Ep. 195 - Knuckles' Chaotix Is For Lovers, with Jeff Gerstmann
Added 2021-07-26 03:13:09 +0000 UTCGame journalist and Giant Bomb co-founder Jeff Gerstmann joins the panel to cover The Wheelman, phone phreaking, and fine art. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- Rachel Weil asks: What are you favorite hidden gem video game reviews? (03:20)
- What does Frank have to report on his two-week absence to save video games? (09:20)
- What’s going on with the video game speculator market? (14:43)
- How and why did Giant Bomb become a wiki for video games, and hows that going? (19:57)
- Design a game about phone phreaking in the 20th century. (25:48)
- Dirtbag Kory asks: In the year 2050, what will be known as the most ridiculous part of video games in 2021? (31:25)
- What game design principles make a really satisfying pinball table? (35:26)
- Fifteen years after the launch of the Wii, what do we have to say about casual games? (41:12)
- What’s the history and current state of publishers paying for reviews? (46:34)
- What is the Francisco Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son of video games? (52:27)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Who’s It For? (56:36)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Shade wolf from Nier (spoilers)
- Dog's Life
- The Revenge of Shinobi
- Kimimi The Game Eating She-Monster
- Mizzurna Falls
- Old Man Murray
- Erik Wolpaw's Final Fight One Review
- Chrontendo
- Topher's Sonic 2 review
- Vin Diesel's Alternative Guide to Barcelona by tombo
- Vin Diesel's The Wheelman
- The Video Game History Foundation, Which Was Co-Founded By Frank Cifaldi And Kelsey Lewin In Case You Didn't Know
- Sealed Mario 64's Record-Breaking $1.5M Sale Has Retro Experts Skeptical
- CheetahMen II
- Giant Bomb Wiki
- ComicVine
- Pup Breeder
- Phone Phreaking
- The Thompson Twins Adventure
- Her Story
- Flaming Carrot Comics
- Larry Sanders Show
- Bloody Wolf
- FunHouse pinball machine
- Centaur pinball machine
- F-14 Tomcat pinball machine
- Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine
- The Pinball Circus pinball machine
- Banzai Run pinball machine
- Tap Titans 2
- Saturn Devouring His Son
Recommendations:
Brandon: The first half of Take Care of My Cat (2001), The Rippington's Weekend in Monaco
Frank: Stop subscribing to the Video Game History Foundations incredible "Mystery Box" Vintage Video Game Magazines
Jeff: Giant Bomb Podcasts, garages
DIRTBAGS: You can submit your questions to the show using this form. And, thanks!
Comments
absent a time stamp, this is the best guess: https://kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/
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2022-04-22 18:38:06 +0000 UTCWhat was the review website that Brandon brought up in this episode?
feral kitten
2022-04-20 20:50:36 +0000 UTCi think they mean id3 tag information in the mp3 file itself, which I have left out mostly because it used to honk up our RSS (long story). but we use a different system now, so no promises but I'll look into it! -esper
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2021-07-27 20:14:13 +0000 UTCWhen you say artist information what do you mean? (~brandon)
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2021-07-27 17:34:43 +0000 UTCHey could yall include artist information in your mp3 files? Its a pain to keep em straight on my phone
Jason McCreary
2021-07-27 04:02:17 +0000 UTCoh nice, hey me pikachee
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2021-07-26 23:25:40 +0000 UTCfast-n-free shipping > https://www.ebay.com/p/2818?iid=224541516967
Harper Sims
2021-07-26 23:03:32 +0000 UTCThis episodes makes me realize I really need a better mic (~brandon)
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2021-07-26 21:19:35 +0000 UTCWow, thanks for the awesome bday present, can’t wait to listen! 😄
Kory
2021-07-26 03:14:36 +0000 UTC
