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Ep. 426 - Fortnite for Boomers

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The finest minds in video games discuss the evolution of turn-based combat, turning pixels into symphonies, and the devastating return of Violence Island.

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:

  • Audacity
  • E3
  • Doctor Who
  • Doctor Manhattan
  • Blink
  • Tom Baker
  • Sherlock
  • Steven Moffat
  • Daliens
  • Cybermen
  • “Do you think people are happy in this wizard kingdom?”
  • Mega Man series
  • Clown Man
  • It
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Kid n’ Play

    1: What tips you off that someone discussing video games has no idea what they’re talking about? (06:08)

    • New York Times
    • IGF Awards
    • Call of Duty series
    • Mega Man: Legacy Collection
    • Batman
    • Superman
    • Zack Snyder
    • Madden series
    • Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch

      2: How have turn-based battle systems evolved over 30 years? (11:58)

      • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
      • Shin Megami Tensei series
      • Valkyria Chronicles
      • Final Fantasy XII
      • Parasite Eve
      • Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
      • Metaphor: ReFantazio
      • Kingdoms of the Dump
      • The Doors - Riders On The Storm
      • Final Fantasy X-2

        3: On what occasions have you wished a game was harder? (17:27)

        • Soulslike
        • Gunstar Heroes
        • Bayonetta 3
        • Pokemon series

          4: If we were to re-establish an official video game seal of quality, what would be the qualifying criteria? (21:41)

          • Official Nintendo Seal
          • Steam Deck

            5: Syswivv asks, what kind of video game would Andy Warhol have made? (28:08)

            • Andy Warhol
            • Madonna
            • Fortnite
            • CD-i
            • Eric Idle
            • Starship Titanic
            • Harlan Ellison
            • Harlan Ellison: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
            • CD+G
            • Sega CD
            • Empire (1965)
            • Peter Molyneux
            • MAGFest
            • GDC
            • Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective
            • James Turrell

              6: Describe Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective to Ash (32:24)

              • Arcane Kids
              • Donut County
              • Bubsy series

                7: What’s the best use a game has ever made of being able to click in the analog stick? (34:39)

                • The Godfather: The Game
                • Manhunt
                • God of War III
                • Oedipus
                • Yanya Caballista: City Skater
                • Katamari Damacy
                • Kinect
                • Ghost (1990)
                • Octodad: Dadliest Catch

                  8: Who is your favorite video game character to debut in the last ten years? (40:39)

                  • Crow Country
                  • Mara Forest
                  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
                  • Hornet
                  • Bayonetta series
                  • Bayonetta
                  • Nier: Automata
                  • 2B
                  • Indika
                  • Final Fantasy XV
                  • Prompto Argentum
                  • Ignis Scientia
                  • Overwatch
                  • Tracer
                  • Baldur’s Gate III
                  • Astarion
                  • Balan Wonderworld
                  • Balan
                  • Concord

                    LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (46:02)

                    Recommendations and Outro (01:01:52):

                    • Brandon: The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993), Gnosia, yucca
                    • Ash: Put chili crisp on everything, Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers
                    • Frank: Lil’ baby potatoes

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