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Ep. 242 - Famous Characters in Funny Situations, with Mathew Kumar

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Game design lead for Future Club Mathew Kumar joins the panel to cover piles of graphics cards, Dall E, and customer service at the dream factory.

Questions this week:

  1. What makes a video game “obscure?” (06:27)
  2. Brandon Sheffield re-asks: What is a game you didn’t like until you played it? (14:52)
  3. Imagine you’re streaming through a glitch where half your viewers get audio but no visuals, and half get visuals but no audio. What game could you play that both audiences would enjoy the most? (21:00)
  4. Design a new mode for Minesweeper (27:59)
  5. Dirtbag Seth asks: What responsibilities does a King of Fighters have to their subjects? (34:27)
  6. What will AI-generated video games be like? (37:31)
  7. Does fast travel mean traversing a game’s world isn’t interesting? (44:39)
  8. Which video game feels the most Scottish? (51:48)

    9. LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Top 8 Video Game movies on Rotten Tomatoes (56:36)

    Recommendations and Outro (01:13:47)

    Check out that AI forum game and lots more in the forums!

    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • NBA 2K series
    • Façade
    • Planetokio
    • Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth
    • EarthBound
    • Space Invaders variants
    • Live a Live
    • ObsCure
    • Linda³
    • Insert Credit
    • Obscure: The Aftermath
    • Crusader of Centy
    • Fortnite
    • Unreal Tournament series
    • Beethoven’s 2nd
    • Contra: Rogue Corps
    • Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
    • Sam & Max licensees
    • Monkey Island series
    • LSD: Dream Emulator
    • Hitman series
    • Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
    • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    • Sudoku
    • Minecraft
    • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    • Hexic
    • King of Fighters series
    • The Santa Clause (1994)
    • DALL·E 2
    • Half-Life
    • Dwarf Fortress
    • What’s that game? (neural network generated image mode)
    • Marvel Spider-Man
    • Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales
    • Marvel’s Wolverine
    • Braveheart
    • Dragon Force
    • Grand Theft Auto series
    • Excite series
    • Forza Horizon 4
    • Lemmings
    • Kasumi Ninja screenshot
    • Shrek SuperSlam

      Recommendations:

      Frank: If you know any retired or semi-retired game developers in the midwest, let Frank know

      Brandon: Tool Assisted Speedrun of Pac-Man World for PSX, mikeyeldey: the album for Sega Genesis, set up a nice time for yourself

      Tim: Say thank you for things in your life

      Mathew: Ignore Big Luhrman, Mickey Reece’s Alien (2017)

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

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