The heroes known as Insert Credit return to do battle with Two Point Eight-A video games, Vectourmaun, and giving yousa unna bongo.
Questions this week:
- If you could play a video game with any three people, living or dead, who would they be, and what would the game be? (01:47)
- What is the best way for video games to represent aging? (05:28)
- What’s the stupidest argument you’ve ever been part of over a video game? (11:37)
- How much does it cost to make a video game? (14:39)
- The Adaptation Game: Adapt the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) handbook into a video game. (21:26)
- Dirtbag Anonymous asks: I recently had a job interview where I was asked ‘If your personality was a video game, what game would it be and why?’ How the hell was I supposed to answer this? (28:27)
- How effective can an adaptation of a video game be if considering only the lore of a series and not the gameplay? (35:17)
- How can you tell a game was made in Europe? (41:03)
- What is the seizing in your leg after you wake up that indicates you’re about to experience a horribly painful leg cramp over the next 30 seconds of video games? (46:20)
LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time is Right (53:08)
Recommendations and Outro (01:01:41)
Should you discuss this episode in the forums? I mean I think it would be pretty cool personally, yeah
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Left 4 Dead
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football
- Joe Montana
- Pat Summerall
- Joe Montana twitter clip
- Rock Band
- Joan Chen
- Rutger Hauer
- Christopher Lambert
- VIDEOBALL
- Lewis Hamilton
- Sifu
- Wizardry games
- Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeting about the Hulk
- Fable
- Animal Crossing series
- Crusader Kings series
- Crusader of Centy
- Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
- Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
- Mother 3
- NieR series
- The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
- Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
- Skullgirls series
- Sharknado: The Video Game
- Tim’s Formula: (((average age of developer * number of developers) * 100) * 18) + (CEO yearly salary * 1.5)
- Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Wrecking Crew
- Frank’s screenshot of the OSHA game
- The Hazfinder site
- Hazfinder text version
- Silent Hill series
- Gran Turismo series
- Disco Elysium
- PaRappa the Rapper series
- Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
- Destiny series
- The Mandalorian
- Joker (2019)
- Smallville
- Warcraft (2016)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- John Carter (2012)
- Conan the Barbarian (2011)
- VectorMan
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Rayman series
- Assassin's Creed series
- Euro Truck Simulator series
- Sea of Thieves
- Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
- Rabbids series
- Returnal
- Celeste
- Buckcherry
Recommendations:
Brandon: My Kung Fu Sweetheart (2006)
Tim: You Love To See It featuring Tim Rogers, the F1 TV app
Frank: Sam & Max: Save the World
Jaffe: Watch Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) if you’re Frank
Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.