Ep. 206 - Bmups, with Christine Love (Patreon)

Developer of Get in the Car, Loser! Christine Love joins the panel to cover ALF, tactical romance action, and the crushing economic realities of indie games. Original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

• How has video game art and design been impacted by Christian iconography? (03:40)
• What are the worst ports of the best games? (09:00)
• Has the Metroidvania outgrown Metroid? (13:01)
• What is the weirdest advice you’ve gotten for playing a video game? (17:22)
• What is and is not a visual novel? (21:11)
• Dirtbag Spencer asks: What Mortal Kombat character should get the next Mythologies game? (27:13)
• Are video games capable of evoking Britcom-style secondhand embarrassment? (32:37)
• Should games with a customizable protagonist and multiple love interests assume bisexuality? (36:59)
• From Brandon Sheffield: Christine, how can you justify giving away your game for free? (41:57)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Meme Girls (50:17)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Oh, Deer!
• Analogue: A Hate Story
• Ladykiller in a Bind
• Get in the Car, Loser!
• Splatterhouse
• Castlevania
• Shin Megami Tensei
• ALF
• Bubsy
• Halo
• Last Bible series
• Bible Master
• Wisdom Tree games
• Crack Down cover
• Street Fighter on the ZX Spectrum
• Sonic Jam
• Resident Evil on the Game.com
• Axiom Verge 2
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• Chasm
• Deadly Premonition
• GameFAQs
• Jeanne d'Arc
• Snatcher
• Ace Attorney
• Tokimeki Memorial
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Cosmic Fantasy Stories
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
• Scorpion
• Raiden
• Reptile
• Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
• Larry David
• Final Fnatasy XIV
• Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
• Seinfeld Game pitch
• Dragon Age
• Digital: A Love Story
• Get in the Car, Loser! - Battle on the Big Boardwalk DLC Available Now
• Deltarune
• Mean Girls (2004)

Recommendations:

Brandon: Dead & Buried (1981), Miho Fujiwara's tracks on the California Crisis OST

Frank: Can-Am Modular Metal Cabinetry, reach out to frank@gamehistory.org if you're interested in donation matching for the upcoming winter fundraiser

Christine: Get in the Car, Loser! and the Battle on the Big Boardwalk DLC

Jaffe: Kurt Feldman's Insert Credit Show Soundtrack

DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, the full discussion of the auction (plus photos) will be uploaded Nov. 1st. In the mean time, check out this picture of Frank in front of the Phantom