The original panel reunites for Frank Cifaldi’s two point-and-click adventure game recommendations, the best kind of game for Tim Rogers right now, and Brandon Sheffield’s selection as the Whitney Houston of video games. Plus, Bennett Foddy designs a new game for the Steel Battalion controller.

Questions this week:

  1. What’s your favorite tribute to a video game in another video game? (WARNING: This question features minor Death Stranding spoilers) (04:58)
  2. Categorize every type of mission in a video game. (10:01)
  3. Narratively, what is happening to a video game character when they lose a life? (13:10)
  4. What video game should get a new remake every year? (19:58)
  5. Design a new game for the Steel Battalion controller. (25:50)
  6. Design a new game for the Steel Battalion controller, Bennett Foddy. (31:27)
  7. Soup’um asks: What is the absolute minimum length a game has to be to no longer be considered ‘short’? (36:48)
  8. What is the Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” for the soundtrack of the film The Bodyguard of video games? (50:18)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As – Fortnite (55:47)

Recommendations and Outro (59:36)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Brandon: Icey Jaye ‎- Icey (She's Bad), Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Anti-Recommendations:

Brandon: What We Left Behind - Looking Back At Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) if you enjoy the Star Trek

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