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Ep. 405 - Rear Tickle


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The panel discusses the best pixel artists, Clair Obscur’s greatest weakness, and In Which Lake Is Carmen Sandiego? 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:

  • MS-07B Gouf
  • Panel lining
  • Goof Troop
  • “Use R to prevent the world’s collapse!”
  • Forspoken
  • PC Engine
  • Sega Saturn
  • Vegetarianism

    1: How do you pick a video game release date? (06:44)

    • Demonschool
    • Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong
    • Hollow Knight: Silksong
    • Hades II
    • Grand Theft Auto series
    • Silent Hill f
    • Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles
    • Ninja Gaiden 4
    • Pokémon Legends: Z-A
    • Slay the Spire 2
    • Ysbryd Games

      2: Is there anything from a video game that would be fun to build, gunpla style? (13:44)

      • Minecraft
      • Zoe Quinn
      • R.O.B.
      • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
      • Warhammer 40,000

        3: Who does the best sprite work in video games? (18:41)

        • Henk Nieborg
        • Gustav Örn Samuelson
        • Battle Axe
        • Amiga
        • Oh, Deer!
        • Hyper Gunsport
        • Paul Robertson
        • Catherine Menabde
        • Junkboy
        • Tatsuyuki Tanaka
        • Linda³
        • Breeze in the Clouds
        • James D. Sachs
        • Defender of the Crown
        • Mark Ferrari
        • Loom
        • Monkey Island series
        • Simon S. Anderson
        • Owlboy
        • Cocefi
        • Metal Slug series
        • Street Fighter series
        • SrBilyon
        • Temmie Chang
        • Undertale

          4: Design “Where in Ohio is Carmen Sandiego?” (24:55)

          • Ohio
          • Carmen Sandiego series
          • Minot, North Dakota
          • Land of 10,000 Lakes
          • Fargo, North Dakota
          • Howard the Duck
          • Cleveland, Ohio
          • Columbus, Ohio
          • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
          • Drew Carey
          • The Drew Carey Show
          • Devo
          • Free Stamp
          • The Horseshoe
          • Buckeye
          • Cleveland Guardians
          • Hope Memorial Bridge
          • (Editor’s note: Ash is incorrect in claiming that Pennsylvania is cooler than Ohio. I insist she regrets the error. -Esper)
          • Flag of Ohio
          • Flag of Puerto Rico
          • Flag of Indiana

            5: Terapixel asks, have video game controllers been “solved?” (31:46)

            • Xbox Wireless Controller
            • PlayStation Dualsense Controller
            • Nintendo Joy-Con
            • Home row
            • Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing!
            • Sega Saturn controller
            • EVO
            • Power A Fusion Fightpad

              6: What elements of a game should be opaque or invisible to the player? (38:21)

              • Animal Crossing series
              • Telltale’s The Walking Dead series
              • Eternights
              • Call of Duty series
              • Leon Kennedy
              • Sid Meier’s Civilization series
              • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
              • Minions
              • Rabbids
              • Jerry Lewis
              • Freakazoid!
              • Truman Capote
              • The Movie
              • What’s His Name
              • In Cold Blood

                7: Who is the Jackie Chan of video games? (45:00)

                • Jackie Chan
                • Bruce Lee
                • Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)
                • Rush Hour 3 (2007)
                • Jet Li
                • The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
                • Buster Keaton
                • Mario
                • Sonic the Hedgehog
                • Ace Attorney series
                • Mario Kart series
                • Mario Party series
                • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
                • Super Smash Brothers series
                • Charles Martinet

                  LIGHTNING ROUND: Trash Talk (50:35)

                  Recommendations and Outro (56:08):

                  • Brandon: Check out the library, Upír z Feratu (1982)
                  • Ash: Take a walk in a cemetery (without your dog)
                  • Frank: Learn homerow

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