Ep. 302 - Gaba'd by the Goolies

The panel you just can’t get enough of covers immediate pick-up-and-play-right-now games, Charles Marinet’s departure as Mario, and the stunning return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Tim Rogers asks: what’s the deal with people thinking you need to have played earlier games in a triple-A franchise’s newest release? (04:56)

Brandon Sheffield asks: What are five games you could play any time? (14:04)

What does a Mario Ambassador do? (23:00)

Seth asks: If you could replace one of your arms with the arm of a video game character, whose arm would you pick? (34:36)

If you could only judge real world animals by the way they were presented in video games, how would your opinions on animals be different? (39:07)

What was the most significant “sliding doors” moment in video game history? (42:27)

What happens when a player reports a bug in a video game? (47:28)

What are the Mario and Sonic of food? (49:15)

Tim Rogers asks: What if Charles Martinet just starts his own video game company, and like he makes a new character named Charlieo? (53:36)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island Season 3 (55:13)

Recommendations and Outro (01:15:26)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Diablo IV

Baldur’s Gate III

Final Fantasy XVI

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Street Fighter 6

87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games

Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection

Resident Evil series

Legend of Zelda series

Dragon Quest series

Kingdom Hearts series

Metal Gear series

Final Fantasy VII: Remake

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Gunstar Heroes

Ys series

Sonic the Hedgehog series

Battle Garegga

Donkey Kong Country

H.E.R.O.

Shark! Shark!

Minesweeper

Picross series

Doom 64

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Quake series

Another World

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Cadash

Super Mario Bros. 3

Blazing Lazers

Galactic Attack

Charles Martinet Retires From Longtime Voice Role Of Nintendo’s Mario

Conan O’Brien meets Charles Martinet

Disney DuckTales: Remastered

Banjo-Kazooie

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Super Mario Galaxy

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Coach

Coach Ernie Pantusso

Craig T. Nelson

Dead Rising

Enchanted Arms

Wild Arms series

Ruin Arm

Loadout: Arm Floaties

Arms

Mega Man series

Dizzy series

Thousand Arms

Rayman series

Plok

Just Arms

Bayonetta

Cooking Mama

Ecco the Dolphin

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Tetris

Super Mario 64

Pilotwings

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series

Inti Creates

Ceaseless Discharge

Gargantua Blargg

Mario

Sonic the Hedgehog

Browny

Robbit

The Noid

Mr. Domino

Recommendations:

Brandon: Adopt this dog I’ve been fostering if you’re a single person or a couple without children, Steve Stanchfield’s Video Collection (Thunderbean)

Frank: Mini golf is pretty fun still

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