Our heroes confront video game movie adaptations, how controversy sells games, and Tom Cruise in Sonic 3 & Knuckles the Porn Parody the Official Game of the Movie.

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SHOW NOTES:

1: What are some good games with built in breaks? (08:20)

2: Which character has suffered the biggest design downgrade in video game history? (15:50)

3: Who’s your Mario? (21:29)

4: Is the average video game based on a movie better than the average movie based on a video game? (25:42)

5: SaveaSaturn asks, what game that you’ve never played would you take to a desert island with you? (31:39)

6: What makes bad video games successful? (38:30)

7: What is the “Maybe it will happen today” of video games? (44:17)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Genshin Impact (49:54)

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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.