December 27, 2022

Ep. 267 - Asynchronicity 2: Holiday Spectacular

1 hour 3 minutes

A grand cast of holiday favorites are subjected to a gauntlet of questions. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, Ash Parrish, Patrick Miller, Topher Florence, Esper Quinn, Andrés Velasco y Coll, Azurelore Korrigan, Liz Ryerson, K Thor Jensen and Fūnk-é Joseph. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

What are the worst trends, currently or historically, in video game character design? (w/Ash Parrish) (06:38)

Design a unique custom rule set for a fighting game tournament. (w/Patrick Miller) (11:33)

Which three video game characters would you ask to help you move? (w/Topher Florence) (14:59)

What do you do when you’re working on a game and your funding gets cut? (18:17)

What’s the best time you ever had with a bad game? (w/Esper Quinn) (21:25)

Which video game voice actors deserve wider recognition? (w/Andrés Velasco y Coll) (27:30)

What’s the best answer that someone in the game industry has given you to a question you asked them? (w/Azurelore Korrigan) (31:17)

How would you remake Indie Game: The Movie today? (w/Liz Ryerson) (37:13)

Which modern video game would be the best introduction to video games for a child? (w/K Thor Jensen) (43:21)

What’s the difference between a good video game and a cool video game? (w/Fūnk-é Joseph) (45:55)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Recommendations and Outro (47:59)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Last Of Us Showrunner Says Original Game Is ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told In Video Games’

Hyper Gunsport now available on Steam, Switch and Xbox

Demonschool now wishlistable on Steam

Baldur’s Gate III

Characters entering public domain in 2023

Sonic the Hedgehog universe

Bubsy series

Sparkster

Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt

Tetsuya Nomura

Jet Grind Radio series

Clash of Clans

Jun Kazama

Grace Walker

Keita Takahashi

MoPOP

Guilty Gear series

Asuka 120% series

Chess boxing

Slappers only!

StarCraft series

VIDEOBALL

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

Jad The Taff

Big the Cat

Twisted Metal series

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Scotty

James T. Kirk

The Sims franchise

Silver the Hedgehog

#IDARB

Beethoven’s 2nd

Kid Chameleon

Kelsey Lewin

Kris Graft

London Cab Challenge

BioShock series

Dana Delany

Jennifer Hale

Shining Force III

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn

Matthew Mercer

Liam O’Brien

Kevin Conroy

Cuphead series

Oh, Deer!

Kenji Eno

Real Sound: Kaze no Regret

Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

noclip

American Movie (1999)

TIGSource

Edmund McMillen

The King of Kong (2007)

A Short Hike

Resident Evil: Village

Super Mario series

Hyrule Warriors

Hohokum

Soul Axiom on The Blood Zone

Recommendations:

Frank: Magic Kid Googoo

Brandon: Quo Vadis 2

Ash: Pepsiman

Patrick: Goddess of Victory: Nikke

Topher: Chair Chaser

Esper: Gravity Rush series

Andrés: Windjammers 2

Azurelore: Ghost House

Liz: Soul Axiom, Uurnog: Uurnlimited

K Thor: Guardians / Denjin Makai II

Fūnk-é: Bloons TD 6

Closing song: [XMAS]「諸人こぞりて」Mix Yona [音量可変版 Ex - Pcm][X68000][1994制作] ****by Keishi Yonao

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