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Ep. 217 - Asynchronicity

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In which our heroes, scattered across time and space, convene by way of editing to cover The Freak Sword, looking to the One Mode Future, and sexy slutty bunny boys.

Questions this week:

  1. What is the ugliest video game ever made? (02:05)
  2. Have you formed any habits in video games that have translated into your normal life? (07:50)
  3. Should every game have an easy mode? Should every game have a hard mode? (12:20)
  4. Imagine that you had the power to create video game mods just by speaking them into existence. What would you make? (18:20)
  5. IMPROV ZONE: Game Counselor help line (22:23)
  6. What does it take to convince someone to try a video game? (31:42)
  7. Design a track in the same a video spirit as any video game character for Mario Kart. (38:26)
  8. How have focus groups affected game development? (43:18)
  9. What is the worst game that you would still consider the game of the year for its year, considering its competition? (47:55)
  10. Knowing that they will probably never listen to this episode, what are your feelings about the other two panelists? (53:09)

    11. Recommendations and Outro (57:28)

    Now that you have all the pieces, you can discuss this episode in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Garfield and his Nine Lives (Game Boy Advance)
    • Ice Cream Cone Pokemon
    • Swedish Erotica: Custer’s Revenge
    • Hatred
    • Goemon’s Great Adventure
    • Valis series
    • Valis X series
    • Coke Zero formula change
    • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
    • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
    • Final Fantasy VII
    • Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
    • Annapurina Interactive
    • Florence
    • Hyper Gunsport now wishlistable on Steam
    • Red Dead Redemption II
    • Final Fantasy VII: Remake
    • Madden series (R.I.P. John Madden)
    • 2K Sports games
    • Portal
    • Grand Theft Auto V
    • Days Gone
    • Yakuza series
    • Super Mario Bros.
    • Legend of Zelda series
    • Final Fantasy VI
    • Bonk series
    • Project X Zone
    • Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
    • Silent Hill
    • Gensō Tairiku Auleria
    • Duck Hunt
    • Final Fantasy XV
    • Critically Acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV With An Expanded Free Trial Which You Can Play Through The Entirety Of A Realm Reborn And The Award Winning Heavensward Expansion Up To Level 60 For Free With No Restrictions On Playtime
    • Soft Non-Threatening Friends
    • Cyberpunk 2077
    • Stardew Valley
    • Mario Kart series
    • Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
    • Super Smash Brothers series
    • Chocobo Racing
    • Chocobo GP
    • Dragon Quest series
    • Deadly Premonition
    • Mad Men
    • Project: Snowblind
    • Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
    • 1984 in video games
    • Track & Field
    • 10-Yard Fight
    • Jet Set Willy
    • Manic Miner
    • Sabre Wulf
    • Jetpack
    • Gears of War
    • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    • BioShock
    • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
    • God Hand
    • Spacewar!
    • Space Invaders
    • Highlander (TV Series 1992-1998)

      Recommendations:

      Frank: Drive-in Theaters

      Tim: Drink more water, if you’re Tim’s dad

      Brandon: The song Walk from the Sega CD game Nostalgia 1907, sincerely it would be really appreciated if you wishlisted Hyper Gunsport on Steam, thanks for being a part of Insert Credit, take care of yourselves

      Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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