Celeste

Mr. Bones

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2p1c by LilAggy and parkenharbor

Games Done Quick

Bennett Foddy

QWOP

Baby Steps

7: What should Catherine do instead of watching Insert Credit this week? (36:17)

Giant Bomb

RndStranger

PC Engine

The Video Game History Hour

Remap Radio

Sega Saturn

Triple Click

8: What’s the juicy cotoure tracksuit of video games? (38:56)

Juicy Cotoure tracksuit

Lollipop Chainsaw

Ugg boots

Stellar Blade

Wet

Oneechanbara series

Super Smash Bros. series

Mario Kart series

MultiVersus

2K Sports

Fortnite

Candy Crush Saga

Love and Deepspace

Goddess of Victory: Nikke

Bejeweled

Juicy couture an Ed hardy collab photoshoot NYC fashion week

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedexperts (47:45)

Recommendations and Outro (56:33):

Catherine: Hire Catherine if you’re a reputable publisher, make plans to finish things, Memory Card, Catherine’s work at The AV Club

Ash: Pursuit of Jade, revolution now

Brandon: 1000 Women in Horror, Apocalypse Hotel, 東風 by Sawteeth, Frédérick Raynal’s kickstarter for Popcorn Duel + Spinner

Frank: You can just watch Star Trek whenever you want without paying anyone money

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