Editor Esper Quinn joins the table to give thanks for a feast of listener submitted questions.

Questions this week:

1. Max asks: What is the most fun or interesting scoring mechanic in a shooting game? (10:59)
2. Malcove asks: How would you reintroduce vampires to modern video games? (14:44)
3. A Most Handsome Boy asks: Thoughts on a good steam? (16:56)
4. ColdPie asks: what type of tourism opportunities would you take advantage of if you were visiting the Republic of Gamers? (20:37)
5. BreadyToDie asks: Have you ever played the sequel of a game before playing the original? (22:53)
6. Pannekoeken asks: What happened to rhythm games? (26:32)
7. Dilson asks: Which cooking games aren’t boring? (33:56)
8. Ripley Rose proposes an Improv Zone – Sonic’s Dad Got Arrested (38:19)
9. Gaagaagiins asks: When has a video game adaptation been objectively better than the source material? (43:33)
10. Anonymous asks: What singleplayer game should have gotten a competitive multiplayer mode? (48:49)
11. Ross Hamrick asks: Which arcade racing game has the best manual transmission? (52:01)
12. Cole asks: are Japanese video game scores better for a reason? (56:32)
13. Kiko B asks: Which two video game franchises would be improved by swapping protagonists? (01:04:28)
14. 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:

1. #7 Red Dead Redemption 2
2. #8 Grand Theft Auto V
3. #10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
4. #9. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
5. #6. Super Mario Galaxy 2
6. #5. Super Mario Galaxy
7. #1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. #2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
9. #3. Grand Theft Auto IV
10. #4. SoulCalibur

Recommendations and Outro (01:32:22)

Dive deep into this episode in the forums!

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.