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Ep. 386 - Trapped in the Question Hole


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Frank, Ash, and Brandon begin an endless and inescapable descent into our listener-submitted Question Hole, and in the process learn to run an inn, make Ash crack up at Metafore ReFantazio again, and mention the same four guys that get mentioned every episode. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

  • The Price is Right
  • Press Your Luck
  • Ep. 385 - David Uncage

    1: What are your all-time favorite single performances on a game soundtrack? (02:52)

    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
    • Faith No More
    • Wu-Tang Clan
    • Mega Ran
    • Simple and Clean
    • Kingdom Hearts
    • Quake
    • Nine Inch Nails
    • Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
    • Crazy Taxi
    • Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors
    • Debbie Harry
    • Nick Cave
    • Snake Eater
    • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

      2: Whywhy asks, what is the Megalopolis (2024) of video games? (04:40)

      • Megalopolis (2024)
      • Death Stranding
      • The Last of Us Part II
      • Shenmue III

        3: Spencer asks, what are the trademarks of your favorite game designer’s styles? (05:33)

        • Quentin Tarantino’s foot fetish
        • FoxyLand
        • DEcapAttack
        • Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibōken
        • David Cage
        • Hidetaki Miyazaki

          4: Seth asks, how would you develop a game that portrays publishers negatively? (06:30)

          • 404 Game RE: SET -Error Game Reset-
          • Sega
          • Yoko Taro
          • Nintendo
          • Sony
          • Neil Druckman
          • Konami
          • Castlevania series
          • Bomberman series
          • Devolver Digital
          • ActivisionBlizzard
          • Bobby Kotick
          • Duty Calls
          • Bulletstorm

            5: Fruinblacksberk asks, if you could bring one person in the video game industry back to life who died a premature death, who would it be? (08:49)

            • Gunpei Yokoi
            • Yuji Naka
            • Satoru Iwata

              6: Chopemon asks, what game should get a remaster with a good/dumb name? (09:40)

              • Red Faction: Guerrilla - Re-Mars-tered
              • Lollipop Chainsaw: RePop
              • Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
              • Final Fantasy series
              • Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
              • Frank Sinatra
              • Blaster
              • Master Blaster

                7: Riley asks, who is the tallest character in video games? (10:37)

                • Bayonetta series
                • Jubileus the Creator
                • God
                • King of All Cosmos
                • Katamari Damacy

                  8: Gaagaagiins asks, have we already seen the service game with the shortest lifespan, and the service game with the longest lifespan? (11:32)

                  • Concord
                  • New Game Announces Release Date And Also Shutdown Date In Same Tweet
                  • EverQuest
                  • Ultima Online
                  • World of WarCraft
                  • RuneScape
                  • MUD

                    9: LeFish asks, which video games are most likely or best suited to a Broadway musical adaptation? (12:48)

                    • Yakuza series

                      10: BreadyToDie asks, has a video game ever affected your real life ideological bent? (13:18)

                      • BioShock Infinite
                      • Ken Levine

                        11: Is Officer Zuffle from Ooblets copaganda? (14:14)

                        • Ooblets
                        • Officer Zuffle

                          12: XCT asks, what are some of the panel’s favorite video game sequels in a different genre? (14:44)

                          • Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
                          • Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
                          • Wild Arms XF
                          • R-Type Tactics series
                          • James Pond series
                          • Persona 5 Strikers
                          • Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
                          • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

                            13: Cheapy asks, who drives the coolest motorcycle in video games? (16:59)

                            • Wario
                            • Moo Moo
                            • Cloud Strife
                            • Shadow the Hedgehog

                              14: Gaagaagiins asks, what are some of the best games you can play for $0? (17:46)

                              • Doom
                              • Sega Genesis NoIntro Fullset
                              • Ep. 224 - Video Game History Pope
                              • Snake

                                15: Anatoliu asks, what game would you send to all of Nintendo Power’s 1990 subscribers? (19:01)

                                • Dragon Quest
                                • Nintendo Power
                                • Bonk’s Revenge
                                • TurboGrafx-16

                                  16: connorr asks, who is the PS3 of human beings? (20:17)

                                  • PlayStation 3
                                  • Giant Enemy Crabs
                                  • Peter Molyneux
                                  • Hideo Kojima
                                  • Populous

                                    17: Kiko B asks, what aspect of game design is most commonly misunderstood? (21:55)

                                    • Yellow Paint Is Once Again Breaking People’s Brains
                                    • Green Lantern
                                    • South of Midnight

                                      18: Suda 68.999 asks, what two or more games would best compliment each other if stitched together with mods? (24:27)

                                      • Crusader Kings III
                                      • Mount & Blade
                                      • Mario
                                      • Sonic
                                      • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
                                      • Super Mario Bros.
                                      • Kid Icarus
                                      • Melty Blood
                                      • Touhou
                                      • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
                                      • Sonic & Knuckles

                                        19: Kyle asks, how would you implement skateboarding in modern games? (26:03)

                                        • Spyro: Year of the Dragon
                                        • Metroid Prime
                                        • Yakuza series
                                        • Dead2y Premonition: A Blessing in Disguise
                                        • Metaphor: ReFantazio

                                          20: Cole asks, which video game sounds could also serve as great text message tones? (27:42)

                                          • Metal Gear Solid
                                          • “!“
                                          • Panzer Dragoon
                                          • Sonic the Hedgehog
                                          • Super Mario World
                                          • David Hayter

                                            21: SpencerGifs asks, if a game has multiple versions, how do you decide which to play? (29:14)

                                            • Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

                                              22: Classic Anonymous asks, who is the William Randolph Hearst of video games? (30:09)

                                              • William Randolph Hearst
                                              • Citizen Kane (1941)

                                                23: Dark Saikan asks, do you know what Neal Stephenson’s blockchain thing is? (31:24)

                                                • Neal Stephenson
                                                • Blockchain

                                                  24: Rice9 asks, do good critics make good designers? (32:16)

                                                  25: Camillo asks, what is the cane from Citizen Kane of video games? (34:21)

                                                  • Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
                                                  • Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
                                                  • Jeff Gerstmann

                                                    26: Propellher asks, what is the most dad game of all time? (34:52)

                                                    • God of War
                                                    • The Last of Us
                                                    • Dr. Mario
                                                    • Octodad
                                                    • Star Wars games

                                                      27: What’s the most daddy game of all time? (36:38)

                                                      • Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

                                                        28: Chopemon asks, what is your Gamer forum signature? (36:53)

                                                        • Gackt
                                                        • Malice Mizer
                                                        • Dovahkin

                                                          29: SpencerGifs asks, what should a Nintendo baby play to grow out of Nintendo babydom? (38:16)

                                                          • NieR: Automata
                                                          • Knuckles’ Chaotix
                                                          • Russian roulette

                                                            30: Yeso asks, what is the tucking in your shirt of video games? (39:18)

                                                            31: LeFish asks, who is the Sister Rosetta Tharpe of video games? (41:04)

                                                            • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
                                                            • Lara Croft
                                                            • Grace Walker
                                                            • Deborah Wilson
                                                            • Coleco
                                                            • Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle
                                                            • Lawrence Schick
                                                            • Baldur’s Gate III
                                                            • Sega Genesis

                                                              32: Bebedor asks, what steps are you taking to get John Carpenter on the show? (44:34)

                                                              • John Carpenter
                                                              • The Thing (1982)
                                                              • John Carter of Mars
                                                              • Fantastic Four
                                                              • Ghosts of Mars (2001)

                                                                33: Yuji asks, what video game will still be played 5,000 years from now? (45:35)

                                                                • Backgammon
                                                                • Nintendo Entertainment System
                                                                • Pong
                                                                • Can You Pet The Dog?

                                                                  34: SpencerGifs asks, how do the video game generations break down if you go by design innovation? (47:08)

                                                                  • Atari
                                                                  • Xbox 360
                                                                  • G4

                                                                    35: ASmallRabbite asks, what is the most finally making it to an inn with 1hp and no potions moment in your real life? (48:32)

                                                                    • Honda Prelude
                                                                    • Pontiac Tempest

                                                                      36: Nemoid asks, how can public institutions like libraries foster positive relationships with game enthusiasts? (51:38)

                                                                      • Half-Price Books
                                                                      • Wii
                                                                      • PlayStation Classic
                                                                      • Sega Genesis Mini
                                                                      • TurboGrafx-16 Mini
                                                                      • Nintendo Classic Mini
                                                                      • Rock Band

                                                                        37: Spencer asks, why did so many companies throw their hat in the console ring in the fifth generation? (55:07)

                                                                        • Game console generations, according to Wikipedia
                                                                        • 3DO
                                                                        • CD-i
                                                                        • Sega Saturn
                                                                        • PlayStation
                                                                        • PlayStation 2
                                                                        • Dreamcast
                                                                        • Portland Retro Gaming Expo
                                                                        • Funk Soul Brother
                                                                        • PC-FX
                                                                        • Steam Box
                                                                        • VCR

                                                                          38: Gaagaagiins asks, what is the best and worst default jump button? (58:44)

                                                                          • The Godfather the Game
                                                                          • God of War III

                                                                            39: Anonymous asks, what is the Ween of video games? (01:01:31)

                                                                            • Ween
                                                                            • League of Legends

                                                                              40: Gruntin’ Gary asks, in what ways have video games become more and less accessible over the years? (01:02:56)

                                                                              41: RepelHer asks, does the panel just generally never cry, or is there something about video games specifically? (01:04:24)

                                                                              • Mother 3
                                                                              • Demonschool
                                                                              • Annie Lee’s Blue Monday
                                                                              • New Order’s Blue Monday
                                                                              • Annie Lee’s Sixty Pounds

                                                                                42: Spencer asks, is video game marketing different from other marketing? (01:08:20)

                                                                                • Call of Duty series
                                                                                • Ep. 384 - Keighleyme Pie, with Mike Drucker
                                                                                • Golden Sun Commercial
                                                                                • The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

                                                                                  43: SecretBilly asks, what niche types of game player would historical figures have been? (01:12:13)

                                                                                  • Issac Newton
                                                                                  • Half-Life 2
                                                                                  • Wolfgang Mozart
                                                                                  • Leonardo da Vinci
                                                                                  • Tetris: the Grand Master
                                                                                  • The Talos Principle
                                                                                  • Oscar Wilde
                                                                                  • Harry Houdini
                                                                                  • Teddy Roosevelt
                                                                                  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
                                                                                  • Iron Bull
                                                                                  • Marie Curie
                                                                                  • Overcooked!
                                                                                  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
                                                                                  • Martin Luther King Jr.
                                                                                  • Mafia III

                                                                                    Recommendations and Outro (01:14:33):

                                                                                    • Brandon: Speed Racer (2008), The Golden Buddha (1966) or From Beijing with Love (1994), Flying Saucer Video
                                                                                    • Frank: watch two things with an actor at the same time
                                                                                    • Ash: The Boondocks, send Ash recommendations for Chinese historical harem dramas

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