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Ep. 221 - Popey Fox

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Our heroes reunite to tackle the return of Reagen Sheffield, the Turkish Star Wars of Yuzo Koshiro, and Paul Blart Mall Battletoad. They also discuss the Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard-King merger, Tifa in the Italian senate, and the metaverse.

Questions this week:

  1. In the wake of the MicroBlizzion buyout, how screwed are video games? (03:20)
  2. What would be a less useless metric for determining game story quality than number of words in script? (14:46)
  3. What video game music would you play for the Pope? (20:31)
  4. What would be the worst video game clip to interrupt a national senate meeting with? (26:10)
  5. Dirtbag Spencer asks: What is the shallowest, nitpickiest reason you dislike a video game? (30:29)
  6. Does “the metaverse” actually have anything to do with video games? (37:45)
  7. In a video game, how high should you be able to jump? (44:03)
  8. What are the best uses of the PocketStation and VMU? (51:08)
  9. What is the mumblecore of video games? (58:16)

    10. LIGHTNING ROUND: Bad Bad Game Reviews (01:02:22)

    Recommendations and Outro: (01:24:13)

    No pressure, but if you wanted you could discuss this episode in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Katamari Damacy
    • Killer7
    • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
    • Sonic Jam
    • Mega Man / Rockman series
    • Silent Hill series
    • Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
    • Call of Duty series
    • Candy Crush Saga
    • Stretch Armstrong
    • Extremely good Tifa and Barrett crossplay
    • Call of Duty: Vanguard
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
    • World of WarCraft
    • Overwatch
    • God of War
    • Final Fantasy VII: Remake
    • After Burner: Climax
    • OutRun: Online Arcade
    • Adorama
    • The Goblin Bunker (shouts out to yall)
    • Dying Light 2 Threatens 350K Words, 40K Lines Of Dialogue
    • Anna Karenina
    • Dead Island
    • The Intellivision Amico Disaster, Explained
    • Liz Ryerson (shouts out to liz)
    • Hideki Naganuma (proceed with caution)
    • Cyberpunk 2077
    • The Pope Seems To Enjoy Listening To Undertale’s Megalovania
    • Castlevania: Bloodlines
    • Castlevania: Dracula X
    • The Legend of Zelda
    • EverGrace
    • Super Mario Bros. 3
    • large prime numbers performing “ZiGGURAT” live in oakland on 01222012 (part one of two) with camerawork by frank cifaldi
    • Final Fantasy Rule 34 vid smut shocks Italy, surprising artist
    • Metal Gear series
    • The iDOLM@STER series
    • Mortal Kombat games
    • Beyond Good & Evil
    • Flynn: Son of Crimson
    • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
    • Cliff Bleszinski
    • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    • Paradise Killer
    • “A Race to Dominate the Metaverse”
    • Pac-Man
    • Pong
    • Destiny
    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • Fortnite: Battle Royale
    • Doomcube
    • Second Life
    • Final Fantasy XV
    • Jumping Flash!
    • Hyper Gunsport on Steam (now wishlistable which really helps more than you’d think)
    • Power Stone
    • Godzilla Generations
    • Darius
    • Doko Demo Issyo
    • Tokimeki Memorial 2
    • NFL 2K
    • The Jackbox Party Pack
    • Fallout Shelter
    • Fallout 4
    • XCOM: Enemy Within
    • Pokémon GO
    • Pokémon: Let’s Go! series
    • Interstellar (2014)
    • Mumblecore
    • Life Is Strange series
    • The Last of Us
    • Night in the Woods

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