Ep. 182 - Chipfaced, with merritt k
Added 2021-04-26 08:40:52 +0000 UTC(Content warning: this episode features some strong swears)
Fanbyte writer and podcaster merritt k sits with the panel to cover the darkness within Viva Pinata, Bad Boy Reggie Fils Aime, and an explanation of what Touhou actually is. Original music by Kurt Feldman.
Questions this week:
- From Ash Parrish: Congress has a button to destroy all video games, and you’ve been brought in to convince them not to press it. What’s the worst game to present? (03:25)
- What are the most egregious cases of falling upwards in the video game industry? (08:47)
- What game did you come around to liking after vocally disliking before playing? (14:12)
- How do video games express extreme speed, without sacrificing control? (20:06)
- Leaving aside Lester the Unlikely, what is the most unlikely video game? (24:45)
- Dirtbag Derek asks: What do you predict will be the cause of the next video game renaissance? (32:16)
- What’s happened in the Japanese indie game scene since Cave Story? (38:14)
- What examples of fans officially taking a game forward have worked out? (42:58)
- What is the Alvin and the Chipmunks of video games? (48:52)
LIGHTNING ROUND: Seven Virtuous Minigames (54:40)
A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:
- Blind Box Vintage Game Magazines
- Primus - Too Many Puppies
- Ash Parrish
- Six Days in Fallujah
- Hyperdimension Neptunia
- Viva Pinata
- Genshin Impact
- Battletoads Turbo Tunnel
- Danganronpa
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
- Gravity Rush
- Kudo Tsunoda
- Reign of Fire
- Phil Harrison
- Kickin' ass, takin' names, makin' games
- Crusader of Centy
- 99 Potions
- James Rolfe
- Oh, Deer!
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- Faster Than Speed
- Lester the Unlikely
- Wild Woody
- Land Before Time
- Air Bud
- Mister Mosquito
- Bee Simulator
- Deadly Premonition 2
- Jersey Devil
- Glover
- Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama
- Sgt. Rock game
- Gumby vs. The Astrobots
- Snoopy vs. The Red Baron
- Jackbox
- Every Ninja Turtles reboot
- Touhou
- Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin
- Sonic Mania
- Dizzy the Egg
- Toxic Avenger
- Alien cartoon
- Robocop cartoon
- Total Recall
- Tool Assisted Speedruns
- Rabbids
- Alan Sherman
- Toki Tori
- Toki
Recommendations:
Brandon: Clazziquai - Remix Pinch Your Soul, Yukiko Tanaka - Reflection, Nobody (2021), Enter The Fat Dragon (2020), recognize the misogyny and colorism in Baahubali
Frank: Feel free to pirate games, Gumby
Merritt: Fanbyte, Fanbyte Podcasts, twitch.tv/fanbyte
Comments
I (brandon) get the impression it's more intense out in places like virginia where the scene actually still exists, vs places like the bay area where it's all legacy. any given pit here is generally pretty respectful, picking folks up off the floor when they're down, etc. Even someone like me who is generally a ping pong ball in a rock tumbler in there is able to survive with only minimal neck damage. The real issue is I'm elbow height for tall dudes who do that... marching action thing where their elbows go up in the air whatever that's called (it's like a chicken walk but I wouldn't say that to their face) so occasionally I catch one to the nose or mouth. Oops!
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2021-04-27 18:31:05 +0000 UTCI had already completely forgotten that he played so you didn't miss much haha. And lmao yall certainly didn't make it easy on yourselves. We sat in the nosebleeds as well, I'm not cut out for the chaos that goes on down on the floor, though it was entertaining to watch (people were getting escorted out like every 15 seconds, I can't believe there was anyone left by the end)
Nathan Grim
2021-04-27 10:45:19 +0000 UTCThere was a LOT of fire. Lord! I could feel it from back in the nosebleeds so I can only imagine how it was on the floor. Incidentally we had floor tickets but my buddy was convinced he knew how to scam the system and sold his floor tickets and bought nosebleeds, then spoofed them so that we could get on the floor and he'd make some money back. This was not correct and we totally got caught and we were very lucky we didn't get kicked out lol. It was a whole ordeal during which we were taken to the manager who was like "escort these gentlemen from the premises" and luckily a security lady was nice to us and let us stay. My buddy wound up having to pay an $800 fine to not lose his standing with ticketmaster. What a situation that was! I still saw the show though, we just missed ole white supremacist phil anselmo's set. this is brandon btw (lol)
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2021-04-27 05:08:32 +0000 UTCI went to a show on that slayer tour also Brandon (in roanoke va) it was pretty good there was a lot of fire lol
Nathan Grim
2021-04-26 23:22:20 +0000 UTCThat was a great lightning round, appreciated all of the turtles jokes too!
Robert Rostant
2021-04-26 21:43:53 +0000 UTCThe short answer to this is we are not sure. The long answer is I (brandon) did a lot of research into it after finding out about it and mostly uncovered a toxic scene with a lot of people being mean to each other, one of whom was merritt, and another of whom was the person accusing merritt of things. also, there was never anything specific mentioned that she did, everything was about a group ostracizing somebody. Now as for more recent stuff, she had some bad tweets about non-binary folk which she has walked back since, and after talking to someone close to that situation as well as our own editor we decided that wasn't bad enough to cancel the episode over. however: it remains complicated.
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2021-04-26 20:34:16 +0000 UTC(this is brandon) yeah, we did a bunch of research after the fact, but didn't know about any of this beforehand. It's a whole situation, but the conversation on the forums is where we landed on it if anyone wants to see.
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2021-04-26 18:08:22 +0000 UTChm, yeah. the policy has always been “guests can swear but we don’t” but I should definitely put a Language content warning in here. thanks fir the heads up! -esper
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2021-04-26 17:45:23 +0000 UTCwhoa! doesn't bother me but i'm 5 or 6 minutes in and uhhh you neglected to warn about some strong language in this episode!
goonbag
2021-04-26 15:14:42 +0000 UTCtheres no mea culpa or anything, she just shitposts about it. thats too damn cheeky. bad vibes
Deng Screbby
2021-04-26 11:30:17 +0000 UTCthere has been some discussion about this on the forums, brandon posted about it here: https://forums.insertcredit.com/d/763-ep-181-all-six-of-them-with-ash-parrish/59
goonbag
2021-04-26 11:02:52 +0000 UTCthere was a big beef when she was on giant bomb
Deng Screbby
2021-04-26 10:40:45 +0000 UTCwait is merrit cancelled or not
Deng Screbby
2021-04-26 10:40:37 +0000 UTCOne day early?!
frankie coleman
2021-04-26 08:41:32 +0000 UTC
