About this episode
A grand cast of holiday favorites are subjected to a gauntlet of questions. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Brandon Sheffield, Ash Parrish, Patrick Miller, Topher Florence, Esper Quinn, Andrés Velasco y Coll, Azurelore Korrigan, Liz Ryerson, K Thor Jensen and Fūnk-é Joseph. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Questions this week : What are the worst trends, currently or historically, in video game character design? (w/Ash Parrish) (06:38) Design a unique custom rule set for a fighting game tournament. (w/Patrick Miller) (11:33) Which three video game characters would you ask to help you move? (w/Topher Florence) (14:59) What do you do when you’re working on a game and your funding gets cut? (18:17) What’s the best time you ever had with a bad game? (w/Esper Quinn) (21:25) Which video game voice actors deserve wider recognition? (w/Andrés Velasco y Coll) (27:30) What’s the best answer that someone in the game industry has given you to a question you asked them? (w/Azurelore Korrigan) (31:17) How would you remake Indie Game: The Movie today? (w/Liz Ryerson) (37:13) Which modern video game would be the best introduction to video games for a child? (w/K Thor Jensen) (43:21) What’s the difference between a good video game and a cool video game? (w/Fūnk-é Joseph) (45:55) LIGHTNING ROUND : Recommendations and Outro (47:59) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Last Of Us Showrunner Says Original Game Is ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told In Video Games’ Hyper Gunsport now available on Steam, Switch and Xbox Demonschool now wishlistable on Steam Baldur’s Gate III Characters entering public domain in 2023 Sonic the Hedgehog universe Bubsy series Sparkster Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt Tetsuya Nomura Jet Grind Radio series Clash of Clans Jun Kazama Grace Walker Keita Takahashi MoPOP Guilty Gear series Asuka 120% series Chess boxing Slappers only! StarCraft series VIDEOBALL Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series Jad The Taff Big the Cat Twisted Metal series Puyo Puyo Tetris Scotty James T. Kirk The Sims franchise Silver the Hedgehog #IDARB Beethoven’s 2nd Kid Chameleon Kelsey Lewin Kris Graft London Cab Challenge BioShock series Dana Delany Jennifer Hale Shining Force III Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Matthew Mercer Liam O’Brien Kevin Conroy Cuphead series Oh, Deer! Kenji Eno Real Sound: Kaze no Regret Indie Game: The Movie (2012) noclip American Movie (1999) TIGSource Edmund McMillen The King of Kong (2007) A Short Hike Resident Evil: Village Super Mario series Hyrule Warriors Hohokum Soul Axiom on The Blood Zone Recommendations: Frank : Magic Kid Googoo Brandon: Quo Vadis 2 Ash : Pepsiman Patrick : Goddess of Victory: Nikke Topher : Chair Chaser Esper : Gravity Rush series Andrés : Windjammers 2 Azurelore : Ghost House Liz : Soul Axiom , Uurnog: Uurnlimited K Thor : Guardians / Denjin Makai II Fūnk-é : Bloons TD 6 Closing song : [XMAS]「諸人こぞりて」Mix Yona [音量可変版 Ex - Pcm][X68000][1994制作] ****by Keishi Yonao Support on Patreon Subscribe: RSS , Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and more!