The finest panel in video games covers Sony buying Kadokawa, relitigates what counts as games versus DLC, and brings you the exclusive reveal of the Nintendo Listo.

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SHOW NOTES:

1: Brandon, two years ago when Microsoft bought Blizzard Activision, you proposed something that would be really funny that Sony could do to retaliate. Do you remember what it was? (05:35)

2: At what point is a game’s DLC worth judging as its own entity? (12:08)

3: What’s the biggest gulf in difference between a game’s singleplayer and multiplayer modes, and what’s the biggest golf in video games? (21:17)

4: What is the Nintendo Listo? (24:58)

Apology Corner: None of the Hansons from Hanson are dead (32:54)

5: Feral asks, what are your favorite completely missable areas in video games? (32:54)

6: What is the Morbius of video games? (42:43)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (48:30)

Recommendations and Outro (01:03:30):

  • Frank: Maybe play Dragon Quest XI, but more specifically, just lean into being comfortable right now
  • Brandon: Dark Crystal - Minako Yoshida, Here's to You, know that the Hakkaider blu-ray is a bad quality transfer
  • Ash: (For Geoff Keighley specifically) Get the Flute Guy and ReFantazio Chanting Monk on the same stage to heal the world

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