Ep. 206 - Bmups, with Christine Love
Added 2021-10-18 02:57:40 +0000 UTCDeveloper of Get in the Car, Loser! Christine Love joins the panel to cover ALF, tactical romance action, and the crushing economic realities of indie games. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- How has video game art and design been impacted by Christian iconography? (03:40)
- What are the worst ports of the best games? (09:00)
- Has the Metroidvania outgrown Metroid? (13:01)
- What is the weirdest advice you’ve gotten for playing a video game? (17:22)
- What is and is not a visual novel? (21:11)
- Dirtbag Spencer asks: What Mortal Kombat character should get the next Mythologies game? (27:13)
- Are video games capable of evoking Britcom-style secondhand embarrassment? (32:37)
- Should games with a customizable protagonist and multiple love interests assume bisexuality? (36:59)
- From Brandon Sheffield: Christine, how can you justify giving away your game for free? (41:57)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design: Meme Girls (50:17)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Oh, Deer!
- Analogue: A Hate Story
- Ladykiller in a Bind
- Get in the Car, Loser!
- Splatterhouse
- Castlevania
- Shin Megami Tensei
- ALF
- Bubsy
- Halo
- Last Bible series
- Bible Master
- Wisdom Tree games
- Crack Down cover
- Street Fighter on the ZX Spectrum
- Sonic Jam
- Resident Evil on the Game.com
- Axiom Verge 2
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Chasm
- Deadly Premonition
- GameFAQs
- Jeanne d'Arc
- Snatcher
- Ace Attorney
- Tokimeki Memorial
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Cosmic Fantasy Stories
- Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
- Scorpion
- Raiden
- Reptile
- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
- Larry David
- Final Fnatasy XIV
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- Seinfeld Game pitch
- Dragon Age
- Digital: A Love Story
- Get in the Car, Loser! - Battle on the Big Boardwalk DLC Available Now
- Deltarune
- Mean Girls (2004)
Recommendations:
Brandon: Dead & Buried (1981), Miho Fujiwara's tracks on the California Crisis OST
Frank: Can-Am Modular Metal Cabinetry, reach out to frank@gamehistory.org if you're interested in donation matching for the upcoming winter fundraiser
Christine: Get in the Car, Loser! and the Battle on the Big Boardwalk DLC
Jaffe: Kurt Feldman's Insert Credit Show Soundtrack
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, the full discussion of the auction (plus photos) will be uploaded Nov. 1st. In the mean time, check out this picture of Frank in front of the Phantom
Comments
(brandon:) that's neat! maybe I'll give it a try at some point, it's giving me tobal no.1 quest mode vibes .
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2021-10-19 18:08:54 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I'm still worried about it!! it's a tough world out there... but there are also a lot of other free games coming out so I'm not sure it differentiates you enough. We shall see!
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2021-10-18 23:12:27 +0000 UTCBrandon, thanks for coming up with the “free game” question! I kept wondering that myself since its release. I found Christine’s explanation absolutely solid as well as your worries justified so.. good luck with your next game!
2021-10-18 21:35:34 +0000 UTCYeah, it's pretty cool, not often you see what is basically an entire game baked-in to another game that's this fleshed out and stuff. Check it out, it's got some weirdness to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4qNMXeK2Y
Jodeaux
2021-10-18 19:19:48 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I haven't, but I am intrigued. I've kind of avoided the new MKs because of all the "realistic" fatalities kind of grossing me out.
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2021-10-18 18:59:53 +0000 UTCI've tweeted at Ed Boon a several times to hire me to direct a soulslike game starring Scorpion. I guess he doesn't want to make another couple million dollars? Has anyone played the Krypt mode in MK11? It's essentially a proof-of-concept for a new MK Mythologies game using soulslike principles.
Jodeaux
2021-10-18 18:58:22 +0000 UTC(brandon:) I didn't realize it was insider info until jaffe's reaction, OOPS
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2021-10-18 17:51:38 +0000 UTCBrandon had some insider info about Tim’s cyberpunk video 👀
Sam
2021-10-18 14:58:10 +0000 UTCOne day early?!
frankie coleman
2021-10-18 10:39:03 +0000 UTC
