Ep. 222 - Quakearoni, with Kelsey Lewin
Added 2022-02-07 04:02:17 +0000 UTCVideo Game History Foundation Co-Director Kelsey Lewin joins Brandon, Tim and host Alex Jaffe in exploring duality, Caroque, and Spider-Man Root Canals Pregnant Elsa. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield, and Kelsey Lewin. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Which video game series really got it right on the second try? (02:38)
- What was the state of video games during the second console generation? (08:05)
- What are the keys to a great co-op video game experience? (13:27)
- What would be the easiest game to adapt into a movie on a limited budget? (20:30)
- Design a fourth Frogger 2. (23:36)
- Dirtbag Evoline Theory: What is the impact of the Five Nights At Freddy's Franchise on the games industry? (30:48)
- Violence Island (36:26)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Intellivision or ColecoVision? (46:47)
Recommendations and Outro (53:45)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Go Go Ackman 2
- Halo 2
- Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
- Half-Life 2
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
- Persona
- R-Type Final 2
- Super Mario Bros. 2
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
- Final Fantasy II
- Dragon Warrior II
- Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- Ganbare Goemon 2
- Street Fighter Alpha 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Fairchild Channel F
- Atari 2600
- Magnavox Odyssey 2
- ColecoVision
- Intellivision
- Quake III: Arena
- Resident Evil 5
- Gears of War series
- EVE Online
- Lucky & Wild
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Pokémon: Let's Go! series
- Sewer Shark
- Mad Dog McCree
- Ground Zero Texas
- Night Trap
- Her Story
- Sonic Forces
- Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!
- Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
- Frogger 2
- Baroque
- Baroque: Become a Meta-Being
- Ribbit King
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
- Jumping Flash!
- Simple 2000 series
- Kero Blaster
- Cave Story
- Cave Story's Secret Santa
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Willy's Wonderland (2021)
- Pig (2021)
- Taken (2008)
- Doctor Eggman
- Dizzy
- William
- Sekiro
- Wander
- The King of All Cosmos
- Mister Mosquito
- Chibi-Robo
Recommendations:
Brandon: Cancel Spotify Pro
Tim: Download 4K Video Downloader, download Insert Credit Show every week from YouTube to feel more like a pirate
Kelsey: Liquid I.V.
Esper: my personal advice is to download all Insert Credit Show episodes from the archive.org page, the canonical “source” files, to feel cool.
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
Oh no worries at all, the only regret is CT not being able to do more for videogames than being a minuscule footnote (maybe someday it'll do more, not from me though)
ChrisHansen006
2022-02-09 03:29:42 +0000 UTC(brandon:) OOPS heck, that's embarrassing. sorry about that. It's the COL that got me, even though the LE is just LEather. I obviously knew this but have not been to many US states so just kinda... forgot I guess.
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2022-02-08 19:11:57 +0000 UTCConnecticut Leather Company, not Colorado :/ (CT native here)
ChrisHansen006
2022-02-07 23:12:22 +0000 UTCgit 'er done!!!! (but maybe for max nostalgia/understanding it should be the PC version? who knows what differences the PS1 version may have - or you could compare the two!)
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2022-02-07 18:58:03 +0000 UTCI actually saw the PS1 version at the local game store a couple days ago, maybe I will!
Nathan Grim
2022-02-07 18:03:30 +0000 UTCYou should play it again and give us a report! "inexplicably beloved childhood games" remain one of the best shadow-genres because usually when you go back you'll find that for better or for worse those games inform a lot of what you like and don't like about games today.
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2022-02-07 17:29:29 +0000 UTCFrogger: He's Back! for PC was strangely one the most played games of my childhood, the levels and feeling of pressing the arrow keys repeatedly to make frogger jump one space at a time are permanently seared into my brain. I don't know how it would hold up today lol but I loved it and was insanely hyped for the sequel, Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, which had mind-blowing graphics to 8 year old me. Not owning a home console till the PS2 was kinda weird in retrospect.
Nathan Grim
2022-02-07 15:34:31 +0000 UTC
