Ep. 279 - Cauliflower If It Makes Sense, with Jeff Gerstmann
Added 2023-03-20 06:27:48 +0000 UTCVideo game journalist Jeff Gerstmann sits down at the Insert Credit table to cover video game history, AI, and the return of Violence Island. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Jeff Gerstmann. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Have any of you seen the news lately? (09:58)
- Let’s examine the evolution of the endless runner. (21:53)
- Wrestling games. Glorified character creators, or is there something there gameplay-wise? (28:22)
- Definitively rank tank, healer, and DPS from best to worst. (35:52)
- Kyle asks: Form a musical super group composed of video game characters. (43:38)
- Are AI programs like ChatGPT good for video games? (50:44)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Violence Island (01:03:50)
Recommendations and Outro (01:23:49)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- GDC
- James Austin Johnson
- The Jeff Gerstmann Show
- Service Discontinuation: Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS
- EU's Microsoft-Activision Deadline Delay Puts UK in Driving Seat
- Detroit: Become Human
- Final Fantasy Creator On Why He Thinks 'Quality' Japanese Games Saw A Brief Drop
- Square Enix's NFT game has a new trailer
- Commodore 1571
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/why-game-archivists-are-dreading-this-months-3ds-wii-u-eshop-shutdown/
- Canabalt
- TikTok is helping games about high heels and long nails go viral
- Jetpack Joyride
- Jetpack Joyride 2
- Idle Slayer
- Holedown
- Tunic
- Pepsiman
- WWE All Stars
- Style Savvy / Style Boutique / Girls Mode series
- Tomodachi Life
- Kingdom Something or Other 3
- Hyper Gunsport
- Super Smash Brothers series
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Series
- NBA 2K series
- SaltyBet
- Fire Pro Wrestling series
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- EverQuest
- World of WarCraft
- A Healer Only Lives Twice
- Final Fantasy series
- Squall Leonhart
- Duke Nukem
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Linkin Park
- Noctis Lucis Caelum
- Shatterhand
- I-No
- Lord Raptor
- Chaos
- Jack Garland
- Locke Cole
- Sabin Rene Figaro
- Cloud Strife
- Tifa Lockhart
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Zell Dincht
- Wakka
- Gladiolus Amicitia
- Barret Wallace
- ChatGPT
- Fallout 76
- Goat Simulator
- Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT
- Dizzy
- Billy Hatcher
- Machamp
- Goro
- Quiet
- The Quiet Man
- Mario
- Link
Recommendations:
Brandon: the plot of Kung Fu Traveler (2017)
Jeff: Go listen to the Snoop Dogg Call of Duty: Vanguard voicelines
Frank: Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Tim: Croupier (1998)
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
totally read jeff as jeffe and was like "but jaffe's always on the podcast"
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2023-03-27 19:49:01 +0000 UTC(brandon: try healer only lives twice! it's cool. As for tank, I think rhythm game is the genre.
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2023-03-27 19:48:36 +0000 UTCSuch a fun episode! I've enjoyed the variety of unique episodes lately, but good to have a return to the regular format. Jeff was a fun guest to have join the podcast! The discussion around chatgpt and violence island were so much fun
Dustin Reno
2023-03-21 04:28:43 +0000 UTCI'm tryin' to correlate that ranking question with the gameplay they'd represent. What genre of game is the essence of a "healer", for example, and that would help decide what is the most fun to play as, in some roundabout way. The hope would be, based on your ranking of these games, you'd know what class you'd prefer to play as in a tabletop game. 1. DPS/"Striker" style games (do big damage as a fragile character) = Fighting Games (specifically DmC, Bayonetta, etc.) 2. Healer style games (manage your team, strategize) = Turn based RPG's 3. Tank Style games = Kinda lost. The appeal of a tank game would be one that's enjoyable to endure or persevere through, or hit a high level of. Rouge likes? Souls likes? Tetris?
Clancy Bundy
2023-03-20 21:02:52 +0000 UTCI definitely hear what you’re talking about, yeah. Tim recorded this episode in a hotel room and switched mics about halfway through. His local recording dropped out pretty early as well, so the audio you’re hearing is jammed through the same AI upscaling thing as the now-infamous DICE episode. apologies for the wonkiness lately, we’re always trying to sound better!!
Esper Quinn
2023-03-20 18:07:32 +0000 UTCTim’s heavily distorted voice freaked me out a bit. Took me until he started talking about buffets to be totally sure that it was him and not Jeff speaking in a slightly different register for some reason.
Sam
2023-03-20 15:52:13 +0000 UTC
