Editor Esper Quinn joins the table to give thanks for a feast of listener submitted questions.
Questions this week:
- Max asks: What is the most fun or interesting scoring mechanic in a shooting game? (10:59)
- Malcove asks: How would you reintroduce vampires to modern video games? (14:44)
- A Most Handsome Boy asks: Thoughts on a good steam? (16:56)
- ColdPie asks: what type of tourism opportunities would you take advantage of if you were visiting the Republic of Gamers? (20:37)
- BreadyToDie asks: Have you ever played the sequel of a game before playing the original? (22:53)
- Pannekoeken asks: What happened to rhythm games? (26:32)
- Dilson asks: Which cooking games aren’t boring? (33:56)
- Ripley Rose proposes an Improv Zone – Sonic’s Dad Got Arrested (38:19)
- Gaagaagiins asks: When has a video game adaptation been objectively better than the source material? (43:33)
- Anonymous asks: What singleplayer game should have gotten a competitive multiplayer mode? (48:49)
- Ross Hamrick asks: Which arcade racing game has the best manual transmission? (52:01)
- Cole asks: are Japanese video game scores better for a reason? (56:32)
- Kiko B asks: Which two video game franchises would be improved by swapping protagonists? (01:04:28)
- Terrace asks: What was the Secret of Evermore?(01:06:52)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Crumbling Zero asks to Rank the Metacritic Top 10 (01:07:50)
THE INSERT CREDIT METACRITIC TOP 10, RANKED:
- #7 Red Dead Redemption 2
- #8 Grand Theft Auto V
- #10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- #9. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
- #6. Super Mario Galaxy 2
- #5. Super Mario Galaxy
- #1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- #2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
- #3. Grand Theft Auto IV
- #4. SoulCalibur
Recommendations and Outro (01:32:22)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Klonoa series
- The Club
- Battlefield 1942
- Ikaruga
- Star Soldier
- Unreal Tournament series
- Bulletstorm
- Vampyr
- Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
- Vampire Survivors
- Itch.io
- Internet Archive
- JDownloader
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space
- Mother / EarthBound series
- Surge
- NOS
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- Final Fantasy series
- Ninja Gaiden
- Madden series
- Tony Hawk skateboarding series
- NieR series
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Gitaroo Man
- Groove Coaster series
- Theatrhythm series
- Beat Saber
- Vib Ribbon series
- Samba De Amigo
- Guitar Freaks series
- Guitar Hero series
- Rock Band series
- Ore no Ryōri
- Legend of Zelda series
- Cooking Mama series
- Yoshinoya
- Yakiniku Bugyō
- Overcooked!
- Sonic creator Yuji Naka arrested in insider trading scandal
- Astral Chain
- Inferno
- Dante's Inferno
- Street Fighter (1994)
- Street Fighter: The Movie
- King Kong (2005)
- Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
- The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
- Casablanca (1942)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Donkey Kong 64
- Transistor
- What We Do In The Shadows
- F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa
- OutRun 2
- Initial D licensees
- Lorenzen's Soil
- ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 by Hbomberguy
- Jazz Jackrabbit series
- Celeste
- Tak series
- TY the Tasmanian Tiger series
- Vexx
- Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Gears of War series
- Conker games
- L.A. Noire
- Secret of Evermore
- Secret of Mana
Recommendations:
Frank: Nutritional yeast
Brandon: Duma
Tim: Nothing so mundane as a grocery store
Esper: Princess Tutu
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Esper Quinn. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.