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SHOW NOTES:

1: Ash, you used to write for Kotaku, right? (03:29)

2: Ash, what’s your read on this whole G/O Media selling Kotaku to Gizmodo’s parent company? (03:36)

3: When is it cool that a video game changes the rules on you, and when is it annoying? (08:55)

4: What non-video game piece of media do you think has inspired the most video games? (13:20)

5: Design 3 new characters for Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (18:27)

Minigame: Gacha Time! (24:44)

6: Alex Jaffe asks, what is an indie game? (33:13)

Minigame: 18 Questions - Real Person Who Has Appeared in the Greatest Number of Video Games (XX:XX)

7: Gemstonez asks, please rank and discuss the PlayStation games mentioned in the song "My Console" by Eiffel 65 (43:12)

Recommendations and Outro (50:39):

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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.