Ep. 330 - Squadala

Frank, Tim and Brandon share their thoughts on Akira Toriyama, the genres that defined consoles, and CD-i memories. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Let’s discuss Akira Toriyama’s impact on art, culture, video games, and us personally (08:03)

What’s the most common misconception about video games in 2024? (23:05)

Based on a dream I had, should I learn magic, or Magic: the Gathering? (31:04)

LeFish: Are there any videogames based on works in other media that have been led by their original creators? (37:10)

Which game consoles do you most closely associate with particular video game genres? (43:51)

Recommendations and Outro (01:02:04)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Radiatori

Lucky Charms

Super Smash Brothers series

Link

Legend of Zelda series

Tagliatelle

Rotini

Super Mario Bros. Shaped SpaghettiOs with Meatballs

Super Mario series

Cheerios

Oops! All Berries

Xi’an Famous Foods Chili Oil & Crisps Jar

Akira Toriyama

Satoru Iwata

Osamu Tezuka

Dragon Ball

Cool S

Dragon Ball Z

Toonami

Buzz Rickson’s USAF L-2B Flying Jacket H-Type

Dragon Quest series

Sand Land

Sand Land (video game)

Kentaro Miura

Yuji Horii

Koichi Sugiyama

Naoki Yoshida

Final Fantasy XVI

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online

Eiichiro Oda

One Piece

Yuzo Koshiro

Astro Boy

Black Jack

Unity

Unreal Engine

Grand Theft Auto V

G4

The Ice Cream Is Revealed As Ninja

Ninja

The Masked Singer

Minecraft

Magic: The Gathering

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Hex & Company

Game Developers Conference

Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama

Keith Robinson

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

Vin Diesel

David Twohy

Brian Eno

Bob Dylan

Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors

Takeshi’s Castle

Takeshi no Chōsenjō

Most Extreme Elimination Challenge

The Last of Us

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Penn & Teller’s Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Moonwalker

Ghostbusters

Dan Aykroyd

Harold Ramis

Back to the Future: The Game

Bob Gale

Boom Blox

Steven Spielberg

PlayStation 2

Nintendo Entertainment System

Batman: The Video Game

Vice: Project Doom

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

PlayStation

Sega Genesis

Dither

Shatterhand

Low G Man

Gunstar Heroes

Sonic the Hedgehog

Socket

PC Engine

PC-98

Earthworm Jim

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

Ratchet & Clank

Dynasty Warriors series

Sega Saturn

Atari 2600

Dreamcast

Crazy Taxi

Space Channel 5

Neo Geo

Game Boy

Castlevania series

WonderSwan

Xbox 360

Gears of War

Gears of War 2

Gears of War 3

Wii

PlayStation 3

GameCube

Pikmin

F-Zero GX

Metroid Prime

Nintendo 64

Conker’s Bad Fur Day

Wii Music

Wii Sports

Wii Sports Resort

Imagine: Party Babyz

Disney Epic Mickey

ZX Spectrum

Manic Miner

Batman

Dizzy series

Amiga

Atari Jaguar

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Doom

CD-i

Panzer Dragoon

Ridge Racer

Road Rash

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Vita

Game Boy Advance

Astro Boy: Omega Factor

Nintendo DS

Ace Attorney series

Resident Evil series

Hotel Dusk: Room 215

Feel the Magic XY/XX

Nintendo 3DS

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Mario Kart series

Virtual Boy

PlayStation 4

PlayStation 5

The Last of Us series

Marvel Spider-Man

Days Gone

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Ghost of Tsushima

God of War series

Another World

Recommendations:

Brandon: if you thought the pontification on religion and human nature in Prometheus (2012) was bad check out the deleted scenes to see how much worse it could have been, DAFENCII

Frank: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

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