Your Insert Credit Panel covers how a video game might be political, new games for dead consoles, and the Jaffe Cut of Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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SHOW NOTES:
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- “Penis breath” clip
- Tetris
- Spelling Bee
- Sub Hunt
- PalmPilot
- Katamari Damacy
- Guitar Hero series
- Circus
- Madden series
- Call of Duty series
- Mortal Kombat series
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- The Lion King
- Wordle
- Words With Friends
- Myst
- Military Madness AKA Nectaris
- Advance Wars
- Mega Man
- Bayou Billy
1: Are all video games inherently political? (04:58)
- Circus
- Game & Watch Wide Screen: Fire
- Animal Well
- Metal Gear Solid series
- Mike Tyson
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- Galactic Saga
- G.I. Joe
- Roadblock
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
2: How do video game trailers lose you? (10:38)
3: Which game console has the best library of games released by third parties after its discontinuation? (15:37)
- Atari 7800
- Sega Dreamcast
- Sega Genesis
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- XenoCrisis
- Tanglewood
- Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force
- Asuka 120% series
- Game Boy
- itch.io
- Shantae
- Game Boy Advance
- Yuzo Koshiro
- Streets of Rage 2
- Earthion
- Atari 2600
- H.E.R.O.
- Halo 2600
4: Design a new boot-up screen for the PlayStation 6 (21:00)
- PlayStation 1 boot up
- Silent Hill 2
- Silent Hill 2 remake
- PlayStation 5 boot up
- PlayStation 2 boot up
- PlayStation 3 boot up
- PlayStation 4 boot up
- PlayStation Studios tag
- Sony’s Universe of Spider-Man Characers
- Switch boot up
- Xbox Series boot up
5: Captain asks, what makes a video game coin enjoyable to pick up? (27:17)
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Generations
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would've been better as a movie
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Tomb Raider series
- Uncharted series
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- Whiplash
- Knuckles' Chaotix
6: Frank, what can you tell us about the state of game preservation this year? (33:54)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - No Man’s Sky (39:25)
Credit Scores (42:51)
Recommendations and Outro (42:55):
- Brandon:
- Do stretches before you go to bed and after you wake up
- if you have a dog that won’t pee on dirt when it’s wet or cold try getting some mulch
- Wicked (2024)
- Jaffe:
- Ash:
- Only see Gladiator II (2024) for Denzel chewing scenery
- The Verge’s premium subscription
- Frank:
- The return of The Video Game History Hour
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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.