Your wise and benevolent Insert Credit panel covers industry shifts caused by Helldivers II, decides the Dreamcast 2 launch lineup, and imagines the gritty Super Monkey Ball: Act Zero. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- What can you tell from a video game’s color scheme? (03:42)
- Which video game has the best original take on what the internet is? (09:17)
- In games where you pick from an assortment of guys, when do you pick the big guy, and when do you pick the little guy? (15:03)
- Design a fourth-person shooter. (18:53)
- rose asks: What would the ideal starting lineup be for the Dreamcast 2? (25:44)
- Who is the most famous person who could beat you at Street Fighter? (33:01)
- What is the taking a melatonin and drinking a caffeinated beverage of video games? (38:37)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Console Genre Associations (44:02)
Recommendations and Outro (51:35)
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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
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O. J. Simpson
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Billy Joel
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J. Jonah Jameson
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Gears of War
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Resident Evil (film series)
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Steven Soderbergh
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Batman Begins (2006)
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The Dark Knight (2008)
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Front Mission 3
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Phantasy Star Online
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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
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.hack series
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.hack//Versus
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.hack//Beyond the World (2012)
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District 9 (2009)
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God of War III
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Stealth (2005)
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WipEout Pure
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Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day
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Rocko’s Modern Life
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Tokyo Jungle
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Dragon’s Dogma series
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Samurai Shodown series
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Street Fighter series
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Baldur’s Gate III
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Helldivers II
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Rainbow Six series
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Call of Duty series
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Overwatch
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Five Nights at Freddy’s
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The Third Man (1949)
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The 7th Guest
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Free Guy (2021)
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Super Mario Bros.
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Pac-Man
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Geist Force
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Geist
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Gaist Crusher
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Dreamcast
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Sonic Adventure series
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Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
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OutRun
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Crazy Taxi
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Jet Grind Radio series
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Altered Beast series
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Shinobi series
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NiGHTS into Dreams…
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Star Fox
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Horizon: Zero Dawn
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Rent A Hero
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The Typing of the Dead
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Ghost Squad
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Wicked Monsters: BLAST!
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Yuji Naka
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Amanda Waller
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Suicide Squad
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Air Twister
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Mathew Kumar
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Queen
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Unicorn Overlord
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Ogre Battle
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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Evo
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Lil Nas X
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Mortal Kombat games
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Serena Williams
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Michelle Yeoh
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Dean Kamen
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Robert Atkins
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John Cena
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Shake ’n Bake
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Ringo Sheena
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Caffeine
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Melatonin
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The Last of Us: Part II
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Nintendo DS
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Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
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Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic
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Super Monkey Ball series
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Bomberman: Act Zero
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Gunvalkyrie
Recommendations:
Brandon: Only use a half-cup of flour in Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe, Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Live, Trencher
Frank: Brandon’s “Daddy’s Dusters” Dog Treat Recipe
Tim: Ripley
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