Ep. 317 - Gamer Taxes, with merritt k (Patreon)

Author and game developer merritt k joins the panel to cover The Game Commercials, Charles Martinet’s dark side, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and merritt k. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. Brandon Sheffield: What are some recent or memorable emergent situations you’ve experienced in games? (08:21)
2. Do we want to say anything about The Game Awards? (15:44)
3. What does it mean that Epic won its court case against Google? (23:32)
4. How would you design Mutant League Golf? (31:05)
5. Dicegame Uchiha: What are the most uh oh and most YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH moments in licensed video game soundtrack history? (35:16)
6. What is your personal experience with LAN parties? (48:17)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (54:48)

Recommendations and Outro (01:14:57)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Destiny
• Borderlands 3
• Fortnite: Battle Royale
• Bill Trinen
• Charles Martinet
• Super Mario series
• Kinda Funny
• Weird West
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Grand Theft Auto series
• Baldur's Gate III
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Elmore Leonard
• The Game Awards 2023
• Sega announced five games in 90 seconds at The Game Awards
• Jet Grind Radio series
• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
• Hideki Naganuma
• Geoff Keighley
• Ironmouse
• VTuber
• OD trailer reveals horror game from Kojima, Jordan Peele
• Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
• Bandcamp
• Reese's Pieces
• Pokémon
• Monster Hunter series
• Mega Man series
• Resident Evil series
• Street Fighter series
• Mutant League series
• Mario Golf: Super Rush
• Trombone Champ
• Fallout series
• Ribbit King
• Dragula
• Crazy Taxi series
• The Offspring
• The Exploited
• NOFX
• Bowling for Soup
• Dexter Holland
• Smash Mouth
• CoLD SToRAGE
• WipEout series
• Peep Show
• Saints Row series
• Everclear
• Third Eye Blind
• Death Stranding
• Chvrches
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Spandau Ballet
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
• Frank Sinatra
• Rock Band
• Dragonforce
• Guitar Hero series
• Brütal Legend
• Tim Schafer
• LAN party
• Doom
• Quake
• Takeshi no Chōsenjō
• Takeshi Kitano
• Tribes series
• StarCraft
• Counter-Strike
• Spaceteam
• StreetPass Mii Plaza
• Anker Prime 100W USB C Charger
• UGREEN
• Joel Miller
• Booker DeWitt
• Siegfried
• Roy
• Doomguy
• Master Chief

Recommendations:

Brandon: Check out the Expect No Mercy longplay on the Expect No Mercy (1997) blu-ray, TNT's How the Grinch Stole Christmas ft. Phil Hartman (1994), Scavengers Reign

Merritt: 1900HOTDOG, LAN PARTY, Made in Canada

Tim: Watch the 2023 Game Awards just to see when Geoff says “Honkai Star Rail”

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