May 01, 2023

Ep. 285 - Daria of Sorrow

1 hour 26 minutes

The panel returns to classic formation to cover UX design, Microsoft acquisition developments, gross Yoshis, and sellouts within sellouts. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

From Simone de Rochefort: What else should Microsoft acquire and make exclusive? (03:33)

What is The Day The Clown Cried of video games? (10:19)

What makes a New Game+ feature the most enticing? (11:41)

What are common terms game designers use that game players don’t? (17:10)

How can User Interface inform the themes and story of a video game? (24:52)

Let’s criticize some things we want to bring attention to. (31:13)

Insert Credit Ad Break: Midautumn and Games and Feelings (37:04)

JackOakleaf asks: How long should a cutscene be? (39:55)

Which video game protagonist’s job would you want to do the least? (48:02)

What is The Day The Clown Cried of video games? (54:19)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Video Game Playboy Appearances (01:02:47)

Recommendations and Outro (01:19:47)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Legend of Zelda series

Vanillaware Ltd.

Dragon’s Crown

Horizon series

Halo series

Destiny series

Britain blocks Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard

NieR

George Washington

Daria

Harmy’s Despecialized Edition

Call of Duty series

Final Fantasy series

Street Fighter series

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

The Day the Clown Cried

Blue Dragon

Sega is officially buying Angry Birds developer Rovio for $775 million

OutRun series

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

God of War series

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Kirby games

Dizzy series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island

Super Mario World

Uncharted series

Video Game History Foundation

Kelsey Lewin

User experience design

Static mesh

Patrick Miller

Demonschool

Persona 5

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Batman Begins (2005)

Shigeru Miyamoto

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Miyamoto Says Negative Reviews Of Mario Movie Helped It Grow

Nintendogs series

Gears of War series

Half-Life 2

Dolphin Emulator

Asus ROG Ally hands-on: Windows but tiny

Midautumn

Games and Feelings

Hideo Kojima

Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu

Ninja Gaiden

Xenogears / Xenosaga universe

Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons series

Cooking Mama series

L.A. Noire

Mappy

Super Mario Bros (1993)

Bonk series

Ridge Racer series

Gran Turismo series

Twisted Metal series

‘Twisted Metal’ Series Gets Peacock Premiere Date, Teaser

The Last Starfighter (1984)

David Harbour

Stranger Things

Project Milo

Tommy Tallarico

ROBLOX_OOF.mp3 (the hbomberguy video about Tommy Tallarico)

Earthworm Jim series

Recommendations:

Brandon: Plug things on different CRT inputs into different power strips to reduce interference, Bullet Train (2022), Shudder TV if you’re Frank, Joe Bob Briggs

Frank: please do not actually mark Video Game History Foundation donations as “for Playboys”

This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Midautumn, Games and Feelings, and patrons like you. Thank you.

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