Ep. 306 - David Crowncried, with Shannon Liao

Journalist Shannon Liao joins the panel to cover game journalism, the Twitch meta, and hot sauce recommendations. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Shannon Liao. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

What is, and what is not, video game news? (06:40)

When was the last time a screenshot of a video game was enough to drive interest? (14:18)

The concept of video game unions is still pretty new. How do you see it paying off? (19:57)

What is the Twitch Meta in 2023, and where is it headed? (25:40)

In the song “Player of Games,” Grimes claims to be “in love with the greatest gamer.” Assuming that you did not know anything else about Grimes, who would you think this song was about? (30:57)

Insert Credit Quick Break - Hypnospace Outlaw (36:49)

LeFish asks: What can the average person do to preserve videogames outside of financial contributions? (38:36)

Who is the Christopher Nolan of video games? (44:34)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - City Pop Hits (54:58)

Recommendations and Outro (01:04:23)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Cholula Hot Sauce

Fly By Jing

El Yucateco Hot Sauces

Tapatío Hot Sauce

Valentina Hot Sauce

Unity announces its revamped pricing model

Splatoon 3’s single-player expansion launches in 2024

Hideo Kojima

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles licensees

XFF Chili Oil & Crisps

Metal Gear Solid

Metroid Dread

Neopets

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Elden Ring

Starfield

Mortal Kombat 1 On Switch Seems To Look Worse Than MK11

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard

Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US

The Ninja Warriors

Wild Guns: Reloaded

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined

Assassin’s Creed series

TwitchCon

Museum of Pop Culture

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stephen’s Sausage Roll

xQc

Minecraft

Juice Wrld

Elgato

Grimes - Player Of Games

Grimes

Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Call of Duty series

Undertale

My Chemical Romance

StarCraft series

League of Legends

Pete Davidson

Machine Gun Kelly

Megan Fox

Grand Theft Auto series

What We Do in the Shadows

Girls

The Video Game History Hour

Atari Lynx

Donkey Kong

Chrono Trigger

Internet Archive

The Legend of Zelda

The Day the Clown Cried (1972)

David Lynch

Christopher Nolan

Todd Howard

Todd Howard Is the Video Game World’s Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan filmography

Batman: Arkham series

Ken Levine

David Cage

Death Stranding

Getting A Lot Of Boss Baby Vibes From This

Barbie (2023)

Dave Gilbert

God of War series

Cory Barlog

Skyrim series

Fallout games

Recommendations:

Shannon: Updater, Shannon Liao’s gaming newsletter, Baldur’s Gate III

Frank: Don’t complete with Frank for the things he needs on eBay, if you have any family who might have a Polaroid Freeze Frame Video Recorder please get in touch, say hello and visit the snuggle tent at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo

Tim: Taeko Onuki - Aventure

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