About this episode
Our heroes reunite to tackle the return of Reagen Sheffield, the Turkish Star Wars of Yuzo Koshiro, and Paul Blart Mall Battletoad. They also discuss the Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard-King merger, Tifa in the Italian senate, and the metaverse. Questions this week: In the wake of the MicroBlizzion buyout, how screwed are video games? (03:20) What would be a less useless metric for determining game story quality than number of words in script? (14:46) What video game music would you play for the Pope? (20:31) What would be the worst video game clip to interrupt a national senate meeting with? (26:10) Dirtbag Spencer asks: What is the shallowest, nitpickiest reason you dislike a video game? (30:29) Does “the metaverse” actually have anything to do with video games? (37:45) In a video game, how high should you be able to jump? (44:03) What are the best uses of the PocketStation and VMU? (51:08) What is the mumblecore of video games? (58:16) LIGHTNING ROUND: Bad Bad Game Reviews (01:02:22) Recommendations and Outro: (01:24:13) No pressure, but if you wanted you could discuss this episode in the forums ! A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Katamari Damacy Killer7 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Jam Mega Man / Rockman series Silent Hill series Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion Call of Duty series Candy Crush Saga Stretch Armstrong Extremely good Tifa and Barrett crossplay Call of Duty: Vanguard Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War World of WarCraft Overwatch God of War Final Fantasy VII: Remake After Burner: Climax OutRun: Online Arcade Adorama The Goblin Bunker (shouts out to yall) Dying Light 2 Threatens 350K Words, 40K Lines Of Dialogue Anna Karenina Dead Island The Intellivision Amico Disaster, Explained Liz Ryerson (shouts out to liz) Hideki Naganuma (proceed with caution) Cyberpunk 2077 The Pope Seems To Enjoy Listening To Undertale’s Megalovania Castlevania: Bloodlines Castlevania: Dracula X The Legend of Zelda EverGrace Super Mario Bros. 3 large prime numbers performing “ZiGGURAT” live in oakland on 01222012 (part one of two) with camerawork by frank cifaldi Final Fantasy Rule 34 vid smut shocks Italy, surprising artist Metal Gear series The iDOLM@STER series Mortal Kombat games Beyond Good & Evil Flynn: Son of Crimson The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Cliff Bleszinski The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Paradise Killer “A Race to Dominate the Metaverse” Pac-Man Pong Destiny Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Fortnite: Battle Royale Doomcube Second Life Final Fantasy XV Jumping Flash! Hyper Gunsport on Steam (now wishlistable which really helps more than you’d think) Power Stone Godzilla Generations Darius Doko Demo Issyo Tokimeki Memorial 2 NFL 2K The Jackbox Party Pack Fallout Shelter Fallout 4 XCOM: Enemy Within Pokémon GO Pokémon: Let’s Go! series Interstellar (2014) Mumblecore Life Is Strange series The Last of Us Night in the Woods Recommendations: Brandon: The digital single OARANA by our very own The World Famous Vincent Diamante Frank : Put things in the world for reasons other than making money Hosted by Alex Jaffe , with Frank Cifaldi , Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield . Edited by Esper Quinn . Original Music by Kurt Feldman .