Ep. 337 - Holland Oates (Patreon)

Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield divine the difference between spite and guilt, develop a cool season pass, and steal the International Prototype of the Kilogram. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

• When did you first start to feel out of touch with the modern gamer? (06:14)

• What role does spite play in video game development? (11:03)

• How can developers make the best of it when forced to build a “Season Pass” of post-launch content? (16:47)

• What’s the most vindicated you’ve ever felt by a video game? (22:17)

• Gaagaagiins asks: What studios best at naming games? (27:32)

• How do you make stealth good? (34:58)

• What is the opposite of video games? (40:04)

• Make a video game about the unit that establishes the pound (42:12)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Guess the User Review (45:54)

Recommendations and Outro (55:14)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Witch

• Knuckles the Echidna

• MLA Handbook

• The Chicago Manual of Style

• Alex Jaffe

• Cursed Problems in Game Design

• Ep. 186 - Dirtbag Strikes Back, with Alex Jaffe and Mathew Kumar

• SimCity

• Ep. 324 - Bocket Tinesters

• Stellar Blade

• Rami Ismail

• Zach Gage

• Nintendo Power

• Electronic Gaming Monthly

• Fear Street

• Goosebumps

• EA FIFA series

• Call of Duty series

• Hall & Oates

• Michelangelo

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

• Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

• Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

• God of War: Ragnarök

• Vindicators

• Bonk series

• Shigeru Miyamoto

• BioShock

• Yoshiki Okamoto

• Street Fighter series

• Brave Prove

• Brave Story: New Traveler

• Namco

• Galaga

• Galaxian

• Bosconian

• Pac-Man

• Mappy

• Rally-X

• Wonder Momo

• Lucky & Wild

• Xevious

• Taito

• Landmaker

• Puchi Carat

• Growl

• Puzzle Bobble

• Cleopatra's Fortune

• Bubble Bobble

• Libble Rabble

• Transcendental Meditation

• The Tower of Druaga

• Baraduke series

• Sky Kid

• Grobda

• Activision

• River Raid

• Beam Rider

• The Dreadnaught Factor

• Mindshadow

• Panic Park

• The Outfoxies

• Tinkle Pit

• Rolling Thunder

• Pitfall!

• Dirt Dash

• Time Crisis

• Rodney's Funscreen

• Ninja Princess

• After Burner

• Rodney Alan Greenblat

• PaRappa the Rapper

• Hitman series

• Deadly Premonition

• Metal Gear

• Metal Gear Solid

• Watch_Dogs

• Radiolab

• ≤ kg

• International Prototype of the Kilogram

• National Treasure (2004)

• Goldfinger (1964)

• Assassin's Creed series

Recommendations:

Brandon: BelGioso Parmesan Snacking Cheese, pick your battles

Frank: Get an air popper

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