Phil Summers returns to talk all about his latest book 202X: Video Game Reflections. From cover to feedback to design, we dig into the creation behind the book! Plus, Phil watched the Alien movies for the first time, so we had to talk about that.

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Show Notes 202X: Video Game Reflections

• Hand-Drawn Game Guides Shop

Alien for the First Time

• Phil’s Thread
• The Deleted Cocoon Scene
• William Gibson’s Alien 3 (comic)
• Alien: Earth

Making 202X

• MFP22 - “The Fear of Nintendo Looms Over” with Phil Summers
• MFP26 - “Mind-Boggling Effects” with Chris Johnston
• The Impact of Iwata by Lucas M. Thomas

Wrap-Up

• 202X: Video Game Reflections
• Witch n’ Wiz
• Cathedral

Phil Summers

• Hand-Drawn Gaming Shop
• Hand-Drawn Game Guides
• Twitter @heyphilsummers
• Instagram @heyphilsummers

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Javed Sterritt of Good Blood returns to dig into the creative psyche and figure out just “what is a Good Blood video?” Come bathe in the material as we try to pin down research, creativity, and storytelling.

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Show Notes Thanks Javed

• Good Hangs
  • Music
  • Spotify
• Bilmuri

Since Last Time…

• MFP20 - “A Gift to the Zelda Community” with Javed Sterritt
• Line By Line - A Documentary on the Localization of Majora’s Mask – The Hyrule Journals
• The Snowball Effect of Zelda Journalism – The Hyrule Journals
• The Question No One Asks Shigeru Miyamoto – Good Blood
• Joining the Outer Wilds Club - Good Blood
• Second Wind

What is a Good Blood Video?

• The Untold Origins of the Metal Gear Mythology – The Escapist
• Behind the Scenes of The Question No One Asks Shigeru Miyamoto
• Metal Gear Untold Trailer
• IFinishedAVideoGame

Keyed in on the Production

• Chasing the Stick: The History of Naughty Dog during the PS4 Era
• Production for Metal Gear Untold Stream
• Herman Melville
• My Journey to Becoming a Map Maker – A Video Essay
• The Archive - Second Wind

Javed Sterritt - Good Blood Channel - Good Blood Patreon - Second Wind Channel - Second Wind Patreon - Javed Twitter - @JavedLSterritt

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Logan Moore returns for a classic Millennial Gaming Speak-style episode with our thoughts on the State of Play, the 30th Anniversary PlayStation gear, and revisiting our top ten favorite games of all time.

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Show Notes Welcome

• Millennial Gaming Speak
• Millennial Gaming Speak – Episode 48 - Our 10 Favorite Games of All Time

Sony Has Sure Had a Month

• PS5 Pro and the Future of PlayStation – Guest Appearance ComicBook Nation’s Quick Save
• What Does the Future Hold for Bungie? – Guest Appearance ComicBook Nation’s Quick Save
• “Thoughts on Flash” letter by Steve Jobs

State of Play – September 2024

• State of Play Video Presentation
• Everything revealed in State of Play September 2024
• Ghost of Yōtei Needs to Be Far More Inventive Than Ghost of Tsushima
• The Fiendish Five
• Blue Eye Samurai
• Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 60fps Patch
• Physical Beats Digital - Horizon Edition
• Millennial Gaming Speak – Episode 67 - Mass Effect Andromeda Looks Amazing

The 30th Anniversary Trenches

• Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation with a nostalgic look
• Digging Deeper into the PS5 Pro
• Logan’s Review of the PlayStation Portal
• Logan’s Review of the DualSense Edge
• Logan’s Review of the PlayStation Pulse Explore Earbuds

Our Top Ten Games of All Time

• S0E2 - The Last of Us Part II
• S6E3 - Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
• S5E6 - Resident Evil 3
• Max’s Resident Evil 3, Inferno S Rank Run and Platinum Trophy
• S1E3 - Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door
• Moby Dick Studio
• Returning to Shadow Moses — My Journey back through Metal Gear Solid
• Outer Wilds Thoughts and Impressions
• Joining the Outer Wilds Club - Good Blood

Logan Moore

• Logan’s Comicbook.com Page

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Razbuten joins the show to explore the balance of creating for oneself and an audience, while also being a parent. If you don’t walk away from this episode with, you know, an existential crisis and an understanding of the universe then you’ve failed.

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Show Notes I Do YouTube

• Inside and Character Motivation
• The Games That Got Me Through Our Miscarriages – A Video Essay

I Hope This Video Doesn’t Suck

• I Hope This Video Doesn’t Suck
• Joining the Outer Wilds Club
• The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Adaptation
• Playing With My Son by Andy Baio
• Goodbye Breath of the Wild

Consistency Means a Lot of Things

• Atomic Habits
• I found out I have ADHD.
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Avatar: The Last Airbender

• Raz’s Avatar Bundle
• Avatar Studios
• Upcoming Avatar Projects
• The Dragon Prince
• Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert

Razbuten - Razbuten’s YouTube Channel - Razbuten’s Nebula Channel - Razbuten’s Patreon - @therazbuten’s Twitter

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Wizawhat swings on by the show to dig into the heart, mind, and soul of making video essays and retrospectives.

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Show Notes The Outer Wilds Club

• How Outer Wilds Shook Me To My Core
• Joining the Outer Wilds Club
• My Journey to Becoming a Map Maker – Max’s First Essay
• Zelda Stole Fortnite’s Best Mechanic – Max’s Second Essay
• MFP20 - “A Gift to the Zelda Community” with Javed Sterritt
• The Legend of Zelda Trading Cards

Overwatch Clones

• How Overwatch Made Me A Leader
• Deadlock Hits Over 18,000 Concurrent Players
• Overwatch 2 x Cowboy Bebop
  • (Whenever you can link to Tank! link to Tank!)

Monstrer Retrospectives

• I Played EVERY Star Fox Game…Here’s What I Learned
• I Played EVERY Pikmin Game to Prepare for Pikmin 4
• Is This Pikmin’s Turning Point?
• The History of Breath of the Wild
• The Legacy and History of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros.
• Chasing the Stick: The History of Naughty Dog during the PS4 Era
• Did You Know Gaming?
• shumplations
• “I Hate This Game” – Brian Henken

Writing and Deadlines

• I’M PIZZA TOWER PILLED
• Every Tool’s a Hammer: Life is What You Make It

Walking Away from Paper Mario

• Wiz’s Announcement
• Chapter Select Season 1 – Paper Mario
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
• Sea of Stars is Building Towards Something Bigger

Packaging a Video

• The Games Saving 3D Platforming
• I Miss the Old Nintendo
• i am a dot.
• Games Where You’re NOT the Main Character
• Gaming for a Non-Gamer
• New Tenet Trailer Premiering in Fortnite
• Iron Pineapple
• Behind the Scenes of Zelda Stole Fortnite’s Best Mechanic

Wizawhat - Wizawhat’s YouTube Channel - Wizawhat’s Patreon - @wizawhat’s Twitter

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Abby Roberts takes a seat behind the microphone to share about her dive into the world of podcasts before strolling down memory lane with formative gaming memories.

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Show Notes Welcome

• ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens Holiday Spectacular’, with Special Guests Guy English, Amy Jane Gruber, and More
• Pyle PDMIC58 XLR Microphone

Getting into Podcasts

• Celebrating 15 Years of Podcasting
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
• Games of the Decade 2000–2009 | Bonus – Into the Aether
• The Unplanned Podcast with Matt & Abby
• That’s The Point Podcast
• That’s the Point Podcast Patreon
• Vine 🪦
• Kristin Johns
• A Show About Nothing
• Apple Event, October 2005
• Apple’s iTunes Embraces Video Podcasts
• Rubble & Crew Theme Song

Everyone Has a Podcast

• The Viall Files
• “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement.
• That Was Us
• This Is Us
• Serial - Season One
• Serial - Season Four
• Guantanamo Bay
• The Kids of Rutherford County
• Apple introduces transcripts for Apple Podcasts

Abby’s Gaming Memories

• The Sims 2 Expansion Packs
• Zoo Tycoon
• Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
• Putt-Putt
• JumpStart games
• Animal Crossing Games

Games We Play Together

• In The Valley of Gods Announcement
• Valve Acquires Campo Santo

Abby Roberts

• @abbyckr on TikTok
• Mrs. R’s Science Lab

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Marc “Try4ce” Duddleson returns to the show to breakdown, review, and celebrate the summer 2024 Nintendo Direct.

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Show Notes Catching Up

• MFP30 - “Born to Test This Stuff” with Marc “Try4ce” Duddleson
• MFP31 - “The Release Date of this House” with Coury Carlson
• Introduction to the RetroTINK 4K - Upscaling HDMI Input and More!
• Fix Super Nintendo Blur - SNES Edge-Enhancer and 2CHIP RGB Bypass Mods
• Trading Pokémon from the Nintendo 64 to the Switch
• Ace Attorney Satisfaction
• How Many HDMI Cables does Try have in his Setup?
• Rewiring My Entire Entertainment Center for the RetroTINK–4K ~ Time Lapse

Nintendo Direct (Summer 2024)

• The Direct Itself

Mario & Luigi: Brothership

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership Trailer
• AlphaDream

Fantasian Neo Dimension

• Fantasian – Apple Arcade
• Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy

We Got this Lil’ Chunk

• Marvelous

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

• Forever Entertainment games
• Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk

Dragon Quest III HD–2D Remake

• Dragon Quest III HD–2D Remake Trailer
• Dragon Quest I & II Super Famicom remake
• Dragon Quest III Super Famicom remake
• Square Enix’s HD–2D style lets classic games be themselves – Polygon

Nintendo Switch Online 17+!

• Chapter Select S3E5 - Conker’s Bad Fur Day
• Game Boy vs. Super Game Boy vs. Game Boy Color - Black Cartridge Modes Compared!

MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics - Announce Trailer
• Switch Box Art

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

• Does Overclocking the Nintendo Switch Fix Links Awakening? – MVG
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Trailer

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

• Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Official Website
• Pixel Art vs. Chibi Art

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

• Metroid Prime 4 - Beyond Trailer
• Chapter Select Season 7 - Metroid Prime
• Metroid Prime Remastered - DF Tech Review
• Heroes of Hyrule Video Restored – Did You Know Gaming?
• A YouTube Playlist of the Did You Know Gaming Videos

Marc “Try4ce” Duddleson — My Life in Gaming - My Life in Gaming’s YouTube Channel - My Life in Gaming’s Patreon - My Life in Gaming Stream - Backloggery Twitch - Try’s Backloggery

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Jerrad Wyche returns catch up with Max about the state of Xbox and dissect the 2024 Xbox Summer Games Showcase.

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Show Notes Welcome

• MFP10 - “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” with Jerrad Wyche

A Lot Has Happened with Xbox

• MFP13 - “Go Back to Daddy Microsoft” with Tomas Franzese
• FTC Sues to Block Microsoft’s Acquisition of Game Giant Activision – The Washington Post
• Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox Employees – The Verge
• Microsoft Shuts Down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks – The Verge
• Xbox Spends Tango Gameworks’ Budget on Redesigning Xbox Game Cases
• Inside the Making of Redfall – Bloomberg
• Four Xbox Games Going Multiplatform – Xbox Wire
• Activision Announces Elsewhere Entertainment
• Xbox Announces The Initiative at E3 2018
• Touching the Spider: A Conversation With Ken Levine – Sacred Symbols
• Netflix’s Bioshock Adaptation

Xbox Games Showcase 2024

• The Showcase Itself
• Every Announcement and Reveal

DOOM: The Dark Ages

• Mick Gordon’s Statement about DOOM Eternal’s Soundtrack
• Bethesda Doubles Down

State of Decay 3

• Inside The Microsoft Studio Behind State Of Decay 3 – Kotaku

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay Reveal
• Fable Legends Announcement Trailer
• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Renamed

Metal Gear Solid 𝝙: Snake Eater

• Virtuos, the dev behind MGSΔ
• Delta Might be MGS3’s Twin Snakes Moment

Perfect Dark

• MFP36 - “I will be Flabbergasted” with Logan Moore

Indie Block

• Redwall books

New Hardware

• Xbox Teasing Next Gen
• Phil Spencer Interview with Ryan McCaffrey

Gears of War: E-Day

• Reinventing A Mad World: Why Gears of War: E-Day Represents the Future of the Series

Jerrad Wyche - @JerradWyche - Controlled Interests

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Logan Moore and Max celebrate 10 years of Keigh–3 style predictions. I know I said 8 years on the show. Math is hard.

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Show Notes A Chapter Select PSA

• Chapter Select Season 7 - Metroid Prime
• Chapter Select Season 8 - Castlevania

Reviewing the 2023 Predictions

• MFP28 - “Synergy on the Horizon” with Logan Moore
• Logan’s Pikmin 4 Review
• Naughty Dog Cancels The Last of Us Online

PlayStation 2024 Predictions

• PlayStation May 2024 State of Play

Logan’s PlayStation Predictions

• There will be only one newly announced Sony first-party game at the event. ✅
• A goodbye message from Jim Ryan will play and will then be followed by Hermen saying “Hello I am your new daddy” ❌
• Sony will tease the existence of the PS5 Pro, but won’t formally show it off until later this year. ❌
• The new Astro game will be compatible with both PS5 and PS VR2 and will launch this year. ❌
• Resident Evil remake(s) WILL appear ❌

Max’s PlayStation Predictions

• Astro Bot! But no PS VR2 support. ✅
• PS VR2 games are depressing. ✅
• We get that gameplay of Fairgame$ ❌
• Ghost of Tsushima 2 is very real. ❌
• Judas gameplay at Keighley’s on PS5

Xbox 2024 Predictions

• Mick Gordon’s Statement about DOOM Eternal’s Soundtrack
• Bethesda Doubles Down

Logan’s Xbox Predictions

• id Software will reveal the next DOOM game and it will be out in less than a year.
• Gears of War 6 and a Gears of War trilogy Collections are announced.
• Perfect Dark is completely MIA.
• Todd Howard will mention Elder Scrolls VI.
• Fable gameplay still doesn’t appear.

Max’s Xbox Predictions

• There is a gameplay demo for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
• The Outer Worlds 2 reappears.
• Everwild pokes its little head up.
• It is time. A Banjo game is announced.
• Microsoft does the thing and reveals a handheld console.

Nintendo 2024 Predictions Logan’s Nintendo Predictions

• The Year of Metroid is truly upon us. Metroid Prime 4 re-reveal and out later this year. Metroid Prime 2 and 3 remasters are also revealed and out this summer.
• Four remasters, at minimum, will appear. They do not have to be first party
• A new Zelda game of some sort will be revealed.
• Nintendo will address the elephant in the room and say when they will talk about Switch 2.
• It’s Star Fox time, baby.

Max’s Nintendo Predictions

• It’s Port City this year. The end of the Switch’s life will see at least five more HD ports.
• Donkey Kong 64 comes to NSO.
• The Legend of Zelda Oracle games are the announced Zelda games instead of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess.
• It’s time for a Kirby game.
• Punch Out is revived.

Logan Moore - @MooreMan12 - Comicbook.com

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The Professor himself, Scott White, returns to chat about graduating to the class of Dad, introducing video games to our kids, and the wide world of board games.

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Welcome

• MFP19 - “A Big ba-Daunt da Daunt” with Scott White

Flip Phones, Patches, and Mods

• The Lost (then Found!) Mega Man RPGs - Battle Network Spin Offs
• English Patches for the Mega Man Mobile Games
• Kingdom Hearts Coded
• God of War: Betrayal
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Remaster is Here - The BEST Way to Play!
• Nintendo Power Issue 243

Scott! Dad Mode, Execute!!

• Max’s The Great Ace Attorney 2 Resolve Notes

A Baldur’s Gate 3 Digression

• Nintendo Patches Out Tears of the Kingdom Item Duplication

Baby’s First RPG

• Scott Can’t Wait for Oliver to Play
• Playing With My Son
• 8BitDo Arcade Stick
• Ace Attorney Satisfaction
• Final Fantasy VII Remake: Integrade Prices

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake

• S1E3 - Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door
• Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door Returns
• Paper Mario - The Thousand-Year Door Switch Review – Digital Foundry
• Amiibo Unboxing– Here Goes My Kid’s College Fund
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door got the remake it deserved

Big Board Game Guy

• Guilty Gear Strive: The Board Game Review by Scott
• Best Beginner Board Games
• Wyrmwood Gaming Table
• PAX Unplugged
• Shovel Knight - Showdown Review — A Challenger Approaches!
• Logan’s Anthem Review
• Digital Version of Root
• The Last of Us: Escape the Dark Kickstarter
• Escape the Dark Castle
• Escape the Dark Sector
• Vicious Gardens
• Sea Salt & Paper
• Board Game Arena
• Tabletop Simulator

Scott White - @ProfessorRPG - RPG University - Irrational Passions - RPG Site

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