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Ep. 407 - Generosity Friend, with Lucy James

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Gamespot’s Lucy James joins the panel to cover the Nintendo Direct, $100,000 collector’s editions of games, and being friends with Sonic characters. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

  • Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
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  • Hideo Kojima
  • Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
  • Robert Redford
  • Yuji Naka
  • Diddy Kong
  • Pathologic 2
  • The Darkness
  • Silent Hill series
  • Hollow Knight
  • “For the Generosity friends. For the Innocent fighters. AS YOU……”
  • Chainsaw Man

    1: How about that Nintendo Direct? (04:10)

    • Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025
    • Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online
    • Fight for glory in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave coming to the Switch 2 next year
    • Metroid Prime 4 goes beyond, launching this December
    • Nintendo Direct September 2025: all the news and trailers
    • Super Mario Galaxy 2
    • Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
    • Virtual Boy
    • Nintendo Labo
    • Nintendo reveals replica Talking Flower
    • Baby Yoda
    • Bop It! Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child Edition

      2: What are the greatest acts of hubris in the history of game development? (11:03)

      • Peter Molyneux
      • WELL BAM there it is
      • NFTs
      • John Romero’s Daikatana
      • Doom
      • HitRECord founder responds to backlash over crowdsourcing assets for Beyond Good and Evil 2
      • Rayman Origins
      • Beyond Good & Evil
      • Uncle Pey’j
      • Helldivers II
      • SmartGlass
      • Game of Thrones
      • Dark

        3: When has a video game benefitted the most from the involvement of a celebrity? (17:16)

        • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
        • 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
        • Warhammer 40,000
        • Henry Cavill
        • Curt Schilling
        • Kingdoms of Amalur series
        • Usher
        • Just Dance series
        • Dance Central 3
        • Samuel L. Jackson
        • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
        • Sean Connery
        • 007: From Russia With Love
        • Fortnite
        • Call of Duty series
        • Nicki Minaj
        • Street Fighter series
        • Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li
        • Phil Collins
        • Phil Collins animated biopic set in the world of Grand Theft Auto
        • Robbie Williams
        • Better Man (2024)
        • Pharrell Williams
        • Piece By Piece (2024)

          4: What features would you include in a $100,000 collectors edition of a game? (23:25)

          • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
          • Baldur’s Gate III
          • Todd Howard
          • Randy Pitchford
          • How Long To Beat
          • Hollow Knight: Silksong
          • IGN

            5: SwirlTheNumber asks, could there ever be a good Garfield game? (31:00)

            • Garfield
            • Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift
            • Cooking Mama series
            • Nermal
            • GarfieldEats
            • Garfield licensees
            • Gex
            • Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
            • Hello Kitty
            • Snoopy
            • Mickey Mouse
            • Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
            • King Mickey
            • Kingdom Hearts series
            • Epic Mickey series
            • Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

              6: What are some examples of video game writing you really love? (38:19)

              • Grand Theft Auto V
              • Franklin Clinton
              • Grace Walker
              • Wolfenstein: The New Order
              • Debra Wilson
              • Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
              • Amanda Waller
              • Joker
              • Batman: Arkham Knight
              • Paul Dini
              • Harley Quinn
              • Batman: the Animated Series
              • Grand Theft Auto IV
              • Dishonored
              • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
              • Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher

                7: Which video game character do you think you could be friends with, but would be the most difficult person in your friend group? (44:42)

                • Sonic the Hedgehog
                • Ryuji
                • Persona 5
                • My Hero Academia
                • Minoru Mineta
                • Shadow the Hedgehog
                • Rouge the Bat
                • Knuckles the Echidna
                • Miles “Tails” Prower
                • Charmy Bee
                • Cream the Rabbit
                • Knuckles’ Chaotix

                  LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Hollow Knight (50:34)

                  Recommendations and Outro (54:42):

                  • Frank: Support your local PBS station
                  • Lucy: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, GameSpot and Friends Per Second
                  • Ash: Anciliary Justice, 30 Minute Missions
                  • Jaffe: 52 Pickup, DC Action News

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