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Ep. 330 - Squadala

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Frank, Tim and Brandon share their thoughts on Akira Toriyama, the genres that defined consoles, and CD-i memories. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

  1. Let’s discuss Akira Toriyama’s impact on art, culture, video games, and us personally (08:03)
  2. What’s the most common misconception about video games in 2024? (23:05)
  3. Based on a dream I had, should I learn magic, or Magic: the Gathering? (31:04)
  4. LeFish: Are there any videogames based on works in other media that have been led by their original creators? (37:10)
  5. Which game consoles do you most closely associate with particular video game genres? (43:51)

    6. Recommendations and Outro (01:02:04)

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    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • Radiatori
    • Lucky Charms
    • Super Smash Brothers series
    • Link
    • Legend of Zelda series
    • Tagliatelle
    • Rotini
    • Super Mario Bros. Shaped SpaghettiOs with Meatballs
    • Super Mario series
    • Cheerios
    • Oops! All Berries
    • Xi’an Famous Foods Chili Oil & Crisps Jar
    • Akira Toriyama
    • Satoru Iwata
    • Osamu Tezuka
    • Dragon Ball
    • Cool S
    • Dragon Ball Z
    • Toonami
    • Buzz Rickson’s USAF L-2B Flying Jacket H-Type
    • Dragon Quest series
    • Sand Land
    • Sand Land (video game)
    • Kentaro Miura
    • Yuji Horii
    • Koichi Sugiyama
    • Naoki Yoshida
    • Final Fantasy XVI
    • Final Fantasy XIV Online
    • Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online
    • Eiichiro Oda
    • One Piece
    • Yuzo Koshiro
    • Astro Boy
    • Black Jack
    • Unity
    • Unreal Engine
    • Grand Theft Auto V
    • G4
    • The Ice Cream Is Revealed As Ninja
    • Ninja
    • The Masked Singer
    • Minecraft
    • Magic: The Gathering
    • Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
    • Hex & Company
    • Game Developers Conference
    • Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama
    • Keith Robinson
    • Douglas Adams
    • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
    • Vin Diesel
    • David Twohy
    • Brian Eno
    • Bob Dylan
    • Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors
    • Takeshi’s Castle
    • Takeshi no Chōsenjō
    • Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
    • The Last of Us
    • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
    • Penn & Teller’s Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
    • Moonwalker
    • Ghostbusters
    • Dan Aykroyd
    • Harold Ramis
    • Back to the Future: The Game
    • Bob Gale
    • Boom Blox
    • Steven Spielberg
    • PlayStation 2
    • Nintendo Entertainment System
    • Batman: The Video Game
    • Vice: Project Doom
    • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
    • PlayStation
    • Sega Genesis
    • Dither
    • Shatterhand
    • Low G Man
    • Gunstar Heroes
    • Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Socket
    • PC Engine
    • PC-98
    • Earthworm Jim
    • Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
    • Ratchet & Clank
    • Dynasty Warriors series
    • Sega Saturn
    • Atari 2600
    • Dreamcast
    • Crazy Taxi
    • Space Channel 5
    • Neo Geo
    • Game Boy
    • Castlevania series
    • WonderSwan
    • Xbox 360
    • Gears of War
    • Gears of War 2
    • Gears of War 3
    • Wii
    • PlayStation 3
    • GameCube
    • Pikmin
    • F-Zero GX
    • Metroid Prime
    • Nintendo 64
    • Conker’s Bad Fur Day
    • Wii Music
    • Wii Sports
    • Wii Sports Resort
    • Imagine: Party Babyz
    • Disney Epic Mickey
    • ZX Spectrum
    • Manic Miner
    • Batman
    • Dizzy series
    • Amiga
    • Atari Jaguar
    • 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
    • Doom
    • CD-i
    • Panzer Dragoon
    • Ridge Racer
    • Road Rash
    • PlayStation Portable
    • PlayStation Vita
    • Game Boy Advance
    • Astro Boy: Omega Factor
    • Nintendo DS
    • Ace Attorney series
    • Resident Evil series
    • Hotel Dusk: Room 215
    • Feel the Magic XY/XX
    • Nintendo 3DS
    • Animal Crossing: New Leaf
    • Mario Kart series
    • Virtual Boy
    • PlayStation 4
    • PlayStation 5
    • The Last of Us series
    • Marvel Spider-Man
    • Days Gone
    • Horizon: Zero Dawn
    • Ghost of Tsushima
    • God of War series
    • Another World

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: if you thought the pontification on religion and human nature in Prometheus (2012) was bad check out the deleted scenes to see how much worse it could have been, DAFENCII

      Frank: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

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