Ep. 384 - Keighleyme Pie, with Mike Drucker (Patreon)

Emmy-nominated writer and comedian Mike Drucker joins Brandon and Esper in answering Alex Jaffe’s questions on the Nintendo S2iitch, the ultimate fan experience, and the impossibility of defending your Persona 5 romance choice. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Brandon Sheffield, Esper Quinn, and Mike Drucker. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

 SHOW NOTES:

• Judas Priest

• Topic Lords

• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

• Bill Nye Saves the World

• Good Game, No Rematch

• Aftermath Hours

• Kinda Funny

1: Hey, you guys hear about the Switch 2? (03:19)

• Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2

• Princess Peach’s New Outfits

• Tom Nook

• Barbie

• Barbie series

• Bratz series

• Mario Paint

• Astro Bot

• Super Mario Maker series

• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is a virtual guide to the console, but you have to pay for it

• WarioWare series

• 1-2 Switch

• Nintendo Switch Sports

• Mario Kart World

• CD Projekt

• Game Boy Advance

• Wii U

• Bloodborne

• The Duskbloods

2: What’s the hardest problem you’ve ever had to solve in game writing or localization? (09:16)

• Samurai Showdown series

• Masahiro Sakurai

• Ep. 284 - Let Me Be Frank, with Simone de Rochefort

• Trojan Vision

3: What games have fundamentally changed the way you think about video games? (13:52)

• WarioWare series

• You Have To Burn The Rope

• NiGHTS into Dreams...

• Balatro

• Magic: the Gathering

• Indika

• Crow Country

• Silent Hill series

• Soma

4: Improv Zone: My Uncle at Nintendo (19:25)

• Pokemon Red & Blue

• Pikablu

• Super Smash Brothers series

• Fortnite

• Sony's Spider-Man Universe

• Spider-Man

• Kraven the Hunter (2024)

• Black Cat

• Catwoman (2004)

• Madame Web (2024)

5: Steve with a B asks, what is the best thing about the video game industry, and what is the worst thing about the video game industry? (24:55)

• Peggle

• Wordle

• Bubble Bobble

6: What is the best video game ad you’ve seen on an actual television? (28:41)

• Merge Mansion commercials

• Candy Crush Saga

• Gears of War “mad world” commercial

• Final Fantasy VII commercial

• Sega Saturn

• Crash Bandicoot commercial

• Toonami Aftermath

• Metal Gear Solid commercial

• Mega Man 3 commercial

• Drakengard WWE collaboration

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

• Reaction Guys / Gaijin 4Koma

• David Lynch PS2 commercials

• Dreamcast commercial

• Segata Sanshiro

• Super Smash Brothers commercial

7: Who is the Jimmy Fallon of video games? (35:08)

• Jimmy Fallon

• Geoff Keighley

• Borderlands series

• Randy Pitchford

• Jay Leno

• Persona 5

• Reggie Fils-Aimé

• Super Smash Brothers series

• Marth

• Mario Kart series

• Bowser

• Donkey Kong

• Yoshi

• Toad

8: Brandon asks, what’s it like writing video game award shows? (40:41)

• Tim Schafer

• D.I.C.E. Awards

• Golden Globe Awards

• ESPY Awards

• The Game Awards

• Embracer Group

• Mystery Science Theater 3000

• Tom Servo

• [R.O.B.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.O.B.)

• Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing

• Metal Sonic

• E3

LIGHTNING ROUND: Name Design - Panic at the Disco! Singles (46:10)

Recommendations and Outro (50:07):

• Mike: Good Game, No Rematch available on Amazon and Other Better places

• Brandon: Harvey Keitel’s accent in Star Knight (1985)

• Esper: DC Action News, Common Side Effects

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