Ep. 249 - Space Jerks on Monkey Island (Patreon)

Our beloved panel of experts discusses podcasts on Stadia, Chimp Chent, and Breath of the Glild. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

• From Ash Parrish: If game development studio was run like a busy kitchen, what would employees shout while running around? (01:18)
• How do developers make money from subscription services like GamePass? (06:12)
• Which former game development collaborators would you most like to see team up again? (10:52)
• What are the false impressions we get about war from war video games? (17:57)
• What’s the plot of Super Monkey Ball? (22:36)
• Gaagaagiins asks: Rank the following – dash, roll, slide, glide, hover, fly and jump. (27:22)
• How do you get past video game burnout? (37:11)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name a new Guilty Gear character (41:25)

Recommendations and Outro (44:03)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Giant Bomb
• The Bear
• Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
• Hot Comics for Cool People by Brandon Sheffield and Dami Lee
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Stadia
• Sonic Team
• Balan Wonderworld
• SNK Corporation
• Silent Hill 2
• Unity Signs New Deal To Help U.S. Army, Government
• Metal Gear Ac!d
• NeverDead
• Thimbleweed Park
• Monkey Island series
• Bonk series
• Final Fantasy series
• Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest series
• Landstalker
• Shining Force
• Yo-kai Watch series
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin
• Darius series
• Call of Duty series
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• America's Army series
• Super Monkey Ball series
• Super Mario series
• Legend of Zelda series
• Kirby games
• Rocket Knight Adventures
• Dark Souls series
• Virtua Fighter series
• Battle Arena Toshinden series
• Another World
• Genital Jousting
• Demon's Crest
• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Celeste
• Burnout series
• Astro’s Playroom
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Recommendations:

Tim: Don’t go outside if you live in New York

Brandon: The Cannibal Man (1972), ****you can eat squash leaves and stems, research the correct order to watch The Prisoner

Frank: New Beavis and Butt-Head series is pretty good

Jaffe: The Sandman

DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!