A grand cast of holiday favorites are subjected to a gauntlet of questions.
Questions this week:
- What are the worst trends, currently or historically, in video game character design? (w/Ash Parrish) (06:38)
- Design a unique custom rule set for a fighting game tournament. (w/Patrick Miller) (11:33)
- Which three video game characters would you ask to help you move? (w/Topher Florence) (14:59)
- What do you do when you’re working on a game and your funding gets cut? (18:17)
- What’s the best time you ever had with a bad game? (w/Esper Quinn) (21:25)
- Which video game voice actors deserve wider recognition? (w/Andrés Velasco y Coll) (27:30)
- What’s the best answer that someone in the game industry has given you to a question you asked them? (w/Azurelore Korrigan) (31:17)
- How would you remake Indie Game: The Movie today? (w/Liz Ryerson) (37:13)
- Which modern video game would be the best introduction to video games for a child? (w/K Thor Jensen) (43:21)
- What’s the difference between a good video game and a cool video game? (w/Fūnk-é Joseph) (45:55)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Recommendations and Outro (47:59)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Last Of Us Showrunner Says Original Game Is ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told In Video Games’
- Hyper Gunsport now available on Steam, Switch and Xbox
- Demonschool now wishlistable on Steam
- Baldur's Gate III
- Characters entering public domain in 2023
- Sonic the Hedgehog universe
- Bubsy series
- Sparkster
- Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt
- Tetsuya Nomura
- Jet Grind Radio series
- Clash of Clans
- Jun Kazama
- Grace Walker
- Keita Takahashi
- MoPOP
- Guilty Gear series
- Asuka 120% series
- Chess boxing
- Slappers only!
- StarCraft series
- VIDEOBALL
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- Jad The Taff
- Big the Cat
- Twisted Metal series
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Scotty
- James T. Kirk
- The Sims franchise
- Silver the Hedgehog
- #IDARB
- Beethoven's 2nd
- Kid Chameleon
- Kelsey Lewin
- Kris Graft
- London Cab Challenge
- BioShock series
- Dana Delany
- Jennifer Hale
- Shining Force III
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- Matthew Mercer
- Liam O'Brien
- Kevin Conroy
- Cuphead series
- Oh, Deer!
- Kenji Eno
- Real Sound: Kaze no Regret
- Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
- noclip
- American Movie (1999)
- TIGSource
- Edmund McMillen
- The King of Kong (2007)
- A Short Hike
- Resident Evil: Village
- Super Mario series
- Hyrule Warriors
- Hohokum
- Soul Axiom on The Blood Zone
Recommendations:
Frank: Magic Kid Googoo
Brandon: Quo Vadis 2
Ash: Pepsiman
Patrick: Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Topher: Chair Chaser
Esper: Gravity Rush series
Andrés: Windjammers 2
Azurelore: Ghost House
Liz: Soul Axiom, Uurnog: Uurnlimited
K Thor: Guardians / Denjin Makai II
Fūnk-é: Bloons TD 6
Closing song: [XMAS]「諸人こぞりて」Mix Yona [音量可変版 Ex - Pcm][X68000][1994制作] ****by Keishi Yonao
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Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, @necrosofty, Ash Parrish, @pattheflip, Topher Florence, @esper, Andrés Velasco y Coll, Azurelore Korrigan, Liz Ryerson, K Thor Jensen, and Fūnk-é Joseph. Edited by @esper. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.