Ep. 221 - Popey Fox
Added 2022-01-31 07:33:22 +0000 UTCOur heroes reunite to tackle the return of Reagen Sheffield, the Turkish Star Wars of Yuzo Koshiro, and Paul Blart Mall Battletoad. They also discuss the Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard-King merger, Tifa in the Italian senate, and the metaverse. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers and Brandon Sheffield. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- In the wake of the MicroBlizzion buyout, how screwed are video games? (03:20)
- What would be a less useless metric for determining game story quality than number of words in script? (14:46)
- What video game music would you play for the Pope? (20:31)
- What would be the worst video game clip to interrupt a national senate meeting with? (26:10)
- Dirtbag Spencer asks: What is the shallowest, nitpickiest reason you dislike a video game? (30:29)
- Does “the metaverse” actually have anything to do with video games? (37:45)
- In a video game, how high should you be able to jump? (44:03)
- What are the best uses of the PocketStation and VMU? (51:08)
- What is the mumblecore of video games? (58:16)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Bad Bad Game Reviews (01:02:22)
Recommendations and Outro: (01:24:13)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Katamari Damacy
- Killer7
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sonic Jam
- Mega Man / Rockman series
- Silent Hill series
- Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
- Call of Duty series
- Candy Crush Saga
- Stretch Armstrong
- Extremely good Tifa and Barrett crossplay
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
- World of WarCraft
- Overwatch
- God of War
- Final Fantasy VII: Remake
- After Burner: Climax
- OutRun: Online Arcade
- Adorama
- The Goblin Bunker (shouts out to yall)
- Dying Light 2 Threatens 350K Words, 40K Lines Of Dialogue
- Anna Karenina
- Dead Island
- The Intellivision Amico Disaster, Explained
- Liz Ryerson (shouts out to liz)
- Hideki Naganuma (proceed with caution)
- Cyberpunk 2077
- The Pope Seems To Enjoy Listening To Undertale's Megalovania
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Castlevania: Dracula X
- The Legend of Zelda
- EverGrace
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- large prime numbers performing "ZiGGURAT" live in oakland on 01222012 (part one of two) with camerawork by frank cifaldi
- Final Fantasy Rule 34 vid smut shocks Italy, surprising artist
- Metal Gear series
- The iDOLM@STER series
- Mortal Kombat games
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Flynn: Son of Crimson
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
- Cliff Bleszinski
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Paradise Killer
- “A Race to Dominate the Metaverse”
- Pac-Man
- Pong
- Destiny
- Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
- Fortnite: Battle Royale
- Doomcube
- Second Life
- Final Fantasy XV
- Jumping Flash!
- Hyper Gunsport on Steam by Necrosoft Games now wishlistable which really helps more than you’d think
- Power Stone
- Godzilla Generations
- Darius
- Doko Demo Issyo
- Tokimeki Memorial 2
- NFL 2K
- The Jackbox Party Pack
- Fallout Shelter
- Fallout 4
- XCOM: Enemy Within
- Pokémon GO
- Pokémon: Let's Go! series
- Interstellar (2014)
- Mumblecore
- Life Is Strange series
- The Last of Us
- Night in the Woods
Recommendations:
Brandon: The digital single OARANA by our very own The World Famous Vincent Diamante
Frank: Put things in the world for reasons other than making money
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
Mumblecore sounds like every Zach Braff movie ever.
2022-02-04 22:23:20 +0000 UTCI'm not fully endorsing mumblecore just yet, but I would hightly recommend Andrew Bujalski 2013 film COMPUTER CHESS. It features many obscure vintage computers & mainframe hardware that seem to fit perfetly into this lo-fi black and white existential setting. I think it might have even been shot using vintage video gear too. https://youtu.be/vnoHSnJsy6Q
gaijinking
2022-02-02 04:47:52 +0000 UTCbrandon and jaffe’s one-two of lapsed jokes was real classic
syswivv
2022-02-01 17:13:58 +0000 UTC(brandon:) maaaaybe I'll try it but descriptions of the genres tenets did not particularly engage me.
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2022-01-31 20:14:26 +0000 UTCWow you guys were right about Sony buying Bungie. 😦 congrats
Sam
2022-01-31 18:49:14 +0000 UTCI would also recommend the films of Andrew Bujalski. They’re the two genuinely good mumblecore associated filmmakers. As with any genre or movement, much of it is awful, but there are several great artists. It’s where Greta Gerwig got her start, too, fwiw.
Sam
2022-01-31 18:43:59 +0000 UTCThe Color Wheel is a good post-mumblecore film. I think Tim, at least, might like Alex Ross Perry’s films lol.
Sam
2022-01-31 18:40:15 +0000 UTCWelp, Sony actually is buying Bungie now...
Jaehoon Jeong
2022-01-31 18:14:58 +0000 UTCI don't know if he was having a fun one, but I'm intrigued that Fumito Ueda named that first Dying Light his game of the year in 2015.
Jodeaux
2022-01-31 18:14:46 +0000 UTC
