The panel reviews Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, deeming it the most British Japanese game ever, and potentially the future of video games.
SHOW NOTES:
- Mortal Kombat series
- “Look! Look!”
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- Blinky
- Pac-Man (TV series)
- The Ghost Witch of Netor
- Sue
- Will Smith
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Monkey Island series
1: Why is this game like this? (06:16)
- The Cutting Room Floor - Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (Genesis)
- MobyGames
- Marvel Land
- Namco
- Pac-Attack
- Pac-in-Time
- Yakuza series
- The Honeymooners
- I Think You Should Leave “Eggman Game” sketch
- Red Dead Redemption
- Super Princess Peach
- Garry’s Mod
- Freddi Fish series
- Putt-Putt series
- Sesame Street licensees
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
- The Experience Share
- Pokemon series
- Tomb Raider series
- Age of Empires series
- Tekken series
- Kingdom Hearts
2: If you had to live in a house shaped like a video game character, who would it be? (38:53)
3: What other video game sequels take such a big swing they deserve the subtitle “the New Adventures?” (41:08)
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
- Overwatch 2
- Valis series
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Batman
- Final Fantasy VI
- Tōru Iwatani
4: Spencer Gifts asks, should Zelda style game be called adventure games or should point and click games be called adventure games? (46:56)
- Legend of Zelda series
- Adventure
- Colossal Cave Adventure
- Book Off
- Uncharted series
- God Hand
- Hey You, Pikachu!
- Lifeline
- Seaman
- The Sims
- Little Computer People
- Haunting Starring Polterguy
- Lemmings
- Shadow Labyrinth
5: Let’s talk about the hot girl in Pac-Man 2. (52:56)
- The Ghost Witch of Netor
- Pac 'n Roll
- Pac-in-Time
- Pac-Land
- Demona
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Pac-Mom
- Dexter’s Mom
- Mike Pence
6: Let’s talk about the arcade segments stapled onto this game. (58:17)
7: Is this a good game? (01:03:37)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - The New Adventures (01:13:21)
Credit Report (01:21:06)
Recommendations and Outro (01:22:45):
- Frank: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- Brandon: The Feminine Complex, Corpse Mania (1981), Total Recall 2070, donate to Trans Continental Pipeline
- Ash: Read Aftermath, pay for journalism, take a walk in the sun
- Jaffe: Share your interests with people
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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.