Insert Credit Scottish Correspondent Mathew Kumar joins the panel to answer MoxBagel’s questions on Dragon Quest’s art style, mutants without souls, and Zom Brady.
Questions this week:
- When has depriving you of your equipment or weapons felt best in a video game? (05:19)
- What video game house would you want to live in? (08:40)
- What other Bobble genres should Taito explore? (12:16)
- How big of an influence on Dragon Quest is Toriyama's art? (16:02)
- What would be the best type of game to release in weekly small installments over 5-6 months like a TV show? (21:33)
- What futuristic sports game would make the best transition to real life, assuming an unlimited budget? (28:29)
- Has any game captured the elegant action of Yuen Woo Ping's fight choreography? (34:34)
- What game is most improved by promoting and powering up the lowliest enemy to be the final boss? (40:18)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Scottish Games Shootout (43:22)
Recommendations and Outro (53:10)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Final Fantasy VII
- Densha de Go! Final
- Karateka
- The Making of Karateka
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- Nintendo Brain Game series
- Final Fantasy VI
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- The Last Express
- Train
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
- Unreal Tournament
- Animal Crossing series
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Super Metroid
- Metroid Prime
- Days Gone
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Tomb Raider series
- Perfect Dark
- Final Fantasy VIII
- Alan Wake
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Cyberpunk 2077
- System Shock
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- Bubble Bobble
- Bust-A-Move
- Bubblen Roulette
- Elevator Action Returns
- The Ninja Warriors
- Space Invaders
- Pocky & Rocky series
- Toki: Going Ape Spit
- Hatsune Miku licensees
- Power Blade
- Chase H.Q.
- Kick Master
- Lucky & Wild
- Dragon Quest series
- Akira Toriyama
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Jean Giraud
- Dr. Slump
- Wizardry games
- Panzer Dragoon
- Sam & Max licensees
- Kentucky Route Zero
- Succession
- The Great
- Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
- Speedball series
- Cyberball
- Blood of Heroes AKA The Salute of the Jugger (1989)
- Jugger
- Quidditch
- Rocket League
- Soccer Brawl
- Sensible World of Soccer
- Mutant League Football
- XFL
- Anthony Fauci
- Yuen Woo-ping
- Shachō Eiyūden: The Eagle-Shooting Heroes
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- Jet Li: Rise to Honor
- Punch-Out!!
- Dark Souls III
- Super Mario Bros.
Recommendations:
Mathew: the Games for the Weans Scottish Game Sale
Frank: The Video Game History Hour
MoxBagel: Raining in the Mountain (1975)
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Hosted by Colin AKA MoxBagel, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Mathew Kumar. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.