Ep. 234 - Come Play, My Laggardly Sort, with Kris Graft
Added 2022-05-02 08:17:09 +0000 UTCThe Tarnished Kris Graft takes his spot on the panel to cover bloodwritten OSHA violations, snipers, and syphilitic electrocution revival. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Kris Graft. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Andrés Velasco y Coll asks: When did Konami go bad? (07:39)
- Kris Graft, what did you do to get fired from Game Developer? (14:28)
- Which NPCs deserve a promotion to playable characters? (21:13)
- Do negative status effects make a game more interesting, or just annoying? (27:34)
- Improv Zone: Elden Ring Political Debate (33:20)
- Dirtbag Gaagaagiins asks: What are some games that would be improved by the removal of their headline feature? (38:55)
- Violence Island (47:50)
LIGHTNING ROUND: This or That (01:05:22)
Recommendations and Outro (01:20:31)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Target
- La Nueva Charreada
- Seinfeld
- Rasputin Music
- CRIMESIGHT
- 428: Shibuya Scramble
- P.T.
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Guillermo del Toro
- Crimson Peak
- Chrysler PT Cruiser
- Castlevania: Advance Collection
- Contra: Rogue Corps
- Minority Report (2002)
- Brandon Sheffield’s reported net worth
- Cortana
- Weapon Shop de Omasse
- Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest series
- Papers, Please
- Elder Scrolls series
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- Judgment / Judge Eyes series
- Final Fantasy IV
- Fallout games
- Loop Hero
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Vampire Survivors
- Elden Ring
- Elden Ring messages
- Fortnite series
- Orcs Must Die!
- Sentry
- Death Stranding
- Dishonored series
- Assassin's Creed series
- PaRappa Rappa
- 50 Cent
- Mario
- Goro Majima
- Yakuza PS2 dub with Mark Hamill as Majima
- Lester the Unlikely
- Larry Laffer
- Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin
- Ash's Pikachu
- 50 Cent forgot he had a stash of Bitcoin now worth $8m
Recommendations:
Brandon: Smithereens (1982), tonyhax, Jun Chikuma’s The Midas Touch
Tim: Don’t shave with an electric razor
Kris: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), older The Simpsons episodes, Dark
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
I (brandon) have to get through 6 and then I'm done with the main series - still got a few side games to clean up though, the 2nd judgment, the zombie ps3 one, the fist of the north star one (not a yakuza, but plays like a yakuza). I'll probably skip the psp and historical ones for now but... maybe they'll remaster those eventually!? I mean why not. 5 really was the worst one so far, but I think it had some real good moments as well - if it had been split into several games, and lost a couple hours from each game, it might've been alright. my main bids for side yakuza games would be a full haruka game and an akiyama game. that dude has potential!
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2022-05-02 18:28:52 +0000 UTCcould do a yakuza episode for sure!
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2022-05-02 18:08:33 +0000 UTCI've been playing all the Yakuza and 5 felt like the biggest slog. (3-5 in general were a decline. I've been recommending people that ask about the series to skip those and lookup the story instead.) When I first entered the Haruka arc I thought I'd hate it. What is this J-pop rhythm-game nonsense? Where's my street brawling? To my surprise it ended up being my favorite part of the game. I've been playing 0 now and I'm loving it so far. (It's like the New SMB2 of Yakuza games!) The break between 5 and 0 were the longest I took because I was so burned out by 5. Unfortunately I basically know what happens in the series thanks to IGN's spoiler-filled reviews, but it's about the ride, not the destination! Also, we got a KoF podcast episode. How about a Yakuza episode?
Andrew O.
2022-05-02 14:36:38 +0000 UTC
