The leading minds in video games confer on past visual design choices, how bad minigames happen, and the Shenmue MMO, ShenMMO.
Questions this week:
- Brandon, can you defend this Game Developer Magazine cover? (08:03)
- Why do bad minigames happen? (16:39)
- What have you closed the door on in video games, both recreationally and professionally? (21:50)
- If you had to wear the same video game t-shirt every day and get complimented on it or you’d die, what would it be? (27:30) Insert Credit Quick Break: Legendary Puns (35:18)
- Chopemon asks: What video game “booms” have their been? (37:36)
- What is the getting to the bus stop at the exact same time as your bus of video games? (44:04)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Minecraft (49:26)
Recommendations and Outro (51:47)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Darkseid
- DC Heroes & Villains: Match 3
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Super Mario 64
- Donkey Kong Country
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Growing Up Sixty-Four
- Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer
- Game Developer Magazine Feb. 2011 “The Minecraft Cover”
- Game Developer (magazine)
- Minecraft
- Assassin's Creed series
- Deadly Premonition
- Game Developer Magazine Aug. 2010 “The Deadly Premonition Cover”
- Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Guitar Hero
- Eternights
- Final Fantasy VI
- Satellaview
- Super Mario Bros.
- Halo 3
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Stray
- Dan Dussault
- Boku no Natsuyasumi
- Action Button Reviews BOKU NO NATSUYASUMI: The Bottom Line (by Dan Dussault)
- Pentagram
- Doom
- Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Days Gone
- Elden Ring
- Rainbow Six series
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series
- Spec Ops series
- World of WarCraft
- Beckett Massive Online Gamer
- Fortnite
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- The Lord of the Rings Online series
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Shenmue series
- Shenmue Online
- Metal Slug series
- King of Fighters series
- Wii Sports
- Final Fantasy VII
- Forza Motorsport series
- NBA 2K11
- OnLive
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars
- EarthBound
Recommendations:
Brandon: Spin-Clean Record Washers, wire folder racks to dry records, Crow Country
Frank: Once you’ve done the second thing in Animal Well you can youtube the rest, support video game preservation by buying a Thou Art Dead! shirt
Jaffe: 52 Pickup
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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.