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Ep. 349 - Crab Up, Squad! with Simon Parkin
The New Yorker and The Observer’s Simon Parkin joins the panel to cover a new angle in game genres, the legacy of Segata Sanshiro, and aesthetic crevices. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Simon Parkin. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
SHOW NOTES:
DVD
MiSTer FPGA
Spacewar
Nintendo 64
Wii
Link’s Crossbow Training
Wii Fit
Dreamcast
Donkey Konga
Let’s Tap
Wii Music
Mad Maestro!
Chainsaw Controller
Hori Dragon Quest Slime Controller
Question 1: What’s the correlation in game design between fun and player freedom? (03:55)
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Sokoban
Grand Theft Auto III
Fallout series
SEGA Sports games
Just Cause series
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
Warren Spector
Uncharted series
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Baldur’s Gate series
Mass Effect series
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Question 2: What is the most widely held bad take amongst gamers? (12:12)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Dark Souls
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
GameCube
Virtual Boy
Video games can never be art
Street Fighter series
Tommy Tallarico
Question 3: Come up with a new “Sega Does What Nintendon’t”-style slogan for the Dreamcast 2 (20:29)
Build Back Better Plan
Mad Men
Roblox
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast
Segata Sanshiro
Akira Kurosawa
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Hiroshi Fujioka
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Segata Sanshiro Commercials
Question 4, from CJ Mixy: at what point do games go from being “ripoffs” to part of a genre? (27:36)
Genshin Impact
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Koji Igarashi
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Metroid
Super Metroid
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime
Bejeweled: Deluxe
Candy Crush Saga
Doom
Asteroids
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
Critter Crunch
Magical Drop
AstroPop Deluxe
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Question 5: What is the reading the New Yorker for the cartoons of video games? (37:52)
The New Yorker
Castle Wolfenstein series
Elaine Benes
CNN
Gran Turismo series
Galaxian
Ridge Racer series
Galaga
The Loading Screen Game Patent Finally Expires
Gears of War series
Final Fantasy XV
Dragon’s Dogma
LIGHTNING ROUND: Their Perfect Console (44:32)
Recommendations and Outro (56:31):
Brandon: Orchids are very nice at Trader Joes right now, Black Cat (1991)
Tim: Interview with the Vampire
Simon: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin, What Went Wrong Podcast
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The New Yorker and The Observer’s Simon Parkin joins the panel to cover a new angle in game genres, the legacy of Segata Sanshiro, and aesthetic crevices. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Simon Parkin. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
SHOW NOTES:
DVD
MiSTer FPGA
Spacewar
Nintendo 64
Wii
Link’s Crossbow Training
Wii Fit
Dreamcast
Donkey Konga
Let’s Tap
Wii Music
Mad Maestro!
Chainsaw Controller
Hori Dragon Quest Slime Controller
Question 1: What’s the correlation in game design between fun and player freedom? (03:55)
Hirokazu Yasuhara
Sonic the Hedgehog series
Sokoban
Grand Theft Auto III
Fallout series
SEGA Sports games
Just Cause series
Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
Warren Spector
Uncharted series
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Baldur’s Gate series
Mass Effect series
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Question 2: What is the most widely held bad take amongst gamers? (12:12)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Dark Souls
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
GameCube
Virtual Boy
Video games can never be art
Street Fighter series
Tommy Tallarico
Question 3: Come up with a new “Sega Does What Nintendon’t”-style slogan for the Dreamcast 2 (20:29)
Build Back Better Plan
Mad Men
Roblox
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast
Segata Sanshiro
Akira Kurosawa
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Hiroshi Fujioka
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Segata Sanshiro Commercials
Question 4, from CJ Mixy: at what point do games go from being “ripoffs” to part of a genre? (27:36)
Genshin Impact
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Koji Igarashi
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Metroid
Super Metroid
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime
Bejeweled: Deluxe
Candy Crush Saga
Doom
Asteroids
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
Critter Crunch
Magical Drop
AstroPop Deluxe
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Question 5: What is the reading the New Yorker for the cartoons of video games? (37:52)
The New Yorker
Castle Wolfenstein series
Elaine Benes
CNN
Gran Turismo series
Galaxian
Ridge Racer series
Galaga
The Loading Screen Game Patent Finally Expires
Gears of War series
Final Fantasy XV
Dragon’s Dogma
LIGHTNING ROUND: Their Perfect Console (44:32)
Recommendations and Outro (56:31):
Brandon: Orchids are very nice at Trader Joes right now, Black Cat (1991)
Tim: Interview with the Vampire
Simon: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin, What Went Wrong Podcast
This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you.
Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!
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