Ep. 358 - Soak the Hippo, Save the World, with Ash Parrish
Added 2024-10-07 05:48:39 +0000 UTCReporter for The Verge Ash Parrish guests hosts our panel as they correctly guess the discourse, briefly review Megalopolis, and develop a free exclusive phrase you can use! Hosted by Ash Parrish, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
1: Are there any games that take heavily from Jewish mythology? (11:01)
2: How do you feel about the direction Dragon Age is going? (19:16)
3: What is the Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (2024) of video games? (36:56)
4: Design a serious triple-A video game about Moo Deng (44:45)
5: How can Nintendo make a well-rounded all-ages video game with a female protagonist that isn’t Samus? (48:34)
Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom doesn’t test your intelligence enough
Princess Peach: Showtime! is clever and playful, but Peach deserves more
6: Design a game starring either Princess Peach or Zelda (56:58)
LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (01:03:32)
Recommendations and Outro (01:09:43):
Frank: Sometimes you should have a burrito
Tim: See Megalopolis (2024) in theaters. If you want it to be a good movie, watch Metropolis (1927), Metropolis (2001), Nosferatu (1920), and at the lowest framerate possible Intolerance (1916), as well as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), and also you should have seen The Godfather (1972)
Brandon: Reservation Dogs season 3, the original Bubblegum Crisis OVAs, The Left Hand of Darkness
Ash: Appleseed (1988), Dandadan
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
I was kind of surprised to hear Echoes of Wisdom to be described so many times as baby brained. It certainly is not particularly challenging, but no less so than Link's Awakening, Minish Cap, or Between Worlds. Though it was really shocking to hear it described as "just fine" in the same breath as Princess Peach Showtime. Because that game really is baby brained and a simplified concept. Echoes of Wisdom feels like a real Zelda game, not a spin-off.
Paul
2024-10-08 13:23:50 +0000 UTCWas kinda sad when it was over but then I remembered she’s back next week. :)
elland
2024-10-08 11:01:16 +0000 UTCWas also my first thought.
elland
2024-10-08 11:00:26 +0000 UTCFantastic Hosting!!!
Alex Campbell
2024-10-08 08:50:16 +0000 UTCYou did an awesome job, Ash! I enjoyed letting the conversations just run a little longer here and there. Also nice having most of the crew back again
Dustin Reno
2024-10-08 07:31:20 +0000 UTCAsh ruuules
Andrew Eikum
2024-10-08 00:57:25 +0000 UTCI’m playing through Echoes of Wisdom on hero mode and it’s frequently kicking my butt (not just in difficulty but optically).
Luis Correa
2024-10-07 19:37:13 +0000 UTCNinja Gaiden With Sheik is an excellent idea!
Gaby Plauget
2024-10-07 19:02:32 +0000 UTCReplacing Alex with a woman of color?! What woke, affirmative action crap is this?! Just kidding, loved the episode and Ash is great in any capacity. Craving a burrito now though...
Andrew O.
2024-10-07 17:28:42 +0000 UTCI think ‘Bob’s Game’ by that insane guy that Tim used to be friends with would have been the Megalopolis of video games if it had ever come out.
Sam
2024-10-07 14:51:38 +0000 UTCwould like to put it out there that the progress pride flag does have a CC (BY-NC-SA) license for it's design and a caviat in it's Commercial licenses for small businesses. this is so the designer has say in its use in major commercial products/projects https://progress.gay/pages/terms-of-use
Kakofonous A. Dischord
2024-10-07 14:34:47 +0000 UTC
