Ep. 317 - Gamer Taxes, with merritt k

Author and game developer merritt k joins the panel to cover The Game Commercials, Charles Martinet’s dark side, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and merritt k. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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Questions this week:

Brandon Sheffield: What are some recent or memorable emergent situations you’ve experienced in games? (08:21)

Do we want to say anything about The Game Awards? (15:44)

What does it mean that Epic won its court case against Google? (23:32)

How would you design Mutant League Golf? (31:05)

Dicegame Uchiha: What are the most uh oh and most YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH moments in licensed video game soundtrack history? (35:16)

What is your personal experience with LAN parties? (48:17)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (54:48)

Recommendations and Outro (01:14:57)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Destiny

Borderlands 3

Fortnite: Battle Royale

Bill Trinen

Charles Martinet

Super Mario series

Kinda Funny

Weird West

Cyberpunk 2077

Grand Theft Auto series

Baldur’s Gate III

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series

Red Dead Redemption II

Elmore Leonard

The Game Awards 2023

Sega announced five games in 90 seconds at The Game Awards

Jet Grind Radio series

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Hideki Naganuma

Geoff Keighley

Ironmouse

VTuber

OD trailer reveals horror game from Kojima, Jordan Peele

Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

Bandcamp

Reese’s Pieces

Pokémon

Monster Hunter series

Mega Man series

Resident Evil series

Street Fighter series

Mutant League series

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Trombone Champ

Fallout series

Ribbit King

Dragula

Crazy Taxi series

The Offspring

The Exploited

NOFX

Bowling for Soup

Dexter Holland

Smash Mouth

CoLD SToRAGE

WipEout series

Peep Show

Saints Row series

Everclear

Third Eye Blind

Death Stranding

Chvrches

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Spandau Ballet

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

Frank Sinatra

Rock Band

Dragonforce

Guitar Hero series

Brütal Legend

Tim Schafer

LAN party

Doom

Quake

Takeshi no Chōsenjō

Takeshi Kitano

Tribes series

StarCraft

Counter-Strike

Spaceteam

StreetPass Mii Plaza

Anker Prime 100W USB C Charger

UGREEN

Joel Miller

Booker DeWitt

Siegfried

Roy

Doomguy

Master Chief

Recommendations:

Brandon: Check out the Expect No Mercy longplay on the Expect No Mercy (1997) blu-ray, TNT’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas ft. Phil Hartman (1994), Scavengers Reign

Merritt: 1900HOTDOG, LAN PARTY, Made in Canada

Tim: Watch the 2023 Game Awards just to see when Geoff says “Honkai Star Rail”

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