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Ep. 340 - Dog Eyeballs
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The leading minds in video games confer on past visual design choices, how bad minigames happen, and the Shenmue MMO, ShenMMO. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Brandon, can you defend this Game Developer Magazine cover? (08:03)
- Why do bad minigames happen? (16:39)
- What have you closed the door on in video games, both recreationally and professionally? (21:50)
- If you had to wear the same video game t-shirt every day and get complimented on it or you’d die, what would it be? (27:30) Insert Credit Quick Break: Legendary Puns (35:18)
- Chopemon asks: What video game “booms” have their been? (37:36)
- What is the getting to the bus stop at the exact same time as your bus of video games? (44:04)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Minecraft (49:26)
Recommendations and Outro (51:47)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Darkseid
- DC Heroes & Villains: Match 3
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Super Mario 64
- Donkey Kong Country
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Growing Up Sixty-Four
- Koryo Tours: Pyongyang Racer
- Game Developer Magazine Feb. 2011 “The Minecraft Cover”
- Game Developer (magazine)
- Minecraft
- Assassin’s Creed series
- Deadly Premonition
- Game Developer Magazine Aug. 2010 “The Deadly Premonition Cover”
- Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza series
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
- Guitar Hero
- Eternights
- Final Fantasy VI
- Satellaview
- Super Mario Bros.
- Halo 3
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Stray
- Dan Dussault
- Boku no Natsuyasumi
- Action Button Reviews BOKU NO NATSUYASUMI: The Bottom Line (by Dan Dussault)
- Pentagram
- Doom
- Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Days Gone
- Elden Ring
- Rainbow Six series
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series
- Spec Ops series
- World of WarCraft
- Beckett Massive Online Gamer
- Fortnite
- Five Nights at Freddy’s
- The Lord of the Rings Online series
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Shenmue series
- Shenmue Online
- Metal Slug series
- King of Fighters series
- Wii Sports
- Final Fantasy VII
- Forza Motorsport series
- NBA 2K11
- OnLive
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars
- EarthBound
Recommendations:
Brandon: Spin-Clean Record Washers, wire folder racks to dry records, Crow Country
Frank: Once you’ve done the second thing in Animal Well you can youtube the rest, support video game preservation by buying a Thou Art Dead shirt
Jaffe: 52 Pickup
This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by Legendary Puns, and patrons like you. Thank you.
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