Adios Director Doc Burford joins the panel to cover pulse oximeters, what Michael Bay understood about West Side Story, and the RP Walk Button.

Questions this week:

1. At what point in playing a game do you feel justified picking up a guide? (06:05)
2. If all video games are fantasy fulfillment, which games serve the most niche interest? (11:18)
3. Design a game for the Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor accessory. (17:14)
4. Jaffe Guesses the Golden Age of Konami – Round 3 (24:20)
5. Daisopop asks: What’s better? default running with a walk button or default walking with a run button? (25:31)
6. Is Niantic a one-hit wonder? (31:58)
7. Who is the Baz Luhrmann of video games? (37:59)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (43:11)

Recommendations and Outro (49:36)

Toggle your run/walk button and get over to the forums to discuss this episode!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• "Mystery Box" Vintage Video Game Magazines
• Arc System Works
• Super Mario series
• Mega Man / Rockman series
• Persona series
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• TV Sports series
• Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
• Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
• Citizen Sleeper
• Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
• Alundra
• Euro Truck Simulator series
• Ice Road Truckers
• The Simple Life
• The Good Life
• PC Building Simulator
• Hardspace: Shipbreaker
• Adios
• Animal Crossing series
• Stardew Valley
• Nintendo president: Wii Vitality Sensor shelved, 'did not work as expected'
• Wii Fit
• Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
• Ring Fit Adventure
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Bad reviews of Yankee Candle might predict waves of Covid-19
• Final Fantasy VII
• Pokémon GO
• Ingress
• Shin Megami Tensei series
• Baz Luhrmann
• David Cage
• Ken Levine
• Tom Hooper
• Darren Aronofsky
• Mother! (2017)
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• Elvis (2022)
• Doja Cat
• Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• The Beach (2000)
• Romeo Must Die (2000)
• BioShock series
• Busby Berkeley
• Michael Bay
• West Side Story (1961)

Recommendations:

Frank: The Video Game History Foundation

Brandon: Mad God (2021) East Bay Wilds, wishlist Demonschool on Steam please

Doc: pick up Adios on Switch, Xbox, PC, whatever

Jaffe: Adios on Switch, Xbox, PC, whatever

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