European video game documentarian Kim Justice joins the panel to discuss a broad variety of accents, whether or not Sonic R is a British game, and a revisit of our Best British Games list.
Questions this week:
- Has a video game ever captured the qualities of sumo? (10:46)
- What are the most essential things we wouldn’t have in games today without the early European games scene? (17:46)
- Apart from brand recognition, what are the advantages and disadvantages of working on a licensed game? (25:55)
- What is the worst video game the most people have played? (32:52)
- Carl/Charles: What would an English version of The Tairyou Jigoku’s multiple dialect options be like? (40:23)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Best British Games revisitation (50:27)
Recommendations and Outro (01:01:25)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- CeX
- Michigan: Report from Hell
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- The Legend of Zelda
- Metroid
- Cocoon
- Parasite Eve
- The 3rd Birthday
- Grange Hill
- The Hulk
- Sumo
- Super Mario 64
- Ys series
- Virtua Fighter
- Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo
- Death Stranding
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu
- Shadow of the Beast
- Roger Dean
- Psygnosis
- Wizardry games
- The Black Onyx
- Henk Rogers
- Tim Rogers
- Gary Sheffield
- Brandon Sheffield
- Michael Jackson
- Fred Rogers
- Outkast - Ms. Jackson
- The Police - Roxanne
- Eddie Murphy - Roxanne
- Duane Reade
- Walgreens
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle
- TRON
- Tron (1982)
- Alien: Resurrection
- GoldenEye 007
- Sharknado: The Video Game
- Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
- Cobra
- Rocky (1976)
- Candy Crush Saga
- FarmVille
- Bubble Witch Saga
- 2048
- Threes!
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- The Tairyou Jigoku
- The Great British Bake Off
- Gex series
- Leslie Phillips
- Dana Gould
- KSAN 107.7 The Bone
- Space Ghost
- George Lowe
- Lamont & Tonelli
- Diablo series
- George Bernard Shaw
- My Fair Lady
- Glasgow dialect
- Geordie
- Manchester dialect
- Warwick Davis
- Willow (1988)
- Cary Grant
- Audrey Hepburn
- Elton John
- Archie Leach
- Daniel Craig
- Knives Out (2019)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
- Logan Lucky (2017)
- Adam Driver
- Sean Connery
Recommendations:
Brandon: Turn off YouTube’s Ambient Mode if you watch a lot of 4:3 content on your phone, CapsuleCity.com
Kim: If you have a thumb drive with old documents sitting around, go back and read some, Kim Justice on YouTube, Kim Justice's Wrestling Road, kim_justice on Twitch, Waterworld (SNES) - Soundtrack
Tim: If you live in the city of New York, never ride the subway ever again, check out Waterworld (1995) if you’re Frank Cifaldi, The Zone of Interest (2023)
Frank: Kim Justice as a concept
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Kim Justice. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.