Author and game developer merritt k joins the panel to cover The Game Commercials, Charles Martinet’s dark side, and the return of Violence Island.
Questions this week:
- Brandon Sheffield: What are some recent or memorable emergent situations you’ve experienced in games? (08:21)
- Do we want to say anything about The Game Awards? (15:44)
- What does it mean that Epic won its court case against Google? (23:32)
- How would you design Mutant League Golf? (31:05)
- Dicegame Uchiha: What are the most uh oh and most YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH moments in licensed video game soundtrack history? (35:16)
- What is your personal experience with LAN parties? (48:17)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (54:48)
Recommendations and Outro (01:14:57)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Destiny
- Borderlands 3
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Bill Trinen
- Charles Martinet
- Super Mario series
- Kinda Funny
- Weird West
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Grand Theft Auto series
- Baldur's Gate III
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Elmore Leonard
- The Game Awards 2023
- Sega announced five games in 90 seconds at The Game Awards
- Jet Grind Radio series
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
- Hideki Naganuma
- Geoff Keighley
- Ironmouse
- VTuber
- OD trailer reveals horror game from Kojima, Jordan Peele
- Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
- Bandcamp
- Reese's Pieces
- Pokémon
- Monster Hunter series
- Mega Man series
- Resident Evil series
- Street Fighter series
- Mutant League series
- Mario Golf: Super Rush
- Trombone Champ
- Fallout series
- Ribbit King
- Dragula
- Crazy Taxi series
- The Offspring
- The Exploited
- NOFX
- Bowling for Soup
- Dexter Holland
- Smash Mouth
- CoLD SToRAGE
- WipEout series
- Peep Show
- Saints Row series
- Everclear
- Third Eye Blind
- Death Stranding
- Chvrches
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Spandau Ballet
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Frank Sinatra
- Rock Band
- Dragonforce
- Guitar Hero series
- Brütal Legend
- Tim Schafer
- LAN party
- Doom
- Quake
- Takeshi no Chōsenjō
- Takeshi Kitano
- Tribes series
- StarCraft
- Counter-Strike
- Spaceteam
- StreetPass Mii Plaza
- Anker Prime 100W USB C Charger
- UGREEN
- Joel Miller
- Booker DeWitt
- Siegfried
- Roy
- Doomguy
- Master Chief
Recommendations:
Brandon: Check out the Expect No Mercy longplay on the Expect No Mercy (1997) blu-ray, TNT's How the Grinch Stole Christmas ft. Phil Hartman (1994), Scavengers Reign
Merritt: 1900HOTDOG, LAN PARTY, Made in Canada
Tim: Watch the 2023 Game Awards just to see when Geoff says “Honkai Star Rail”
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and merritt k. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.