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Ep. 209 - Blopper Goes Knobby, with K Thor Jensen

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Artist, writer, cartoonist and game designer K Thor Jensen joins the panel to cover being Mr. Google-Ass, having to go fast and slightly worse, and episode titles.

Questions this week:

  1. Frank Cifaldi asks: Is the Intellivision Amico “physical game” scam the future of physical games? (06:12)
  2. How can video games adapt the comic book format better than Comix Zone? (13:08)
  3. What has been the worst video game music of the last generation? (18:21)
  4. How would you design a Dune game like never before? (23:43)
  5. Design a video game t-shirt that, even given prominent advertising, exactly zero people would buy. (29:27)
  6. Dirtbag Spencer asks: Does Nintendo actually have something that makes them the best game developer, or is that just fans projecting? (36:07)
  7. What are the best video game lists you’ve seen? (42:12)
  8. Violence Island (47:03)
  9. What is the The Simpsons of video games? (56:19)

    10. LIGHTNING ROUND: Game Name Combo Breaking (01:01:41)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:14:41)

    You’re the best there is at what you do, but what you do is discuss this episode in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Hexic
    • Sine Mora
    • Intelivision Amico
    • Worms: Armageddon
    • Comix Zone
    • Understanding Comics
    • Framed
    • Gorogoa
    • Future Aero Racing S Ultra
    • Mad Max
    • Dune
    • Maneater
    • That Box That Hurts Your Hand When You Put It In There
    • Cooking Mama
    • El Shaddai
    • Death Stranding
    • Microsoft Solitaire “Keep It Casual” T-shirt
    • Microsoft Minesweeper Game Board Throw Pillow
    • K Thor’s Gamer T-Shirt
    • Dudes With Attitude manual
    • Metroid Dread
    • Link’s Awakening (2019)
    • Giger-likes thread at forums.insertcredit.com
    • Satoshi Matrix’s Top 100 NES/Famicom Games
    • Gimmick!
    • PC-FX
    • FM Towns Marty
    • Gain Ground
    • Mount Celeste
    • Hollow Knight
    • Segata Sanshiro
    • Johnny Turbo
    • Trouble Bruin
    • Storm Eagle
    • Mallow
    • Lakitu
    • Sephiroth
    • The Simpsons
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Street Fighter
    • King of Fighters
    • Family Guy
    • That screenshot from Way of the Warrior that Frank keeps linking during the Lightning Round

      Recommendations:

      Frank: Guardians of the Galaxy

      Brandon: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)

      K Thor: Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) on Tubi, find something you can chew on

      Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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