Ep. 334 - On Death Row For Podcasting

Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42)

Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17)

In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03)

Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53)

rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44)

Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01)

What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02)

Recommendations and Outro (51:35)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

O. J. Simpson

Billy Joel

J. Jonah Jameson

Gears of War

Resident Evil (film series)

Steven Soderbergh

Batman Begins (2006)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Front Mission 3

Phantasy Star Online

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

.hack series

.hack//Versus

.hack//Beyond the World (2012)

District 9 (2009)

God of War III

Stealth (2005)

WipEout Pure

Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day

Rocko’s Modern Life

Tokyo Jungle

Dragon’s Dogma series

Samurai Shodown series

Street Fighter series

Baldur’s Gate III

Helldivers II

Rainbow Six series

Call of Duty series

Overwatch

Five Nights at Freddy’s

The Third Man (1949)

The 7th Guest

Free Guy (2021)

Super Mario Bros.

Pac-Man

Geist Force

Geist

Gaist Crusher

Dreamcast

Sonic Adventure series

Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series

OutRun

Crazy Taxi

Jet Grind Radio series

Altered Beast series

Shinobi series

NiGHTS into Dreams…

Star Fox

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Rent A Hero

The Typing of the Dead

Ghost Squad

Wicked Monsters: BLAST!

Yuji Naka

Amanda Waller

Suicide Squad

Air Twister

Mathew Kumar

Queen

Unicorn Overlord

Ogre Battle

Jamie Lee Curtis

Evo

Lil Nas X

Mortal Kombat games

Serena Williams

Michelle Yeoh

Dean Kamen

Robert Atkins

John Cena

Shake ’n Bake

Ringo Sheena

Caffeine

Melatonin

The Last of Us: Part II

Nintendo DS

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic

Super Monkey Ball series

Bomberman: Act Zero

Gunvalkyrie

Recommendations:

Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live, Trencher

Frank: Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe

Tim: Ripley

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