Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish and Brandon Sheffield cover Microsoft killing the game industry, the cast of the Street Fighter movie, and the definition of “indie game.”
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SHOW NOTES:
- Sailor Moon
- “Humans are lame. Monkeys are good. Billy is the best.”
- Starbucks
- Bibendum
- Ratatoullie (2007)
- Peet’s Coffee
1: What is the Starbucks of video games? (05:07)
- Microsoft
- Nintendo eShop
- Embracer Group
- Naughty Dog
- Nervous Dog
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Activision Blizzard King
- Fortnite
- Destiny 2
2: Nicole Carpenter asks, what video game character is the worst patient at the dentist? (10:25)
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Donkey Kong
- Five Nights at Freddy's series
- Maneater
- Jaws: Unleashed
- Jaws
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Dragon Quest Slime
- Gelatinous Cube
- Angry Video Game Nerd
- Tooth Protectors
- PowerWash Simulator
3: What is something you always want your character to be able to do in a video game? (16:32)
- Kris Kross
- Looney Tunes
- Michael Jordan
- Baba Is You
- Throw Momma From the Train (1987)
- Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
- Death to Smoochy (2002)
- Kill Bill (2003)
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
- WarioWare series
- Sega Genesis
- Sony Playstation
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Demonschool
4: What do we think of the casting for this Street Fighter movie? (20:37)
- ‘Street Fighter’ Cast: Who’s Who In The Live-Action Arcade Film Adaption
- Andrew Koji
- Ryu
- Noah Centineo
- Ken
- Callina Liang
- Chun-Li
- David Dastmalchian
- M. Bison
- Cody Rhodes
- Guile
- Jason Momoa
- Blanka
- Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson
- Balrog
- Orville Peck
- Vega
- Andrew Schulz
- Dan Hibiki
- Roman Reigns
- Akuma
- Kana Urasawa
- Raul Julia
- Late Night with the Devil (2023)
- Murderbot
- The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Polka-Dot Man
- Andy Serkis
- Lou Ferrigno
- Mortal Kombat (2021)
- Warrior
- Tekken series
5: What is an indie game? (28:16)
6: rejj asks, what was your first favorite game, and which game replaced it? (34:27)
- Atari 2600
- Q*bert
- Super Mario Bros.
- Gunstar Heroes
- Metal Slug 3
- Contra series
- Super Mario World
- Sega Game Gear
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- The Lion King
- Pokemon Blue Version
- Tomb Raider II
- Secret of Monkey Island
- Grim Fandango
7: What the hell is wrong with video games? (40:38)
- Microsoft is laying off more than 6,000 employees
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 22
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Microsoft’s Matt Turnbull on LinkedIn recommending AI to laid off developers
8: Brandon, how was your trip to London and Paris? (47:20)
- CeX
- OutRun 2 SP
- Panic Park
- California Extreme
- GameKing
- Soul Bubbles
- Gamasutra’s Best of 2008
- Taxi 2
- Crazy Taxi
- Taxi (1998)
- Taxi 2 (2000)
9: Frank, how was your trip to Chicago? And, recommendations (55:43)
- Jeff Lee
- The Three Stooges in Brides is Brides
- Roger Sharpe
- MSX
- Nintendo Knitting Machine
- The Batman (2022)
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
- Gotham Central
- Robert Pattinson
- The Twilight Saga
- Matt Reeves Finally Completes 'The Batman 2' Script
- The Penguin
LIGHTNING ROUND: Frank’s Movie Title Game (01:05:39)
Outro (01:17:46)
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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.