Video essayist and composer ThorHighHeels joins video game historian Frank Cifaldi to answer questions about the Dreamcast’s legacy, the PS5 Pro, and penis worms.

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SHOW NOTES:

Question 1: What does the Dreamcast represent? (02:04)

Question 2: Is it ever worth getting the Pro version of a console? (07:28)

Question 3: When in your experience have recent video games been most nakedly attempting to generate a meme? (12:56)

Question 4: What happened to everybody that was making browser flash games? (17:09)

Question 5: Which phylum in the animal kingdom has the best monster design? (18:38)

(Content warning: most of these are links to types of worms)

Question 6: Psynuxie asks, what is the “George R. R. Martin should just hire a ghost writer to finish the series” of video games? (21:50)

Question 7: Ayla asks, what is the most specifically personalized video game recommendation you’ve offered to someone? (28:06)

Question 8: LeFish asks, what game would be most improved with the addition of Satan? (32:46)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess the Top 10 Vtubers (35:25)

Recommendations and Outro (42:05):

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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi and ThorHighHeels. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.