Frank, Ash, and Brandon hang out and talk about Steam’s censorship, friendslop, and the Never Gonna Give You Up of video games.

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SHOW NOTES:

1: How, if at all, should video game distribution services be screening submissions of video games? (05:15)

2: Where is the line between inspiration and plagarism? (11:40)

3: What are the best video game tiles? (16:43)

4: What is the newest kind of video game? (22:36)

A Statement from Frank Cifaldi (30:01)

5: Esper Quinn asks, who is the best game developer in literature? (32:33)

6: Should every roleplaying game have romance options? (39:56)

7: What is the Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up of video games? (45:44)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Jaffe didn’t come up with a name for this one but he’s asking the panel to name games from a specific year and they’re knocked out if they can’t (54:12)

Recommendations and Outro (01:19:29):

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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.