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Ep. 195 - Knuckles' Chaotix Is For Lovers, with Jeff Gerstmann

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Game journalist and Giant Bomb co-founder Jeff Gerstmann joins the panel to cover The Wheelman, phone phreaking, and Super Sushi Pinball.

Questions this week:

  1. Rachel Weil asks: What are you favorite hidden gem video game reviews? (03:20)
  2. What does Frank have to report on his two-week absence to save video games? (09:20)
  3. What’s going on with the video game speculator market? (14:43)
  4. How and why did Giant Bomb become a wiki for video games, and hows that going? (19:57)
  5. Design a game about phone phreaking in the 20th century. (25:48)
  6. Dirtbag Kory asks: In the year 2050, what will be known as the most ridiculous part of video games in 2021? (31:25)
  7. What game design principles make a really satisfying pinball table? (35:26)
  8. Fifteen years after the launch of the Wii, what do we have to say about casual games? (41:12)
  9. What’s the history and current state of publishers paying for reviews? (46:34)
  10. What is the Francisco Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son of video games? (52:27)

    11. LIGHTNING ROUND: Who’s It For? (56:36)

    We have a lovely forum available if you want to discuss the episode!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Shade wolf from Nier (spoilers)
    • Dog’s Life
    • The Revenge of Shinobi
    • Kimimi The Game Eating She-Monster
    • Mizzurna Falls
    • Old Man Murray
    • Erik Wolpaw’s Final Fight One Review
    • Chrontendo
    • Topher’s Sonic 2 review
    • Vin Diesel’s Alternative Guide to Barcelona by tombo
    • Vin Diesel’s The Wheelman
    • The Video Game History Foundation, Which Was Co-Founded By Frank Cifaldi And Kelsey Lewin In Case You Didn’t Know
    • Sealed Mario 64’s Record-Breaking $1.5M Sale Has Retro Experts Skeptical
    • CheetahMen II
    • Giant Bomb Wiki
    • ComicVine
    • Pup Breeder
    • Phone Phreaking
    • The Thompson Twins Adventure
    • Her Story
    • Flaming Carrot Comics
    • Larry Sanders Show
    • Bloody Wolf
    • FunHouse pinball machine
    • Centaur pinball machine
    • F-14 Tomcat pinball machine
    • Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine
    • The Pinball Circus pinball machine
    • Banzai Run pinball machine
    • Tap Titans 2
    • Saturn Devouring His Son

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: The first half of Take Care of My Cat (2001), The Rippington’s Weekend in Monaco

      Frank: Stop subscribing to the Video Game History Foundations incredible “Mystery Box” Vintage Video Game Magazines

      Jeff: Giant Bomb Podcasts, garages

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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