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Ep. 420 - The Weed Episode, with Patrick Miller

Added 2025-12-22 08:59:30 +0000 UTC

Insert Credit Fighting Game Correspondent, author, and cannabis connoisseur Patrick Miller joins the panel to answer questions Jaffe wrote while stoned, and play another round of Smokey Bong Bluntry.

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Patrick Miller. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

0: How does smoking weed or other drugs affect playing video games? (07:05)

1: Are video games art? (13:16)

2: Apart from military or law enforcement, what are the most suitable professions for a video game character to have?(14:39)

3: How do you sell Densha de Go to Americans? (20:45)

4: Take a title of a Western Video Game, pretend it’s a Japanese Video Game, and then localize the title for a western audience. (24:06)

5: Moshworld asks, design a Yakuza side story about weed (31:37)

6: Has a game company or game series ever had more than just one good logo design? (37:02)

7: Who are the Phineas and Ferb of video games? (43:04)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Smokey Bong Bluntry - Hard Mode No Zeldas (48:27)

that short of Brandon rattling off all them damn games

Recommendations and Outro (53:39):

Brandon: Kamikaze Girls (2004), Azumanga Daioh, The Outfoxies, Check out old websites, play Christmas NiGHTS and Blue Stinger
Frank: Check out the Video Game History Foundation, play Raw Danger! and Sonic Adventure
Patrick: Play golf at the Montclair Golf Course, From Masher to Master 2: The Beginner's Guide to Becoming a Fighting Game Player
Ash: Take your PTO, put a coat on that baby

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