Ep. 162 - Stanley Cuberick (Patreon)

A nearly educational episode, featuring time travel, masterclasses, and film director name pronunciation. Original music by Kurt Feldman.

1. Let’s fix the Sega Timeline (03:23)   
2. How can video games reward and encourage patience? (08:48)   
3. Who would you ask to teach the Game Design Masterclass, and who would actually do it? (14:55)   
4. Which video games have the most upsetting color palettes? (20:50)   
5. The Adaptation Game: 2001: A Space Odyssey (26:09)   
6. Question by Patreon Supporter Blue Milk: Who would you cast as the Kacho for an American GameCenter CX? (31:26)   
7. If you had to place five video games on the elemental plinths from The Fifth Element, what would you choose? (37:45)   
8. If Nintendo released a new version of R.O.B. today, what would it do? (43:17)   
9. Which video game has the best map? (48:07)   
10. What is the Freebird of video games? (53:25)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Pokedex Entries (58:47)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Let's Fix The Sega Timeline insert credit forum thread
• Console Wars
• Progress Quest
• Raph Koster
• Rob Pardo
• GDC Masterclass (deadline has passed, sorry everybody)
• Scrum
• Darkwatch
• Gun Rounds
• Downwell
• Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
• Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D
• Dune: The Battle for Arrakis
• Disc Warnings insert credit forum thread
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Live A Live
• The Messenger
• Lunar Lander
• Policenauts
• Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviors
• GameCenter CX
• Mike Rowe
• Ryan Reynolds playing Deadpool (the game)
• The Fifth Element
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• Sakurazaka Shouboutai
• Burning Rangers
• Far Cry 2
• Far Cry 6
• Firewatch
• Skies of Arcadia
• Tokimeki Memorial
• Robotic Operating Buddy
• Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. 
• Super Mario Bros. 35
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
• Microsoft Flight Simulator glitches
• The Legend of Oasis
• Free Bird
• The Expendables
• Spirit in the Sky
• Miami Blues
• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
• Hyperion

Recommendations:

Frank: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Insert Coin

Brandon: Love and Monsters

Jaffe: 2020 GOTY Submission form