Ep. 320 - Crafting a Criminal

Your Insert Credit panel returns to cover another death of physical media, Steamboat Willie, and The Minecraft Reality TV Show Criminal Court Case Chronicles. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Are we approaching an era without physical game releases? (04:51)

Does gameplay have to be the starting principle of a good video game? (20:00)

Public Domain Adaptation Game: Design a game based on Steamboat Willie (26:12)

Catherine: What games are best structured for playing a little bit each day? (35:21)

Following the acclaim of Pokemon Concierge, what should be the next video game show set in the world of a game but not about the game itself? (42:55)

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Time Is Right (49:20)

Recommendations and Outro (01:00:36)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

D.I.C.E. Awards

Ed Boon

1999 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Martin Short

Coolio

The Last of Us series

Silent Hill 3

Best Buy will no longer carry physical movies in 2024

Writers Guild of America

Valkyria Chronicles series

Hard Target (1993)

The Departed (2006)

Dragon Quest series

Hyper Gunsport

Redbox

Grateful Dead

Assassin’s Creed II

Digital Eclipse

Boku no Natsuyasumi

Devolver Digital

Unsighted

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Steamboat Willie

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

D. H. Lawrence

Mickey Mouse

Sherlock Holmes

Warren Spector

Phil Spector

Will Wright

Disney Epic Mickey

Minnie Mouse

ship’s wheel

The Skeleton Dance (public domain next year)

Ub Iwerks

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Hollow Knight

Super Mario series

Rick and Morty

Pete

Super Mario 64

Super Hydlide

H.E.R.O.

Shenmue series

Elden Ring

Persona series

Pokémon Concierge

The White Lotus

Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Pokémon Concierge Theme Song “Have a Good Time Here”

Mariya Takeuchi

The Last of Us

The Walking Dead

Forza Motorsport series

Initial D

Need for Speed series

Minecraft

Old Enough!

Recommendations:

Brandon: Apologies to people who know about religions, The Tairyou Jigoku

Frank: Search a search engine for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX

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