Liz Ryerson triumphantly joins the panel to cover DDR dance pads, Batman games, and Burger Time Royale with Cheese.
Questions this week:
- What are we learning about the video game industry from the Apple v. Epic court case? (03:52)
- What would be an interesting game series to play a Shuffler of? (09:04)
- Is there something you’ve wanted to see video games do for a long time, but once they finally did it you weren’t that impressed? (15:25)
- Which property-based video games take the greatest liberty with their source material? (20:33)
- Design a new non-dance game for the DDR pad. (26:25)
- Dirtbag Spencer asks: What makes a definitive edition of a video game definitive? (31:07)
- What game has the best party members? (36:41)
- Is there anywhere for the Battle Royale genre to go from here? (41:47)
- When have you had to lie about how you felt about a video game? (46:43)
- Who is the John Swartzwelder of video games? (52:34)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Donkey Kong Universe - Phase 1 (57:11)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Phanto Mask
- Sonic Ice Cream
- Epic v. Apple
- Epic Payouts
- Enter the Gungeon
- Celeste
- Everything
- Bizhawk Emulator Suite
- Sonic Shuffler
- Mr. Friendly by JP LeBreton
- Bennett Foddy's Multibowl
- Sonic 4
- Sonic 4ces
- Batman: The Video Game
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- PC Engine Batman
- ZX Spectrum Batman
- McKids
- Popful Mail
- Waterwold
- SNES Waterworld Soundtrack
- Incredible Crisis
- Space Channel 5
- Deee-Lite
- Fullmetal Alchemist!
- Mimikyu
- Nuzlocke Challenge
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Anachronox
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Paul Verhoeven
- Black Book (2006)
- Burger Time Pro Player interview
- John Swartzwelder's interview
- Jeff Minter
- The Time Machine Did It
- Steve Ditko
- Colossal Cave Adventure
- Danielle Bunten Berry
Recommendations:
Frank: Beat Nier Replicant, get bored on the second playthrough and watch the endings on YouTube (both Jaffe and Esper strongly recommend against this)
Liz: Tomato Way trilogy
Brandon: Touch and Go by Toshiki Kadomatsu, Returner (2002), Get your parents and grandparents vaccinated
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.