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:
- Which video game series really got it right on the second try? (02:38)
- What was the state of video games during the second console generation? (08:05)
- What are the keys to a great co-op video game experience? (13:27)
- What would be the easiest game to adapt into a movie on a limited budget? (20:30)
- Design a fourth Frogger 2. (23:36)
- Dirtbag Evoline Theory: What is the impact of the Five Nights At Freddy's franchise on the games industry? (30:48)
- 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:
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Go Go Ackman 2
- Halo 2
- Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
- Half-Life 2
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
- Persona
- R-Type Final 2
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
- Final Fantasy II
- Dragon Warrior II
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Ganbare Goemon 2
- Street Fighter Alpha 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Fairchild Channel F
- Atari 2600
- Magnavox Odyssey 2
- ColecoVision
- Intellivision
- Quake III: Arena
- Resident Evil 5
- Gears of War series
- EVE Online
- Lucky & Wild
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Pokémon: Let's Go! series
- Sewer Shark
- Mad Dog McCree
- Ground Zero Texas
- Night Trap
- Her Story
- Sonic Forces
- Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!
- Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
- Frogger 2
- Baroque
- Baroque: Become a Meta-Being
- Ribbit King
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
- Jumping Flash!
- Simple 2000 series
- Kero Blaster
- Cave Story
- Cave Story's Secret Santa
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Willy's Wonderland (2021)
- Pig (2021)
- Taken (2008)
- Doctor Eggman
- Dizzy
- William
- Sekiro
- Wander
- The King of All Cosmos
- Mister Mosquito
- Chibi-Robo
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.