Video Game History Foundation Co-Director Kelsey Lewin joins Brandon, Tim and Alex in exploring duality, Caroque, and Spider-Man Root Canaling Pregnant Elsa.

Questions this week:

  1. Which video game series really got it right on the second try? (02:38)
  2. What was the state of video games during the second console generation? (08:05)
  3. What are the keys to a great co-op video game experience? (13:27)
  4. What would be the easiest game to adapt into a movie on a limited budget? (20:30)
  5. Design a fourth Frogger 2. (23:36)
  6. Dirtbag Evoline Theory: What is the impact of the Five Nights At Freddy's franchise on the games industry? (30:48)
  7. Violence Island (36:26)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Intellivision or ColecoVision? (46:47)

Recommendations and Outro (53:45)

Everyone else is discussing this episode in the forums, why aren't you?

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Brandon: Cancel Spotify Pro

Tim: Download 4K Video Downloader, download Insert Credit Show every week from YouTube to feel more like a pirate

Kelsey: Liquid I.V.

Esper: my personal advice is to download all Insert Credit Show episodes from the archive.org page, the canonical “source” files, to feel cool.

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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Kelsey Lewin. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.