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Ep. 267 - Asynchronicity 2: Holiday Spectacular

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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:

  1. What are the worst trends, currently or historically, in video game character design? (w/Ash Parrish) (06:38)
  2. Design a unique custom rule set for a fighting game tournament. (w/Patrick Miller) (11:33)
  3. Which three video game characters would you ask to help you move? (w/Topher Florence) (14:59)
  4. What do you do when you’re working on a game and your funding gets cut? (18:17)
  5. What’s the best time you ever had with a bad game? (w/Esper Quinn) (21:25)
  6. Which video game voice actors deserve wider recognition? (w/Andrés Velasco y Coll) (27:30)
  7. 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)
  8. How would you remake Indie Game: The Movie today? (w/Liz Ryerson) (37:13)
  9. Which modern video game would be the best introduction to video games for a child? (w/K Thor Jensen) (43:21)
  10. What’s the difference between a good video game and a cool video game? (w/Fūnk-é Joseph) (45:55)

    11. 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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