Ep. 387 - Ethical Banana Diamonds, with Brian David Gilbert (Patreon)

Brian David Gilbert of Dropout.tv, Unraveled, and his own excellent youtube channel joins our panel to cover Switch 2 preorders, Donkey Kong dating your friends, and the legendary Nier butthole. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, Brandon Sheffield, and Brian David Gilbert. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

SHOW NOTES:

• Mystery Men (1999)

• Flaming Carrot Comics

• The Legend of Zelda series

• Video game

• Sega

• PlayStation

• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

• Nintendo

• Nintendo 64

1: We’re recording this the day that preorders have gone live for the Switch 2. What’s the worst case you’ve ever seen of Preorder Madness? (08:05)

• I got my Switch 2 preorder the old-fashioned way: lining up at GameStop

• Crysis

• Pepe the Frog

• Alan Wake II

• GameStop

2: What’s the right amount of bullshit to put in a video game? (15:13)

• Demonschool

• Ryū ga Gotoku / Like a Dragon / Yakuza universe

• Everything

• Xenoblade Chronicles series

• Batman

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

3: How would video games be different today if when you died in the game, you died in real life? (20:45)

• Elon Musk

• Gamergate (harassment campaign)

• The Most Dangerous Game

• Alex Honnald

• Elden Ring

• Dark Souls series

• Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

• Bebe’s Kids (1992)

4: How would you describe the character of Donkey Kong? (23:51)

• Donkey Kong

• Pauline

• Mario

• Romeo and Juliet

• Diddy Kong

• Sean Combs

• Funky Kong

• Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• Rare

• Ken Penders

• Ms. Pac-Man

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

• Super Mario Odyssey

• Jake Lloyd

• Mario Party series

5: Magnanimous asks, is there any old video game slang you’d bring back? (32:53)

• Atari

• Space Invaders

• Doom

• Roblox

• Immersive sim

• JRPG

• Yacht rock

6: Which video game vehicle would receive the best JD Power & Associates car rating? (38:16)

• JD Power & Associates

• Final Fantasy XV

• The Regalia

• Mario Kart series

• Lakitu

• Ridge Racer series

• Spice Girls

• The Big Bang Theory

• Halo series

• Fortnite

7: What is the Tom Hooper’s Cats of video games? (43:10)

• Cats (2019)

• Editing the Buttholes Out of ‘Cats’ Was a Total Nightmare for VFX Crew

• Gemini Man (2019)

• Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

• Idris Elba

• Peter Molyneux

• Borderlands (2024)

• Uwe Boll

• Bloodrayne (2005)

• House of the Dead (2003)

• Donut County

• NieR series

• Stellar Blade

LIGHTNING ROUND: Arcade of Our Own (50:37)

Credit Report (01:06:16)

Recommendations and Outro (01:06:37):

• Frank: Watch Tempo on YouTube for a second and decide what you think about it

• Brandon: Minako Yoshida’s Dark Crystal, Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

• Ash: Go outside and take a walk

• Brian: VVVVVV, brian david gilbert on YouTube, Um, Actually

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