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Fallin‘ Thru Plotholes episodes
- Episode 31-1: Mega Man Battle Network: Putting Human DNA Into The Computer
In today's episode, Alex and Michael talk about the development of Mega Man Battle Network, a series that starts out weirdly-prescient about the internet and quickly escalates to the question of if it's ethical to put your dead son in the computer.
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56 min - Episode 30-2: The Making of the Super Mario Movie is a Wild Ride
In this week's episode, Alex and Michael battle power outages to talk about how the Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) even came about, discussing e-mail leaks, Nintendo's business practices, and North Korea for some reason.
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1 hr 14 min - Episode 30-1: The Super Mario Movie is Certainly a Collection of Scenes
In this Episode, Alex and Michael talk about their recent trip to the movies as they discuss the The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), a fever dream of colorful imagery and involving surprising amount of daddy issues.
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1 hr 12 min - Episode 29-4: The Plot of Shenmue III
In this episode, Alex and Michael tackle the plot of Shenmue III, a game sometimes obsessed with the mundane.
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53 min - Episode 29-3: The Long, Weird Journey to Shenmue III
In this week's episode, Alex and Michael talk about a Korean MMOs, weird cell phone games, and eventually make our way through the weird development of Shenmue III.
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Show notes:
Thanks to Shenmuedojo.com for archiving much of the information used in this episode.
Shenmue Dojo podcast about Shenmue City: https://youtu.be/C8Yl2j6Dh5U
Article: Inside the Bizarre Development of Shenmue III: https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/11/06/inside-the-bizarre-development-of-shenmue-iii
1 hr 10 min - Episode 29-2: The Plot of Shenmue I + II
After battling sickness, bad controls, and other weirdness, Alex and Michael are back to talk about the plot to Shenmue I + II.
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1 hr 19 min - Episode 29-1: Shenmue, The Series That Tries So Hard To Not Be A Videogame
In today's episode, Alex and Michael tackle the development of Shenmue, and take a wild ride through the late 90s as they talk about series creator Yu Suzuki, and Sega.
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Show notes:
Intro and Outro music: Shenmue - Main Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiqJzCp1vSQ
Special thanks to: ShenmueDojo.com
1 hr 29 min - Episode 28-2: The Plot of NBA 2k16
In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the plot of NBA 2k16, the Spike Lee-directed that is incredibly heavy handed and almost just a collection of cutscenes.
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Show Notes:
Intro and outro music: NBA 2k3 - Menu Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GaoeFFkKWo
1 hr 9 min - Episode 28-1: NBA 2k’s MyCareer Attempts to Put the Sports into Sportstory?
In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about the history of interactive stories in sports games, leading up to us talking about NBA 2k's MyCareer mode.
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Show Notes:
Chris Smoove's first NBA 2k video with cutscenes: https://youtu.be/5atS3fddMvY
Incredible voicework from NBA 2k15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2wpIeZDrHE
1 hr 1 min - Episode 27-2: The Plot of Darkened Sky
In this episode, Alex and Michael talk the plot of Darkened Skye, which is about a young woman getting negged by an elf and I guess Skittles are involved too.
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About Fallin‘ Thru Plotholes
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Join Alex, Michael, and others are they talk about the plotlines of legacy videogame franchises, how they evolved, and how they often go off the rails. They will also talk about how these games were…
developed, who was involved in writing these storylines, and why some gaming stories end up being completely bonkers.