Musician, writer, podcaster, and friend of the show Liz Ryerson joins the panel for Giant Bomb’s resurrection, the next video game-based Magic the Gathering set, and the introduction of gacha mechanics to the podcast format.
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SHOW NOTES:
- “The air tastes of plastic and charcoal. Oxygen microwaving society by a hundredth of a Fahrenheit each month. Will they also assemble a team for this?”
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Great Art, by Liz Ryerson
1: Any Austin asks, which video game bar would provide the best three-mile walk home after a night out that ended kind of badly? (03:45)
- Seventh Heaven
- Final Fantasy VII
- Deadly Premonition
- Twin Peaks
- Bayonetta
- Galdin Quay
- Final Fantasy XV
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- SSV Normandy
- Mass Effect series
- Anachronox
- Aaron Stewart-Ahn
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Starfield
- BurgerTime
- The King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters (2007)
- The King of Comedy (1982)
- The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
2: Brandon Sheffield asks, what is the can opener of video games? (11:14)
3: What do you think we could have done with Giant Bomb? (14:30)
- Giant Bomb Finally Set Free By Fandom
- The Hamburglar
- G4
- ScrewAttack
- Starcade
- Nick Arcade
- Geoff Keighley
- Will Arnett
- Alfonso Ribeiro
- George Wallace
- Steve Harley
- Giant Bomb Wiki
- Double Jump
- Tyler Perry
- Madea
- Harrison Ford
- Patriot Games (1992)
- Tom Clancy
- Jack Ryan
- Alex Cross
- Martin Lawrence
- Eddie Murphy
- Colin Powell
- Vice (2018)
4: Which video game should the next Magic: the Gathering set be based on?
- Magic: the Gathering
- Final Fantasy series
- Final Fantasy is Magic’s Best-Selling Set of All Time, And it’s Not Even Out Yet
- Pokemon series
- Tetris
- Jackbox series
- Horse Race Tests
- Digimon series
- My Little Pony
- Team Fortress 2
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Fallout
- Warhammer 40,000
- Space Harrier
- Panzer Dragoon
- Garry's Mod
- Skibidi Toilet
- Nier series
- Rhystic Study
- Final Fantasy X
- Genshin Impact
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Zenless Zone Zero
- Exodia
- Hatris
- Alexey Pajitnov
- Karlach
- Baldur’s Gate III
- Heidi Kalson
- The Sims: Life Stories
5: KikoB asks, aside from 50 Cent, what recording artists should have their own video games? (33:43)
- 50 Cent
- 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
- Beat Takeshi
- Vin Diesel
- Wheelman
- Nicholas Cage
- William Shatner
- Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
- Rose McGowan
- Kat Dennings
- Chappell Roan
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Björk
- Biophilia
- Keita Takahashi
- Grasshopper Manufacture
- Red Dead Redemption
- Lil Nas X
- Lil Nas X’s ‘Twerk Hero’ is a real game where you shake a virtual butt to Montero
- Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
- Nicki Minaj
- Ice Spice
- Bonk’s Adventure
- M.I.A.
- Taylor Swift
- Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud
- Dan Hibiki
6: Is there something you used to love in video games that has overstayed its welcome? (40:09)
- Can You Pet the Dog?
- Demonschool
- Katamari Damacy
- Creepypasta
- Dusk
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Freedom Planet
- Tryrush Deppy
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Super Metroid
7: What is the “I Got This Before I Knew He Was Crazy” bumper sticker of video games? (45:36)
- David Cage
- Indigo Prophecy
- Kingdoms of Amalur
- Tim Sweeney
- Jill of the Jungle
- ZZT
- The Neverhood
- Microsoft BDS Boycott
- Harry Potter
- Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back
- Peter Molydeux
- Peter Molyneux
- Minecraft
- Notch
LIGHTNING ROUND: This Ain’t No Game (50:09)
Recommendations and Outro (01:03:45):
- Brandon: Ozone (1993) (but this particular recommendation is only for Ash), Katedralen, Man Under Erasure
- Ash: Touch grass
- Liz: The King of Comedy (1982), The Mask (2023), B3313, Um - Martha Skye Murphy, Liz Ryerson on Patreon, stay tuned for a stream on game visibility
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.