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Ep. 389 - Middle Kick Button, with Any Austin

Added 2025-05-12 08:18:22 +0000 UTC

Youtuber, statistician, and cartographer Any Austin joins the panel to determine whether open world games should have minimaps, how to become a Sega Man, and the relationship between the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Bears. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Any Austin. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

1: Brian David Gilbert asks, which video game do you wish you could scrub from the memories of everyone in the world except for you? (08:08)

2: What’s the platonic ideal in open world games for you? (14:25)

3: What’s something you’ve seen in a video game that you’ve appreciated the developers putting much more work into than was even a little bit necessary? (20:07)

4: If you were isekai’d into a generic fantasy setting, what would your job be? (27:15)

Isekai
Dragon Quest series
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
[My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Next_Life_as_a_VillainessAllRoutes_Lead_to_Doom!)
Frieren

5: Psinux asks, how does a Sega kid become a Sega man? (33:23)

6: What’s the best mountain in a video game? (37:37)

7: What is the BBC’s Planet Earth of video games? (43:30)

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Price is Sprite (49:20)

Credit Report (01:01:20)

Recommendations and Outro (01:02:10):

Brandon: If you’re looking to make friends, try joining a forum (forums.insertcredit.com or otherwise)
Frank: Spiritual Warfare
Ash: The Righteous Gemstones
Austin: Shout out to air traffic controllers, Turks and Caicos Islands, forums, Any Austin on youtube

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