Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield develop a new video game show, up our Tallarico quota, and return to Violence Island.

Questions this week:

  1. Let’s try to develop the first episode of Frank’s show with recipes for playing video games (05:30)
  2. When have you fallen out of love with a video game you once liked all the way through playing the first time? (18:05)
  3. What will the eight episode season one arc be for Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider? (24:43)
  4. Luis asks: Was Tetris inevitable? (31:17)
  5. Rank these actions from best to worst: sliding, spinning, flipping. (39:10)
  6. What is the guy outside of an airport pretending he’s an Uber driver of video games? (43:00)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (51:39)

Recommendations and Outro (01:09:10)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Recommendations:

Brandon: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, Animal Well, Crow Country, Conan the Barbarian (1982) soundtrack

Frank: info@gamehistory.org if you have a bunch of old video game magazines you don’t want anymore, or buy "Mystery Box" Vintage Video Game Magazines

Tim: Connor O’Malley - Stand Up Solutions

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