Ep. 298 - X-Commies, with Lucy James

Giant Bomb, Gamespot and Friends Per Second’s Lucy James joins the panel to cover video game convention panels, Oppenheimer, and getting Americans to care about 4X games. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

Is there a meaningful distinction between a minigame and a game within a game? (07:25)

How do you make a really big game without overwhelming players? (12:48)

What are the practical reasons to set a video game in the post-apocalypse? (18:38)

What are the pitfalls to avoid when organizing or participating in a video game panel? (22:02)

The Adaptation Game: Adapt Oppenheimer (2023) into a video game. (28:23)

Insert Credit Quick Break: Moonstone Island on Steam (35:52)

Tom Arrow asks: What are video games that best exemplify tragedy, comedy and romance? (37:15)

What kind of video games do Americans not care about, and is there a way to change that? (43:32)

What is the “You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today” of video games? (48:10)

LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As; - Mortal Kombat (53:43)

Recommendations and Outro (57:25)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Super Mario Land

Ace Attorney series

Puyo Puyo~n

Captain Marvel (2019)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Kojima’s Twitter

Resident Evil 4

Metal Gear Solid

NieR series

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

Virtua Fighter series

BioShock

Pipe Dream

Save Room

Harmful Park

Stardew Valley

Ōkami

Sonic Frontiers

Final Fantasy XV

Evony: The King’s Return

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Dreams

Roblox

Fallout games

Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)

Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)

Pitfall series

Nvidia Broadcast can now deepfake your eyes to make you look at the camera

Leisure Suit Larry series

Monkey Island series

Budweiser Frogs

Pepsiman

Oppenheimer (2023)

Curran Walters

Batman Begins (2005)

Fallout Shelter

X-COM series

Game of Thrones

The Godfather: The Game

Cyberpunk 2077

The Sims 4

Peter Molyneux

David Cage

Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Detroit: Become Human

Elder Scrolls series

Ribbit King

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

The Stanley Parable

Disco Elysium

Football Manager series

FIFA Manager series

Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven / eFootball series

Diner Dash

Tapper

FarmVille

Train Simulator series

PowerWash Simulator

Lawn Mowing Simulator

Animal Crossing series

Wall Street Kid

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Everything (game)

Everything (windows software)

You Need a Budget

Bubsy series

Gex series

Blasto

Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!

Normy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama

Pirates of the Caribbean

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Cool Spot

Grimace’s Birthday

Recommendations:

Frank: Everything, send your full video game interviews to the Video Game History Foundation

Brandon: Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster, try using your own website for once if you’re one of the people who make Ko-fi

Lucy: The New York Times Mini Crossword, The Design Behind Immortality’s Occult Secrets, JeffJeff’s Bizarre Adventure S03E01: Oh, those aren’t bullets, Baldur’s Gate 3 boss on Xbox Series S and “Redefining The RPG” I Friends Per Second Episode #26

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