Ep. 265 - Starfield and Friends
Added 2022-12-12 08:58:26 +0000 UTCThe panel is ill-prepared for these questions, but unites once more to cover The Game Awards 2022, cool ladies, and the greatest game of all time no one is talking about yet. Brandon Sheffield reviews the first four episodes of Bleach and One Piece. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Do we want to talk about the FTC suing to block Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard? (06:37)
- From Ash Parrish: if you could lock Geoff Keighley in a room and make him reveal the video game industry's biggest secret, what would you ask him? (09:13)
- Let’s try to have a sincere discussion about The Game Awards (11:43)
- Let’s predict The Game Awards (20:48)
- How have video games influenced our vocabulary? (37:24)
- Does a video game protagonist have to be likable? (42:47)
- Insert Credit Anime Review: Bleach vs. One Piece (48:32)
- Mek asks: has there ever been a good boss fight in a first person shooter? (54:54)
- Which fighting game has the coolest lady? (01:00:37)
- What is the Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles of video games? (01:05:24)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Improv Zone: Introducing the Nominees (01:16:20)
Recommendations and Outro (01:22:02)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Michigan J. Frog - "Hello My Baby"
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan / Elite Beat Agents series
- Dragon Quest series
- The Sopranos
- Dororo
- Parasite Eve
- Gungrave series
- FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.'s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Monopoly
- The Game of Life
- Itadaki Street series
- Disney's Bonkers
- Bonk series
- Geoff Keighley
- The Game Awards 2022
- what me suit should look like?
- FINAL FANTASY XVI REVENGE trailer
- Tetsuya Nomura
- Independent Games Festival
- IndieCade
- D.I.C.E. Awards
- Dredd (2012)
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Disco Elysium
- Stray
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- Horizon II: Forbidden West
- God of War: Ragnarök
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- Genshin Impact
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier
- Marvel Snap
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Starfield
- Resident Evil 4
- Mass Effect series
- Skyrim series
- League of Legends
- Dota 2
- Counter-Strike series
- Valorant
- Rocket League
- Splatoon 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
- Overwatch series
- MultiVersus
- Baskin-Robbins
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
- Uncharted (2022)
- The Cuphead Show!
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Arcane
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Nintendo Switch Sports
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
- Immortality
- Grammy Awards
- Academy Awards
- Triangle Strategy
- Live A Live
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus
- Ashly Burch
- Gran Turismo 7
- Sifu
- Neon White
- Tunic
- Cult of the Lamb
- Vampire Survivors
- Evo
- Los Angeles Thieves
- GamePro
- Casino (1995)
- Pacific Pinball Museum
- Tim’s Elden Ring guy
- Chuck Rock series
- Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
- Joe & Mac Returns
- Toki
- Clockwork Knight
- Bug! series
- Bleach
- One Piece
- Hunter × Hunter
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
- Descent series
- Halo series
- Titanfall series
- Metroid Prime series
- Left 4 Dead series
- DOOM series
- Street Fighter series
- Sonya Blade
- Makoto
- Elena
- King of Fighters series
- Angel
- Yuri Sakazaki
- Asuka 120% series
- May
- Jam Kuradoberi
- King
- Tekken series
- King
- Marvel vs. Capcom series
- Iron Fist
- Akira
- Skullomania
- Superman
- Terry Bogard
- Super Smash Brothers series
- Mai Shiranui
- Kyo Kusanagi
- Ryu
- Ken Masters
- Bayonetta
- Bayonetta series
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
- ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Tops Sight & Sound’s 2022 Poll of the Best Films of All Time
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Bomberman: Act:Zero
- Fallout: New Vegas
- BioShock
- Journey
- Linda³
- Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines
- Gears of War series
- Frank’s photo of Ed Semrad
Recommendations:
Frank: The Prototypes in Ed Semrad’s Basement
Brandon: Watch a few episodes of Hunter X Hunter, wishlist Hyper Gunsport on Steam
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
Hbomberguy did a great video on New Vegas that wraps it up nicely if you dont have time to play it
Clancy Bundy
2022-12-14 04:21:59 +0000 UTCI like the format of making Brandon choose his favorite between two different anime, so maybe we’ll do that again.
Alex Jaffe
2022-12-14 02:32:07 +0000 UTCI sure would love to see/hear those lists!!!
John H
2022-12-14 01:11:32 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I've thought about doing a couple little anime episodes myself. I had the idea to do a top 10 anime of the last 10 years, and then a top 10 (or 20) old anime. I don't consider myself a huge anime enthusiast, and in fact I dislike a lot of it. but I probably watch more anime than your average person does, and as long as a show isn't full of sexualized preteens or hornt content in general I will give it a shot, so I have tried a fair few. maybe I'll do it!
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2022-12-14 00:51:16 +0000 UTCI will up my pledge to whatever tier gets us more Brandon anime recommendations!
John H
2022-12-13 22:32:42 +0000 UTCdang, that's some serendipity
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2022-12-13 19:21:40 +0000 UTCwe will never know
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2022-12-13 19:21:24 +0000 UTC(brandon:) was definitely considering switching to the manga! It's all in the shonen jump app so that'd make things pretty easy! On the other hand, I need a show to watch during lunch :o
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2022-12-13 19:21:09 +0000 UTCThis might be my favorite improv zone yet, haha Really appreciated the longer discussions over the Game Awards and the game equivalent of Jeanne Dielman. Don't know if you would ever be compelled to read through One Piece, but I vastly prefer the manga to the meager number of episodes I watched.
Dustin Reno
2022-12-13 17:52:35 +0000 UTCtim was particularly hilarious in this episode. unclear to me if he has ever himself actually watched Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, himself, though.
Sam
2022-12-13 00:43:36 +0000 UTCGood morning from Greenville, South Carolina. Just popped this on and heard Tim say the fail state for dragon quest 1. I literally experienced that screen for the first time probably 20 mins before listening. I guess I’m a evil dragonlord now!
Zack Daigle
2022-12-12 13:48:02 +0000 UTC
