The panel covers Youngen Ring, the popular opinion of Souls games, and whether we can get Phil Spencer on the show.
Questions this week:
- Jenna Stoeber asks: What’s the worst (or most out of place) sound effect in video games? (03:44)
- On its 20th birthday, what are our memories of the original Xbox? (08:46)
- Aren’t the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remasters Rockstar’s greatest heist of all? (14:04)
- Are there some things in video games it took you a while to understand, but you finally get now? (18:29)
- What will be the Game of Thrones reference in Elden Ring? (21:54)
- Dirtbag Kiko asks: What are the best and worst moments of horse death in video games? (27:50)
- How do video games use spite as a motivator? (33:38)
- Is Bobby Kotick a singular evil dunce, or are all C-level executives this slimy? (38:25)
- What are the Neuromancer and Snow Crash of video games? (43:26)
Recommendations and Outro (47:31)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Warner Bros. SmashWarners
- Uwe Boll's In The Name of the King A Dungeon Siege Tale 2: Two Worlds starring Dolph Lundgren
- Pinhead
- Mr. Boombastic
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Quake II
- Uncharted series
- Shining Force III
- Super Mario Galaxy
- NieR
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
- Gunvalkyrie
- Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
- Malice
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
- Tuff Nut smoothing
- The Rain Thing
- NieR: Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
- Fortnite
- Genshin Impact
- Octopath Traveler
- Red Dead Redemption
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Ico
- The Last Guardian
- The Last of Us
- Halo 2
- DooM
- Counter-Strike
- BloodRayne
- Dark Souls
- Demons Souls for PS5
- Jason Schreier's Bloomberg article on Phil Spencer re-evaluating Bobby Kotick
- Phil Spencer is skeptical of NFTs
- Phil Spencer calls on industry to support emulation
- #IDARB
- Lost Odyssey
- Neuromancer
- Snow Crash
- K.W. Jeter
- The Sprawl Trilogy
- Burning Chrome
- Bridge Trilogy
- Shadowrun for the Sega CD
- Shadowrun for the Super Nintendo
- Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
Recommendations:
Frank: Stop tying physics to framerate, stop using The Final Countdown in media
Brandon: Check out Europe's first two albums, use any Visa gift cards you get at physical locations to get the full value
Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.