Journalist Gita Jackson joins the full panel to decide how much video games should cost, share research tips, and reveal Barbies in the garbies. Plus, memories of Rieko Kodama.

Questions this week:

1. From Andrés Velasco y Coll: Has there been a speedrun that particularly impressed you? Or, how would you ruin Sony Computer Entertainment? (06:16)
2. Now that every issue of Nintendo Power is uploaded to the Internet Archive, what should we do with it? (13:09)
3. What should it cost to buy a video game? (19:46)
4. What can we say about the legacy of Rieko Kodama? (34:39)
5. Insert Credit contributors share memories of Rieko Kodama (48:31)
6. Kiko asks: is it ever worthwhile to play all the way through a game you hate? (01:02:15)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Localization Station (01:11:55)

Recommendations and Outro (01:18:25)

Share your memories of Rieko Kodama and her work in this week's forum discussion thread.

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• F-Zero GX
• Twisted Metal series
• Mario Kart series
• PlayStation VR2 launches on February 22nd for $549.99
• PlayStation Vita
• Recording Kendrick with a Vita
• Battlefield series
• PlayStation TV
• Jak & Daxter series
• The Walking Dead (franchise)
• The Last of Us series
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• Station Eleven
• You Can Now Read All 285 Issues Of Nintendo Power Online
• Retromags
• Demonschool wishlistable now on Steam
• Humble Bundle
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Dragon Quest series
• Final Fantasy series
• $5 off Sega Genesis!
• Home Alone
• Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit
• Duck Hunt
• Elden Ring
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• GameFly
• Stranded Deep
• Rieko Kodama
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Altered Beast
• Phantasy Star games
• Skies of Arcadia
• Deep Fear
• Magic Knight Rayearth
• Style Savvy
• 7th Dragon series
• SpellCaster
• Landstalker
• Brave Prove
• Harper Jay
• Vincent Diamante
• Azurelore Korrigan
• Mark Cerny
• Pokémon main RPG series
• Alan Moore Storytelling Online Course
• God Hand
• Cult of the Lamb
• Mathew Kumar
• Dexter
• Girls

Recommendations:

Frank: Follow Gita on twitter, Mad Men

Gita: Interview with the Vampire

Tim: Mad Men

Brandon: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Morbid Saint

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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Gita Jackson. Featuring Harper Jay, Vincent Diamante, and Azurelore Korrigan with writing by Mark Cerny. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.