Ep. 390 - Fix Your Kingdom Hearts or Die, with Liz Ryerson
Added 2025-05-19 07:02:53 +0000 UTCMusician, writer, podcaster, and friend of the show Liz Ryerson joins the panel for Giant Bomb’s resurrection, the next video game-based Magic the Gathering set, and the introduction of gacha mechanics to the podcast format. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
SHOW NOTES:
1: Any Austin asks, which video game bar would provide the best three-mile walk home after a night out that ended kind of badly? (03:45)
2: Brandon Sheffield asks, what is the can opener of video games? (11:14)
3: What do you think we could have done with Giant Bomb? (14:30)
4: Which video game should the next Magic: the Gathering set be based on?
5: KikoB asks, aside from 50 Cent, what recording artists should have their own video games? (33:43)
6: Is there something you used to love in video games that has overstayed its welcome? (40:09)
7: What is the “I Got This Before I Knew He Was Crazy” bumper sticker of video games? (45:36)
LIGHTNING ROUND: This Ain’t No Game (50:09)
Recommendations and Outro (01:03:45):
Brandon: Ozone (1993) (but this particular recommendation is only for Ash), Katedralen, Man Under Erasure
Ash: Touch grass
Liz: The King of Comedy (1982), The Mask (2023), B3313, Um - Martha Skye Murphy, Liz Ryerson on Patreon, stay tuned for a stream on game visibility
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Comments
OH! It's not widely adopted yet, so it's not really in the spirit of the question, but Resident Evil 2 remake's graphics settings are the can opener of video games. It was the first game I can recall that actually showed you what the various settings affected in the game visually and has the handy gauge showing how taxing the effects were on your setup. For someone that struggles to remember what some of the settings are, it was such a helpful way to configure.
Dustin Reno
2025-05-20 23:46:44 +0000 UTCThe plot thickens with the credits! Looking forward to how this plays out with the interesting results of this episode Ash, you're great! You're kicking butt every episode. And good to have Liz back! That can opener question was wild, I had no idea the history of that. We'll just put up with stuff for as long as it takes instead of figuring out a better solution, huh?
Dustin Reno
2025-05-20 04:44:13 +0000 UTC
