Musician, writer, and Insert Credit regular Liz Ryerson returns to cover lawyer angels, Charles Martinet’s infidelity, and Le Console.
Questions this week:
- Kelsey Lewin asks: What’s the recipe for the worst way to play Super Mario Bros.? (03:42)
- Has a spiritual sequel to a game ever surpassed it? (08:58)
- How would you commemorate a series 30th anniversary when you have no new games to announce? (13:16)
- Can listening to a game’s soundtrack spoil the game? (18:00)
- How have video games failed the queer community? (23:09)
- Dirtbag MoxBagel asks: How do you design around players hoarding items? (32:49)
- If all the big tech giants made video game consoles, which one would be the biggest disaster? (38:28)
- What are the best unlicensed games? (43:36)
- Can realistic human jumping be fun in video games? (49:15)
- Who’s the Christopher Columbus of video games? (54:26)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Glitchfork Reviews (59:03)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- NES Advantage controller
- NES Max controller
- Power Glove
- Game Genie
- Axiom Verge
- Bloodstained
- King's Field
- Siren
- Thimbleweed Park
- The Legendary Axe
- Astyanax
- The Magic of Scheherazade
- Sonic Symphony
- Friend of the show Ash Parrish
- Topher's legendary Sonic 2 SE letsplay
- Earthbound
- Chrono Cross
- Chrono Trigger
- Sonic Mania
- Homestuck
- Undertale
- Tim Follin
- Nier's terrible trophy
- Deadly Premonition
- Poison
- Birdetta
- Earth Angel bar
- Erica Anderson
- Saints Row
- Razer E3 keynote
- Stadia is dead
- Amazon buys the CryEngine
- Amazon Games probably one of the worst disasters in gamedev
- Micro Machines
- Magic Kid Googoo
- Armadillo
- ATB
- Knights of the Round
- Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co.,LTD
- Strip Fighter II (nsfw, but only in theory)
- Another World
- Canabalt
- Normal Mario Bros
- Bethesda and Madden
- The Edge Guy
- Tommy Tallarico
- Mamoru Samuragochi
Recommendations:
Brandon: Ace Combat 3 soundtrack, Liz's Sounds From The Abyss mixes
Frank: Sleep, drink water
Liz: Stretch, Ross's Game Dungeon, The Blood Zone
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.