Ep. 430 - Pac-Man 2cular

The panel reviews Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, deeming it the most British Japanese game ever, and potentially the future of video games. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Mortal Kombat series
• “Look! Look!”
• Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
• Blinky
• Pac-Man (TV series)
• The Ghost Witch of Netor
• Sue
• Will Smith
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Monkey Island series

1: Why is this game like this? (06:16)

• The Cutting Room Floor - Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (Genesis)
• MobyGames
• Marvel Land
• Namco
• Pac-Attack
• Pac-in-Time
• Yakuza series
• The Honeymooners
• I Think You Should Leave “Eggman Game” sketch
• Red Dead Redemption
• Super Princess Peach
• Garry’s Mod
• Freddi Fish series
• Putt-Putt series
• Sesame Street licensees
• Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
• The Experience Share
• Pokemon series
• Tomb Raider series
• Age of Empires series
• Tekken series
• Kingdom Hearts

2: If you had to live in a house shaped like a video game character, who would it be? (38:53)

• Super Mario Bros. 2
• X-Men 2: Clone Wars
• Steve
• Slime
• Baba Is You
• Kirby
• Kim Kardashian

3: What other video game sequels take such a big swing they deserve the subtitle “the New Adventures?” (41:08)

• Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
• Overwatch 2
• Valis series
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
• Batman
• Final Fantasy VI
• Tōru Iwatani

4: Spencer Gifts asks, should Zelda style game be called adventure games or should point and click games be called adventure games? (46:56)

• Legend of Zelda series
• Adventure
• Colossal Cave Adventure
• Book Off
• Uncharted series
• God Hand
• Hey You, Pikachu!
• Lifeline
• Seaman
• The Sims
• Little Computer People
• Haunting Starring Polterguy
• Lemmings
• Shadow Labyrinth

5: Let’s talk about the hot girl in Pac-Man 2. (52:56)

• The Ghost Witch of Netor
• Pac ’n Roll
• Pac-in-Time
• Pac-Land
• Demona
• Ms. Pac-Man
• Pac-Mom
• Dexter’s Mom
• Mike Pence

6: Let’s talk about the arcade segments stapled onto this game. (58:17)

• The Lion King
• Mr. Bones

7: Is this a good game? (01:03:37)

• Indika
• Uncharted series
• Keita Takahashi

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - The New Adventures (01:13:21)

Credit Report (01:21:06)

Recommendations and Outro (01:22:45):

• Frank: Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
• Brandon: The Feminine Complex, Corpse Mania (1981), Total Recall 2070, donate to Trans Continental Pipeline
• Ash: Read Aftermath, pay for journalism, take a walk in the sun
• Jaffe: Share your interests with people

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