Special guest Jonathan Kim joins the crew to cover what really matters: recognizing Columns as an essential work.

Questions this week:

1. Sell me a PS5 (4:23)
2. Whats The Deal with game names, Jerry? (9:22)
3. Sega’s neglected canon (15:27)
4. Best aesthetics in worst games (21:12)
5. Ideal fighting game cameos ( 26:47)
6. Patreon Supporter Sam asks: How did Japan’s game industry recover? (33:15)
7. Scott Pilgrim’s nostalgia timeshifted ten years later (40:54)
8. Insert Credit as Majora’s Mask NPCs ( 45:14)
9. Non-hellish game employers (50:53)
10. The Raid 2 of video games ( 54:01)

LIGHTNING ROUND: This or That (57:52)

Edited by Blaine Brown. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.