The panel reassembles once more to Game Now!, share the best soundtrack for walking your dog, and groan over a couple real Jaffeisms.

Questions this week:

  1. Previously on Insert Credit 138: What is the best way to announce a video game release delay? (02:11)
  2. Will the new PS Plus program be worthy of investment? (07:16)
  3. What are the best player health management systems in video games? (13:28)
  4. How important is background art to a video game? (19:43)
  5. Custom Soundtrack: Half-Life 2 (26:53)
  6. Anonymous asks: when was the last time Konami did anything interesting? (33:51)
  7. What are the biggest missed opportunities for lawsuits in video game history? (39:59)
  8. What’s something modern video game designers have forgotten how to do? (45:41)
  9. Brandon Sheffield asks: What are some good action games that aren’t too hard? (51:31)

LIGHTNING ROUND: A Synthesthetic Experiment (01:01:58)

Go ahead and bark about this one in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Frank: Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth if you’re Brandon Sheffield, go pirate old games instead of buying them you fools

Brandon: 2002 (2001) if you like stuff that’s stupid

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