Ep. 171 - Hidden Glass Shard (Patreon)
Published:
2021-02-08 00:16:38
Imported:
2023-06
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Content
Bad jokes, meaningful treehouse hangouts, and the Five Best Video Game Magazines Of All Time. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Previously on Insert Credit #123: What would be the worst movie to license as a beat-em-up? (02:21)
- What’s keeping big tech companies from breaking into video games after Microsoft? (07:42)
- What is executionally the worst joke you have ever seen in a video game? (13:21)
- Which human video game characters would be most valuable to examine for medical science? (19:39)
- What are the top five video game magazines of all time? (25:34)
- Patreon Supporter Beaion asks: What game are you always trying to get your friend group or social circle to play and why won't they play it? (31:43)
- What are the ideal personal and environmental conditions which must be met before you play a video game for a long period of time? (38:28)
- When do you feel like you need to start an unfinished video game over from the beginning before you can finish it? (42:53)
- What was the best day you ever had just playing video games? (48:34)
- What is the “figuring out how to use the shower in an unfamiliar bathroom after a long day of travel” of video games? (56:50)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Trademark-Free Video Game Valentines (01:01:53)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Power Rangers (2017)
- Oldboy Hallway Fight
- Fight Club video game
- Donnie Darko (2001)
- Sharknado: The Video Game
- NBA Rush
- Canabalt
- Rope (1948)
- Google Stadia
- Gunsport by Necrosoft Games
- Work Hour Log Template for Google Sheets
- Ouya
- OnLive
- Gex
- Richard Lemarchand
- Freakazoid! (1995)
- Jerry Lewis
- Peter Lorre
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Animaniacs (2020)
- The Dana Gould Hour
- QWOP 2
- Real life hurricane kick
- Game Developer Magazine
- Electronic Gaming Monthly
- Ultra Game Players
- Dengeki
- Famitsu
- Edge
- GamePro
- GameFan
- Warhammer: Vermintide II
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- The New Hitman Games
- Dippin' Dots: The Ice Cream of the Future Since 1988
- Yakiniku Bugyou
- Ys I & II
- Landstalker
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja
- Ghostrunner
- Death by Degrees
- Nekketsu Legend Baseballer
Recommendations:
Frank: Don't look at these Super Mario valentines, purchase a box of vintage Mario valentines
Brandon: Bacurau (2019)
Tim: Baahubali (2015)
Jaffe: Lagaan (2001)
PATRONS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!