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Ep. 183 - We Need To Talk About The Noid, with Jim Stormdancer

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Jim Stormdancer, developer of Frog Fractions and host of Topic Lords joins the panel to hearld/warn of the return of The Noid, how to craft an ARG, and The Insert Credit Greatest Game of All Time (ICGGOAT). (Content warning: This episode contains strong language.)

Questions this week:

  1. We Need To Talk About The Noid (00:57)
  2. What game did you have to learn to like before liking it? (06:29)
  3. Is there a line between surprising players and not giving them the game they paid for? (09:34)
  4. What do we have to say about NFTs? (15:27)
  5. Which game series have the most interesting naming and numbering conventions? (20:08)
  6. Dirtbag Kory asks: What are the best games about electricity? (25:52)
  7. What are the game design principles behind a good ARG? (31:39)
  8. What would your video game vanity license plate be? (37:53)
  9. What’s the best Star Wars game, and how could you make a better one? (40:57)
  10. What is the Paddington 2 of video games? (46:13)

    11. LIGHTNING ROUND: Adjectivity (51:33)

    Think YOU have better answers than the panel? You don’t! But you can discuss the episode here in the insert credit forums.

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • The Noid
    • Hatsune Miku <3
    • Avoid The Noid
    • Yo! Noid
    • KFConsole
    • Dr. Muto
    • Dr. Neo Cortex
    • Ys
    • Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
    • Warlock
    • Frog Fractions
    • King of the Hill “Full Metal Dust Jacket”
    • NFTs
    • Long Blockchain Corporation
    • List of Kingdom Hearts games
    • NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
    • Driv3r
    • Battle Frenzy
    • Herzog und Herzog Zwei
    • Zwei und Zwei 2
    • Megamanx
    • 9 Stories 9 Rooms 9 Whatevers
    • Shenzhen I/O
    • Chibi Robo!: Plug into Adventure!
    • Gunpoint
    • Elec Man
    • Electrician
    • Hansha de Spark!
    • Pipe Dream
    • Frog Fractions ARG
    • What’s That Game? on the insert credit forums
    • Train Hot Dog Podcast
    • Sea of Thieves
    • GTA2
    • Star Wars: Dark Forces
    • Star Wars
    • Super Star Wars
    • Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order
    • Battlefront und Battlefront Squadrons
    • Star Wars Holiday Special
    • Paddington 2 (2017)
    • Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
    • Kuron and the Jelly Islands
    • The Quiet Man

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: Dance Volunteer by Portable Rock, Pensieri di Nessuno by Words And Actions, Gozu (2003)

      Frank: Play video games on easy

      Jim: The Hat DLC which is no longer on sale, Topic Lords

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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