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Ep. 334 - On Death Row For Podcasting

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Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. 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. What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42)
  2. Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17)
  3. In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03)
  4. Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53)
  5. rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44)
  6. Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01)
  7. What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37)

    8. LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02)

    Recommendations and Outro (51:35)

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    A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • O. J. Simpson
    • Billy Joel
    • J. Jonah Jameson
    • Gears of War
    • Resident Evil (film series)
    • Steven Soderbergh
    • Batman Begins (2006)
    • The Dark Knight (2008)
    • Front Mission 3
    • Phantasy Star Online
    • Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
    • .hack series
    • .hack//Versus
    • .hack//Beyond the World (2012)
    • District 9 (2009)
    • God of War III
    • Stealth (2005)
    • WipEout Pure
    • Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day
    • Rocko’s Modern Life
    • Tokyo Jungle
    • Dragon’s Dogma series
    • Samurai Shodown series
    • Street Fighter series
    • Baldur’s Gate III
    • Helldivers II
    • Rainbow Six series
    • Call of Duty series
    • Overwatch
    • Five Nights at Freddy’s
    • The Third Man (1949)
    • The 7th Guest
    • Free Guy (2021)
    • Super Mario Bros.
    • Pac-Man
    • Geist Force
    • Geist
    • Gaist Crusher
    • Dreamcast
    • Sonic Adventure series
    • Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
    • OutRun
    • Crazy Taxi
    • Jet Grind Radio series
    • Altered Beast series
    • Shinobi series
    • NiGHTS into Dreams…
    • Star Fox
    • Horizon: Zero Dawn
    • Rent A Hero
    • The Typing of the Dead
    • Ghost Squad
    • Wicked Monsters: BLAST!
    • Yuji Naka
    • Amanda Waller
    • Suicide Squad
    • Air Twister
    • Mathew Kumar
    • Queen
    • Unicorn Overlord
    • Ogre Battle
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Evo
    • Lil Nas X
    • Mortal Kombat games
    • Serena Williams
    • Michelle Yeoh
    • Dean Kamen
    • Robert Atkins
    • John Cena
    • Shake ’n Bake
    • Ringo Sheena
    • Caffeine
    • Melatonin
    • The Last of Us: Part II
    • Nintendo DS
    • Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
    • Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic
    • Super Monkey Ball series
    • Bomberman: Act Zero
    • Gunvalkyrie

      Recommendations:

      Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live, Trencher

      Frank: Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe

      Tim: Ripley

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