Ep. 309 - Jovial Duress

Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield answer host Alex Jaffe’s questions and uncover the most Insert Credit thing to ever happen, the latest industry megamerger, and a giant cheese wheel. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

How’d the Atari Jaguar Museum at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo go, Frank? (09:18)

Tina Carter asks: Is taking advantage of a a game’s technical system in a single-player environment “cheating”? (19:33)

What happens now that Microsoft bought Activision? (25:03)

You’re at a family dinner, and your six year old nephew asks if you’ve got any games on your phone. What do you show him? (31:30)

Tom Arrow asks: What are some other game franchises that could make interesting use of Sonic & Knuckles ‘Lock On Technology’? (35:28)

Design a minigame for Insert Credit: The Video Game. (46:03)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Video Game Baby Shoes (52:14)

Recommendations and Outro (56:01)

Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Batman: Arkham series

Dragon’s Lair

Super Metroid

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition

Atari Jaguar

Portland Retro Gaming Expo

Video Game History Foundation

Hasbro Releases Jaguar Publishing Rights

Songbird Productions

BigPEmu

Rayman

Ultra Vortek

Monkey D. Luffy

Boba Fett

Imagin HotRod Intra-Oral Camera

Bubsy series

Blinx: The Time Sweeper

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Baldur’s Gate series

Animal Crossing series

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review - IGN

Boku no Natsuyasumi

Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition

Call of Duty series

Spider-Man 2

Pitfall!

Barnstorming

SEGA Rally Championship

King’s Quest

3-D Ultra Pinball

Donkey Kong Land 2

Quest 64

Infinite Jest

Leisure Suit Larry series

Halo series

Candy Crush Saga

Overwatch series

Diablo series

James Corden

Carpool Karaoke

Jimmy Fallon

Random.org

Zaga-33

Vampire Survivors

Super Hexagon

Holedown

One pound

Sonic & Knuckles

Lost Judgment

Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City

Super Mario Bros. 2

Fallout games

Mega Man: Legacy Collection

Ghost of Tsushima

God of War

Horizon: Zero Dawn

The Last of Us

Marvel Spider-Man

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Sonic Superstars

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series

The Insert Credit Video Game

Ore no Ryōri

Diner Dash series

The big cheese wheel

Recommendations:

Brandon: DVLSBLSH zine vol. 1 and 2, check out the writing of Izumi Suzuki

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