Even Hollywood Florida can’t keep Alex Jaffe from asking the panel about Nobunaga’s Position, The Zorro Theorem, and Jonk Bonk.
Questions this week:
- What’s up with that Vice article about Embracer Group making a game archive? (04:47)
- What are your favorite kinds of puzzles in video games? (12:34)
- How would you design a new spinoff of Koei’s Romance of the Three Kingdom’s series? (19:28)
- When does a game need a remake? (23:16)
- Which four video games would you buy for each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? (28:57)
- Le Fish asks: What would the title, plot, and promotional tagline of a Bonk movie be? (34:43)
- Is it always more exciting to play offense than defense? (41:02)
- Do you have any recurring intrusive video game memories? (43:35)
- What is The Orville of video games? (47:44)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud – Spike Video Game Awards Celebrity Hosts (53:05)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:26)
Share your recurring intrusive video game memories in the forums!
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Growing strong and healthy…Minmo!
- Cool World (1992)
- Why Is a Game Publisher Trying to Buy Every Video Game Ever Made?
- 'Super Mario 64' sells for over $1.5 million
- Neutopia II
- Video Game History Foundation
- National Videogame Museum
- Spacewar
- Computer History Museum
- 30 Rock
- Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
- Biohazard / Resident Evil series
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Uncharted series
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- The Last of Us series
- Hitman series
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms series
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Angelique Games
- Tokimeki Memorial games
- Nobunaga's Ambition
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Left 4 Dead series
- Back 4 Blood
- American Truck Simulator series
- Kerbal Space Program
- Picross series
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
- Friday the 13th: The Game
- Elden Ring
- Bloodborne
- Bonk series
- Encino Man (1992)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Evo Moment 37
- A Healer Only Lives Twice
- Asuka 120% series
- Final Fantasy XV
- The Orville
- Stardew Valley
- Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons series
- Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
- Contra series
- Mega Man / Rockman series
- Mighty No. 9
- Ted (2012)
- A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Recommendations:
Tim: Smoke weed every day
Frank: Be by yourself for a little bit
Brandon: The City of the Dead (1960) specifically for Venetia Stevenson’s performance
Jaffe: John Adams
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.