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Ep. 395 - We've Got Enough Nuts McSquirrels

Added 2025-06-23 04:31:07 +0000 UTC

Your Insert Credit panel covers open world games, the Tango & Cash NES platformer, and the many secrets of The Ooze. Plus, credits are spent to make everyone to play a game. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

1: Ash, how was Summer Game Fest? (02:16)

2: merritt k asks, which classic film should have gotten an inexplicable platformer on the NES? (10:22)

3: When should a video game have an open world? (16:23)

4: Happy pride! What are some extremely complicated things developers can do to make their games more queer? (24:20)

5: Littleboat asks, what is the worst goo in a videogame? (29:04)

6: How were 90’s video games informed by their wider historical context? (35:15)

7: What is the “BlueSky is dying” of video games? (41:32)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Famicom Feud - Repeatedly Novelized Game Series (47:45)

Recommendations and Outro (01:00:29):

Brandon: Support your alt weeklies, Guns and Guts (1974)
Ash: Subscribe to the Patreon at a $10 level to get drag names from Ash, Steam Next Fest

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